Lung cancer belongs to the categories of “lung stagnation”, “cough”, “hemoptysis” and “chest pain”. Medicines for advanced stage of lung cancer should be prescribed by professional physicians, such as blood and qi stasis can be treated with Blood Palace and Blood Stasis Soup, and phlegm-dampness in lung can be treated with Er Chen Soup and Gua Dao Allium Scallion White and Semi-Hematoxylin Soup.
For those with stagnation of qi and blood, the symptoms include coughing, stuffy chest, chest pain in a fixed place like a cone or a thorn, or phlegm and blood with dark red color, and purple lips, the formula is Blood Mansion and Blood Stasis Tang.
In cases of phlegm-dampness in the lungs, cough, sputum, breath-holding, thick and sticky phlegm, white or yellowish-white phlegm, chest tightness and chest pain, dullness (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), loose stools (thin and unformed feces), and fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical fatigue), the formulae are Er Chen Tang combined with Gua Puzu Allium Scallop Bail and Half-sia Soup.
In cases of deficiency of Yin and toxic heat, cough with no or little sputum, or blood in sputum, or even hemoptysis, chest pain, disturbed and poor sleep, low-grade fever and night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, but stopping after waking up), strong heat that does not subside after a long period of time, thirst, and dry and knotty stools, the formula is Sasanqua and Maitong Tang combined with Wu Wei Disinfecting Drink.
For deficiency of qi and yin, cough with little sputum or sputum that is thin and sticky, weak cough, shortness of breath, shortness of breath (shortness of breath), fatigue, thinness and malignant wind, spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the daytime, aggravated by sweating when there is a slight movement) or night sweating, and dry mouth with little to drink, the formula should be Sheng Vein Drink with Baihe Gujin Tang.
When discomfort occurs, one should consult a doctor in time and choose the appropriate treatment under the guidance of the physician’s diagnosis, and should not use medication on one’s own in order to avoid delaying the condition.