Oral cancer should be categorized as “cancer” in Chinese medicine.
According to Chinese medicine, the occurrence of cancer is mostly caused by the internal deficiency of positive energy, internal injuries to seven emotions (which refers to a kind of etiological factors that cause disorders of internal organs due to emotional changes and lead to the occurrence of diseases or induce diseases), and persistent old diseases, which lead to the dysfunction of internal organs and the malfunction of qi, blood and fluid, resulting in the production of pathological products such as qi stagnation, blood stasis and phlegm coagulation, which are gradually accumulated and become a kind of malignant diseases over the long term.
When treating different cancer diseases and their different stages of disease, patients should focus on the priority of supporting the positive (such as tonifying qi, nourishing blood, nourishing yin and warming yang) and dispelling the evil (such as regulating qi, removing dampness, resolving phlegm, dispelling stasis and detoxifying etc.), and combine with the location and nature of tumor, and appropriately mix and match traditional Chinese medicines that have anti-tumor effects for the treatment.
It should be noted that oral cancer patients can reduce the adverse effects of the disease through “early detection, early diagnosis and early treatment”. It is recommended to consult doctor in time when discomfort occurs and carry out systematic diagnosis and treatment in time, and do not blindly use medicines by oneself to avoid delaying the condition.