Treatment of parotid gland tumor with traditional Chinese medicine

Parotid gland tumors usually occur in middle-aged people, have no obvious symptoms, and are not easily taken seriously due to their slow growth. Once a parotid tumor becomes malignant or its growth rate accelerates, it needs to be treated. It is usually removed surgically, so some patients will consider traditional Chinese medicine treatment for parotid tumors. Let's take a look at the treatment of parotid tumors.

The use of traditional Chinese medicine can effectively control tumors and prevent recurrence and metastasis for many patients who are weak and cannot undergo surgery or chemotherapy. It is easy to use and has mild side effects. In addition, combining radiotherapy and chemotherapy for parotid cancer with traditional Chinese medicine can enhance the effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and reduce side effects. Traditional Chinese medicine can enhance the anti-cancer effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and help comprehensively inhibit the spread and metastasis of cancer cells. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine treatment can reduce the side effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy, reduce patients' adverse reactions, effectively alleviate patients' pain, and has a good effect of reducing toxicity and increasing efficacy.

Currently, the indications for using traditional Chinese medicine include: patients with various advanced malignant tumors who are not suitable for surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy due to their old age and poor cardiopulmonary function, and can all be treated with traditional Chinese medicine; patients with malignant tumors who have poor responses to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy can also be treated with traditional Chinese medicine even if they are not in the advanced stage; after surgery, although the tumor has been removed, patients with malignant tumors still have residual cancer and regional lymph node metastasis, or cancer thrombus in the blood vessels, and can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine; combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy, it can enhance efficacy and reduce toxicity.

Patients with malignant tumors who still have cancer lesions after radiotherapy or other local treatments can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used to treat the recurrence and metastasis of malignant tumors after surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, and as a preventive measure.

The principle of traditional Chinese medicine treatment is that for patients with parotid gland tumors, there must be an imbalance of yin and yang in the body, and a disharmony of the five elements, which leads to a disorder of Qi, blood, and body fluids, resulting in Qi stagnation, blood stasis, and accumulation of phlegm, which eventually leads to cancer. TCM's Eight-Principle Syndrome Differentiation and Cancer Elimination Therapy is based on the patient's actual condition and adopts the methods of strengthening the body's resistance and eliminating evil, regulating Qi, consolidating the foundation and replenishing deficiency, and removing accumulation to eliminate cancer. It differentiates and treats based on the symptoms, takes an overall approach, and uses pharmacology to directly act on cancer cells to eliminate cancer. The Eight-Principle Syndrome Differentiation for Cancer Treatment is a syndrome differentiation method that uses the eight principles of exterior, interior, cold, heat, deficiency, excess, yin, and yang to analyze and identify the location of the cancer patient, the severity of the disease, the deficiency and excess properties, and the comparative state of the pathogenic factors and the strength of the human body's disease resistance.

For patients with parotid gland tumors, they should first go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive diagnosis, and then choose the most appropriate treatment plan based on their personal constitution. Our parotid gland tumor patients should also pay attention to the role and effect of clinical spiritual care during treatment, and effectively avoid the psychological pressure and negative emotions caused by the disease.