The treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine for gastric cancer after surgery

Gastric cancer is a common digestive tract cancer, mainly in the 40-60 years old, more men than women is about 3 times. Due to regional differences in its incidence which has high and low, low incidence of gastric cancer in China. Pathogenesis analysis summary, the lesion focus in the stomach, but has a close relationship with the liver and spleen. The incidence of factors and diet, emotions, viral infection or other related family of genes, causing the body hepatogastric discord and Blood inverse qi, spleen transport disorders, wet sputum cohesion within the stasis heat build into a poison, knot formed in the stomach bowel cancer swollen. From the occurrence and development of areas to explore, there is always "due to virtual (immune function is low)-induced solid (cancer), due to a more real virtual" the process of a vicious struggle.

Gastric surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy advantages and disadvantages

Currently, Western medicine treatment of gastric cancer is still surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy as a first choice. However, the sensitivity of radiotherapy in gastric cancer is low, poor efficacy, together with many important organs around the stomach, radiation therapy is often hurt the body's normal cells and tissues, it is usually less used (individual cases, often with the use of radiotherapy and surgery to improve the surgical resection rate), are mostly first surgery. The biggest advantage is speed and operation of the local to remove the tumor in the body to solve the current Achilles heel. Surgical excision of the local treatment with excellent results, however, the systemic response to treatment and the improvement of host defense to no avail.

Chemotherapy had the advantage of systemic treatment, but also highly lethal cancer cells, regardless of the original hair, the residual diffusion or transfer, have distinct and retrogradation (in some cancer patients without chemotherapy, often in the short-term death) outweighs the negative. The disadvantage is the toxic side effects, so that the body exposed to a certain degree of damage.

To early gastric cancer should be based on surgery, and the result is good, but often due to early gastric cancer had no significant symptoms, the lack of clinical features, most patients found the examination period is already late, beyond the scope of radical resection and chemotherapy, patients often can not tolerate its side effects, even in patients with deteriorating quality of life, therefore, surgical resection with Chinese medicine treatment of this subject deserves further study.

Gastric cancer with Chinese medicine treatment after surgery

The desirability of traditional Chinese medicine is that an overall modulating, focusing on righting pui this. Chinese medicine is better than to improve immune function, such as the promotion of white blood cells, mononuclear macrophages increase in the number, to enhance phagocytosis, promote the transformation of lymphoblastoid cells to increase the generation of antibodies, which mobilize the body's anti-cancer factors. In addition, there is a certain degree of promotion and protection of the hematopoietic system of bone marrow function. Centralizer of Chinese herbal medicine, including Astragalus, Ligustrum lucidum, ginseng. Therefore, traditional Chinese medicine for stomach surgery, not only can promote the rehabilitation of patients with body and improve the quality of life for cancer patients, but also continue to play an anti-cancer effect in reducing mortality and improving survival rates, there is help. As the occurrence and development of gastric cancer, this is caused because of virtual real, as real a vicious struggle to be more imaginary process, therefore, has not yet removed the cancer, its treatment when the focus on the evidence, that is to attack the main cancer; if the cancer has been resection, although not equal to curse is already pulling, but the fatal wound had been to the body, it also changed the process of a vicious struggle, so those with non-surgical resection is also a big do not conquer. When the latter to enhance the ability of the immune compensatory righting the main drug.

But the stomach and spleen and lower transported capabilities should also be strengthened and conditioning. Thus, common health Astragalus, Gynostemma, monkey mushrooms, Ligustrum lucidum, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Poria, licorice, costas, Pinellia, malt, chicken payment, such drugs not only promote the rehabilitation of postoperative tissue trauma, can also enhance the body's immunity and restore righteousness, but also can promote the production of interferon. In particular the revitalization of righteousness, the in the late or rehabilitation phase of cancer treatment, can not be ignored. If necessary, could join Ophiopogon japonicus, North Adenophora, Dendrobium, especially in patients with essential and showing insufficient Yin Ye, moist sharing, mutually exclusive. As to the period before cancer surgery II who must prevent any harm resurgence of residual cancer and distant metastasis of cancer cells, then the tumor suppressor anti-cancer herbs, but also when joined with the card, such as the overall performance of the hot, could increase grass snake tongue , Scutellaria barbata, stone cypress, stone see the wear and so on; manifestations of sputum knot, could join the melon wilt, Zhejiang and shellfish, oysters, kelp, seaweed, etc.; manifestations of stasis, could join the red sage root, red peony, peach seed, swollen section of the wind, etc.; manifestations of liver depression, could join the Tribulus terrestris, Sichuan Dong son, August Fuda, etc.. Inhibition of gastric better Bai, Diamond thorns, black nightshade, etc., as appropriate, can be joined to strengthen the anti-cancer effects.

The individual patient pyloric loss of function after surgery may cause reflux gastritis or dumping syndrome. The former clinical manifestations of vomiting, spit complex as yellow or yellow-green, with Wendan decoction be improved; the latter clinical manifestations of a sense of abdominal fullness after eating, nausea, nausea, belching, followed by diarrhea, and with white face sweating, heart palpitations, dizziness, use Xiangsha Liujun Decoction for improvement. In addition, must adjust their diets, Eat small meals often ponder over the slow swallowing.

Conclusion

In summary, surgery is the preferred treatment of gastric cancer therapy, it is the only foci can be removed to relieve malignant obstruction means. Post-operative combination of Chinese medicine is to improve the centralizer Pei patients with gastric cancer in this long-term survival and quality of life the key.

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