Research Into Professor Zhou Zhongying's Academic Experience Of Treating Bronchopulmonary Carcinoma

In this article, the write presents Chinese medicine etiology, pathology, syndrome differentiation and treatment rules of bronchopulmonary carcinoma by studying cancerous toxin on the basis of his teacher, professor Zhou Zhongying's academic idea and dozens of years' clinical experience in treating bronchopulmonary carcinoma. In the introduction, the author presents the occurrence, diagnosis and current treatment of pulmonary carcinoma. At the same time, Chinese medicine treatment mechanism and professor Zhou Zhongying's academic idea and clinical experience are recommended.In the first section, the author presents a research result obtained by analyzing the theory, principle, prescription and drug treatment to pulmonary carcinoma recorded in ancient medical classics as well as research reports of modern video examination, anatomy and pathology. Based on this, the author further points out that pulmonary carcinoma refers to a set of symptoms of the lung. It can be named as pulmonary symptomatic accumulation and abbreviated as pulmonary accumulation. It is caused by cancerous toxin invading the lung and its symptoms differ from the size and location of carcinoma, generally including cough, sputum, asthmatic breathing, chest pain, fever, hemoptysis, emaciation, fatigue, etc. The prognosis is usually poor. In the second section, the author explains the meanings of toxin and cancerous toxin. The later may result from the external invasion and internal injury due to emotional disturbance, improper diet and deficiency of Zangfu organs. The cancerous toxin is characterized by proliferation, infiltration and metastasis. It tends to produce heat and fire, injury blood vessels and cause exacerbation. It is intractable and difficult to treat. In the third section, the author provides a systemic statement on the etiology, pathology and pathological evolution rules and advances thatcigarette toxin, external pathogenic toxin, emotional disturbance and deficiency of body resistance can all generate cancerous toxin and cause obstruction of the lung. Therefore he concludes that cancerous toxin is the key causative factor for the occurrence of pulmonary carcinoma. Pulmonary cancerous toxin usually causes odd symptoms and rapid exacerbation beyond the body resistance. Moreover, it may damage the body resistance and spread over other Zangfu organs, leading to consumption of Qi, blood, Yin and Yang. The disease caused by this toxin is intractable and recurrent. Routine treatment often finds no effective result and the prognosis is poor. Obstruction of the lung by cancerous toxin can progressively trigger other pathological changes, such as forming phlegm turbidity, blood stasis, stagnation of heat, leading to Qi deficiency, consumption of Yin, etc. exhibiting various kinds of clinical manifestations. Obstruction of the lung by cancerous toxin is the essential cause of pulmonary carcinoma, injury of the body resistance by cancerous toxin is the source of exacerbation and spreading property of cancerous toxin is the cause of cancer metastasis.In the fourth section, the author puts forwards the differentiating points. The first is to ascertain various kinds of pathogenic factors, cancerous toxin, phlegm turbidity, blood stasis, stagnated heat, Qi deficiency, Yin deficiency, etc. The second is to identify the disease location. For the pulmonary carcinoma, the lung is the main organ invaded, but the heart, liver, spleen and kidney may also be involved. The third is to differentiate pathological property. Pulmonary carcinoma is characterized by a deficiency-excess complex. But it is necessary to find out whether deficiency symptoms and signs are more severe and pronounced than excess ones, or vice versa, or the two with equal severity. The last is to predict the prognosis. In the fifth section, the author presents the treatment principles and therapies of pulmonary carcinoma, namely the author's research result from the research into his teacher's clinical experience and analysis of clinical cases. It is conside...