Often people often ask when they can take Chinese medicine when they have tumor. In fact, Chinese medicine should be taken at any stage of tumor treatment, only the purpose of Chinese medicine taken is different. Sometimes it should be to support the right and sometimes it should be used to support the right and dispel the evil at the same time. Although modern western medicine has outstanding achievements in the treatment of tumors, there are some deficiencies, such as comorbidities, side effects, bottlenecks in the treatment of advanced tumors, etc. The remedy of these deficiencies is exactly where the advantages of Chinese medicine lie. Thus, modern tumor treatment advocates comprehensive treatment, taking the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses. 1.Chinese medicine combined with radiotherapy Radiotherapy has always occupied a dominant position in the treatment of tumors, but while combating tumors, radiotherapy will affect the digestive function, damage the spleen and stomach, and make the patients suffer from nausea and vomiting, and affect the operation of qi and blood, which will cause dizziness and fatigue, and will also cause damage to the liver function and reduce the immune ability of the organism. The use of Chinese medicine in radiotherapy reduces the side effects of radiotherapy and ensures the smooth progress of radiotherapy. Chinese medicine can regulate the function of the spleen and stomach, improve sleep, enhance physical strength, improve immunity, thus enhancing the therapeutic effect. 2.Chinese medicine combined with surgery Surgery can eradicate most of the early tumor lesions, but it is more traumatic, and due to the spreading and metastasis of the tumor, radiotherapy is still needed to consolidate the curative effect or treat metastasis after surgery. Palliative treatment for advanced tumors sometimes requires surgery combined with radiotherapy. With the trauma of surgery and the adverse reaction of radiotherapy, while treating the tumor, the trauma to the patient’s body should not be underestimated, which requires the systemic conditioning of traditional Chinese medicine. Before surgery, Chinese medicine can help the patients to improve their nutritional status, enhance their physical condition and lay the foundation for surgery; after surgery, Chinese medicine can regulate the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and produce fluids, improve the quality of life and promote the recovery of the body. 3, advanced patients Many advanced patients, due to the internal organs and yin and yang has been seriously imbalanced, radiotherapy, surgery, often aggravate the imbalance, leading to adverse consequences. At this time, patients can use traditional Chinese medicine treatment, which guides the treatment from the perspective of balance, the patient’s organism can achieve a relative stability, and then can survive for a long time with the tumor, and the quality of life will be better. Avoiding and reducing tumor recurrence and metastasis Chinese medicine believes that “positive does not inhibit evil” is the key to tumor recurrence and metastasis. After radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery and other treatments, it is not guaranteed that the tumors in the body are cleared, coupled with the weakening of the body’s immune ability after treatment, the positive and evil in the body are still confronted with each other, and when the residual pathogenicity of the tumor prevails, the disease develops, and the recurrence and metastasis of tumors occurs. Therefore, during the recovery period of tumor patients, taking traditional Chinese medicine can support the positive and eliminate the evil, enhance the immune ability of the body and resist the recurrence and metastasis of the tumor, so that some patients with residual tumor foci can still survive for a long period of time and have a better quality of life. Small toxic side effects and low price of traditional Chinese medicine Both radiotherapy and surgery have their side effects, and the side effects are sometimes very serious, even beyond the therapeutic effect, so they cannot be used for a long time. However, Chinese medicine has mild effect and little toxic side effect, even if it is taken for a long time, it will not hurt the function of the body. Moreover, the price is much lower than other treatments, and most patients can afford it. A large number of clinical studies and clinical experiences show that the integrated treatment of tumors with Chinese and Western medicine is the best way of tumor treatment. Chinese medicine treatment should be the embodiment of both “orderly treatment” and “holistic treatment”, i.e., according to the specific conditions of patients, different phases of treatment strategies should be adopted. The advantages of Chinese medicine in treating tumor and tonifying the body are as follows: (1) Post-surgery patients: due to surgical injury, patients mostly show deficiency of qi and blood, and often suffer from weakness, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, dullness and bloating, insomnia and nightmares, etc. The use of traditional Chinese medicines can replenish the qi and blood, alleviate the surgical complications, and facilitate faster recovery of the patient’s body; (2) Through traditional Chinese medicines to support the right and eliminate the wrong, and to consolidate the efficacy of the treatment, the recurrence of tumors and metastasis can be reduced; (3) In the case of radiation and chemotherapy, it is necessary to adopt different stages of treatment. (3) Taking Chinese medicine during radiotherapy and chemotherapy can reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy such as nausea, vomiting, constipation, leukopenia, anemia, insomnia, pain, dry mouth and thirst, etc. (4) For patients with advanced stage or lesions that are unsuitable for surgery or radiotherapy or chemotherapy: taking Chinese medicine can control the growth of tumors, alleviate the symptoms, improve the quality of life, and prolong the period of survival.