How to treat laryngeal cancer with traditional Chinese medicine

How does Traditional Chinese Medicine treat laryngeal cancer? When a patient knows that he has laryngeal cancer, what should he focus on? I believe the answer is obvious, and that is "treatment." We all know that cancer treatment is very difficult, but this does not mean that all cancer patients have no hope of cure. Although laryngeal cancer is not easy to treat, patients should not give up hope anyway. The following will introduce how to treat laryngeal cancer with Traditional Chinese Medicine, hoping to help everyone.

1. Wind-heat blocking type.

Main symptoms: dry throat, dry choking without phlegm, hoarseness, nasal congestion and pharyngeal obstruction, thin yellow tongue coating, floating and rapid pulse, etc.

Treatment method: Soothe wind, clear heat and relieve sore throat, assist with detoxification and relieving nodules.

Prescription: Puji Xiaoduyin with additions and subtractions, Scrophularia 12g, Puffball 10g, Bombyx Batryticatus 12g, Sophora flavescens 12g, Honeysuckle 5g, Asparagus cochinchinensis 15g, Radix Ophiopogonis 15g, Beehive 15g, Scutellaria barbata 30g, Hedyotis diffusa 30g. For those with excessive heat in the lungs and stomach, sore throat, and difficulty swallowing, add Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Forsythia suspensa, Lantern Festival, Gardenia, Licorice, Platycodon grandiflorum, etc.; for those with hard and astringent stools, add Xuanming powder, raw rhubarb, etc. to clear the heat in the lungs and stomach.

Analysis: The puffball, Sophora flavescens, honeysuckle, Scutellaria barbata, and Hedyotis diffusa in the formula clear away heat, detoxify, and reduce swelling; Scrophularia ningpoensis, Asparagus cochinchinensis, and Radix Ophiopogonis nourish yin and reduce fire; and Beehive dispels wind, attacks toxins, and relieves swelling and pain. The whole formula has the effect of dispelling wind, clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing swelling.

2. Liver depression, qi stagnation and heat accumulation type.

Main symptoms: fullness in the chest and flanks, dizziness, discomfort in the throat, foreign body sensation, difficulty swallowing, hoarseness, bitter taste in the mouth and dry throat, dry tongue with thin yellow coating, and thready pulse, which are signs of early and middle stage laryngeal cancer.

Treatment method: Soothe the liver and relieve depression, clear and drain liver fire.

Prescription: Danzhi Xiaoyao Powder with modifications. Cortex Moutan 9g, Gardenia 9g, Angelica 10g, Peony 12g, Bupleurum 9g, Mentha 4.5g, Poria 12g, Raw Atractylodes 10g, Raw Licorice 5g, Sophora flavescens 12g, Belamcanda 9g, Hedyotis diffusa 30g.

Analysis: Bupleurum and mint in the formula soothe the liver and relieve depression; Cortex Moutan, Gardenia, Belamcanda, Sophora flavescens, Hedyotis diffusa and raw licorice clear away heat and detoxify, relieve sore throat and reduce swelling; Angelica, Peony root, Bupleurum and mint soothe the blood vessels of the liver meridian; Atractylodes macrocephala and Poria cocos nourish the spleen and earth, and strengthen the earth to resist wood insults. The whole formula is a remedy for soothing the liver and relieving depression, and clearing away stagnant fire.

3. Qi stagnation and blood stasis type.

Main symptoms: Throat pain, as if with obstruction, difficulty swallowing, inability to eat for a long time, coughing up blood in sputum, dry skin, pale red tongue with ecchymosis, thin white fur, and thready and wiry pulse.

Treatment method: Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, soften and disperse nodules.

Prescription: Taohong Siwu Decoction with modifications. Peach kernel 10g, safflower 10g, Chinese angelica 10g, red peony root 15g, raw earth 15g, Citrus aurantium 10g, Scrophularia 10g, Tripterygium wilfordii 10g, Curcuma 10g, Imperata 15g, Sanguisorba officinalis 6g, Prunella vulgaris 20g, Pangolin (calcium decoction) 10g, Solanum nigrum 10g, Licorice 5g. For cough and sputum, add Fritillaria 10g, Trichosanthes seed 10g, and Sea Pumice 10g; for chest and flank distension and poor appetite, add Bupleurum 10g and Curcuma 15g.

A large number of clinical practices have proved that high-dose radiotherapy and chemotherapy for patients in the middle and late stages, or chemotherapy again for patients with drug resistance, can only make the weak life more critical and accelerate the death of the patient. Traditional Chinese medicine can make up for the deficiencies of surgical treatment, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, and can not only consolidate the effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but also eliminate the toxic side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.