Modern research, combined with ancient medical knowledge of the disease, has concluded that emotional factors are the main cause of the disease, and that it is also closely related to deficiency, phlegm, stasis, heat, toxicity, and diet.
(1) Identification and treatment.
In the treatment of thyroid cancer, TCM is used to complement surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, reduce the load of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and postoperative treatment, reduce side effects, improve physical strength, improve appetite, inhibit tumor development, and control the disease as an adjuvant treatment and terminal support. The second is to choose pure TCM treatment without surgery and radiotherapy.
Indications: Patients in the perioperative period, during radiotherapy, targeted therapy, post-treatment recovery period and advanced stage.
Treatment methods: oral tonics, Chinese patent medicines, Chinese patent preparations, other Chinese medical methods (external application, acupuncture, etc.).
(II) Treatment plan.
1. Deficiency of positive energy
Indication symptoms: congenital weakness or damage to positive qi after surgery or radiotherapy.
Representative formulas: Eight Precious Soup, Angelica Blood Tonic Soup, Ten Perfect Tonic Soup, Tonic Zhong Yi Qi Soup plus or minus.
2. Yin deficiency and fire
Indications: Commonly seen after radiotherapy or in vegetative deficiency. Chinese herbal soup: Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan with addition and subtraction
3. Liver and kidney deficiency
Indications: Common after radiotherapy, bone marrow suppression or vegetative deficiency. Representative formula: Liu Wei Di Huang Wan plus or minus.
4. Liver depression and qi stagnation
Indication symptoms: depression or irritability, good at resting, distension and pain in the chest and abdomen. Chinese herbal soup: Seaweed Yuhu Tang or Hanxia Houpu Tang with addition and subtraction.
5. cold phlegm stagnation
Indication symptoms: clear and thin phlegm, clear and long urine, loose stools, pale mouth and no thirst, dull complexion, etc.
Chinese herbal formula: Yang He Tang combined with Han Xia Xie Scrofula Pill plus or minus.
6. Toxic and stasis interconnection
Indications: Superfluous masses with rapid growth or metastasis. Chinese herbal formula: Xihuangwan or Xiaojin Dan with addition and subtraction.