First of all, esophageal cancer surgery itself will change the normal digestive tract, so that its digestion and absorption capacity will be greatly reduced; Secondly, if chemotherapy is carried out, there will be side effects such as decreased resistance, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, and weight loss; In addition, if there is metastasis, the deterioration of the condition will also lead to emaciation of the patient.
For patients with esophageal cancer, surgical treatment can control the disease well and achieve clinical cure, but surgery has certain disadvantages. First, surgery can only remove the lesions visible to the naked eye, but can not effectively remove residual cells, so the probability of postoperative recurrence is very high; Second, the patients in the operation group are very traumatized, which easily leads to the patient's vitality and weakness.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the functions of syndrome differentiation and treatment, Chinese herbal medicine treatment and strengthening the body resistance and eliminating evil include
1. gas stagnation type
The main symptoms: Early esophageal cancer has no obvious dysphagia, but only a feeling of choking, foreign body sensation or esophageal burning, chest tightness, tightness in the back and dysphagia. X
X-ray examination is mainly aimed at early esophageal cancer lesions. The tongue is pale and dark, with a thin white coating and a thin pulse.
Treatment: soothing liver and regulating qi, warming yang and benefiting qi, strengthening body resistance and inhibiting tumor.
2. Choke type
Main symptoms: simple symptoms, mild cough or dysphagia. X-ray examination mostly belongs to medullary esophageal cancer and mushroom umbrella esophageal cancer in the early and middle stage. The tongue is dark blue with yellowish white fur and thin pulse.
Treatment: anti-cancer, resolving stagnation, regulating qi and descending adverse, warming yang and strengthening body resistance.
3. Yin declines and Yang declines
Main symptoms: late onset, dysphagia, near obstruction, nausea and vomiting, emaciation, shortness of breath, listlessness, dry lips, dry stool like feces, dark red tongue, thin and thin, with little or no coating, yellow and black coating, chapped and thready pulse.
Treatment: prolong life, nourish yin and strengthen yang, benefit qi and nourish blood.
Chinese herbal medicine can treat different symptoms caused by esophageal cancer, cardiac cancer and gastric cancer, such as choking cough, reflux, dysphagia, emaciation, hoarseness, chest tightness, fatigue and focal reflex pain.