Traditional Chinese Medicine Methods for Treating Melanoma

There is currently no good treatment for melanoma, but it can be suppressed and treated as soon as possible when it is discovered in the early stages. Some patients also use traditional Chinese medicine for treatment, with obvious results. If a patient wants to use traditional Chinese medicine to treat melanoma, he or she should consult a regular doctor in advance.

Melanoma Treatment with Traditional Chinese Medicine

1. Treatment based on syndrome differentiation

1. Strengthening the body and eliminating tumors

According to the theory of internal deficiency that where evil gathers, the Qi will be weak, all tumors and ulcers are mostly diseases of deficiency of the body's body and excess of evil. Regardless of the number of clinical symptoms, and regardless of whether it is before or after surgery or before or after radiotherapy, the method of strengthening the body's body and eliminating the tumor should be used. Clinically, Fuzheng Xiaoliu Tablets, Fuzheng Kangcan Granules, Bazhen Yiqi Decoction, Liuwei Dihuang Pills, etc. are commonly used with modifications. Commonly used drugs in clinical practice: Korean ginseng, American ginseng, ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, Psoralea corylifolia, Panax ginseng, Adenophora australis, Astragalus membranaceus, Chinese yam, Atractylodes macrocephala, jujube, antler powder, licorice, Rehmannia glutinosa, donkey-hide gelatin, processed Polygonum multiflorum, Angelica sinensis, Lycium barbarum, mulberry fruit, Polygonatum sibiricum, longan pulp, placenta, Eucommia ulmoides, Chuanduan herb, Psoralea corylifolia, Cistanche deserticola, Cuscuta australis, Curculigo orchioides, etc.

2. Qi-regulating and blood-stasis-dispersing method

According to the theory of mutual roots of Yin and Yang, Qi is the commander of blood and blood is the function of Qi. When Qi flows, blood flows, and when Qi stagnates, blood stagnates. Therefore, people with emotional depression often have symptoms of Qi stagnation and blood stasis. Therefore, common clinical symptoms include chest tightness and restlessness, fullness in the ribs, belching and acid regurgitation, swelling and pain in the lump, stabbing pain, stringy or floating pulse, and dark congestion on the tip of the tongue. In clinical practice, Yueju Pills, Shugan Powder, Taohong Siwu Decoction, Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction, Dahuang Shuchong Pills and other prescriptions are often used with modifications. Commonly used prescriptions in clinical practice: frankincense, myrrh, salvia miltiorrhiza, peach kernel, safflower, Liu Jienu, Panax notoginseng, madder, wood mantou, water red medicine fruit, three-edged, curcuma, pollen, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, red peony root, horsefly, aconite, lithotripsy, leech, verbena, common insect, musk, Dioscorea bulbifera, kelp, seaweed, costus root, agarwood, fructus aurantii, immature bitter orange, green tangerine peel, Amomum villosum, clove, inula flower, august halberd, pinellia, sword bean, cyperus rotundus, sophora flavescens, Magnolia officinalis, Astragalus membranaceus, and areca catechu.

3. Phlegm-dispelling and nodule-dispersing method

Due to the blockage of Qi, the failure of the spleen to function properly, and the decline of kidney fire, damp phlegm condenses in the meridians and marrow and accumulates on the skin surface. Symptoms include fullness and stuffiness in the chest and abdomen, poor appetite, moist pulse and greasy tongue coating, rapid increase in size of the lump, itching and pain, or ulceration, oozing yellow juice, and the patient's black urine. In clinical practice, Xiaoliu Pills, Haizao Yuhu Decoction, Shugan Kuijian Decoction, Guizhi Fuling Pills and other prescriptions are commonly used with modifications. Commonly used drugs in clinical practice: bezoar, trillium, raw pinellia, arisaema, whole trichosanthes, radish seed, shanshan, honeysuckle thorn, hedgehog skin, thunbergia thunbergii, oriental water plantain, atractylodes, sophora flavescens, akebia, plantain seed, poria, capillaris, white fresh water calendula, stephania tetrandra, gourd, lobelia, raw coix seed, perilla, patchouli, superbus, moneywort, pyrrosia.

4. Eliminate toxins and eliminate evil

Due to long-term invasion of evil toxins or due to eating greasy food, the evil toxins accumulate in the meridians and muscles and turn into fire for a long time, resulting in this condition. Common symptoms include fever and chills, swollen and painful lumps, or bleeding, irritability and thirst, insomnia, weight loss and poor appetite, red tongue with little coating, and a thin and weak pulse. In clinical practice, Xianfang Huomingyin, Pujiyin, Wuwei Xiaoduyin, Simiaoyong'an Tang, Qinghao Biejiasan and other prescriptions are often used with modifications. Commonly used drugs in clinical practice: dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, lobelia, sophora flavescens, sophora tonkinensis, knotweed, viola yedoensis, licorice, andrographis paniculata, scutellaria barbata, forsythia, oldenlandia diffusa, seven-leaf aconite, hibiscus leaf, herba strychnifolia, honeysuckle, isatis indigotica, phoenix tail grass, gardenia cassia, wild yam, stone cypress, isatis indigotica root, rattan pear root, beehive, cat ginseng, walnut branch, astragalus, soapberry thorn, pangolin, bear bile, bezoar, and dioscorea bulbifera.