Advantages of Chinese medicine in assisting the treatment of breast cancer

Breast cancer is mainly treated with surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but the role of traditional Chinese medicine in adjuvant treatment cannot be ignored. In recent years, traditional Chinese medicine has shown a very broad application prospect in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. When traditional Chinese medicine is used in combination with surgical treatment, traditional Chinese medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, red peony root, and safflower are often used. By promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, it can effectively prevent complications such as skin flap necrosis and lymphedema after breast cancer surgery, and it also has a certain positive effect on reducing the recurrence rate of breast cancer.

It is not uncommon for breast cancer patients to receive radiotherapy and chemotherapy. During the process of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, it is inevitable that certain side effects will occur to the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the means of radiotherapy and chemotherapy are heat toxins that damage the yin and consume the organs, leading to the deficiency of the five internal organs. The use of Chinese medicine prescriptions with the effects of strengthening the body, detoxification, and strengthening the body can alleviate the toxic and side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and can also improve the body's resistance to a certain extent.

In addition, Chinese medicine has the effects of nourishing qi and blood, nourishing the liver and kidney, and is beneficial to increasing white blood cells, platelets, etc., improving patients' gastrointestinal dysfunction, alleviating symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distension, and increasing patients' appetite. At the same time, some Chinese medicines that strengthen the spleen and soothe the liver can reduce the damage of chemotherapy drugs to the liver and reduce side effects such as hair loss caused by chemotherapy. In short, Chinese medicine treatment after surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy is beneficial to promote patient recovery, improve long-term survival rate, and improve patients' quality of life.