Chemotherapy drugs for advanced colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is also a type of cancer of the digestive system. The incidence of this type of cancer is increasing year by year, seriously threatening the patient's health and life safety. Colorectal cancer patients often choose surgical treatment to treat the disease, and some people choose traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Although the effect of traditional Chinese medicine treatment is slow, it has no side effects. The following introduces several methods of traditional Chinese medicine treatment of colorectal cancer, hoping to help patients there.

Prescription 1

[Prescription] For oral use: 15g each of roasted Astragalus, raw White Peony Root, and Codonopsis pilosula, 12g each of Angelica sinensis and Corydalis yanhusuo, 9g each of Toosendan Fructus and Pinellia ternata, 6g each of dried tangerine peel, roasted Licorice root, and costus root, and 3g of Cistanche deserticola.

External application: 6g each of frankincense and safflower, 12g each of red peony root, peach kernel, and raw cyperus, and 4.5g of asafoetida. Grind them into fine powder.

【Indications】Colorectal cancer. Abdominal pain, constipation, loose stools, thin and unformed stools, thin and withered complexion; thin and shrunken tongue, stringy and slippery pulse. Symptoms are qi stagnation and blood stasis, stasis and toxic accumulation, pathogenic heat, and exhaustion of vital energy.

[Usage] Oral decoction, 1 dose per day. For external application, mix the powder with honey to make a paste and apply it to the painful area, fix it with gauze, and change the dressing every 24 hours.

Prescription 2

[Prescription] 9g each of Codonopsis pilosula, Dendrobium officinale, Ophiopogon japonicus, Platycladus orientalis, Poria cocos, Silkworm cocoon, Rubus idaeus, Cuscuta australis, Psoralea corylifolia, 15g each of Astragalus membranaceus and Polygonum multiflorum, 6g each of Citrus reticulata, Pinellia ternata, and 1.5g of Amomum villosum.

[Indications] Lymph node metastasis after colorectal cancer surgery. Blood in stool, chest tightness and nausea, abdominal distension and poor appetite, loose stools, night sweats, thirst and frequent drinking, sticky phlegm in the throat, weight loss and fatigue, low fever.

[Usage] Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

Prescription Three

[Prescription] 12g each of Prince ginseng, Dendrobium, cockroach, barley sprout, and malt, 9g each of scorched Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos, 3g each of roasted Licorice root and Coptis chinensis, 4.5g of stewed costusroot, 30g of Hedyotis diffusa, 18g of Solanum nigrum, and 6g of Citron.

[Indications] After colorectal cancer surgery. Frequent bowel movements, loose stools, poor appetite, fatigue, white and greasy tongue coating, weak and thready pulse.

[Usage] Decoction in water, 1 dose per day.

Prescription 4

120g each of Hedyotis diffusa and Imperata root. Dosage: decoct in water, one dose per day.

Prescription 5

60g of Hedyotis diffusa, 30g each of Solanum nigrum, Scutellaria barbata and Caulis argyi. Dosage: decoct in water, one dose per day.

Prescription 6

15g of Chinese angelica, 9g each of peony, Chuanxiong, and Lithospermum officinale, 4.5g each of rhubarb and honeysuckle, 6g each of cimicifuga and astragalus, 12g of oyster shell, and 3g of liquorice, decoct in water to extract juice, and take twice. This prescription is mainly used for malignant tumors, and according to the clinical experience of traditional Chinese medicine, the effect is quite satisfactory.

Prescription 7

In case of constipation and blood mixed in the stool, take 9 grams each of angelica, cooked rehmannia, dried rehmannia, 6 grams each of sesame seed, peach kernel, apricot kernel, bitter orange, Magnolia bark, Scutellaria baicalensis, rhubarb (add or subtract as appropriate), and 4.5 grams of licorice, decocted in water to extract juice, and taken in two doses.

The above article introduces the Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment methods for colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is a type of cancer of the digestive system. When patients find themselves suffering from multiple cancers, they must actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, do a good job of postoperative care, eat a reasonable diet under the doctor's guidance, exercise properly, and try to recover their health as soon as possible.