Is the effect of taking traditional Chinese medicine for brain glioma good?

Glioma is a common tumor, which mostly occurs in the elderly, with the highest proportion between 60 and 70 years old. With the increase of age, director Zhang, an expert on traditional Chinese medicine oncology in Beijing Sihui West Hospital, said that the prevalence rate dropped significantly after 70 years old. Its etiology is roughly the same as other tumors, which is induced by comprehensive factors such as bad living habits, radiation, pollution and heredity. The treatment of glioma is usually based on comprehensive treatment.

According to a large number of surveys, surgery is still the first choice for most patients with glioma, but most patients still have recurrent cases after surgery. A large number of pathological reactions have no obvious inhibitory effect on the growth of glioma controlled by western medicine alone, so traditional Chinese medicine is generally used to continue treatment after surgery, in order to reduce the adverse reactions after surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy, inhibit the growth of residual tumor cells and prevent recurrence.

Care should be taken in head surgery. If you can't move as much as possible, can Chinese medicine treat glioma?

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treats glioma by taking traditional Chinese medicine and assisting acupoint acupuncture, but the effect is very small, and its main function is to relieve pain.

Once the diagnosis of glioma is made clear, the patient should be treated by surgery at an early stage, combined with corresponding radiotherapy and chemotherapy if necessary. If the patient is too weak for surgery, or weak after surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, or the incision is incomplete and there are tumor residues, traditional Chinese medicine can be used for treatment. Zhang, director of the Department of Oncology of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing Sihui West District Hospital, said that on the basis of syndrome differentiation and treatment, appropriate treatment methods should be selected according to different syndromes, and anti-tumor Chinese medicines such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, softening hard mass, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis are often used in combination.

When the pain is obvious, you can also choose acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, and adopt different reinforcing and reducing methods according to the patient's physique, which is best carried out by a doctor instead of applying needles yourself. Or use moxibustion to enhance physical fitness. Traditional Chinese medicine can't cure the disease, but it can be used as an auxiliary means of treatment. Specific treatment and medication should be combined with clinical practice and guided by face-to-face consultation with doctors.

With the development of glioma, there will be various complications, so patients and their families must be fully prepared. Zhang, director of the Department of Oncology of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing Sihui West Hospital, said that at the same time, rehabilitation treatment should be started as soon as possible when the patients have recovered to a certain extent and conditions permit, so as to minimize the discovery of complications.