Can I take Chinese medicine during chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy is a treatment method mainly for tumor patients and cancer patients. Because chemotherapy can effectively kill tumor cells and cancer cells in the human body, chemotherapy can play a very good role in human cancer. However, chemotherapy has very serious side effects. For example, patients will feel great pain during chemotherapy, and they will also experience symptoms such as hair loss after chemotherapy. More importantly, chemotherapy usually lasts for a long time, so can I drink Chinese medicine during chemotherapy?

The treatment principle of tumors, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, is to strive for comprehensive treatment first. In addition to surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, and even appropriate exercise and qigong therapy in the stable period should be organically combined to achieve the best results. As far as TCM treatment is concerned, strengthening the body's resistance should be the basis, that is, "continuously strengthening the body's resistance, attacking the evil at the right time, and treating the disease according to the symptoms."

1. Continuously correct

"Continuously strengthening the body's health" means that treatment should be carried out throughout to adjust the body's health, strengthen the body's foundation, and enhance the patient's ability to resist disease. The degree of medication should be slightly different depending on the different stages. As one of the four major national treasures of our country, traditional Chinese medicine has been continuously inherited and developed thanks to the dedication of countless elite talents. In traditional Chinese medicine, the anti-cancer herbs we usually choose include ginseng, astragalus, ganoderma lucidum, cordyceps sinensis, etc.

2. Attack the evil at the right time

"Attacking evil at the right time" means using Chinese anti-cancer drugs at the right time. The so-called timely means, for example, when chemotherapy or radiotherapy is being carried out, that is, other doctors are using more anti-evil drugs, Chinese medicine does not necessarily use anti-cancer drugs. If chemotherapy comes to an end or is finished, you can use more anti-cancer Chinese medicine during the recovery period.

3. Treat according to symptoms

"Treat according to the symptoms." During the treatment of cancer, the symptoms that appear are varied and different due to the severity of the symptoms, the length of the disease course, and differences in age, gender, diet, and environment. If symptoms such as pain, fever, bleeding, etc. occur, you need to add or subtract some medicines at any time, such as antipyretic, analgesic, and hemostatic medicines. Some mild complications, such as loss of appetite or even vomiting after chemotherapy, require medication tailored to the symptoms.