Commonly used traditional Chinese medicines for the treatment of advanced gliomas

Glioma is a brain tumor disease that is generally difficult to cure and prone to recurrence, so chemotherapy is very important. In addition to chemotherapy, patients with advanced gliomas also need to take some drugs for auxiliary treatment. So what are the commonly used traditional Chinese medicines for the treatment of advanced gliomas? The following is an introduction to several of them.

The most suitable drug for glioma: ginsenoside Rg3 that easily penetrates the blood-brain barrier

For patients with advanced brain glioma, since surgery and chemotherapy have no obvious effect, the treatment should focus on improving immunity and improving the quality of life of patients. Taking Chinese medicine can regulate immunity and increase human tolerance, but some Chinese medicines are easy to irritate the stomach and cannot cross the blood-brain barrier. Therefore, it is more appropriate to choose Chinese medicines that are non-irritating, easy to digest, and easy to pass through the blood-brain barrier. Clinical patients report that ginsenoside Rg3 (the best effect is when the monomer content is more than 16%) in terms of pain relief, vomiting, and appetite improvement, and in conjunction with surgery and chemotherapy, many patients have taken it for a long time and have survived for five years. Ginsenoside Rg3, which was reported by CCTV, is a fat-soluble small molecule that can pass through the blood-brain barrier and act on the lesions, and has a good effect on brain tumors and brain metastases. At present, there are many literatures to support that ginsenoside Rg3 induces differentiation and apoptosis of C6 glioma cells, which is one of the best means as an adjuvant treatment for brain glioma.

Other commonly used drugs for advanced glioma

1. Drugs for primary tumor suppression and symptom control of brain tumors: Brucea javanica oil oral solution and temozolomide capsules

2. Drugs for the treatment of brain tumor spread and metastasis: Compound Cantharides Capsules, Xiaoaiping Tablets, Shendan Sanjie Capsules, Zhenxiang Capsules, Xihuang Pills

3. Auxiliary drugs for brain tumor radiotherapy and chemotherapy: Zhenqi Fuzheng Granules, Zhenqi Fuzheng Capsules, Shenqi Shiyiwei Granules

4. Brain tumor cancer pain control medicine: Chanwu Babu paste compound Chansu paste

In general, due to the effect of the blood-brain barrier, ordinary drug molecules cannot pass through the barrier to reach the lesion accurately. Therefore, for many brain tumors, surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be selected according to the size and location of the lesion, supplemented by conservative treatment of traditional Chinese medicine. When choosing drugs, it is necessary to choose small molecules that are conducive to passing through the blood-brain barrier.