August 10, 2023
Lip cancer refers to malignant tumors that occur in the lips. It is more common in men over the age of 50. The histopathological type is mainly squamous cell carcinoma. The disease often infiltrates the surrounding tissues directly, and can be transferred to the neck, submandibular and submental lymph nodes through the lymphatic channel, and the target organ of hemorrhagic transfer is the lung.
Lip cancer occurs more often in the lower lip than the upper lip, and grows slowly. It is not painful or itchy at the beginning, but a small hard nodule may appear on the lip, and gradually grows to form an ulcer. The surface of the ulcer is covered with scabs, which is easy to bleed, and the surface is uneven. The shape is like cauliflower, and then the ulcer erodes to the deep part and the surrounding area, the edge is raised and hard, and there may be foul-smelling bloody secretion after necrosis.
1. Western medicine diagnosis
The clinical diagnosis of lip cancer is relatively easy, and routine biopsy should be confirmed. Lesions can be manifested as exophytic types such as proliferation and verrucous, and can also be manifested as ulcerative types.
2. TCM diagnosis
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of this disease is based on the insufficiency of the spleen, liver, and kidneys and the inability to resist evil. Overeating sweet and thick flavors and spicy roasted products or thinking too much, long-term stimulation of tobacco and alcohol, or chewing betel nuts, Causes heat accumulation in the heart and spleen. From the etiology and pathogenesis, it can be divided into internal injury of the seven emotions, accumulation of heat in the heart and spleen; improper diet, accumulation of dampness and poison in the spleen; deficiency of liver and kidney, accumulation of fire, phlegm and toxin.
3. Zhang Zhonghai's traditional Chinese medicine prescription
15 grams of mountain bean root, 15 grams of forsythia, 15 grams of dandelion, 15 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams of diding, 15 grams of skullcap, 9 grams of pinellia, 10 grams of tangerine peel, 15 grams of gallinaceous gold, 15 grams of citrus aurantium, citrus aurantium 9 grams, 20 grams of Hedyotis diffusa, 15 grams of saponins, 15 grams of geranium seeds, and 9 grams of licorice.
Fourth, the solution
Dandelion, honeysuckle, forsythia, reed, and hedyotis diffusa all have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, antibacterial and swelling, and antitumor. Tiankuizi can reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation, clear away heat and detoxify, and is often used for carbuncle and furuncle. Canker sores, malignant sores; when treating sores and lumps all over the body, it is often combined with dandelion, forsythia, rehmannia, and honeysuckle, which can mutually increase the effects of softening firmness, reducing swelling, antibacterial and detoxifying.
(The author is a member of the second session of the Standing Committee of the Food and Drug Safety Education Working Committee of the China Medical Education Association and the Academic Dean of Jiaozuo Zhonghai Cancer Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.)
The picture above shows Zhang Zhonghai (middle) and Dean Zhang Maomao (left) at work.
