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What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine in treating lung cancer?

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Asked on:Apr 09, 2026 08:32 PM

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  • Aurora-Lee Aurora-Lee

    Apr 09, 2026

      What are the methods of traditional Chinese medicine in treating lung cancer? As the environment around people changes, the quality of the air around people is gradually declining, and issues such as PH2.5 are gradually coming into people's sight. Nowadays, there are not a few people suffering from lung cancer. Everyone knows its harm. Lung cancer is the most common disease. It seriously harms human health and puts a heavy burden on families. Everyone wants to know how Chinese medicine treats lung cancer. Let’s take a look:

      1. Lung cancer-qi and blood stasis

      Symptoms: poor cough, chest tightness and suffocation, chest pain with fixed location, like a cone or thorn, or dark red phlegm and blood, dark purple lips, dark tongue or ecchymosis, thin coating, stringy or stringy pulse.

      Treatment method: activate blood circulation and dissipate blood stasis, promote qi and resolve stagnation.

      Prescription: Taohong Siwu Decoction with added flavor. This prescription uses Siwu Decoction to regulate blood circulation and relieve blood stasis, and uses walnut kernel, safflower, paeonol bark, cyperus rotunda, Corydalis chinensis, etc. to unblock meridians and activate blood circulation, promote qi and relieve pain. If hemoptysis is repeated and the blood is dark red, add puhuang, lotus root, agrimony, Panax notoginseng, and madder root to remove blood stasis and stop bleeding; for stagnant heat, dark damage to Qi and body fluids, and dry tongue, add Adenophora root, trichosanthes, Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophulariaceae, anemarrhena, etc. to clear away heat and nourish yin and promote body fluid; for those who eat less, have fatigue, and have shortness of breath, add astragalus, Codonopsis root, and Atractylodes macrocephala to replenish qi and strengthen the spleen.

      2. Lung cancer - phlegm and dampness accumulate in the lungs

      Symptoms: Cough, expectoration, suffocation, thick and sticky phlegm, white or yellow and white phlegm, chest tightness and chest pain, indigestion, fatigue, dark tongue, white and yellow greasy or yellow thick greasy coating, stringy and slippery pulse.

      Treatment method: promote qi and eliminate phlegm, strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

      Prescription: Erchen Decoction combined with Gualou Xiebai Banxia Decoction. Erchen Decoction regulates qi, dries dampness and resolves phlegm. Combined with the Juelu Xiebai Banxia Decoction, it can help circulate qi, eliminate phlegm, widen the chest and relieve stagnation. If you see chest distension and tightness, wheezing and coughing, you can add Tingli Dazao Xiefei Decoction to purge the lungs and move water; for those with phlegm stagnation and heat, and yellow and sticky phlegm that is difficult to come out, add sea clam shells, Houttuynia cordata, and golden buckwheat root. , Scutellaria baicalensis can clear away phlegm and heat; for those with severe chest pain and obvious blood stasis, add turmeric, Chuanxiong, and Corydalis to relieve blood stasis; for those with fatigue and indigestion, add Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, and Gallus gallus gallinae to strengthen the spleen and help transport.

      3. Lung cancer-Yin deficiency and toxic heat

      Symptoms: Cough with no phlegm or little phlegm, or blood in the phlegm, or even hemoptysis that does not stop, chest pain, restlessness and poor sleep, low-grade fever and night sweats, or strong and persistent fever, thirst, difficulty in passing stool, red tongue with thin yellow tongue coating, and thready or rapid pulse.

      Treatment method: nourish yin, clear away heat, detoxify and disperse stagnation.

      Prescription: Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus decoction combined with Wuwei disinfectant drink. The prescription uses Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Ophiopogon japonicus, licorice, mulberry leaves, Trichosanthes trichosanthes, and raw lentils to nourish yin and clear away heat; honeysuckle, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, purpurea root, and geranium purpurea are used to clear away heat, detoxify and disperse stagnation. If hemoptysis persists, you can add Rehmannia glutinosa, Imperata cognac, agrimony, madder root, and ginseng notoginseng to cool the blood and stop bleeding; for dry stools, add Trichosanthes trichosanthes and peach kernel to moisturize and relieve constipation; for low-grade fever and night sweats, add Digupi, Baiwei, and Schisandra chinensis to nourish yin, clear away heat and stop sweating.

      Lung cancer seriously endangers human health. We must prevent it in daily life. Smoking is harmful to health. If you find yourself feeling unwell, please go to a regular hospital immediately to avoid delaying your condition!