Cancer disease, the name of Chinese medicine disease. It is a general term for many kinds of malignant tumors characterized by abnormal proliferation of viscera. The main clinical manifestations are swelling, uneven surface, hard texture, sometimes pain and fever, often accompanied by anorexia, fatigue, emaciation and other systemic symptoms. Deficiency of vital qi, pathogenic toxin, emotional distress, dietary injury, old diseases and other factors lead to dysfunction of zang-fu organs, abnormal operation of qi, blood and body fluid, resulting in pathological changes such as qi stagnation and blood stasis, phlegm coagulation and damp-heat toxin, which accumulate in zang-fu organs and interact with each other for a long time. This section briefly expounds the etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of brain tumor, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer and bladder cancer.

Scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine

spread/proliferation of cancer

Onset site

Related viscera

Related western medicine diseases

Brain tumor, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, etc.

Main etiology

Deficiency of healthy qi, feeling evil and toxin, etc.

Other names

Tumors and accumulations

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The relationship between the historical evolution of cancer and the name of western medicine, the main points of etiology and pathogenesis, syndrome differentiation and treatment, prognosis, prevention and nursing.

Noun interpretation

Cancer is a general term for many malignant tumors, characterized by abnormal proliferation of organs. The main clinical manifestations are swelling, uneven surface, hard texture, sometimes pain and fever, often accompanied by anorexia, fatigue, emaciation and other systemic symptoms.

The development of history

1. Tumors have been recorded in Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Yin Ruins.

2. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "Tumor, swelling, disease, leave a message."

3. The Record of the Master of Miracles says: "The tumor is correct, so you can't stay." The meaning of tumor is explained incisively and vividly.

4. The word "cancer" appeared in Song Jushi's Wei Ji (A.D.11), and it was considered that "cancer" was one of the five causes of carbuncle.

5. Naming: In TCM works, many cancer diseases are named according to their clinical characteristics, such as thyroid cancer belonging to "gallstones" and liver cancer belonging to "liver accumulation". There are also some modern cancers that were not specifically named in ancient times. According to the clinical manifestations of cancer, please refer to the theory and practice of traditional Chinese medicine for related diseases.

6. The clinical manifestations, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment, prognosis and prevention of some cancer diseases are recorded in ancient Chinese medicine books, which still have important reference value.

(1) For example, "Yu Suwen Ji Zhen Zang" said: "The big bones are withered, the big meat is sunken, the chest is full of gas, and it is inconvenient to breathe. Internal pain leads to shoulder pain, burning body and broken flesh. It's really dirty and will die within October. " Symptoms are similar to the late clinical manifestations of lung cancer, and the prognosis is clearly pointed out.

(2) Qing Qikun's "Successful Hemorrhoid Leakage Surgery" said: "Locked anal hemorrhoids, locked inside and outside the anus like bamboo joints, shaped like jellyfish, thin and flat stool, smelly water. There is no cure. " The above symptoms are basically consistent with rectal cancer.

(3) The etiology and pathogenesis of cancer are mostly considered to be due to the imbalance of Yin and Yang, stagnation of seven emotions, damage of viscera and other reasons, which leads to qi stagnation and blood stasis, and will become "lump" and "accumulation" over time. For example, the Theory of Syndrome of Pathogenic Qi Stagnation says: "The viscera are affected by evil, and they do not gather at first, but accumulate."

(4) There are many discussions about the treatment of cancer in TCM works, including internal treatment and external treatment, unilateral and compound treatment, drugs and surgery. Zhang Ming Jingyue's "Jing Yue Quan Shu Ji De" said: "The rule of Ji De, like a cloud, will be exhausted. But if you want to have it all the time, there are only four ways, attack, eliminate, disperse and make up. " The treatment of product is highly summarized. In the Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty, it was said: "When the emperor had a tumor in his early years, the doctor cut it", which is the earliest record of surgical treatment of cancer in China.

7. Modern medicine: Cancer is a refractory disease and a local manifestation of systemic diseases, and it is difficult to be completely cured by any single local treatment. The guiding ideology of traditional Chinese medicine in treating cancer is to strengthen the body resistance and eliminate pathogenic factors. The combination of traditional Chinese and western medicine can learn from each other's strengths and give full play to the role of various treatment methods in all stages of cancer, which can improve the curative effect or reduce toxicity and increase efficiency, improve symptoms, improve the quality of life and prolong the survival period.