What to eat for advanced lung cancer to control the disease Introduction to the principles of surgical treatment of lung cancer

What to eat for advanced lung cancer

The raw materials are: 24 grams of Prince ginseng, 9 grams each of Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos, 3 grams of roasted licorice, 24 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 9 grams each of Fritillaria thunbergii and Fritillaria cirrhosa, 30 grams of Panax notoginseng, 9 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, 15 grams of Houttuynia cordata, 12 grams of Aster tataricus, 15 grams of Coltsfoot lily, 9 grams each of boiled Pinellia ternata and Schisandra chinensis, 15 grams each of Bletilla striata and Adenophora striata.

Usage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, twice a day.

Function: nourishing the earth to produce gold, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

Indications: Lung cancer in the middle and late stages, cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, poor appetite, dry mouth, or blood in sputum, weak cough, thin white tongue coating, and thready and weak pulse.

Explanation of the prescription: The key to lung cancer treatment is to properly handle the relationship between the local and the whole. For patients with middle and late stage lung cancer, their body immunity is reduced and they are unable to resist evil, which seriously affects the functions of internal organs, causing both lung and spleen deficiency, and the lung's failure to descend, and accumulation of phlegm, dampness and toxins. Therefore, the treatment should be to cultivate the earth and produce gold.

In the formula, Radix Pseudostellariae can invigorate Qi and strengthen the spleen, and promote the production of body fluid; Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria can invigorate the spleen and remove dampness; Polygonatum sibiricum can invigorate the lungs and replenish Qi, moisten the lungs and benefit the essence, and promote the cultivation of earth and the production of gold; Chuanbeimu and Zhejiang Fritillariae can clear away heat, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, eliminate carbuncle and disperse knots; Yusu ginseng can clear away heat, detoxify and fight cancer; Houttuynia cordata can clear away heat, detoxify and inhibit cancer cells; Platycodon grandiflorum can promote the lungs, resolve phlegm and relieve cough, carry the medicine upward, and promote the flow of lung Qi; Boiled Pinellia ternata can dry dampness and resolve phlegm, descend adverse qi and stop vomiting; Aster tataricus and Coltsfoot can resolve phlegm and relieve cough, clear the lungs and release heat, and can "relieve the fire of inflammation and disperse the stagnant Qi"; Bletilla striata can astringe the lungs, stop bleeding and nourish the lungs; Adenophora can produce body fluid and quench thirst, nourish yin and clear heat; Schisandrae Chinensis can astringe the lungs and nourish the kidneys, produce body fluid and astringe sweat. The combination of all the ingredients is rigorous, and they play the role of cultivating earth and producing gold, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

LUNG principle in surgical treatment of lung cancer

Surgery is the first choice and basic method for lung cancer treatment. Surgical treatment of lung cancer is different from benign tumors and other surgical diseases. Simple surgical resection of lesions cannot achieve satisfactory results. It is only a good local treatment method. In order to improve the 5-year survival rate of lung cancer patients, lung cancer surgery should follow its unique law, namely the LUNG principle.

L (limited disease): refers to localized lesions. For early and middle stage lung cancer with limited lesions (stage I and stage II), surgical treatment should be the first choice, supplemented by multidisciplinary treatment, to achieve the expected effect; for limited advanced lung cancer (stage III), especially N2, N3, T4 stage III patients, the surgical effect is poor. For advanced lung cancer with distant metastasis (stage IV), although there are reports of surgical treatment and the effect is acceptable in a few cases, in general, surgery does not prolong survival.

U (uncomplicated): refers to patients without serious complications. Lung cancer surgery has a greater impact on the respiratory and circulatory systems. If the patient is older (generally >70 years old) and has moderate or above cardiopulmonary disease,

Surgery should be considered carefully because postoperative complications are common and the patient's quality of life is often not ideal.

N (NSCLC): NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer) is the main target of surgical treatment. Stage I or II SCLC (small cell lung cancer) can be treated with surgery first and then chemotherapy and other comprehensive treatments.

G (gauging operation): refers to standardized surgical procedures. Although the surgical methods for lung cancer have not been unified, many scholars at home and abroad have reached the following consensus: after the diseased lung is removed, the relevant intrathoracic lymph nodes and suspicious enlarged lymph nodes must be cleared to achieve the purpose of radical cure and unify the postoperative pathological staging, so as to improve the 5-year survival rate after surgery; the tumor should be removed to the maximum extent and the healthy lung should be retained to the maximum extent, with the purpose of improving the patient's quality of life after surgery; the surgical sequence of lung cancer is followed to ligate and cut off the veins, arteries and bronchi in sequence to minimize the spread of iatrogenic cancer cells; the dissection and operation should be performed carefully to reduce intraoperative bleeding and avoid promoting the spread and metastasis of cancer cells.