Mr. Zhang, a 19-year-old male patient with nasopharyngeal cancer from Nanyang City, Henan Province, was treated at Jiaozuo Zhonghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Oncology Hospital. A week earlier, due to left ear otitis media and swollen lymph nodes in the left neck, he was diagnosed with poorly differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma at a local hospital. Concerned about the potential damage to his body from traditional surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, his family resolutely chose conservative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). On the recommendation of friends, the patient was referred to our hospital.
At the time of consultation, the patient experienced slight pain in the left side and back of his head. A 6×8 cm mass in his left neck felt hot to the touch, and light yellow fluid occasionally oozed from the drainage tube in his left ear due to otitis media. After carefully examining his pulse and symptoms, Director Zhang of our hospital’s Oncology Department noted that as a young person, his yang qi was still abundant, and although the cancer toxin was strong, his stomach qi remained intact. Therefore, a treatment principle of “simultaneously attacking and tonifying” was adopted. Based on an empirical TCM formula for nasopharyngeal tumors, combined with Hua’ai Xiaoliu Powder to fight cancer, reduce tumors, promote blood circulation, and detoxify, the treatment was supplemented with bleomycin injections.
After taking the medicine for eight days, remarkable improvements appeared. The neck lymph node, originally the size of a walnut, had completely disappeared and was no longer visible to the naked eye. His headache had eased, the otitis media stopped discharging fluid, and his nose became unblocked. The treatment 效果 was obvious.
