Can nasopharyngeal carcinoma be treated with traditional Chinese medicine alone? Are there any folk remedies?

Is it possible to treat nasopharyngeal cancer using only traditional Chinese medicine? Are there any folk remedies?

It is reflected in the following aspects:

1For some patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma who have lost the opportunity for radiotherapy and chemotherapy, syndrome differentiation and treatment can also be used, which has a certain therapeutic effect and may allow patients to survive with the tumor.

2. Traditional Chinese medicine has the effect of directly killing cancer cells. For example, Tang Faqing et al. found that Yiqi Jiedu Granules composed of Coptis chinensis, Astragalus membranaceus, and Hedyotis diffusa can inhibit the formation of nasopharyngeal cancer transplanted tumors in nude mice. This may be through inhibiting important nuclear transcription factors, cell cycle, cell division and important signal pathways related to DNA repair in cells, while activating the cell apoptosis system, thereby inhibiting the division and proliferation of nasopharyngeal cancer cells, inducing cell apoptosis, and achieving the effect of anti-nasopharyngeal cancer.

Traditional Chinese medicine is still very helpful in treating cancer. Of course, you still need to choose the correct treatment method based on your specific condition.

In order to better treat nasopharyngeal cancer, here are a few folk remedies, as follows:

1. Syndrome differentiation and TCM treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma without radiotherapy or chemotherapy

Phlegm turbidity type

Symptoms: In the early stage of the disease, there is blood in the mucus, nasal congestion or slight cough, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, occasional dizziness and headache. The tongue is slightly red or normal, with a thin white coating and a slippery and strong pulse.

Treatment method: Clear away heat and detoxify, promote lung function and open up the orifices, eliminate phlegm and resolve stagnation.

Prescriptions: Adenophora Root, Xanthium sibiricum Fructus, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Raw Arisaema, Raw Pinellia, Trillium gracile, Chrysanthemum indica, Sophora flavescens, Rubia cordifolia, Imperata root, Angelica dahurica, etc. with additions and subtractions.

2. Syndrome differentiation and treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy and chemotherapy

Body fluid depletion type

Symptoms: dry mouth and parched lips, sore throat, normal appetite, dry and hard stools, short and dark urine, red tongue, dry tongue surface, shiny crimson or cracked tongue coating, thin or weak pulse.

Treatment method: Nourish stomach yin, clear away heat and promote body fluid production.

Prescription: Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Cortex Moutan, Fresh Phragmites australis, Wild Chrysanthemum, Radix Trichosanthis, Wild Lily, Ophiopogon japonicus, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Platycodon grandiflorum, Rehmannia glutinosa, Dendrobium candidum, Adenophora stellariae, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, and Platycodon grandiflorum with additions and