Traditional Chinese medicine prescription for relieving cancer pain in patients with advanced colorectal cancer

The incidence of colorectal cancer has always been high among digestive tract malignancies in my country. Most colorectal cancer patients are already in the advanced stage when diagnosed. In addition to causing serious obstacles to treatment, patients with advanced colorectal cancer also have to endure severe cancer pain. In order to alleviate the pain of patients, they can be treated according to syndrome differentiation under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners and relieve cancer pain with Chinese medicine.

Dispel wind, dissipate cold and relieve pain

Symptoms: Used for cancer pain caused by wind and cold, characterized by migratory pain that is aggravated by wind and cold.

Medicines: White-flowered snake, black-necked snake, centipede, scorpion, silkworm, earthworm, beehive, Chuanwu, Clematis, and Xungufeng, etc.

Heat-clearing, detoxifying and pain-relieving

Symptoms: It is used for accumulation of fire and heat. Cancer pain is often characterized by burning pain and distending pain, and may be accompanied by local swelling, constipation, fever, thirst, bleeding, etc.

Drugs: Scutellaria barbata, Scutellaria baicalensis, Cypress on stone, Oldenlandia diffusa, Seven-leafed Polygonum multiflorum, Solanum nigrum, Lithospermum officinale, Sophora flavescens, Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Indigo naturalis, Aloe vera, Gentiana scabra.

phlegm-resolving, stagnation-dispelling and pain-relieving

Symptoms: Phlegm-fluid type cancer pain is characterized by severe pain that is lighter during the day and worse at night, accompanied by chest tightness and excessive phlegm.

Drugs: Pinellia, Arisaema, Rhizoma Cibotii, Gleditsia sinensis, Sinapis alba, Lepidium membranaceus, Atractylodes macrocephala, Realgar, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Aconitum carmichaelii, etc.