Experts talk about osteosarcoma medication techniques

Because there are many methods for treating osteosarcoma clinically, many patients do not know which method to choose for the treatment of osteosarcoma. Here we remind osteosarcoma patients that it is crucial to fully understand their disease to choose the appropriate treatment method later. Traditional Chinese medicine has a good effect in treating bone tumors clinically. Let’s take a look at the experts’ comments on osteosarcoma medication techniques.

1) Yin-cold stagnation syndrome.

Main symptoms: Initial onset of osteoma, mild pain, aggravated by cold, localized mass, unchanged skin color, no tenderness, or even no pain, long course of disease. Pale tongue, thin, slow pulse.

Treatment method: Warming Yang, relieving congestion, unblocking meridians and removing stagnation.

Prescription: Yanghe Decoction (Chinese Oncology) with modified ingredients: Rehmannia root, cinnamon bark, antler glue, ephedra, white mustard seed, roasted ginger, raw licorice, clematis root, psoralea corylifolia, radix polygoni multiflori, rhizoma strychnifoliae, rhizoma schizonepetae, rhizoma aconiti kusnezoffii, rhizoma aconiti

It can also be taken orally with Xiaojindan and Xihuangwan.

Analysis: Yin-cold enters the bones, mostly because of people with weak constitution and insufficient three Yin. Cold evil takes the opportunity to invade and stagnates into tumors. It cannot be opened without Yang He, so Yang He Decoction is used to warm the meridians and dispel cold, resolve phlegm and replenish deficiency; Chuanwu and Caowu warm the meridians and expel cold; Psoralea corylifolia and Radix Penelitianae penetrate the bones and expel evil; Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae and Radix Clematis chinensis unblock the meridians and eliminate phlegm.

2) Syndrome of toxic-heat accumulation.

Main symptoms: Rapid enlargement of the bone tumor, aggravated pain, stabbing and burning pain, dark purple and red bruises on the skin, impaired limb movement, sometimes accompanied by fever, dry and constipated stools. Dark red tongue with bruises, thin or stringy pulse.

Treatment method: Clear away heat, detoxify, resolve blood stasis and disperse nodules.

Prescription: Qingoulongzhe decoction (Chinese Oncology). Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae, Solanum nigrum, Honeysuckle vine, Taraxacum officinale, Radix Clematis, Radix Penicillae, Cynanchum indica, Radix Trichosanthis, Cortex Phellodendri, Rhizoma Achyranthis Bidentatae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Eupolyphaga, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Frankincense, Myrrh, Raw Licorice.

Analysis: The herbs in the prescription, such as Sarcandra subspinipes, Solanum nigrum, Lonicera japonica, Taraxacum mongolicum, Phellodendron chinense, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Radix Trichosanthis, can clear away heat, detoxify, and remove toxins in large doses; Cynanchum wilfordii, Achyranthes bidentata, Eupolyphaga sinensis, Frankincense, Angelica sinensis, and Paeonia lactiflora can invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve pain, and reduce swelling; Radix radix polygonati pubescens can penetrate bones to remove toxins; Radix clematis can resolve phlegm and dispel dampness; and raw licorice can harmonize all the herbs.

3) Kidney deficiency and fire depression syndrome.

Main symptoms: local swelling and pain, dark red skin, unbearable pain, mild in the morning and severe in the evening, fever, dry mouth, cough, weight loss, sallow complexion, difficulty walking, mental depression. Dark tongue and pale lips, less or dry black coating.

Treatment method: Nourish the kidney and fill the marrow, reduce fire and detoxify.

Prescription: Four-bone soup (Chinese Oncology). Radix Lycopodii, walnut tree branch, Ligustrum lucidum fruit, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix Rehmanniae, Psoralea corylifolia, Fructus Corni, Drynariae Rhizoma, Dipsacus asper, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Copper Radix Paeoniae Alba, Cortex Moutan, Phellodendron amurense, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae.

Analysis: The raw rehmannia, cornus officinalis, glossy privet fruit, moutan bark, phellodendron, and anemarrhena asphodeloides in the prescription nourish yin and reduce fire; psoralea corylifolia, dipsaccharum officinale, drynariae, and natural copper strengthen the kidneys and bones, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; radix polygoni lobata, scutellariae, rhizoma anthracis, and walnut twigs dispel wind and dampness, promote blood circulation and relieve pain; and angelica sinensis replenishes and nourishes the blood.

Therefore, TCM treatment should be closely combined with radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery and other treatments to fundamentally improve the patient's own immune ability. Only when the body has sufficient sources of nutrition and eliminates evil and strengthens the body can we achieve a complete victory in the fight against cancer.