System Construction for the Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of Cancer Toxin

Under the guidance of the academic thought of cancerous toxin by Professor Zhou Zhongying, the master of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), this study has created the theory of cancerous toxin pathogenesis and established the pathogenesis system for differentiating and treating cancerous toxin in TCM. In that system, the main point includes putting the specific pathogen (cancerous toxin) differentiation first via focusing on its pathogenic characteristics, intermingled pathogenic factors, pathogenic sites, and the vicissitudes of pathogenic factors. The second point is differentiating the non-specific pathogens including constraints, wind, cold, heat, dampness, phlegm, and stasis. The final point is the body resistance differentiation by differentiating the deficiency of the internal organs, qi, blood, as well as yin and yang. In addition, the basic pathogenesis is the accumulation of pathogenic factors and cancerous toxins leading to the deficiency of the healthy energy. Thus, the treatment principle contains eliminating pathogenic factors, resolving cancerous toxins, as well as supporting the healthy energy. Specifically, the principle of eliminating pathogenic factors means eliminating pathogenic factors to rebalance yin and yang. It mainly includes seven treatments, such as regulating the flow of qi, dispelling wind, dissipating cold, clearing heat, dispelling dampness, resolving phlegm, and removing blood stasis. The principle of resolving toxins means resolving toxins to fight cancer. It includes eight treatments, such as regulating the flow of qi, resolving phlegm, removing blood stasis, expelling damp, clearing heat, dispelling the wind, warming yang, and combating toxins with poisonous medicines. Comparatively, the main methods of supporting the healthy energy include benefiting qi, nourishing yin, supplementing the blood, warming yang, and tonifying the internal organs. The creation of the pathogenesis system for differentiating and treating cancerous toxin is based on differentiating and typing the core pathogenesis of cancerous toxin, which has rectified the complicated situation caused by the hard-to-master classification of TCM tumors according to disease type. Through proposing the four key points of clinical differentiation of cancerous toxins, the study achieves a breakthrough in the bottleneck of cancerous toxin differentiation and diagnosis technology. Through elaborating the academic connotation of anti-cancer detoxification methods, the study lists the eight relevant treatments. Through putting forward the classification of tradition Chinese medicines with anti-cancer detoxification effects, the study further promotes the clinically precise medicines use for TCM differentiation and treatment of tumor.