Study on the Method of Relieving Fever with Sweet-Warm Drugs for Treating Post-Chemotherapy Complications
The onset of breast cancer is due to qi stagnation,phlegm coagulation,and blood stasis.The accumulation of these pathogenic factors is the core of the disease.Over time,the pathogens accumulate into a nucleus which is confined to the mammary meridians,and eventually consume qi and damage blood.After the application of chemotherapy drugs,the toxins enter the body and first hurt the spleen and stomach.If the spleen and stomach are damaged,the qi and blood generation will have no resources,and the distribution will be passive,thus affecting the physiological function of other viscera,causing the deficiency of heathy qi and the consumption of qi and blood.The method of relieving fever with sweet-warm drugs can strengthen the healthy qi and eliminate pathogens,regulate qi movement and nourish qi and blood,and harmonize various organs.When disease involves the heart,Decoction for Purging Yin Fire and Raising Yang can be used.When disease involves the liver,Center-Supplementing and Qi-Boosting Decoction can be used.When disease in-volves the lung,Yang-Raising and Stomach-Boosting Decoction.When disease involves the kidney,Sacred Qi-Restoring Decoction can be used.In clinical practice,it is necessary to grasp the changes in the pathogenesis of the corresponding syndrome of the method of re-lieving fever with sweet-warm drugs.In addition to the formulas listed in Li Dongyuan's works,the selection of formulas can also include Astragalus and Center-Fortifying Decoction,Ginseng Supporting and Nourishing Decoction,Perfect Major Supplementation Decoction,Six-Ingredient Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae Powder,etc.Any formula that conforms to the method of relieving fever with sweet-warm drugs can be flexibly selected.
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