What are the advantages of TCM in treating brain tumors?

Traditional Chinese medicine can often take into account the patient's overall characteristics, rather than just being limited to the brain tumor lesion itself. Therefore, in holistic treatment, traditional Chinese medicine has its advantages. So what are the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in treating brain tumors?

The effect of improving symptoms is different from other Western medicine treatments.

For example, surgical treatment can remove the lesions, but sometimes it will bring postoperative functional disorders and the emergence of some new symptoms; such as hemiplegia, blindness, and dementia are also very obvious; chemotherapy also has a significant impact on the digestive tract and hematopoietic system. Therefore, improvement can often be achieved for a certain period of time. This is the expertise of Chinese medicine. For example, brain tumors can be cured by taking Chinese medicine, so the symptoms can often be significantly relieved or even disappear.

Fewer side effects.

According to the traditional Chinese medicine theory of syndrome differentiation and treatment, there are generally no side effects. Of course, when taking Chinese medicine that is mainly used for anti-cancer purposes, there may be certain side effects, especially when single prescriptions are used. When blister beetles, mercury preparations, and arsenic preparations are used in proven prescriptions, serious toxic effects may occur and need to be paid attention to. We do not use these highly toxic drugs because their efficacy is not very good. For general Chinese medicine, if you can master the indications and appropriate dosage, there will be almost no reaction.

Economic advantages: Chinese medicine is easy to take and relatively inexpensive.

Brain tumor prevention. Based on TCM's understanding of the etiology and pathogenesis of brain tumors and modern medicine's analysis of the risk factors for certain brain tumors, certain Chinese medicines can be used to treat high-risk groups. To reduce the incidence of brain tumors. For example, the prognosis of brain tumors can be judged and analyzed based on the tongue and pulse patterns of traditional Chinese medicine. If the pulse becomes strong, loud, and rapid, it often indicates that the condition is worsening; if the pulse becomes gentle and soft, it often indicates that the condition is improving; if the tongue is red and dry, with peeling coating or a shiny tongue, it often indicates a poor prognosis; if the tongue is not red and the pulse and symptoms do not match, it often indicates that the condition is not getting better. Dynamic observation of pulse and tongue conditions can make up for the shortcomings of modern medical testing methods to a certain extent.

According to relevant data from China and abroad, the average survival rate of malignant brain tumors after surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy is less than one year. Most benign brain tumors are difficult to remove completely through surgery, and gamma knife, X-knife, and radiotherapy cannot completely kill tumor cells. Moreover, the disease is prone to relapse, and the efficacy of immunotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine therapies such as promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis and treating poison with poison are uncertain.