How should tumor patients spend their “spring and March”?

Spring refers to the period from the day of spring to the day of summer, including the six festivals of spring, rain, stinging, vernal equinox, clearing, and rainy. Spring is the first season of the year, from the first month of the lunar calendar to March, when winter turns to spring, snow melts, and the breeze is warm. In spring, what are the differences between tumor patients and ordinary health care: what are the points to be noted in health care and rehabilitation? This also puts many tumor patients’ treatment in a difficult situation, so how should tumor patients spend spring peacefully? The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “Spring is in March, this is called hair Chen, heaven and earth are all born, all things to glory, sleep at night and get up early, walk widely in the court, pile hair and walk slowly, in order to make Zhi Sheng, born but do not kill, give but do not take away, reward but do not punish, this is the spring gas should be, the way to maintain health. Against it will hurt the liver, summer for the cold change, to serve the long less.” The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “The four seasons of yin and yang, the fundamental of all things, so the sage spring and summer nourish Yang, autumn and winter nourish Yin.” In spring, the climate changes from cold to warm, and everything in nature starts to sprout and develop, meanwhile, the growth and value of tumor cells in the body of tumor patients in spring is exceptionally vigorous. In addition, during this period, various bacteria and viruses are actively growing and multiplying, and many patients have already suffered from deficiency after radiotherapy, so these bacteria and viruses are more likely to invade their bodies, leading to the decrease of immunity of tumor patients and the recurrence of tumor. Tumor cells are mutated from normal cells of human body, although they have various characteristics of tumor cells themselves, they still have many biological functions of normal cells, and therefore also retain biological characteristics that correspond to nature. In the spring, when everything starts to grow and develop vigorously, tumor cells will also have the biological commonality of accelerated growth. This is something we should be especially alert to and pay attention to. Therefore, we should still pay enough attention to it and must take active anti-tumor measures to prevent and inhibit tumor cells. Tumor patients in spring to prevent and inhibit the growth of tumor cells should also be guided by TCM theory, according to the guiding principles of holistic concept and evidence-based treatment, using the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, applying comprehensive treatment measures, combining drug treatment and physical and mental regulation, and actively using multiple methods to carry out anti-cancer treatment and immune regulation to inhibit tumor. Especially, we should pay attention to the active role of Chinese medicine. For example, the use of Chinese medicine to strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi to improve the immune function of the body and inhibit the growth of tumor cells. At the same time, it is also necessary to appropriately dredge the liver and regulate the qi, so as to smooth the liver’s generation, soothe the qi flow, regulate the emotion and invigorate the human spirit, so that the liver qi can be regulated, which has the effect of further inhibiting tumor cells. Together with the use of heat-clearing and detoxification, qi-regulating and phlegm-transforming, softening and dispersing, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, etc. to inhibit tumor, effectively inhibit or even kill tumor cells, acting together and from multiple angles, in order to achieve better preventive and therapeutic effects. Wind is a pathogenic factor caused by wind. Its characteristics are fast onset and many changes; pain is wandering and aggravated by wind; it is mostly injured in the upper part of human body; external wind has fever, sweating and bad wind; internal wind is mostly caused by internal movement of liver wind. The internal movement of liver wind refers to the symptoms caused by wind and yang, fire and heat, and deficiency of yin and blood, with twitching, dizziness and tremor of the limbs as the main manifestations. It is divided into four types – liver Yang wind, heat, Yin deficiency wind, blood deficiency wind, etc. External wind and internal wind are accompanied by signs of movement such as tremors, twitching and spasms. 1, prevention of external wind: wind is the main gas in spring. Wind disease is mostly seen in the spring, but can develop throughout the year. The climate of spring is characterized by windy and cold, the growth of Yang Qi, and the first warmth is still cold. As the saying goes, “When all the grass grows back, all the diseases are easy to develop”. Medical meteorologists tell people that the sudden change of cold and warmth in spring makes people’s immune and defense functions decrease, which is most likely to lead to the occurrence and prevalence of influenza, epidemic meningitis, mumps, scarlet fever, chicken pox, rubella and other diseases. The immune function of tumor patients is relatively low, and surgical treatment, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other treatment measures repeatedly increase the suppression of human immune function again and again. Therefore, many tumor patients are prone to various bacterial infections and viral infectious diseases. In this climate changeable season, tumor patients need to keep warm and prevent cold, improve the immune function of human body, stay away from public places where infectious diseases are easily transmitted, and avoid infectious diseases. 2. Preventing internal wind: According to Chinese medicine, if there is a sudden change, rapid aggravation and unpredictable movement of the disease inside the human body, it can be summarized as the disease caused by internal wind. Spring climate changeable, cold and warm change rapidly. This kind of abnormal weather with unpredictable cold and warmth, sudden drop in temperature or sharp rise in air pressure can also easily cause sympathetic nerve disorder in the body, resulting in capillary constriction, rise in blood pressure and increase in blood viscosity, thus easily triggering stroke, angina pectoris and myocardial infarction. Tumor patients, especially those with advanced stage tumors, often have elevated blood viscosity in their own pathological changes, and are prone to poor blood flow and even stasis of blood. If, at the same time, there are conditions such as advanced age, long-term bed rest, use of therapeutic measures such as surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy, depression and so on, or even combined with hypertension, diabetes, coronary heart disease and other diseases, in this season of changing climate, it is even more necessary to avoid the danger of rapid changes in the condition and prevent the occurrence of ischemic lesions in the brain, heart and lungs due to the dislodgement of blood clots and cancer clots. The main measures for prevention are active protection against cold and warmth, emotional stability, active and effective treatment of the primary disease and preventive measures of Chinese medicine, etc. The metastasis of tumor is also consistent with the definition of “wind” in Chinese medicine, which is “wandering” and “good at moving and changing”. Wind is a Yang evil, which is good at moving and does not live. It has the characteristics of rising, upward and outward, and it is easy to invade the upper part of human body. Therefore, in the spring when wind is in season, tumor patients should not only prevent the life-threatening risk of ischemic lesions in the brain, heart, lungs and other organs caused by cancer embolism, but also prevent the metastasis of cancer cells. In particular, spring is the time when everything revives and biological growth and development is vigorous. Cancer cells are cells with biological characteristics, and it is necessary to actively take effective preventive measures in spring, so to speak, from the point of view of treating diseases before they occur in Chinese medicine. In general, we might as well prevent from the following aspects: 1.Rising and living should be regular: we should go to bed early and get up early, and often go to outdoor activities in fresh air such as forest paths. 2, strengthen physical exercise: spring is the sprouting of everything, the grass grows and blossoms a good time, is also a good time to carry out physical exercise. Physical exercise can not only make the human body qi and blood flow smoothly, but also can enhance physical fitness. 3, to pay attention to the cold and warmth: spring climate is unpredictable, hot and cold, plus people with winter clothes cover a winter, metabolic function is weak, can not quickly regulate body temperature, if thin clothing, a little negligence is easy to infect disease, endangering health, so tumor patients should pay more attention to the cold and warmth. 4, the diet should be light: avoid too sour, greasy and cold, especially should not be more into the big pungent and hot products, such as ginseng, mushrooms, strong wine, etc., so as not to help heat and fire. It is advisable to eat more protein, minerals, vitamins (especially B vitamins) rich food, especially vegetables, lean meat, soy products, eggs, etc.. 5, eat more mushrooms and wild vegetables: some edible mushrooms such as shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, straw mushrooms, Ganoderma lucidum, Cordyceps mushrooms, etc. often eaten, can increase the body’s immunity, conducive to inhibit the proliferation of viruses in the body, inhibit the proliferation of tumors in the body. Spring wild vegetables are not only nutritious, tasty and of high medicinal value, but also have an assisting role in tumor prevention and treatment. 6, maintain an optimistic and cheerful mind: pay attention to the emotional well-being, maintain an optimistic and cheerful mind. Spiritual conditioning should be open-minded, emotional optimism, quit depression and anger to nourish sex, so that the smooth flow of Qi and blood, the spirit of prosperity. Warm tip: Besides the health care in life, it is also important for patients to receive regular review and proper treatment in regular hospitals, especially for spring tumor patients, the regular review every 3-4 months is especially important. Maintain an optimistic attitude, be open-minded, emotionally optimistic, temperate in happiness and anger, and do not think or worry. Give yourself a belief from inside and believe that you will be able to overcome the disease.