What is the TCM treatment for bile duct cancer?

What are the TCM treatments for bile duct cancer? TCM has a life-saving effect on many diseases. This is mainly because TCM focuses on conditioning and treats diseases by conditioning the patient's body. TCM also has some good methods for the treatment of bile duct cancer. So what are the TCM treatments for bile duct cancer?

TCM Treatment of Cholangiocarcinoma

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bile duct cancer is mostly caused by liver depression and qi stagnation, unregulated diet, damp-heat obstruction, which turns into fire and steams inside over time, causing obstruction and blockage of the bile duct. The lesions involve the liver, gallbladder, spleen and stomach, and the main lesions are in the liver and gallbladder. Therefore, the treatment focuses on soothing the liver and promoting bile secretion, clearing the bowels and relieving jaundice, and promoting the flow of dampness. In clinical practice, on the basis of syndrome differentiation and treatment, commonly used anti-cancer Chinese medicines for this disease can also be selected, such as rattan pear root, wild grape root, water bay root, snake tongue grass, Patrinia scabra, red vine, mountain bean root, barbata, snakeberry, nightshade, August thorn, smilax glabra, fleabane, etc. Artemisia capillaris has a good effect on relieving jaundice, and can be used regardless of the type of jaundice. Others such as field jaundice, pennywort, gardenia, curcuma, knotweed, rhubarb, money grass, corn silk, etc. all have the effect of relieving jaundice and can be selected as appropriate.

Modern TCM treatment of cholangiocarcinoma uses drugs in TCM theory that have the ability to improve the function of the human immune system and have anti-tumor effects, such as ginsenoside Rh2, to achieve anti-cancer effects. Ginsenoside Rh2 has the effects of improving human immunity, inhibiting the growth and spread of cancer cells, inducing apoptosis of cancer cells, and reversing abnormal differentiation of cancer cells. It is often used in conjunction with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy as an auxiliary treatment method to make up for the deficiencies of surgical treatment, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. It can not only consolidate the effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but also reduce the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In addition, ginsenoside Rh2 can also be taken alone to play a conservative treatment role, relieve the pain of cholangiocarcinoma patients, prolong life, and improve the quality of life.