Colorectal cancer, including colon cancer and rectal cancer, is a common malignant tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. The main clinical manifestation is pus and mucus stool, and intestinal obstruction may also occur. It belongs to the categories of “locked hemorrhoids”, “accumulation”, “intestinal mushroom” and “dirty poison” in Chinese medicine.
The causes of TCM
The external cause is the evil qi guest in the intestine, or diet disorder, damage the spleen and stomach, transport and transformation failure; internal because of depression, depression, spleen and stomach disorder, both can lead to dampness and heat evil poison, flow into the large intestine, tumor development. Wang Shumei, Department of Oncology, The Second Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
Diagnostic points]
1.Recent persistent abdominal discomfort, vague pain, flatulence, and symptoms not relieved by general treatment.
2. Change of stool habit without obvious cause, such as diarrhea or constipation.
3, stools with pus and blood, mucus or blood, excluding dysentery, chronic inflammation of the intestine and other medical history.
4.Masses in the colon area.
5, unexplained anemia or weight loss.
Life care]
1, regular life and living, pay attention to warmth, avoid external sensations.
2.If you have blood in the stool, go to the hospital immediately for examination, do not explain yourself with hemorrhoids.
3.Changes in bowel habits, the number of bowel movements or stools with mucus, blood and other abnormal nature, constipation, diarrhea or both, more than three weeks should pay extra attention.
4.If there are high-risk factors for colorectal cancer exist, such as family-attributable colon cancer or polyposis, ulcerative colitis, you should go to the hospital for consultation or examination regularly in order to keep track of your physical condition.
5.In order to understand the development of disease, consolidate treatment, check whether there is recurrence or metastasis, and provide basis for further treatment formulation, regular re-examination is needed for all postoperative colorectal cancer.
6.After the colon and rectal resection, the function of part of the colon changes after the operation, in the form of thin stool and increased number of times, generally after a period of time these symptoms reduce or disappear, if there is no improvement, you should go to the hospital for re-examination.
7, rectal anorectomy for artificial anus after surgery, to often keep the skin around the fistula clean, dry, can be coated with gentamycin ointment protection, should not use strong alkaline or disinfectant drops.
Dietary care]
In daily life, you should avoid over-eating, keep your bowels clear, avoid or reduce the intake of fried, smoked and baked foods and various kinds of pickled foods; pay attention not to be partial to the diet, maintain a nutritional balance, meat food to low-fat lean meat is better, eat the right amount of vitamins A, C, E and trace elements and fenugreek, eat more fresh vegetables.
Chinese medicine diet]
1, raw earth porridge: fresh raw earth 50g (or raw earth 20g), japonica rice 75g. first wash the raw earth yellow with water and boil for 1 hour, remove the slag to get the juice, and then cook with japonica rice into porridge, once eaten. It has the effect of nourishing Yin and clearing heat.
2, ginseng and jujube porridge: 10 g of ginseng, 10 jujube, 75 g of round-grained rice. chopped ginseng, add water, boil for 40 minutes or more, take in the morning and evening. It has the effect of nourishing Qi and benefiting blood.
3, peach kernel porridge: 10g peach kernel, 50g round-grained rice. grind peach kernel and cook with round-grained rice, for breakfast, add a little sugar to taste. With blood moistening effect, especially suitable for constipated people.
4.Astragalus and wolfberry porridge: 30g of astragalus, 50g of wolfberry, 150g of japonica rice. It has the effect of nourishing Yin and is especially suitable for cancer patients with Qi and Yin deficiency.