Discussion on common rules for tumor treatment in Chinese medicine With the World Health Organization, tumor is regarded as a chronic disease that is “curable” and “controllable”, and “survival with tumor” is one of the principles of tumor treatment. One of the principles of tumor treatment is “survival with tumor”. Chinese medicine, with its unique advantages, is gaining more and more attention in the comprehensive treatment plan of malignant tumors. Based on the clarification of the pathogenesis of tumors in Chinese medicine, the main methods of Chinese medicine for the treatment of tumors are to support and cultivate the root, to attack the toxin with the toxin, to activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, to clear heat and detoxify the toxin, to remove phlegm and soften the firmness. Now we are going to discuss the common treatment methods. The main purpose of using this method is to adjust the imbalance of yin and yang, qi and blood, fluids and internal organs of human body, so as to enhance the anti-disease ability of the body, eliminate various weaknesses and achieve the purpose of strengthening the body and eliminating the disease. Tumor patients often experience weakness of lung qi, loss of spleen health, deficiency of yin and blood, kidney failure and essence deficiency in the process of disease development. Therefore, clinically, according to the principle of diagnosis and treatment, the methods of tonifying the lung and benefiting the qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing the blood and nourishing the yin, warming the kidneys and tonifying the yang, and benefiting the kidneys and filling the essence are always effective. In tumor patients with late stage of prolonged illness and physical weakness, depletion of essence, panic attacks, shortness of breath, impotence and weakness of the waist and knees, swelling of the face and limbs, loose food and stool, pale tongue with white fur, and sunken and weak pulse, etc., all of them are treated by supporting and cultivating the essence. In Zhang’s clinic, he often selects relevant drugs according to the different symptoms seen by patients. Herbs for nourishing Yin and nourishing Blood are often used such as tortoise board, Agaricus blazei, chicken blood vine, angelica, etc.; herbs for strengthening the spleen and stomach are often used such as Atractylodes macrocephala, barley, sand, yam, chicken internal gold, etc.; herbs for benefiting Qi and tonifying the kidneys are often used such as Radix et Rhizoma ginseng, ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum, bone flesh, rhizome, Zihecha, etc. The above herbs have been proven by modern medicine to have certain anti-cancer effects. Fu Zheng Pei Ben is mainly applied to middle and late stage tumor patients, aiming at tonifying the body and adjusting various functions of the body, such as immune function, in order to improve the weak state of the body. Among the various remedies, “strengthening the spleen” is highly valued. Because cancer patients often have symptoms of spleen deficiency, such as fatigue, weakness, lack of color, uncomfortable stomach and abdomen, vague pain, abdominal distension, loose stools or diarrhea, etc.. Regulating the spleen and stomach has a certain value in improving the symptoms, enhancing the therapeutic effect and prolonging the life of patients. The role of Fu Zheng Pei Ben in the treatment of tumors is to improve the immune system. Qi and blood tonics, such as Astragalus, can promote antibody production in the body, cause a significant increase in macrophage phagocytosis percentage and phagocytosis index, and stimulate lymphocyte transformation. Radix Codonopsis, which increases the number of macrophages, increases their volume, and increases the phagocytic capacity of pseudopods. In addition, codonopsis has the effect of increasing red blood cells and hemoglobin, and has an excitatory effect on the nervous system, thus exerting its potentiating and detoxifying effects on chemotherapeutic drugs. In addition, tonic medicine also has the functions of improving metabolic status, enhancing pituitary-adrenal cortex function, protecting bone marrow function and reducing side effects of radiotherapy. 2.Activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis: Chinese medicine believes that the formation of “Y obstruction” and “accumulation” is closely related to blood stasis and stagnation. According to the book of “Medical Lin Correction”, “the lumps in the belly and abdomen must have blood in form”. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis is one of the common methods for treating tumors. It is indicated for hard lumps, pain with a fixed location, stabbing pain in the chest, distention and fullness in the abdomen, purple and dark tongue, petechiae, thin and astringent or sunken pulse, etc. Tumor patients mostly have blood stasis, and the method of activating blood circulation and removing stasis has been widely used in tumor clinical practice. Its effects are mainly to improve blood rheology, dilate blood vessels and increase blood flow; rapid growth of cancer tumor results in insufficient blood supply, so cancer cells are in a state of hypoxia and are not sensitive to radiotherapy. Therefore, cancer cells are in a state of oxygen deprivation and are not sensitive to radiotherapy. Drugs that activate blood circulation and resolve blood stasis have a dilating effect on peripheral blood vessels, which can improve blood flow and increase the oxygen content of cancer cells, thus enhancing the killing effect of radiotherapy on cancer cells. In addition, agents that activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis can regulate immune function, destroy tumor cells, regulate endocrine, and enhance the effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Zhang’s clinical use of blood activating and stasis removing agents include Panax ginseng, Sanling, Curcuma longa, Rhubarb, turtle worms, leeches, etc. 3.Clear heat and detoxification method: In the process of development, tumors are often intermingled with heat and toxicity, and there are hyper-exuberant poisonous evil and heat and toxicity within the disease. The symptoms include localized burning pain, fever, dry mouth and throat, dry stool, yellow and short urine, epistaxis, yellow thick sputum or pus and blood, yellow and greasy tongue coating, red and vivid tongue texture, and string veins. The above symptoms can be seen in heat toxicity type of liver cancer, lung cancer, rectal cancer and acute leukemia. Zhang’s clinically used drugs for clearing heat and detoxifying toxins include honeysuckle, dandelion, panax quinquefolium, white flowered snake tongue herb, scutellaria, cypress, and crow’s gall bladder, etc. 4.Softening and dispersing method: Cancer masses are as hard as stones and cannot be moved when pushed, which is mostly attributed to Qi and blood stagnation and phlegm agglomeration. It can be applied to hard lumps without itching or pain, as well as nameless swelling, phlegm scrofula, asthma and phlegm, vomiting and salivation, slippery pulse and greasy tongue coating. This method can be applied to all kinds of cancerous tumors in the course of development of the disease, which are generally seen as hard and fixed lumps. Zhang Shi’s clinically used softening and dispersing medicines include Xia Ku Cao, Shan Cixi mushroom, Kun Bu, seaweed, oyster, Tu Fu Ling, etc. 5.Anti-swelling and pain relief method: early stage of cancer tumor generally has no obvious symptoms, and the lump generally presents hardness and less pain. In the middle and late stages of the disease, most patients may have pain or even severe pain due to rapid growth of tumor, compression of nerves and invasion of peripheral nerve endings. Therefore, it is important to reduce the pain and prolong the life of patients. Generally speaking, the occurrence of tumor is due to Qi stagnation, blood stasis, phlegm coagulation and heat toxin accumulation. Therefore, the use of Chinese herbal medicines to regulate qi and activate blood circulation, resolve phlegm and soften hardness, clear heat and detoxify can help to smooth the flow of qi and blood, resolve phlegm and detoxify, relieve swelling and pain. Clinically, the commonly used pain-relieving herbs are San Ling, Curcuma longa, Wu Ling Li, Tu Fu Zi, Myrrh, Frankincense, Beehive, Tian Long and San Qi. After clinical observation and experimental research, the above drugs can not only improve the symptoms, but also have certain anti-cancer effects, which can shrink certain tumor lesions. The above treatment methods are mostly used in combination, that is, according to the patient’s deficiency and real manifestations, the early stage is mainly attacking, the middle stage is both attacking and supplementing, and the late stage is mainly supplementing. For example, turtle nail can nourish yin and soften hardness and disperse nodes; coix seed can strengthen the spleen and drain pus. The evidence is valuable to adapt, do not have to be confined.