What are the misconceptions of tumor patients taking traditional Chinese medicine

Many people think that only toxic Chinese medicines can be anti-tumor, so they take a lot of Chinese medicines such as centipede, spotted cypress and strychnine for a long time. This kind of medicine is only one of the anti-tumor herbal medicines, there are many other kinds of herbal medicines that have anti-tumor effects, such as beneficial qi and blood tonic, clearing heat and detoxifying, softening hardness and dispersing knots, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and so on. Therefore, the formula must be composed according to the four diagnoses of the patient in order to play the anti-tumor role most effectively and avoid toxic side effects. Some people think that Chinese herbal medicines will get hot in summer, but this view is biased. There are cold, hot, warm and cool Chinese medicines, and since Yang Qi is strong in summer, it is easy to get hot, so it is not necessary to use the spicy and warm Chinese medicines to help Yang. There are many herbs that are suitable for summer, such as those that clear away heat and fire, and those that relieve summer heat and produce body fluid, which not only do not cause fire, but can also treat the disease of fire. Some people also believe that it is not suitable to take tonics in summer, but for patients with yang deficiency and qi deficiency can take tonics, especially after radiotherapy patients with deficiency of qi, blood and fluids, yin and yang imbalance, should always be adjusted. Therefore, the key to whether you can take tonics is based on the patient’s constitution, and the season can only be used as a reference factor. The doctor will adjust the medication appropriately according to the season and the patient’s tongue and pulse. Some people think that the effect of long decoction of Chinese medicine is only good, but this is also a one-sided understanding. Not all herbal medicines need to be decocted for a long time. Only some shellfish and mineral herbs need long time decoction, and some tonic herbs can be decocted for a longer time, such as exogenous drugs, antipyretic drugs and laxative drugs cannot be decocted for a long time to avoid reducing the efficacy. Some people see that others have good results after taking Chinese medicine, so they take the prescriptions and use them as they are, but they do not get satisfactory results. This is because Chinese medicine doctors treat patients according to the four diagnoses of each person, and the prescriptions are personalized and adjusted according to the development of the disease. Even if you and the patient have the same tumor, the prescription may not be the same, because each person shows different yin and yang, cold and heat, deficiency and reality. So don’t use other people’s prescriptions. 5.Tumor patients can’t use blood-activating herbal medicine. I often hear people say that blood-activating and stasis-transforming drugs can’t be used for tumor patients, even some doctors also say so. Clinical research confirms that the occurrence and development of tumor patients are often accompanied by blood stasis and stagnation of organs and ligaments, which are manifested by the increase of plasma viscosity and enlargement of organs and signs of compression of surrounding tissues. The method of activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis is the treatment method adopted in response to the pathological characteristics of tumor stasis and blood obstruction. Modern research has confirmed that the blood circulation of many tumor patients is characterized by high coagulation and high viscosity, and blood activating drugs can reduce blood viscosity and prevent the formation of cancer clots. Blood stasis is closely related to tumor, so activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis is one of the important methods of anti-tumor, but it is not suitable for patients with bleeding tendency. Therefore, it is necessary to identify and treat the symptoms in clinical practice.