Traditional Chinese medicine treats skin cancer caused by evil toxins

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that skin cancer is caused by internal injuries from the seven emotions and external evil toxins, so the treatment often adheres to the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment. Heat toxins and damp toxins cause different manifestations of skin cancer, and the treatment drugs are also very different.

1. Endogenous heat and toxicity

Symptoms include skin ulcers, secretion of foul-smelling pus, bitter and dry mouth, low fever and irritability, dry and hard stools, short and red urine, red tongue or with ecchymosis spots, yellow fur, and stringy or stringy pulse. Treatment: clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing blood stasis and strengthening the body. Prescription: Wuwei Xiaodu Yin, containing Trichosanthes, raw coix seed, white hair vine, dandelion, Viola yedoensis, lithospermum officinale, Ophiopogon japonicus, Astragalus, Poria, Pseudostellaria chinensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Adenophora scabra, Honeysuckle, and Licorice. Honeysuckle, dandelion, and Viola yedoensis in the prescription are cold in nature and are the main medicines for clearing heat and detoxifying; they are combined with white hair vine, raw coix seed, and lithospermum officinale to eliminate evil. Astragalus, Pseudostellaria chinensis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Licorice, and Adenophora scabra can strengthen the spleen, replenish qi and nourish yin, and focus on strengthening the body; the combination of these medicines can eliminate evil without hurting the body, and replenish deficiency without leaving evil.

2. Internal dampness and toxicity

The symptoms of skin cancer are waxy cysts containing mucus, which gradually increase in size. If they break, they will discharge foul-smelling fluid, sticky mouth, drowsiness, fatigue, loose stools, slippery and rapid pulse, dark red tongue, fat body, thick or greasy yellow fur. Treatment: dispel dampness and eliminate toxins, soften and eliminate blood stasis. Prescription: Qianghuo Shengshi Decoction, containing raw coix seed, salvia miltiorrhiza, Daihe powder, Guijianyu, white moss peel, Kochia scoparia, Curcuma zedoaria, Cigu, Achyranthes bidentata, Qianghuo, Duhuo, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, Saposhnikovia divaricata, and Chuanxiong. In the prescription, Qianghuo Shengshi Decoction is a representative prescription for dispelling rheumatism and relieving exterior pathogens. It is combined with pungent and warm Duhuo, Ligusticum chuanxiong, bitter and cold white moss peel, Kochia scoparia, and light-penetrating raw coix seed to enhance the effect of dispelling dampness and eliminating toxins. Then, Danshen and Curcuma zedoaria are used to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, and Cigu, Achyranthes bidentata, and Daihe powder are used to soften the hard masses to achieve the purpose of treatment.