The occurrence of nasopharyngeal cancer is related to various pathogenic factors inside and outside the body, such as weak body, internal invasion of seven emotions, irregular diet, various adverse stimuli, etc., causing the lung, spleen, liver, kidney and other internal organs to develop pathological changes include stagnation of Qi and blood, accumulation of turbid phlegm, and stagnation of fire and poison, so that the meridians are blocked and accumulated into masses.
The diagnosis and Treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
1. Attack by outside evil, phlegm heat accumulate in lung:
Symptoms:
Congestion on one side of nose, sticky nasal discharge, bloodshot or swelling and clogging of the ears on one side, or head swelling in migraine, dry mouth and nose, or yellow sputum in cough, red tongue, yellowish tongue coating , slippery and rapid pulse. New uplift are saw on nasopharynx, rough, pale red, with secretions attached to the surface, and bad masses may be palpable on the neck.
Pathogenesis:
The phlegm-heat is accumulated in the patient’s lungs, addicted to tobacco and alcohol, or are stimulated by unclean air for a long time, then the lung heat is even worse, the lung fire decocts the body fluid to become phlegm, and the phlegm heat burns nasopharynx up and accumulates over time and lead to lump. Ear congestion, nasal congestion, and headache are caused by phlegm heat blinding the clear orifice; epistaxis or bloody nasal discharge is a sign of phlegm fire injuring the nasopharyngeal meridians.
Treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM):
Clear lung and nose, remove phlegm and dispel congestion.
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2. Liver Qi stagnation, or stagnation of Qi and blood stasis:
Symptoms:
Severe headache, ear swelling or tinnitus or deafness, chest pain, bitter mouth, dry mouth, red or dark red tongue, or dark purple spots, white or yellow tongue coating, wiry and thready pulse, or wiry and choppy. The nasopharyngeal mass is dark red, or has blood entanglement, it is easy to bleed when touched, and there is a hard solid mass on the neck.
Pathogenesis:
Stagnation of liver Qi, abnormal flow of blood, liver stagnation and blood inversion, resulting in swelling and stagnation of Qi and blood, blocked meridians, lead to lumps over time, or cancerous swelling is up to the brain, so headache severe; blockage of the lumps, unfavorable Qi, tinnitus and deafness; Qi and blood stasis and the veins are exposed, so the color of the lumps is dark red and the blood veins is entangled; the evil poison gathers in the neck through the meridians, so hard lumps is in the neck.
Treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM):
Promote Qi and blood circulation, soften the firmness and disperse knots.
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3. Spleen and stomach injury, phlegm accumulation:
Symptoms:
Heavy headache, nasal congestion, bloody nasal charge, phlegm, chest tightness, body fatigue, lethargy, or palpitations, nausea, poor appetite, pale or red tongue, fat tongue or tooth marks, white coating or thick and greasy, the pulse wiry and slippery or thready and slippery. The nasopharyngeal mass is pale with secretions attached, and the neck has malignant mass.
Pathogenesis:
Due to improper diet or often eat toxic and moldy food, heat and toxin accumulate in the spleen and stomach; or due to stagnation of liver Qi, invade the spleen, liver and spleen discord, resulting in loss of spleen transport, turbid phlegm accumulated, and stagnation of fire. Phlegm and fire are mutually knotted, blocking the meridians and causing cancer; turbid phlegm blocks the clear orifice, and the Qi of clearing yang does not rise, so the head has heavy headaches and nasal congestion; the tongue is light and fat, and the teeth marks are signs of phlegm and wetness.
Treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM):
Reconcile the spleen and stomach, expel phlegm and dispel congestion.
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4. Liver and gallbladder fire are fierce, heat toxin is accumulated
Symptoms:
Severe headache, bloody sputum, filthy fishy smell, tinnitus and deafness, or double vision, coughing, thick sputum, upset and insomnia, dry mouth, bitter mouth, short yellow urine, constipation, red tongue, thick yellow coating , the pulse wiry and slippery or wiry and rapid. The nasopharyngeal lump is ulcerated, or cauliflower-like, and the neck lump is hard.
Pathogenesis:
Stagnation of liver and Qi, lead to fire, accumulation of fire and poison, burns to muscle membrane and choroid, muscle rot and meridians damage, so phlegm is bloody, filthy and smelly; fire toxin is inflamed, and up to the brain, and the brain is injured , the headache severe; fire poison blinds the ear orifices, which can cause tinnitus and deafness; poisonous evil burns the skull and veins, which can cause vision blindness, diplopia, etc.; dry mouth, short yellow urine, constipation, pulse wiry and rapid is signs of fiery liver and gallbladder.
Treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM):
Purging fire and toxin, removing blood stasis and congestion.
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5. Deficiency of kidney essence and retention of evil toxin:
Symptoms:
Nasal congestion, bleeding, tinnitus and deafness, headache, dizziness, weight loss, zygomatic red, night sweats, or heat in the afteroon, five heart heat and upset, red and dry tongue, little or no tongue coating, wiry or wiry and rapid pulse. The nasopharyngeal mass is pale red, or blood entangled, or pus is attached, and the neck may have malignant mass.
Pathogenesis:
Due to insufficient endowment, the body and kidney are weak, or due to old age and infirmity, the body cannot adapt to various stimuli from the outside world, the evil toxins invade while the deficiency, and it accumulates over time and into lumps. Cancer invades the body, injures the Yin and drains Qi, and the Qi and blood gradually decline, body wasting, evil toxin is confined to the clear orifice, and lack of qi and blood, unable to be up, so tinnitus and deafness, headache and dizziness, Zygomatic red, night sweats, heat in the afternoon, five heart heat and upset, hot, red tongue and little tongue coating are signs of kidney Yin deficiency.
Treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM):
Reconcile blood, strengthen the body and eliminate evil.
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