When treating cancer with traditional Chinese medicine, you should avoid these taboos to avoid making things worse.

Traditional Chinese medicine has a history of thousands of years and has unique advantages in treating cancer. It helps reduce the damage caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy to the body. It also has the effect of strengthening the body and regulating the balance of yin and yang. However, there are also contraindications in treating cancer. What are the contraindications of traditional Chinese medicine in treating cancer?

Taboo 1: Do not use tonic medicine blindly

When you have cancer, your body's vitality and nutrients will be consumed, and the corresponding organs will also be damaged, thus reducing your physical fitness. At this stage, you should take in a comprehensive amount of nutrients and pay more attention to rest. Don't blindly choose Chinese medicine tonics. Different Chinese medicines have different effects. In terms of function, they are mainly divided into tonifying yin, tonifying yang, tonifying qi and tonifying blood. In terms of medicinal properties, they are divided into warming and cold and hot. If your physical condition allows, you can choose ginsenosides to improve your immune system.

Taboo 2: Do not fight poison with poison

In fact, there are many traditional Chinese medicines that can assist in the treatment of cancer, which are mainly divided into promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and resolving phlegm and removing dampness. If you choose to fight poison with poison, you must choose the appropriate medicine according to the patient's course of disease, symptoms and physical condition. If you do not use it in moderation, drugs with too toxicity may aggravate the condition and the consequences will be disastrous.

Contraindication 3: Do not use blood-activating drugs without restraint. Traditional Chinese medicine will choose the principle of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to assist in the treatment of cancer, but attention should be paid to indications and contraindications. If the malignant tumor has not been removed or there is blood stasis, blood circulation and blood stasis can be selected. If the patient's tumor has been removed and metastasized to other parts, this drug cannot be used, otherwise it will make the body weaker and weaker, and even activate cancer cells, accelerating the speed of metastasis and recurrence.

Taboo 4: Do not be too strict with diet or medication. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that you must avoid certain foods when treating cancer, but the diet should not be too strict. You should choose the appropriate treatment method based on the patient's spleen and stomach function and condition. Lung cancer patients need to stay away from spicy and irritating foods, and patients with edema must control their salt intake.

Contraindication 5: Do not use Chinese medicine at will. Cancer patients must persist in their treatment. Some patients will actively cooperate with the doctor at the beginning, thinking that they will be worry-free as long as chemotherapy and radiotherapy are completed. In fact, after completing radiotherapy or chemotherapy, you must strictly follow the doctor's instructions to go to the hospital for regular follow-up visits and use Chinese medicine to recuperate your body.

Taboo 6: Concealing the condition and not cooperating with medication. Once a cancer patient is diagnosed, doctors and family members should inform the patient strategically so that he or she can cooperate with the treatment. In particular, Chinese medicine emphasizes the diagnosis and treatment methods of observation, smell, questioning, and palpation. It is not possible not to see the patient, and it is not possible not to explain the precautions to the patient after seeing the patient, which is also not conducive to psychological and spiritual treatment.