Chemotherapy ⁽⁵⁾

I have previously written about the Chinese medicine treatment of chemotherapy-induced vomiting. In most cases I recommend starting with a Chinese patent medicine to control chemotherapy-induced vomiting; if a patent medicine does not work, then consider a decoction. Most patients with chemotherapy-induced vomiting obtain significant…

Low white blood cell counts during chemotherapy are a common phenomenon among cancer patients. White-cell-boosting injections are both expensive and have significant side effects. They mainly work by stimulating bone-marrow hematopoietic cells to speed up white-cell production in order to maintain immunity. If used long-term,…

In recent years, medical research on tumours has grown ever deeper, and cancer patients are living ever longer. Oncologists at home and abroad are constantly updating their understanding of tumours. Some scholars hold that after a tumour forms, the intercellular regulation and signalling are disrupted…

Advanced cancer patients, in TNM staging, generally have distant-organ metastasis—that is, M-positive—and clinical stage IV. Such patients have already passed the best treatment window; neither TCM nor Western medicine can do much. For these patients, the hope of cure is already slim. Adjusting psychological expectations—pursuing…

This article is excerpted from a paper by Zhao Tianyong, a disciple of Duan Fengwu; copyright belongs to the original author. Duan Fengwu was the nephew (and adopted son, since Duan Futing had no sons) of Duan Futing, the towering figure of Chinese TCM external…