Talk about TCM's conservative treatment of diffuse gastric cancer

Diffuse gastric cancer is a type of primary gastric cancer with a high degree of malignancy. It has a short course, rapid development, poor prognosis, and a large proportion of young patients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diffuse gastric cancer belongs to the categories of "stomach nausea", "epigastric pain", "choking", "accumulation", and "hidden beam". So how to treat diffuse gastric cancer?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that diffuse gastric cancer belongs to the category of "nausea", "epigastric pain", "choking", "accumulation", "hidden beam", etc. The onset of diffuse gastric cancer is caused by the deficiency of the body's vital energy, especially the weakness of the spleen and stomach. On the other hand, it is caused by long-term uncontrolled diet and emotional discomfort, which gradually form phlegm and fire, and qi stagnation and blood stasis.

Traditional Chinese medicine mainly treats diffuse gastric cancer by strengthening the body and eliminating pathogenic factors. Strengthening the body is to adjust the body and improve the patient's immunity. Eliminating pathogenic factors includes softening and dispersing nodules, removing phlegm and dampness, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Its function is to directly inhibit diffuse gastric cancer cells and improve the microcirculation of tumor tissues, which is conducive to the penetration of anticancer drugs and immune active cells into the tumor and killing tumor cells. It plays a positive role in the treatment of diffuse gastric cancer.

The improvement effect of TCM in treating cancer is different from that of other treatment methods. TCM has its own strengths in this regard. For example, surgery can remove cancer, but sometimes it will cause postoperative dysfunction, and some new symptoms and side effects will appear. The reaction and sequelae after radiotherapy are also obvious. Chemotherapy also has a significant effect on the digestive tract and hematopoietic system. Therefore, various symptoms caused by cancer can often be improved to a certain extent after taking Chinese medicine. Cancer itself also improves by taking Chinese medicine, and the symptoms can be significantly relieved or even disappear.

TCM treatment can restore the labor force. TCM treatment generally does not affect the labor capacity of cancer patients due to the treatment itself. This is another feature compared with other methods. TCM treatment generally does not cause new damage to physical strength. As cancer improves, physical strength will gradually be restored.