In today’s increasingly advanced medicine, can traditional Chinese medicine cure cancer? I believe everyone also has this question. In the field of modern tumour treatment, it is the world of Western medicine. From surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, to today’s targeted treatment and immunotherapy, Western medicine is playing an increasingly powerful role in the treatment of tumours, which we all know.
Western medicine emphasises evidence-based, evidence and tumour shrinkage. Western medicine is very clear what plan we have used and what are the side effects? How is the treatment effect? How much has the tumour shrunk? Nowadays, the driving genes of targeted drugs can also be clearly explained, and the inhibition points of PD-1 in immunotherapy are also clear, so we are clearly treating the disease. The weakness of Western medicine is that the target is relatively simple, and it cannot be fully adjusted, and some drugs have big side effects, and there is no good way to deal with and deal with the aftermath.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasises system, overall and clinical experience, and quality of life. Traditional Chinese medicine uses constantly changing traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions to treat diseases. Dozens of drugs are mixed together, the target of action is not clear, and the mechanism of action is not clear, but if it is studied, it is too difficult. Therefore, many Western doctors do not believe in traditional Chinese medicine, which has caused many people to question. Modern Chinese medicine experts are also using Western medicine to study traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, trying to find the genetic target for treating tumours from the extracts of traditional Chinese medicine. For example, the ingredients extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine Epimedium have a certain anti-tumour effect. Now in the third phase of clinical experiments are used in patients with liver cancer to observe the treatment effect. .
The ingredients in the traditional Chinese medicine group are mixed, and the mechanism of treating tumours may not be very clear. However, it is often found in the clinic that some patients with advanced tumours have a good quality of life, and some have a good survival period, so we feel very encouraged. The strength of traditional Chinese medicine against Chinese flow may not be ideal, but the effect of traditional Chinese medicine in reducing the complications of radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and surgery is a happy thing.
To improve the status of traditional Chinese medicine in tumour treatment, we also need to see the objective effect, which is an unchanging truth. Whether it is Western medicine or traditional Chinese medicine, it is best for us to make patients live longer and better. This is our ultimate goal. At present, it seems that only by better combination of the two can we do it.
Regarding traditional Chinese medicine, I want to say:
1. The famous artemisinin is extracted from the traditional Chinese medicine artemisinin, which has a marvellous effect on the treatment of malaria and saved many malaria patients. We hope that the unilateral extract of traditional Chinese medicine can make a certain contribution in the field of tumour treatment, and such encouraging news will appear.
2. Traditional Chinese medicine can eliminate scatter knots, clear away heat and detoxify, and enhance the body’s immunity. Using traditional Chinese medicine to treat tumours can inhibit tumour development, improve patients’ disease resistance, and improve the quality of life of patients, but traditional Chinese medicine can only be used for auxiliary treatment. Tumours are divided into benign and malignant. Generally, surgical treatment and radiotherapy and chemotherapy are used. Traditional Chinese medicine can be used for postoperative conditioning, which is beneficial for the recovery of the disease. However, it cannot rely solely on traditional Chinese medicine to treat tumours. The effect cannot be guaranteed, especially benign tumours and early tumours. It is best to choose surgical methods for treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine can also slow down the damage of tumour radiation and chemotherapy to the body. Many traditional Chinese medicines also have a killing effect on tumour cells, such as half lotus, white flower snake tongue grass, etc.
In modern immunotherapy, Pd-1 finally restores the immune function of the body’s T and B cells through the target, thus killing tumour cells. If the traditional Chinese medicine compound preparation is also the target of the body’s immune cells in the process of systemic conditioning, which can achieve the same effect as the immune preparation, which will make traditional Chinese medicine The medicine shines brightly.
