Treatment recommendations from lung cancer treatment experts

Lung cancer, as a stubborn cancer that has not yet been conquered, has hidden early symptoms, extremely high mortality, and painful later survival, which frightens patients and worries their families. The medical community has made certain achievements after years of efforts. The survival rate of patients with stage 3B and stage 4 lung cancer has reached 5% to 20%. However, due to radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgical treatment, they will cause great harm to the body, causing the patient's own immune function to be destroyed, the body to be weak, and it is difficult to resist external invasion, leading to frequent complications. So, how to control the disease, relieve the patient's pain, and reduce the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy? Can it serve as a diet for patients, provide energy for daily life, and assist in treatment?

(1) Spleen deficiency and phlegm type

[Main symptoms]: Cough with abundant, clear, white sputum, fatigue, chest tightness, abdominal distension, loose stools, edema of limbs, pale complexion, shortness of breath when moving, poor appetite, fat tongue, tooth marks on the sides of the tongue, pale tongue, thin, greasy, moist or slippery tongue coating

【Therapeutic Method】: Replenishing Qi and strengthening the spleen, resolving phlegm and removing dampness

[Prescription]: Liujunzi Decoction (Good Prescriptions for Women) with modifications

Astragalus 20g, Codonopsis pilosula 20g, Atractylodes macrocephala 20g, Poria 12g, Tangerine peel 10g, Pinellia 10g, Polyporus 20g, Chinese yam 50g, Coix seed 30g, White lentil 20g, Amomum villosum 10g, Houttuynia cordata 30g, Cycas repens 30g, Hedyotis diffusa 30g, Licorice root 6g

(2) Yin deficiency and internal heat syndrome

【Main symptoms】: Cough with sputum, or sputum that is difficult to cough up, sputum with blood, or a small amount of hemoptysis, irritability and dry mouth, chest pain and shortness of breath, hot flashes and night sweats, dark and short urine, emaciation, less or peeled tongue coating, and a weak and rapid pulse

【Therapeutic Method】: Nourishing yin and clearing away heat, moistening the lungs and producing body fluid

[Prescription]: Baihe Gujin Decoction (Yifang Jijie) with modifications

Lily, raw rehmannia, cooked rehmannia 20g each, Scrophularia 12g, Ophiopogon 30g, loquat leaf 20g, white peony root 20g, Sichuan 10g, almond 10g, mulberry bark 20g, Lycium bark 12g, Trichosanthes shell 20g, Scutellaria 15g, Scutellaria barbata, Hedyotis diffusa 30g each

(3) Qi stagnation and blood stasis type

[Main symptoms]: cough with uncomfortable sputum, cough with blood, chest tightness and pain like stabbing, pain in a certain place, dark lips and nails, or even skin and nails, swollen and exposed superficial veins of the skin, dark tongue or ecchymosis and petechiae, thin and greasy tongue coating or thin yellow and greasy tongue coating, thin and astringent pulse or thin and stringy pulse.

【Therapeutic Method】: Activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain

[Prescription]: Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction (from "Yi Lin Gaicuo") with modifications

Bupleurum 10g, red peony root 15g, Citrus aurantium 12g, Chinese angelica 10g, raw rehmannia 30g, peach kernel 10g, salvia miltiorrhiza 20g, trichosanthes 12g, safflower 10g, raw astragalus 15g, green tangerine peel 10g each, platycodon 6g, white flower oldenlandia 30g, thousand toad skin 12g, lithospermum officinale 30g

(4) Qi and Yin deficiency syndrome

[Main symptoms]: Cough with little sputum, blood in the sputum, or hemoptysis, fatigue, shortness of breath and laziness to speak, shortness of breath when moving, fear of wind and spontaneous sweating, chest tightness and poor appetite, pale red or reddish tongue, fat tongue with teeth marks on the edges, thin white or thin yellow fur, deep and thin or weak pulse

【Therapeutic Method】: Replenishing Qi and Yin, detoxifying and dispersing stagnation

[Prescription]: Shengmai Powder (from "Discussion on Internal and External Injuries") combined with Bufei Decoction (from "Yonglei Ling Fang")

American ginseng 10g, Ophiopogon japonicus 30g, Schisandra chinensis 10g, Astragalus membranaceus 30g, Morus alba bark 20g, Saposhnikovia divaricata 10g, Rehmannia glutinosa 25g, Fritillaria cirrhosa 12g, Chinese yam 30g, Coix seed 30g, Scutellaria barbata 30g, Houttuynia cordata 15g, Hedyotis diffusa 30g

(5) Kidney Yang Deficiency Syndrome

[Main symptoms]: Cough, shortness of breath, shortness of breath when moving, tinnitus, dizziness, soreness of waist and knees, pale face and cold limbs, fear of cold and fatigue, pale tongue, thin white fur, deep and thin pulse

【Treatment method】: Nourish the kidney and warm the yang

[Prescription]: Jinkui Shenqi Pills (Jinkui Yaolue) with modifications

Prepared aconite root 12g, cinnamon bark 6g, cooked rehmannia root 12g, cornus officinalis 15g, Chinese yam 20g, oriental atractylodes 12g, poria 15g, walnut meat 15g, Sichuan cyathula 15g, Cistanche deserticola 15g, fleabane 20g, Hedyotis diffusa 30g

Be careful when choosing Chinese medicine

Regarding the doubts about TCM in treating cancer: Experts said that the efficacy of TCM in treating cancer has been widely recognized by all walks of life, and it is difficult to achieve a radical cure by relying solely on surgical resection. TCM has a very good effect in relieving symptoms, alleviating patients' pain, improving patients' quality of life, and prolonging patients' lives, which is something that simple surgical treatment cannot achieve.