Thymoma is the most common primary tumor of the anterior superior mediastinum, which belongs to the categories of “knot chest” and “chest paralysis” in Chinese medicine. It is often treated with Juniperus vulgaris and Allium sativum soup to remove phlegm and open the chest. The effect varies from person to person, and there is no simplest method.
The pathogenesis of thymoma is due to deficiency of positive qi, deficiency of internal organs, and the feeling of external evils, resulting in the lack of vitality of chest yang, poor qi, phlegm-dampness stagnation, and stagnation of stagnation and heat, which ultimately leads to the formation of phlegm-blood stagnation.
It is recorded in the Herbal Thought Record: “The length of Gua Piper betel is to guide phlegm and turbidity downward, so the knot of chest paralysis is not cured without this.” Therefore, the treatment is generally based on the formula of Gua Piao Allium Scallion and Half-summer Soup to remove phlegm and open the chest.
For Yang deficiency, the method of warming Yang and dispersing knots should be used, with the medicines of Cornus officinalis, Gan Jiang, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong and Yan Hu Suo; for phlegm and stagnant stagnation, the method of resolving phlegm and drying dampness should be used, with the addition and subtraction of Er Chen Tang combined with Wen Gao Tang, with the medicines of Chen Pi, Pinellia, Poria, Hovenia, and so on.
It is suggested that patients with thymoma should consult the doctor in time after the above symptoms appear, and use the above methods under the guidance of professional doctors, and do not use drugs indiscriminately by themselves, so as to avoid delaying the condition.