Discussion on the Application of Cancerous Toxin Pathogenesis Theory in the Treatment of Gastric Cancer

VernacularTitle:运用癌毒病机理论辨治胃癌的探析
Author: Wei LU ¹ ; Zheng-Jie SHEN ; Hai-Bo CHENG
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1. 南京中医药大学附属医院
Keywords: gastric cancer; cancerous toxin; Zhou Zhong-yin
From: Journal of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;32(2):101-103
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: ABSTRACT:China has a very high incidence of gastric cancer.Chinese medicine has advantages in the treating of gastric canc-er.Professor Zhou Zhong-yin,awarded National Chinese Medical Science Master,has put forward the theory of cancerous tox-in pathogenesis theory based on his long-term clinical experience.Better effect of the treatment of gastric cancer has been con-firmed by the application of cancerous toxin pathogenesis theory on gastric cancer patients.Cancerous toxin remaining in the stomach is the key pathogenesis of gastric cancer.Cancerous toxin always intermingled with phlegm turbidity,blood stasis, damp turbidity and toxic heat is very common in the patients with gastric cancer.So the principle and treatment of gastric canc-er is the combination of anti-cancer while removing toxic material and other therapeutic principle,such as regulating qi and har-monizing stomach,clearing heat and promoting diuresis,promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis,reducing phlegm and resolving masses and reinforcing deficiency.