@Cancer patients: "If you keep a bit of stomach energy, you will have a bit of life"

On May 20, 2021, the 81st patient education live broadcast of TopMD's brand patient education program in the field of oncology, "Let's Meet the Great Doctor", discussed: What role does traditional Chinese medicine play in cancer treatment?

In this episode of "Let's Meet the Doctor", we invited Professor Ye Peizhi, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, to broadcast live on the homepages of 7 platforms in the TopMD all-media matrix: Sina News, Tencent News, Healthy China TV, Tencent Video, Toutiao, Xigua Video, and Baidu Health, with an online viewing volume of 289,146 times.

To make it easier for patients to watch, we edited the highlights of this live broadcast into an anti-cancer public course and broadcast it twice on the entire network. In today's episode (2), let's talk about: What is the mechanism of Chinese medicine's anti-tumor effect? ​​Is it similar to Western medicine's immunotherapy? What does "stomach qi" in Chinese medicine mean? How important is it to improve spleen and stomach function?

What is the mechanism of Chinese medicine in fighting tumors?

Chinese medicine does not fight cancer cells directly, but uses a small lever to move a large object with a small amount of force, and stimulates and adjusts the entire immune function environment of the human body through one or several Chinese medicines. The disease itself and drug treatment often cause the internal organs, qi, blood, yin and yang of cancer patients to be out of balance, and the conditioning of Chinese medicine is to restore the human immune environment to harmony as much as possible.

Only when a person is in good condition can his or her immune function be fully mobilized, thereby improving the body's ability to fight cancer cells. The principle of "immunotherapy", which is very popular in Western medicine now, is also to adjust the body's immune system and fight cancer cells by restoring and improving immune function. It is actually the same as Chinese medicine treatment.

It is very important for cancer patients to improve their spleen and stomach function

Traditional Chinese medicine often says that "if you keep a bit of stomach qi, you will have a bit of vitality", which is enough to explain that traditional Chinese medicine pays special attention to the spleen and stomach function of the human body. The so-called "stomach qi" actually refers to the patient's appetite, eating ability, and digestive function.

Nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy can damage the spleen and stomach function of cancer patients. Once the spleen and stomach function is not good, the nutrition source of the five internal organs is insufficient, and the treatment and recovery of the tumor will be affected. Even if the tumor has been completely removed, if the "stomach qi" is still not improved for a long time and the weight has not increased significantly, the tumor will be relatively more likely to recur and metastasize, and there is also a possibility of contracting other tumors.

For patients in the advanced stage of cancer, even if the stomach is working at a very low level, as long as they still have an appetite, even if they only drink a few sips of rice soup every day, the patient will at least not die soon. This is what is called "as long as there is a bit of stomach qi left, there is a bit of life."

In tomorrow's program, Director Ye Peizhi will explain to you what are the susceptibility factors of tumors? What should and should not be eaten by cancer patients?

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