Can breast nodules be cured?

Breasts are organs unique to women and represent a manifestation of female gender. Many young women do not care much about their breasts and do not realize their importance. In fact, in addition to being one of the secondary sexual characteristics, breasts also play the important role of nurturing the next generation. Many women find themselves experiencing breast pain before their menstrual period, and after examination they discover that they have breast nodules. So can breast nodules be cured?

Breast nodules are cystic hyperplasia of the breast, a non-tumor disease. Common in women of childbearing age, spontaneous remission after menopause.

There are 4 types:

1. Mastodynia (pain before and during menstruation during adolescence, no lumps, disappears after menstruation).

2. Lobular hyperplasia (20-35 years old, premenstrual pain, accompanied by multiple nodules. Relieved after menstruation). Treatment with Xiaoyao Pills.

3. Fibroadenoma or papilloma (single mass, clear border, large mobility, no pain, adhesion). Take Xiaoyaosan 3-9g, 3 times a day, and check regularly. Surgical removal if necessary.

4. Fibrocystic hyperplasia or sclerotic mastopathy (after the age of 30, multiple small nodules, in patches, tough texture, unclear boundaries, often bilateral, mild tenderness. Related to the menstrual cycle). Surgical treatment.

Treatment of breast nodules

Since breast hyperplasia is mainly caused by hormonal imbalance, treatment should start with regulating endocrine system. The traditional Chinese medicine Hunyuan Paste has its unique features, especially for those suffering from Chong and Ren disorders, constipation, and combined with breast hyperplasia. The goal of completely curing breast hyperplasia is achieved through the principle of continuous drug administration and osmotic absorption.

2. TCM’s external treatment for internal diseases

At present, the best way to treat breast hyperplasia is traditional Chinese medicine, and its treatment principle is:

(1) Soothe the liver and regulate Qi, and regulate Qi flow.

The nipples and breasts are where the liver meridian runs. Women's innate liver is responsible for storing blood and regulating discharge. The liver is yin in nature but uses yang, making it easy for them to become depressed. People with breast lumps often have depressed temperament, excessive worries, or irritability, chest tightness and belching. Breast pain and changes in the size of the lump are also often related to emotional changes. Liver depression and qi stagnation have an important influence on the pathogenesis of breast problems. When the seven emotions are not smooth, the liver loses its smooth function, and liver depression and qi stagnation accumulate in the intestinal network, causing pain and lumps. Therefore, soothing the liver and regulating qi, and regulating qi are the main principles for treating breast lumps.

(2) Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and dredge the milk meridians.

Breast pain and lumps are the main symptoms, both of which are characteristic manifestations of blood stasis syndrome. Worry, anger, depression and unhappiness will inevitably lead to poor liver qi and stagnation of qi, which will last for a long time and spread to the inside, causing blood circulation to be blocked and menstruation to be blocked, unable to fill the uterus and unable to overflow into the breasts. The milk meridians are blocked, qi stagnates and blood stagnates, forming lumps, which will cause pain. Before menstruation, the Chong and Ren meridians are filled with blood, causing breast swelling and pain to worsen. After menstruation, the Qi and blood are released, and the swelling and pain are relieved. It can be seen that it is inevitable for people with breast problems to develop blood stasis. During treatment, we must pay attention to promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, as well as unblocking the milk collaterals.

(3) It can resolve phlegm, soften hard masses, reduce swelling and disperse lumps.

Worrying too much can damage the spleen or cause liver depression and qi stagnation, which can go against the spleen and earth, and can cause the spleen to lose its healthy function, internal generation of phlegm and dampness, insufficient kidney qi, and malnutrition of the Chong and Ren meridians. If the spleen yang cannot be warmed, semen cannot be transported and transformed, and moisture accumulates to form phlegm. Liver depression lasts for a long time, turning into heat and fire, burning body fluid into phlegm. Phlegm, Qi, and blood stasis combine to form breast lumps. Therefore, phlegm congestion has a certain influence on the pathogenesis of breast diseases. Resolving phlegm, softening hard masses, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules can help the swelling and pain disappear without a trace.

Use scraping to scrape the corresponding area of ​​the back breast (that is, the area on the back corresponding to the breast on the chest). First apply scraping oil, and then scrape from top to bottom and from inside to outside in turn. Nodules, sand particles, and cord-like objects found under the scraper should be scraped away with special care. The areas on the chest corresponding to these parts are the areas where breast hyperplasia occurs. Scraping the spine, the bladder meridians on both sides, and the parallel Jiaji points can consolidate the effects of the treatment. The more thoroughly the sha is removed during the scraping process, the more thoroughly the breast hyperplasia will disappear. You can also scrape the tanzhong area from top to bottom and from inside to outside.

2. Acupuncture treatment

(1) Body acupuncture: Select acupoints such as Wuyi, Tanzhong, Hegu, Tianzong, Jianjing, and Ganshu, and leave the needles in for 20-30 minutes.

(2) Ear acupuncture: acupoints for breast, Shenmen, endocrine, etc.

(3) Acupoint injection: Chuanxiong injection or Angelica injection is injected into Sanyinjiao, Qimen, Qihai and other acupoints

(4) Selective electroacupuncture: There are reports that the acupoints Wuyi, Tanzhong, and Hegu are selected, and some other acupoints are added. According to the patient's menstrual condition, different phases of the menstrual cycle are selected for electroacupuncture treatment, and satisfactory results have been achieved.

The principle of this method is similar to scraping. Blood pricking and cupping, take 75% alcohol for local or acupoint disinfection, in Tanzhong, locally, patients with breast hyperplasia are treated with traditional Chinese medicine and meridian cupping therapy, and the changes in female hormone levels and clinical symptoms and signs such as breast pain and breast lumps before and after treatment are observed and compared. Tanzhong, Rugen, Gaohuang, Tianzong, Ganshu and Taichong can be treated with pricking and cupping. The time for canning varies from 10 to 30 minutes. You can do it gradually. Don't start with a long time. Just do it according to your tolerance.

4. Massage therapy

(1) Pushing and stroking method: The patient sits or lies on his side to fully expose his chest. First, sprinkle some talcum powder or apply a little paraffin oil on the affected breast, and then use the palms of both hands to gently push and stroke along the breast along the milk duct toward the nipple 50 to 100 times.

(2) Massage: Use the hypothenar or thenar eminence of the palm to apply pressure to the affected area, and gently massage the red, swollen and painful areas. If there are lumps, massage them repeatedly several times until the lumps become soft.

(3) Kneading, pinching and holding method: Use the five fingers of your right hand to grab the breast on the affected side and apply kneading techniques, grabbing and releasing, and repeat the technique 10 to 15 times. Use your left hand to gently pull the nipple several times to expand the milk ducts in the nipple.

(4) Oscillation method: Use the hypothenar eminence of the right hand to push and oscillate at high speed from the swelling of the breast along the base of the breast toward the nipple, repeat 3 to 5 times. The effect is better when a slight warm sensation appears locally.