How Chinese medicine treats liver cancer patients

  1.Regulate the stomach and nourish the spleen, biochemical source. Although liver cancer is in the liver, its treatment is in the spleen and stomach. The liver has blood as its body and qi as its use. If the qi and blood are not regulated and there is no source of biochemistry, the liver will lose its use. The spleen is the master of transportation and transformation, the stomach receives water and grain, and overflows the essence, which together are the basis of the latter day and sit in the middle of the state. If the spleen and stomach are weak, there will be a lack of source of glory and health, and a deficiency of positive qi, which will cause the evil to take advantage of the deficiency and enter. If you see deficiency of the spleen and stomach, such as dullness and distension, weakness, loose stools, etc., Xie must emphasize the protection of the spleen and stomach transport function, to restore its pivot mechanism, the clinical evidence more use of Buddha’s hand, sand, Jiao Sanxian, Poria, Jiao Baijiao, chicken neijin, Chen Pi, yam and other products, to aromatic wake up the spleen, help transport and transformation, to fund the back of the day qi and blood, so that the righteous qi to move, to fight evil out. If the spleen and stomach are damaged, the biochemical source is lacking and the face is yellowish, the lips and nails are less florid, and the muscles are not full, Master Xie often uses chicken blood vine, white peony, angelica, wolfberry, aconite, codonopsis and other tonic products to fill the pulse. The various combinations do not deviate from the principle of strengthening the spleen, benefitting the stomach and nourishing the blood.  2. Diversify the liver and gallbladder, regulate qi and reduce yellowing. If you see jaundice, dry mouth and tongue, dry stool, red urine, red tongue with yellow coating, then the liver body is deficient and the liver is not drained, and the damp-heat is suppressed is the symptom, so we must first clear the damp-heat and detoxify the liver to treat the symptom. Sometimes, according to the condition, the symptoms should be balanced with the root cause. If post-operative evil toxins are not yet cleared and you see dizziness and weakness, dry mouth, dullness and loose stool, thin tongue and thin pulse and other evidence of deficiency of both liver and spleen, you should follow the principle of “treating the root cause slowly” by tonifying the liver and spleen and regulating qi and blood, then the positive qi will gradually recover and the evil toxins will gradually be resolved. In order to achieve curative effect, the symptoms of liver cancer must be clearly identified, and the priorities must be clearly distinguished, so that the treatment can be ordered. If the liver is not drained, the bile will not be excreted properly, and the skin will become jaundiced; if the liver is not drained, the essence will not be distributed, and the dampness will become phlegm, which will gather in the liver and become liver accumulation. Therefore, if the liver and gallbladder are not drained properly and the qi is not conducive, we should follow the ancient instruction of “draining the qi and blood to make it regulated and peaceful” (Su Wen: Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun). The treatment is to “regulate”, not “attack”, and should be cautious with harsh and violent agents that break the Qi. If you see hypochondriac pain and distension, belching and eructation, purple tongue, dark pulse, etc., use Chai Hu, Citrus aurantium, Xiang Shen, Mu Xiang, Chen Pi, Wu Yao, and Buddha’s Hand, etc., so that the Qi can be relaxed and not too much. However, when the tangible product is formed, it is often seen as a stabbing pain in the ribs, with a purple tongue and astringent pulse. If the blood circulation is activated by Yuan Hu, Yu Jin, Chuan Xiong, Red Shao, etc., and is supplemented with blood-generating products such as Chicken Blood Vine, Agaricus, White Shao, Wolfberry, etc., to open up the pulse pathways, remove blood stasis and generate new blood. If the deficiency is too much, the deficient Qi will not be able to carry on the deficiency, or it may lead to too much Liver Qi, and the Liver wind will move inside, resulting in false sleeplessness and numbness of the extremities. If the blood-breaking products are used, it will cut down the vital energy, the Qi will lose its control, the blood will overflow out of the veins and become blood loss, which will be even worse, or even life-threatening.  The deficiency of qi and blood in the internal organs is the root of liver cancer, and the deficiency of liver, spleen and kidney is the most important one. Patients show weakness and laziness, yellow face and poor circulation, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, etc.; qi stagnation, blood stasis and dampness gathering are the symptoms of liver cancer. Therefore, the treatment of liver cancer should be based on both the symptoms and the root cause, helping to eliminate the evil, attacking and supplementing at the same time. In the middle stage of the disease, the evil is in deficit, so the treatment should be to support the righteousness and dispel the evil; in the late stage, the righteousness is not strong enough to resist attack, so the treatment should be to support the righteousness and focus on strengthening the spleen and benefiting the qi, nourishing the liver and kidney. To eliminate the evil, clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving dampness, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis are the common methods of liver cancer treatment. If the lump is stinging and painful, irritable, yellow like orange in body and eyes, dry mouth, bitter mouth, abdominal distension, dry and red stool, dark tongue with yellowish coating, slippery pulse, etc., the treatment is to clear heat and relieve dampness, soften hardness and disperse nodules, and the formula is to use Yin Chen Artemisia Tang with Turtle Nail Decoction Pill plus or minus. If the pain is severe, add Yujin, Boswellia, Myrrh; if the Qi stagnation is severe, add Xiangxiang, Mu Xiang, Qing Pi, Citrus aurantium; if the abdominal distension is severe, add Daji Pi, Houpu; if the food is sluggish, add malt, Grain Bud, Chicken Neijin, Lycopodium, Shen Qu. Based on the evidence, some Chinese herbal medicines with good anti-cancer effects both in and out of the body can be used, such as white flowered snake tongue herb, half branch lotus, half side lotus, flea shui, dandelion, dewberry, etc. It should be emphasized that the use of blood-stasis activating drugs should be cautious, not to attack violently, too severe and violent, which may lead to deterioration of the disease and endanger life.  ”Therefore, in addition to “attacking the evil”, the treatment of this disease should also be “tonifying” to support the positive energy. In order to support the correctness and cultivate the root, the first thing to do is to identify whether the qi and blood are strong or weak, and then to identify the degree of deficiency of the five organs and the relationship between the organs. The spleen and the stomach are the origin of the latter and the source of Qi and blood biochemistry, while the kidneys are the origin of the first, which promote, nourish and supplement each other. Most patients with middle and late stage liver cancer have damaged spleen and kidneys, so tonifying the spleen and kidneys to support the righteousness is conducive to the recovery of the righteousness and the improvement of the ability to resist evil. For the spleen, Sijunzi Tang and Lijunzi Tang are used; for the kidney, Liuwei Dihuang Wan and Consistent Decoction are used; for deficiency of both qi and blood, Bazhen Tang is used. At the same time, the medicine used in liver cancer treatment should be in accordance with the characteristics of the liver, and should be combined with a few liver and qi regulating products, so as to complement but not stagnate.