Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment Methods for Pituitary Tumors

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of pituitary tumors has also achieved good results in clinical practice. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used alone as a treatment for pituitary tumors, or it can be used in conjunction with other treatments. This is mainly determined by factors such as the size of the patient's tumor, the length of illness, and physical condition. So, what is the traditional Chinese medicine treatment of pituitary tumors like?

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment of Pituitary Tumors:

1. Phlegm and poison coagulation type

Main symptoms: headache and dizziness, numbness of limbs, heaviness and fatigue, stiff tongue and slurred speech, nausea and vomiting, blurred vision, chest tightness caused by excessive phlegm, fat tongue with teeth marks, thick and greasy white fur, slippery or stringy pulse. Treatment: resolve phlegm and dissipate stagnation, detoxify and open the mind.

Prescription: Di Tan Tang with added ingredients. 10g of Gastrodia elata, 10g of Pinellia tuber, 10g of Citrus aurantium, 10g of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, 10g of Tangerine peel, 10g of Atractylodes macrocephala, 30g of Poria cocos, 15g of Acorus chinensis, 5g of Scorpio, 2 centipedes, 15g of Tripterygium wilfordii, 20g of Cynanchum indica.

2. Qi and blood stagnation type

Main symptoms: headache, distension of the head, dull complexion, blurred vision, bluish lips, dark purple tongue or with ecchymosis, thin and wiry or stringy pulse.

Treatment method: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, disperse nodules and open the orifices.

Prescription: Tongqiao Huoxue Decoction with added ingredients. Peach kernel 10g, safflower 10g, red peony root 10g, earthworm 10g, Chuanxiong 10g, Angelica dahurica 30g, cicada slough 5g, white tribulus 10g, scorpion 10g, fenugreek 15g, musk 0.2g (wrapped in silk, decocted 3 times per bag).

A TCM expert who has been engaged in TCM brain tumor research for many years would like to remind people that we should not only see the advantages of TCM in treating brain tumors, but also see some of its shortcomings. Human medicine is a history of continuous struggle and development between humans and diseases. Diseases that could not be cured in the past can now be cured. The same is true for brain tumors. Western medicine treatment methods and examination methods are constantly improving. TCM can also borrow modern scientific examination methods (modern medicine's diagnosis of brain tumors is becoming more and more mature, using CT and MRI for preoperative positioning and preliminary qualitative diagnosis) to conduct brain tumor research and treatment with TCM and Chinese medicine, and it can achieve very good results. The combination of Chinese and Western medicine in the treatment of brain tumors is better than the treatment of Western medicine alone.