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Cancer

Traditional Chinese Medicine views cancer as a slowing or stoppage (stasis) in the flow of Substances in the body. In particular, cancer is understood to have underlying factors that allow cancer to develop. For example, factors such as Qi Stasis, Blood Stasis, and Phlegm, are responsible for masses and abnormal cellular growth. These three types of stasis are thought to result from a variety of factors including emotional disharmony (which is said to cause stasis in the body), improper diet and exercise, and External Pathogenic Factors (which may remain in the body and cause stasis). The type of stasis underlying a TCM understanding of cancer depends upon signs and symptoms and the Zang Fu Organs affected. This stasis is then examined in terms of the bodys overall energetic features and the state of the Zang Fu, the Substances, and the Meridians. In terms of understanding the role of Stasis of the Fundamental Substances, patients with cancer tend to display the following: • Qi Stasis: Distending pain, a mass that seems to appear and disappear or change in size, easy frustration, and irritability or other emotional reactions. The tongue is a dusky color, and the pulse is wiry. • Blood Stasis: Sharp, stabbing pain and masses fixed in origin. The tongue has distended sublingual veins, and the pulse is choppy. • Phlegm: Soft masses, a subjective sensation of heaviness or sluggishness in the body, and expectoration of a copious amount of phlegm. The tongue has a greasy coating, and the pulse is slippery/wiry. Because cancer may cause other disruptions in the bodys energetics, these signs and symptoms may be subtle and may only give an indication of the TCM cause underlying the disease.

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