There is no record of the name of kidney cancer in the TCM system, but the symptoms, identification and treatment of similar kidney cancer are rich in content and belong to the categories of “hematuria”, “lumbago”, “kidney accumulation”, “zhengjiao” and so on. “The main reason for this is that it is a complex disease, mostly due to cold and dampness, qi stagnation, blood stasis, and kidney deficiency.
The Chinese medicine guidelines for the treatment of kidney cancer (2008 version) prepared by the Tumor Branch of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China classify kidney cancer into four types of evidence: kidney deficiency and toxicity, dampness, heat and stasis, deficiency of both qi and blood, and yin deficiency and fire, which are treated by tonifying the kidneys, clearing heat and dampness, benefiting qi and blood, nourishing yin and lowering fire and detoxifying the toxicity. Thus, the TCM treatment of kidney cancer requires individualized treatment and comprehensive and specific analysis. The company’s main goal is to provide a comprehensive and comprehensive analysis of the patient’s condition and the main mechanism of the disease, so that the treatment plan is not just a matter of “tonic”.
In principle, Chinese medicine is not a stand-alone treatment for kidney cancer, but is more often used in conjunction with Western medicine, such as surgery, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, to achieve better results in kidney cancer treatment. For example, after kidney unit preservation surgery for early-stage kidney cancer patients, combining with traditional Chinese medicine treatment can help promote the recovery of body functions after kidney cancer surgery, reduce the occurrence of complications and postoperative recovery time, which can help improve patients’ survival quality and prolong survival period; for some kidney cancer patients who cannot tolerate the side effects of immunotherapy and targeted therapy, long-term traditional Chinese medicine treatment can relieve patients’ symptoms, improve patients’ quality of life and help The Chinese medicine can help to extend the survival period.