More than half of all cancer patients will have pain. According to statistics, 70% of advanced cancers have pain as the main complaint, and some cancers such as liver, pancreatic and osteosarcoma often have pain at the beginning. The cancer suicide rate in developed countries is as high as
8.6% in developed countries. For many years, cancer pain has been treated mainly by opioids, such as morphine. For many reasons
Many cancer patients do not get satisfactory pain relief effect. The use of traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat cancer pain has its own unique features, which is worth exploring in depth. Prevention of pain attack. According to the statistics of 300 cases of liver cancer patients, it was found that those who took Chinese medicine regularly for more than 3 months had significantly less pain than those who did not use Chinese medicine. It is believed that the prevention mechanism of Chinese medicine on pain lies in two aspects: Firstly, some unbalanced factors in the body can aggravate pain, and Chinese medicine has the function of balancing the analgesic function in the body of patients; secondly, there is a saying in Chinese medicine that “pain is pain if it does not pass”, and the medicine of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis and regulating qi can play the role of “no pain if it passes”. The second point is that Chinese medicine has the function of “pain is pain if there is no circulation”. For tumor patients
The early use of traditional Chinese medicine can prevent pain before it happens. If you wait until morphine or dulcolax can’t stop the pain and then turn to traditional Chinese medicine, it’s hard to make a difference. The pain relief effect is obvious. Chinese herbal medicines used externally and taken orally have pain-relieving effects on cancer pain that has already occurred, and the effects are long-lasting and mild, with little side effects. Commonly used pain-relieving herbs are Yuan Hu, Hsiang Hsiang, Rice Husk and Bupleurum, etc., which are easy to obtain. Frankincense, myrrh, blood, safflower, turmeric and ice chips are also easily soluble in alcohol and easy to prepare as topical painkillers. The first four drugs are formulated in a certain ratio with the ground turtle worm, and the blood and ice chips are added to it in a ratio of 10% each. The above drugs are soaked in 75% alcohol for 1 week (the amount of alcohol should be over the Chinese medicine), and then the concentration of the drugs is adjusted to contain 1 gram of Chinese medicine per milliliter after filtration.
1 gram per ml. It was observed that the relief rate of chest pain was 90.1%; the relief rate of abdominal pain was 75.5%; the relief rate of spinal and limb bone pain was 50%. The duration of pain relief is better than that of prednisone. Pain relief spray tincture is composed of Yanhuosuo, Wu Yao, Tu Fu Zi, Danshen, Safflower, Blood and ice chips. First, soak the first five herbs such as Yanhuosuo in 2000ml of 75% alcohol, and then filter the juice after 1 week. Then add blood and ice chips to the liquid, dissolve and filter.
Then add blood essence and ice chips to the solution, dissolve and filter it, put it into a 50ml plastic spray bottle and set aside, each ml contains 0.1g of raw medicine. It can be evenly sprayed on the body surface of cancer pains. It has the best effect on chest pain and hypochondriac pain, but is less effective on bone tumor pain of spine and limbs. The ingredients of transdermal patch: including strychnine, turpentine, garcinia cambogia, toadstool, daidzeinol and laurozidone, etc. The transdermal patch is applied to localized cancer pain or belly button, chest and abdomen and other capillary-rich areas. Choose 1~2 parts to apply each time, 2~4 patches per day, each patch can be applied continuously for 12~16 hours. The patch has the functions of anti-cancer and anti-tumor, analgesic and swelling, breaking down blood stasis and expelling water, and supporting the root.
It is effective for cancer pain of various tumors. Acupuncture point application method: kaempferia, frankincense, myrrh, rhubarb, turmeric, gardenia, dahurica and scutellaria each
20 grams each, 15 grams each of cumin, clove, red peony, mullein and cypress, and 20 grains of castor bean. The above medicines are finely ground together, take the right amount of egg white (or honey) and mix it well to form a paste. For lung cancer, apply the breast root point, and for liver cancer, apply the stage door point. Change the medicine once in 6 hours for severe pain and once in 12 hours for mild pain.
1 time. It can be used continuously until the pain is relieved or disappears. Treatment of cancer pain: 15 grams each of rosin, frankincense, myrrh and curcuma.
10 grams of ice chips. Soak in 500 ml of white wine for 1 week. Apply to the painful area, cover with plastic film, and then moisten with the wine when the gauze is almost dry, and use intermittently or continuously. Generally, it is applied for 10-20 minutes to feel the local coolness and comfort, and the pain is gradually relieved. Chinese medicine ion introduction Yanhuosuo, frankincense, myrrh and salvia each 100 grams, Xu Changqing 150 grams, etc.. Soak in 75% alcohol for more than 1 month
Take the liquid and add a small amount of ice chips and dimethyl sulfoxide to make it. Introductory points: for chest pain, take Nei Guan, Tan Zhong, and Ah Yes points; for lumbar and leg pain, take Kidney Yu, Huan Yu, Yang Ling Quan, and Kun Lun points; for shoulder and back pain, take Tian Zong and Ah Yes points; for internal diseases, take the Yu, Ren, and Yuan points of the corresponding internal organs. For qi stagnation, use Xingma or Taichong; for blood stasis, use Blood Sea and Diayu; for phlegm stasis, use Fenglong.
phlegm stasis with Fenglong. Combination of Chinese and Western analgesic effects. The combination of Chinese medicine and Western painkillers can enhance their curative effects and reduce the side effects of Western medicine. For example, a decoction of peony and licorice soup with rice husk is effective for abdominal cancer pain and can increase the analgesic effect of opioids. The three Chinese herbs of Boneset, Boneset and Boneset are effective for bone pain, and can also enhance the analgesic effect of antipyretic and analgesic drugs and radiation therapy for bone metastasis cancer. For example, the pain relief of hepatocellular carcinoma used to be relieved by injection of dulcimer, but the pain relief effect can be enhanced by applying a thick decoction of toadstool, Yuanhu, Shanjia and Qingpi to the liver area. In addition, strychnine and toadstool, which have strong analgesic activity, are also used to relieve pain.
(local anesthetic effect is 30-60 times greater than that of cocaine), can act on sensory nerve end receptors, and have synergistic analgesic effect when combined with anti-cancer immune enhancing active ingredients. Another characteristic of Chinese medicine in the treatment of cancer pain is the long-lasting analgesia, side effects and multiple effects. Therefore, Chinese medicine can be used in cancer pain as the first and second stage of pain relief, and also as the third stage of combined medication for cancer pain, in order to slow down the additional dose of opioids.
It can avoid the risk of opioid overdose.