Can Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment of colorectal cancer help with bowel movements?

Intestinal cancer is a relatively common cancer nowadays, and rectal cancer is relatively common among intestinal cancers. Rectal cancer can be said to be a common and highly prevalent malignant tumor in the gastrointestinal tract, which seriously endangers the patient's health and even life safety. In particular, bowel movements are greatly affected by intestinal cancer. So can traditional Chinese medicine treatment of intestinal cancer help defecation?

Simiao powder for external application

Chinese medicine: gansui, euphorbia, genkwa, pokeweed, musk or borneol.

Method: Take 1 bag each of Ginseng, Euphorbia, Dahurian, and Phytolacca, 1g each bag, mix with rice wine or honey to make a small medicine cake, sandwich 1/2 bottle of musk (about 0.25g/bottle) in the medicine cake, stick the front side on the navel or Guanyuan acupoint, fix with a large medical patch, and change every 3 days.

Note: If you experience any discomfort such as local skin ulceration, rash, itching, pain, etc. during medication, you should stop taking the medicine and use it as appropriate after the symptoms are relieved.

Indications: Ascites, incomplete intestinal obstruction, abdominal mass and pain.

Chinese medicine soaking method

Traditional Chinese medicine: Sichuan Aconitum, Radix Scutellariae, Artemisia selengensis, and Safflower.

Method: Decoction 200ml of the above medicine, add it to 1000ml of warm water, soak your hands and feet for about 20 minutes every day, once a day, 5 days a week.

Indications: Numbness of hands and feet caused by long-term chemotherapy for rectal cancer.

Acupuncture treatment

Under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners, colorectal cancer patients can choose to use body acupuncture, head acupuncture, electroacupuncture, ear acupuncture, wrist and ankle acupuncture, moxibustion, acupoint thread embedding and cupping to regulate gastrointestinal digestion problems and poor sleep caused by chemotherapy.

If you have rectal cancer, don't think you will die. You must cooperate with the doctor for active treatment. You can consult your attending physician about the above-mentioned traditional Chinese medicine methods for treating rectal cancer. It is best to use medication under the guidance of the doctor.