What is the herbal approach to treating breast cancer

From the perspective of Chinese medicine, breast cancer belongs to the category of “breast rock” in Chinese medicine. It can be categorized into liver depression and qi stagnation, spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness (the spleen’s function is weak, resulting in phlegm and dampness not being able to be removed) and other types. It can be treated with passages such as Chai Hu Shuo Liver Essence, Free and Easy Essence, Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San, and Tonifying the Middle Jiao Qi Tang. If it is the type of Liver Depression and Qi Stagnation, it will show breast lumps, hard texture, breast distension and pain, accompanied by symptoms such as moodiness, dizziness and irritability. It needs to be treated with traditional Chinese medicine that regulates qi and relieves the liver and depression, and can be treated with medicines such as Chaihu Shuohe San and Free San under the guidance of a doctor. If it belongs to the spleen deficiency and phlegm-dampness type, it will show breast lumps, hard texture, accompanied by loss of appetite, nausea, dysuria (irregular urination) and other symptoms. It can be treated by strengthening the spleen and drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm from the body with dampness-drying medicines), with commonly used medicines such as Ginseng Ling Bai Zhu San and Tonifying the Middle Jiao Qi Tang. It is difficult to achieve a complete cure by pure Chinese medicine treatment, but traditional Chinese medicine theories can be applied to different stages of cancer to identify and treat the disease, which can improve the clinical efficacy, quality of life and prolong the survival period of the patients, and a combination of Chinese and western medicine is often chosen in the treatment of cancer. If you need to take the above medicines, it is recommended to do so under the guidance of a doctor.