What are the commonly used traditional Chinese medicines in the treatment of lung cancer

Lung cancer treatment is often inseparable from Chinese medicine treatment. Generally, Chinese medicine treatment is used as an auxiliary therapy for other treatment methods or for patients with advanced lung cancer. However, patients should not blindly believe in folk prescriptions. They should find a famous Chinese medicine doctor to prescribe a prescription suitable for them. At the same time, patients should also have some understanding of the commonly used drugs for the treatment of lung cancer. They can be divided into the following categories according to the similarity of drug efficacy:

1. Cough with sticky phlegm: Trichosanthes, Platycodon, Apricot, Peucedanum, Aster, Lemongrass, etc.

2. Phlegm and blood: Jiejie, Imperata root, Agrimoniae, Eclipta prostrata, Bletilla striata, Panax notoginseng, etc.

3. Excessive phlegm that is difficult to spit out: sea clam powder and soapberry thorns.

4. Spontaneous sweating due to Qi deficiency: ginseng, cordyceps sinensis, schisandra chinensis, floating wheat, raw astragalus, calcined dragon bone, calcined oyster, etc.

5. Dry mouth and tongue: Radix Trichosanthis, Radix Rehmanniae, Scrophulariae, Anemarrhena, Adenophora, etc.

6. Chest and back pain: Yuanhu, Panax notoginseng, frankincense, myrrh, Aconitum, and Yunnan Baiyao.

7. Pleural effusion: Lepidium officinale, Plantago seed, Scutellaria baicalensis, Daphne daphne, etc.

8. Softening and dispersing lumps: Prunella vulgaris, Fritillaria, oyster, pangolin, leech, silkworm, Trillium, etc.

9. Anti-cancer and tumor inhibiting: Oldenlandia diffusa, Solanum nigrum, Flesholmia ulmoides, Duchesnea sinensis, Scutellaria barbata, Sophora flavescens, Taraxacum officinale, Peucedanum chinense, Houttuynia cordata, Prunella vulgaris, Scutellaria baicalensis, Arisaema consanguineum, Pinellia ternata, Mylabris blister, Toad, Cordyceps sinensis, House Gecko, Lithospermum officinale, Lithospermum officinale, Dioscorea bulgaricus, etc.