How does TCM treat liver cancer based on syndrome differentiation

Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized dialectical treatment in the treatment of liver cancer. Therefore, through the rich experience accumulated in long-term treatment, several common liver cancers are divided into five types. The treatment of liver cancer is different for different types.

1. Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency Type

Symptoms: restlessness and dry mouth, low-grade fever and night sweats, weight loss, muscle aches, short and dark urine, vomiting blood or bloody stools, or prolonged ascites, red tongue with little coating or a smooth and cracked tongue, and a stringy or thin pulse.

Treatment of liver cancer: Nourish yin, soften the liver and nourish blood, while softening hard masses.

2. Liver and gallbladder damp-heat type

Symptoms: Jaundice becomes worse day by day and lasts for a long time, with dark complexion, dark face, fever and side pain, nausea and poor appetite, bitter and dry mouth, short and dark urine, red or purple tongue, rough yellow or burnt yellow tongue coating, and stringy or slippery and rapid pulse.

Treatment of liver cancer: Clear away dampness and heat from the liver and gallbladder, while promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.

3. Qi stagnation and blood stasis type

Symptoms: chest tightness and abdominal distension, poor appetite and fatigue, shooting pain or swelling and pain in the flanks, abdominal lumps that cannot be moved when pushed, pale red or dark red tongue with ecchymosis on the edges, thin white or slightly yellow tongue coating, and wiry pulse.

Treatment of liver cancer: Soothe the liver and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, while strengthening the spleen.

4. Spleen deficiency and dampness type

Symptoms: fatigue, poor appetite, weight loss, abdominal distension, pain in the flanks and limbs, swollen feet, pale and fat tongue, greasy white tongue coating, and a stringy or wet pulse.

Treatment of liver cancer: tonify Qi, invigorate the spleen and eliminate dampness, assist with soothing the liver, activating blood circulation, softening hard masses and resolving phlegm.

5. Type with insignificant symptoms

Symptoms: The patient has no obvious symptoms, only abdominal mass, or mild fatigue, poor appetite, abdominal distension, etc. The tongue is pale red, the tongue coating is thin white, and the pulse is normal.

Treatment of liver cancer: Strengthen the spleen and replenish Qi, soften and resolve phlegm.

The above five liver cancer treatments are relatively common in traditional Chinese medicine. I believe that after reading this article, everyone has a simple understanding of the treatment of liver cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine is profound and it is difficult to simply explain the treatment of liver cancer. Therefore, it is recommended that you consult our online experts.