How to treat brain tumors in Chinese medicine

In Chinese medicine, the brain belongs to the Qi Heng internal organs, and the brain is the medulla oblongata, the highest position, where the body's clear Yang Qi gathers. Therefore, if the brain is sick, either the medulla oblongata is empty, or the qi of clear yang is insufficient or not functioning. This article focuses on the treatment of primary brain tumors in Chinese medicine. The author has treated some patients with glioma with moderate results, and the symptom relief is more obvious.

How to treat brain tumors in Chinese medicine

The pathogenesis of brain tumor is in short: weakness of the internal organs and upward invasion of disease. Specifically, the deficiency may be Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency, and the internal organs are mostly identified from kidney, liver and spleen. Specific typology and treatment are as follows.

Spleen and kidney yang deficiency

Dizziness and headache, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, fear of cold, tiredness and weakness, dullness and diarrhea, pale tongue, white fur, sunken and weak pulse; the formula is Right Return Pill combined with Annexe Rizhong Pill.

Liver and kidney yin deficiency

Dizziness and lightheadedness, tinnitus, blurred vision, insomnia and forgetfulness, dry stool and little urine, red tongue with little coating, fine pulse or thin strings. The formula is Qiju Dihuang Wan combined with Consistent Decoction.

Blood stasis and obstruction

Intermittent attacks of headache with fixed pain location, stabbing pain mainly, dull complexion, purple tongue, and stringiness of pulse. The formula is Tonic Yang Returning Five Soup.

Upward sputum offense

Dizziness and headache, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, strong tongue and speech, phlegm and chest congestion, or poor appetite, spitting of phlegm and saliva, with fat body, pale fat tongue or pale white tongue, white and greasy tongue coating, slippery or moist or string pulse. The formula is based on the use of Purifying Phlegm Tang. Here, we should pay attention to the identification of the evidence, as phlegm is easily dissimilated into phlegm-heat and wind phlegm, so we can adjust the medicine appropriately.

Internal movement of liver wind

Characterized by occasional convulsions, unfavorable speech, numbness of limbs, distorted mouth and tongue, blurred vision, red tongue, thin coating and stringent pulse. The formula should be used to calm the liver and quench the wind or Tianma and Hooked Vine Drink.

Solid heat in liver and gallbladder

Characterized by violent vomiting, jet-like, dizziness and headache, or accompanied by fever, irritability, dry stool, yellow urine, red tongue, yellow fur, and string pulse. The formula is Gentian and Liver Diarrhea Tang. All in all, the treatment of brain tumor focuses on distinguishing yin and yang, cold and heat, deficiency and reality, and the above-mentioned types of symptoms can be formed individually or combined with each other. In addition, the brain is the capital of the pinnacle and has a high position, so most doctors believe that brain tumors are mostly caused by wind, so wind medicine may be used as appropriate to dispel the evil and carry the medicine upward, and herbal medicine can be used as postoperative adjuvant treatment for brain tumors, as well as with radiotherapy, and also in patients who have relapsed after surgery and for whom radiotherapy is not feasible, or in elderly and frail patients.