How much does it cost to treat nasopharyngeal cancer? How does traditional Chinese medicine treat it?

How much does it cost to treat nasopharyngeal cancer?

1. According to the patient's condition, the general treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is mainly local radiotherapy. There are generally conventional radiotherapy and enhanced radiotherapy. Conventional radiotherapy costs about 20,000 yuan, while intensity-modulated radiotherapy has fewer side effects and costs about 40,000 yuan. Everyone's situation is different. It is best to consult the attending physician.

2. The best treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma is radiotherapy, combined with comprehensive treatment with traditional Chinese medicine to effectively control the disease, so that patients can be improved and controlled in the shortest time and achieve the most ideal results.

3. However, for early nasopharyngeal carcinoma, some 2-4 courses of treatment can provide good control.

How does TCM treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

1. TCM treatment methods for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Chinese herbal medicine commonly used includes Pinellia, Cortex Phellodendri, Arisaema, Clam Powder, Poria, Coix Seed, Bombyx Batryticatus, Oyster, Acorus Calamus, Curcuma, Patchouli, etc. to treat phlegm-dampness stagnation type of nasopharyngeal carcinoma; for yin deficiency and heat type, the method of nourishing yin and promoting fluid production is commonly used, and drugs such as Rehmannia glutinosa, Cortex Moutan, Lithospermum officinale, Prunus mume, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Pollen, Scrophularia ningpoensis, White Peony Root, and Fructus Ligustri Lucidi are commonly used; for both qi and blood deficiency type, the method of supplementing qi and blood is commonly used, and drugs such as Astragalus, Angelica, Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Red dates, Polygonatum sibiricum, and Phaseolus odoratus are commonly used.

2. Cypress is a commonly used drug for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cypress, nature and flavor: cool, taste: sweet, slightly bitter, astringent. Efficacy: clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and dampness, anti-cancer and hemostasis. Used for cancer, sore throat, acute tonsillitis, red and swollen eyes, conjunctivitis, lung heat cough, pneumonia, mastitis, damp-heat jaundice, rheumatic pain, traumatic bleeding. Can be used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

3. Commonly used Chinese medicine for the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma is Herba Coptidis. Herba Coptidis, nature and flavor: cold, bitter, pungent. Efficacy: clearing away heat and detoxifying, diuretic and detumescent, dispelling wind and relieving pain. Originally used for sore throat, toothache, stomachache, edema, beriberi, urgency, dysuria, dysuria, vulvar eczema, rheumatic joint pain; externally used to treat trauma, snake bites, carbuncle, furuncle. It can be used to treat nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and dispersing nodules.