TCM diagnosis of rectal cancer

Rectal cancer is a relatively common cancer, but we don’t know much about it, let alone its TCM diagnosis method. So what is the TCM diagnosis method for rectal cancer?

In general, the clinical syndrome differentiation of rectal cancer is that the root is weak inside and the evil is outside, which means that the root is weak and the superficial is strong, and the deficiency and excess are mixed, and the cold and heat are mixed. In the early stage, the superficial is strong and the systemic symptoms are relatively mild. In the later stage, the root is weak and the systemic symptoms are dominant. The root is weak and can be divided into Yin deficiency and Yang deficiency.

1. Phlegm and dampness condense, and the lungs and kidneys are not solid:

Symptoms: A lump can be felt in the abdomen, the patient may cough and spit sputum, feel short of breath and fatigue, feel heavy in the limbs, feel sore in the waist and weak in the legs, sticky stools, diarrhea, rectal prolapse, pale tongue and fat body, slippery or greasy tongue coating, and a soft pulse.

Analysis: ① Syndrome differentiation: The main points of this syndrome are abdominal mass, excessive phlegm, soreness of waist and knees, diarrhea and rectal prolapse, pale tongue and greasy coating. ② Pathogenesis: Phlegm and dampness condense and accumulate in the large intestine, causing disorder of qi and blood circulation, phlegm turbidity, qi and blood entanglement and lumps. If it lasts for a long time, it will damage the lungs and kidneys, and qi deficiency will cause diarrhea and rectal prolapse.

2. Damp-heat and blood stasis:

Symptoms: abdominal pain and distension, pain that subsides but refuses to be pressed, abdominal mass, flatulence and distension that decreases, pus, blood and mucus in the stool, or tenesmus, or loose and thin stools, dark red tongue with ecchymosis, thin yellow tongue coating, and rapid and stringy pulse.

Analysis: ① Syndrome differentiation: The main points of this syndrome are abdominal mass, pus, blood and mucus in stool, dark red tongue with ecchymosis, and stringy and rapid pulse. ② Pathogenesis: Damp-heat stagnation, internal stasis and toxicity, obstruction of visceral qi, qi stagnation and blood stasis, abdominal pain and abdominal mass.

3. Spleen deficiency and dampness-heat:

Symptoms: loss of appetite, abdominal distension and sallow complexion, shortness of breath and fatigue, abdominal pain that refuses to be pressed, loose or watery stools, or tenesmus, bloody and pus in the stool, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse or deep, fine and slippery pulse.

Analysis: ① Syndrome differentiation: The main points of syndrome differentiation are loss of appetite, shortness of breath and fatigue, abdominal pain that refuses to be pressed, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid pulse or deep and fine pulse. ② Pathogenesis: Damp-heat accumulates in the large intestine, which damages the spleen and stomach for a long time, causing spleen deficiency and positive deficiency. Spleen deficiency leads to loss of appetite, shortness of breath and fatigue, and damp-heat accumulation leads to abdominal pain that refuses to be pressed.

4. Cold and dampness in spleen and kidney:

Symptoms: long-term diarrhea and dysentery, emaciation, pale complexion, laziness, rumbling bowels and diarrhea, feeling better after diarrhea, abdominal pain with fever, or even cold limbs, white tongue coating, thready, deep and weak pulse.

Analysis: ① Syndrome differentiation: The key points of this syndrome are long-term diarrhea and dysentery, emaciation, abdominal pain and preference for heat, cold limbs, white tongue coating, and weak pulse. ② Pathogenesis: Long-term illness and diarrhea, spleen and kidney life gate fire decline, cold and dampness accumulation, and abdominal pain and preference for heat, cold limbs and other symptoms.

Although the diagnosis method of traditional Chinese medicine is not easy to understand, it actually explains the cause of rectal cancer to us from the essence, and it is also very useful for us. Rectal cancer patients should also take the right medicine to relieve their pain.