Can traditional medicine and traditional medicine cure cancer?

Medicines to clear heat and detoxify can help patients get better and recover faster after chemotherapy and radiation treatments, but they cannot cure cancer.

Doctor Nguyen Trieu Vu, Head of Oncology Department, Thu Duc City Hospital, said that in the current treatment of cancer, traditional medicine is not the main treatment method . If combined, traditional medicine will provide good support for patients.

"In fact, over the past ten years of treating a lot of cancer patients, I've never seen a patient get rid of cancer by just relying on traditional medicine," said Dr. Vu. "Patients should combine modern medicine instead of just choosing one or the other."

A combination of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine , and acupressure massage for cancer patients will help them recover faster. Patients should not believe in rare things such as rhino horn because it is ineffective, expensive and violates the law.

According to Dr. Vu, scientists are studying a number of cancer- fighting active ingredients extracted from the papaya tree, red pine , etc. The refining process is very complicated, requires a lot of raw materials, and does not require a lot of ingredients. If the patient eats the tree or the fruit of the bowl, the red pine will cure cancer.

Fruit bowl. (Photo: Round square fruit).

Macrobiotics or body purification is a way of eating, exercising, and nourishing. Macrobiotics is being "flattered" as a treatment for many diseases from diabetes to cancer, with sublime theories related to yin and yang, the universe, and no scientific basis. This is not a cure for cancer.

There is a school of forcing sick people to eat only brown rice, sesame salt (sesame), drink filtered water, which easily leads to exhaustion. Only when the patient feels comfortable when practicing macrobiotics and is not too harsh, ensuring enough nutrients such as protein, sugar, fat. can macrobiotics be combined with orthodox treatments.

Some people abstain from protein and sugar to "starve cancer cells" . This is wrong and dangerous, making the body exhausted. Starving the tumor by minimizing the source of nutrients only makes the body exhausted, the resistance weakens, creating conditions for the tumor to spread faster.

"The tumor is like lice or mistletoe, which will drain the patient's energy whether they eat or not," said Dr. Vu.

Therefore, ensuring nutrition is a very important factor during treatment.

There is no special diet for cancer patients. Because the treatment time is often long, the patient needs to pay attention to ensure nutrition such as protein, sugar, fat, green vegetables . to be healthy enough to fight the disease. Although nutrition does not directly treat cancer, it is the foundation for the patient's health and resistance. If people with cancer have other diseases such as diabetes or kidney failure, they can follow a moderate diet according to a specialist.

Patients often confuse cancer with normal boils. Tumors can be abscesses caused by bacteria or parasites. Cancer is a type of malignant tumor that invades and spreads elsewhere. Many cases of boils after injecting or applying leaf poultices to the tumor will cause the infection to break open and heal later. With cancer, injecting or applying leaf poultice will make the tumor superinfected and spread faster.

Doctor recommended, the current advertising information a lot. Patients should learn carefully about the qualifications and qualifications of self-proclaimed "experts" on the Internet, fraudulent "medicine" scams, "three generations of cancer cure" videos with "unlikely real" characters and really sick."

People should go to a specialist for proper advice and treatment. Currently, cancer treatment has made many advances, many new drugs help patients prolong life, have few side effects and reasonable cost.

Patients should regularly discuss with medical staff, join groups and clubs with the same plight, be patient and steady with the treatment process. Modern drugs and treatments have to go through rigorous studies with thousands of patients and many years of follow-up to prove their effectiveness.