Can Lung Cancer Patients Drink Hua Tangerine Red?

Lung cancer patients are not recommended to drink Hua Tangerine Hong because it has no therapeutic effect on lung cancer. Tangerine red has the effects of regulating qi and relaxing the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm in the body with drying dampness medicine). Huaganghong is a traditional Chinese medicine with pungent and bitter flavor, warm nature, and belongs to the lung and spleen meridians. It is used to treat coughs with excessive phlegm, food stagnation (the accumulation of food in the stomach due to indigestion) and wine, vomiting, malaise and constipation. It is also used to treat cough, asthma and phlegm due to phlegm obstruction of the lungs (obscene phlegmatic evils obstructing the function of the lungs), and is often used in combination with hemixia, poria, and bitter almonds. Chinese medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines are recommended to be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner for evidence-based treatment, and should not be used blindly by individuals to avoid adverse consequences.