Chinese Medicine Treatment for Stomach Cancer

       According to the analysis of clinical manifestations, gastric cancer belongs to the category of “choking and diarrhea”, “regurgitation”, “gastric regurgitation”, “stomach turning”, “gastric pain” and “accumulation” in Chinese medicine. Gastric cancer belongs to the category of “choking”, “regurgitation”, “gastric regurgitation”, “stomach turning”, “stomach pain”, “accumulation”, etc. in Chinese medicine.  The following aspects can be identified and treated: liver and stomach disharmony type Clinically, it is common to see distention and fullness of the stomach and epigastrium, with pain at times, stringing and two threats, bitterness in the mouth and distress in the heart, belching and stale gas, vomiting and regurgitation with little diet, thin yellow or thin white tongue coating, and thin string pulse. Mostly due to disharmony of the liver and stomach and upward rebellion of the stomach Qi.  The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and regulate Qi, and relieve liver and depression. The medicine is Chai Hu 10 grams, Yu Jin 10 grams, Citrus aurantium 10 grams, Radix et Rhizoma (wrapped) 10 grams, Ochre 15 grams, Radix et Rhizoma 10 grams, Paeonia lactiflora 15 grams, Glycyrrhiza glabra 6 grams, Jiao Sanxian 30 grams, Rose Flower 10 grams, Radix et Rhizoma 10 grams. Decoction with water, one dose a day.  Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold Clinical symptoms include distension and pain in the stomach, warmth and pressure, or vomiting in the evening, or vomiting in the evening, or vomiting after eating for a long time, vomiting clear water from time to time, pallor, fatigue and cold limbs, or loose and swollen stools, pale and fat tongue or teeth, white and smooth coating, sunken and slow pulse or thin and moist pulse.  Mostly due to deficiency of cold in the spleen and stomach and inability to transport the middle jiao. Ginseng 10g, Atractylodes macrocephala 10g, Yunling 10g, Radix et Rhizoma ginseng 15g, Radix et Rhizoma ginseng 6g, Picrotus Macrocephalae 10g, Semen Sclerotium 10g, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 10g, Glycyrrhiza glabra 6g, Astragalus membranaceus 30g, Nutmeg 6g. Decoction with water, one dose a day for 7 days as a course of treatment.  Stasis poison internal obstruction type Clinical symptoms include stabbing pain in the stomach and epigastrium, burning pain, sharp pain after eating, dry mouth and thinking of drinking, distention and refusal to press, subcardiac masses, or vomiting blood, blood in stool, dry skin and wrong nail, purple and dark tongue or stasis points, sunken string, thin and astringent pulse or string count.  Mostly due to internal obstruction of stasis and poison, blood stasis and stomach heat.  Treatment is to detoxify the toxin and remove blood stasis, clear heat and nourish Yin. The medicine uses 10 grams of raw Pu Huang, 10 grams of Wu Ling Lipid, 6 grams of Snake Molting, 3 grams of Blood Yu Char, 30 grams of Cyperus rotundus, 12 grams of Beehive, 10 grams of Yuan Hu, 20 grams of Chen Palm Char, 15 grams of Yu Zhu, 20 grams of White Cyperus and 20 grams of Lotus Root. Decoction with water, one dose a day for 7 days as a course of treatment.  Late stage gastric cancer is characterized by severe anemia, pallor, swelling, cold fear, general weakness, palpitation, shortness of breath, dizziness, sleeplessness, spontaneous sweating and night sweating, lack of appetite, thin body, obvious epigastric mass, pale and fat tongue, white moss, weak and feeble pulse or large deficiency.  Mostly due to deficiency of both qi and blood and deficiency of spleen and kidney. Treatment is to nourish the qi and blood, strengthen the spleen and kidney.  The medicine uses Astragalus membranaceus 30g, Ginseng 30g, Radix Codonopsis pilosulae 30g, Atractylodes macrocephala 10g, Yun Ling 10g, Radix et Rhizoma Polygonati 10g, Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae 6g, Radix Angelicae Sinensis 6g, Radix et Rhizoma Guggul 15g, Radix et Rhizoma Spleen 10g. Decoction with water, one dose a day, for 7 days as a course of treatment.  Adding and subtracting for nausea and vomiting: adding Radix Panax notoginseng, Radix gingericae Sinensis, Rhizoma bamboo, Rhizoma spinosa, Radix ochracea, Radix clove, Rhizoma wei lingxian, Rhizoma pelargonium, etc.; adding Dendrobium dendrobium, Radix maitake, Rhizoma smallpox, Rhizoma ginseng, Rhizoma rhubarb, Rhizoma mannitum, Rhizoma guadua, etc. for constipation; adding Pedicelia, Rhizoma stork, Rhizoma pomegranate, Rhizoma atractylodis, Rhizoma lentil, etc. for loose stools; adding Rhizoma senna, Rhizoma baileyi, Rhizoma yunnanensis, etc. for vomiting blood and blood in stool.  The spleen and stomach are mutually exclusive, the stomach likes to be moistened, with more qi and more blood, to descend as smooth.