Lung cancer cured with Chinese medicine approach of coughing up bloody sputum and necrotic tissue
English
This male patient with lung cancer was only treated for more than eight months. While his conditions were improving, he suddenly stopped without saying goodbye and only asked his daughter to call and say he would stop the treatment. Cases like this had happened before so I was not surprised. Many patients, once past the critical stage, felt they didn’t need me anymore; some had doubts about my treatment and gave up in the middle, which usually made me unsettling, feeling the work had not been completed. Sometimes it would even keep me wondering whether they still survive or not. However, this case was different from the others. In fact, this was just a misunderstanding. Recently, I got in touch with him through a phone call by accident and realized that he gave up treatment then due to financial problems. After he stopped my treatment, he went to the Chinese Medicine Department of the University of Hong Kong to continue his treatment, which was not effective. Later, He went to a Western doctor and had a biopsy, which found no cancer cells at all but only pneumonia and pulmonary edema. After taking antibiotics, he recovered and has remained fine until now. On the phone, he kept thanking me, saying that he had been in good conditions recently and he often went swimming. It turns out this is also a successful case of lung cancer treatment.
The patient came to see me in 2013 when he was fifty-five years old. At the first visit, his complexion was greenish-yellow with dullness, but he looked quite energetic. He said he suddenly started to cough two months ago. Western medicine treatment was ineffective and his condition had gotten worse and he coughed more and more. He went to the hospital to take an X-ray and CT Scan, which found a large white shadow at the bottom of his right lung suspected to be cancer tissue. Doctors suggested endoscope and biopsy, but he refused for fear that the cancer cells would spread. One night, he coughed so badly that it felt as if his trachea was torn. Another time, he spat out thick black and red sputum, which was tested with no cancer cells found. Since then, he coughed continuously, sweated all over his body and had a mild fever. He experienced hot flush twice recently, which was the symptom of early-stage cancer, so he was worried about having early stage lung cancer. The patient was a good swimmer. Before the onset of this disease, he participated in cross harbor swimming. I wondered if he might have inhaled seawater into his lungs, causing pulmonary edema and damage to his lungs. CT Scan images only showed a line, which was clearly black and white, unlike the images of tumors. Western doctors still insisted on a biopsy. There was a large shadow at the lower part of his right lung, indicating a high chance of lung cancer. I explained to him that in general, patients with cancer often had hot flush, so he had a high chance of having lung cancer. A biopsy would speed up the spread of cancer cells. Even if it was confirmed as lung cancer, Western doctors would only go for chemotherapy or targeted chemotherapy, of which the chance of success was not high. In the end, he rejected biopsy and opted for Chinese medicine.
Bad cough as if liver being torn
At the start of the treatment, I clearly told the patient that to treat lung cancer, it was necessary to apply the “spitting approach” and “sweating approach” among the eight approaches of Chinese medicine, and the “spitting approach” included coughing. After taking the medicine on the first day, he coughed out phlegm at night without blood streak. He sweated a lot during sleep. On the third night, he coughed even more, feeling like his liver was being torn and coughing out phlegm. He sweated so heavily that he needed to change his underwear twice. On the fourth day, the coughing was intense with the excretion of a large piece of phlegm. At noon, a lot of phlegm was spat out, adding up to a small bowl. It seemed that the phlegm was excreted from his lungs, very possibly from the shadow.
Every night, the patient sweated so profusely that he needed to change his underwear for several times. He spat out a lot of phlegm and transparent fluid. When he woke up in the morning, he tried to take a deep breath and felt the air entered deeply into his lungs. When he coughed, his right lung contracted and when he breathed in, the amount of air seemed to have largely increased. All in all, during the week, the medicine should have reached the affected area and continuously expelling the pulmonary edema and phlegm. This was a very good sign. When all the phlegm was coughed up, his alveoli would gradually return to normal. At the second follow-up visit, his complexion became fairer with the dullness disappeared. His nose bridge and forehead were radiant and his eyes were sharp. He said it had been 12 days since the treatment started and he had spat out about a large bowl of sputum. I said it was imaginable how serious the congestion of phlegm in his lungs was before taking medicine. In addition to sweating profusely, he also spat out a lot of yellow and white phlegm and saliva with bubbles, which he could feel it discharged deeply from his right lung. Every time after he coughed, his lungs became relaxed. His heart was also strengthened that he could speak loudly. The urine samples he brought in were yellow-brown, orange-brown, etc., indicating stasis were expelled from his heart and brain and toxins from his liver.
At the third follow-up visit, the patient’s agile eyes showed his brain had improved. When his lungs were blocked by phlegm, oxygen exchange could not reach the maximum efficiency, resulting in hypoxia in his brain and weakened cell mobility, which were all reflected by his eyes. During the treatment, stasis was discharged from his heart, which was then strengthened and became able to send more blood his brain. With more blood sent to the brain, oxygen supply increased, and brain cells were activated, so his eyes became more energetic. One time the patient burnt the medicine, he had to boil it again, which greatly reduced its effectiveness. After taking the medicine, the patient felt weak and lacked energy until two days before the visit, after normal medicine was taken, when his physical strength began to recover. This time, he was in good condition and he had lost some weight. He said due to diabetes, he did not dare eat much, which might be the reason for the weight loss.
The patient took an X-ray examination and result showed a large white shadow in his right lung still. Western doctors said it could be hydropneumothorax or malignant cells. After hearing about that, the patient was very depressed. I took a look at the film and found it lack brightness. It only showed a large white area and couldn’t even show the ribs. I doubted the accuracy of the film and might need to be retaken. Though X-ray film did not show any improvement in his condition, the patient improved in various aspects. I also wondered why after so much phlegm was excreted, the film still showed a white shadow.
Pulmonary edema largely cleared up
At the sixth follow-up visit, the patient felt warm all over his body, but he felt weak and did not want to move around. I suggested drinking ginseng water to strengthen his heart, which he agreed, hoping to reduce the coughing. During the week, he sweated profusely on three days, while he had no sweating on three other days, indicating that much fluid in his lungs had been removed. Sometimes he could cough out white or grey phlegm, but sometimes it was only dry cough and he was not able to cough up any phlegm, which made him very uncomfortable, indicating both his heart and lungs were weak.
The patient took an X-ray of his lungs again at a private hospital. There was still the white shadow below the middle of his right lung, with no major improvement seen. Western doctors believed it was pneumonia. The report did not mention any malignant tissue, only some fluid exuded from his pleura. By the seventh follow-up visit, the patient coughed less and less, and when he breathed in, air could reach the lower part of his right lung. Obviously, his conditions had further improved. He had a good appetite and felt hungry from time to time, but he lost 4.5 pounds. I asked him to measure his fasting glucose level and watch for changes after lunch. There was one time his HbA1c index was 22.5, much higher than the normal level of 6. In the morning of the ninth follow-up visit, the index was 26.3, which was still very high. Regarding the strength of his heart, he said he could walk up five or six floors without panting. His good condition indicated significant improvement in his lung function.
Soon after, the patient called and reported blood in the phlegm and saliva he coughed up. One time it was dark red while the other time it was bright red. He was very worried and asked me what to do. I said under the spitting approach, what he coughed up was the necrotic tissue of his lung cancer. The situation would last for several weeks. I told him to try coughing them up as much as possible and not to be afraid. The patient said after coughing up bloody sputum, his chest became a little relaxed, but his back was painful. I pointed out that the necrotic tissue should have been excreted during the initial stage of the treatment, but due to his pulmonary edema, they could only be excreted after the pulmonary edema was cleared.
At the twelfth follow-up visit, the patient’s heartbeat was the slowest since the first visit, indicating that after spitting bloody sputum, his lungs’ oxygen intake increased, his heart was strengthened and more blood could be supplied to his brain, so his heartbeat began to slow down. This was a very positive improvement. It had been a month since he spat out bloody sputum. Generally speaking, after each spitting, it should be a few days before he would spit again. However, he had spat out bloody sputum and black necrotic tissue every day. At the 14th follow-up visit, the patient said he sometimes spat out bloody sputum ten times in a row. After each spit, he became relaxed, but also felt weak and tired. Despite these, he did not experience any difficulty breathing nor short of breath.
After that, the patient had a pseudo fever. One time he trembled all over his body and was very weak, like having a fever. Probably due to prolonged coughing, his throat was hurt. Too much blood had been lost from his lung tissue, which also caused discomfort. In addition, the anti-cancer medicine has a cold nature, which was also one of the reasons. After drinking the medicine, he still coughed and felt cold, but his appetite was very good and he ate a lot. After taking two doses of medicine, the fever had completely subsided. He slept and defecated well, but due to excessive coughing, his abdominal muscles often hurt.
No more bloody sputum, condition gradually improved
After it had been five months since the treatment started, the patient asked me why he still coughed after so long, and how much longer he had to cough. I said it depended on the size of the lung cancer tissue. So far, the bloody sputum he spat out were small pieces and not much blood was lost. His condition was already very stable and good, so there was no need to worry too much. By the 20th follow-up visit, the patient no longer spat out bloody sputum, with most new sputum being mud-colored, sometimes mixed with necrotic lung tissue.
At the twenty-second follow-up visit, the patient’s complexion was radiant. His palms were warm. He spoke with a loud voice without panting. His condition was very good. He said when he coughed, he felt it was from the upper part of his lung instead of the lower part. I thought most necrotic tissue in the lower part had been removed and everything was improving. Since he felt more and more energetic, he often went to Stanley Beach for a sunbath. There was one time he went for a walk in Ap Liu Street, Sham Shui Po, and to buy electronic products. He walked for five consecutive hours without feeling tired. He did not seem to be sick at all and his weight rebounded to 134 pounds.
The patient had another X-ray examination, which showed no changes in the upper part of his right lung, but only a white shadow in the lower part. Based on my analysis, the lower part of his right lung had already deteriorated. He had spat out a lot of necrotic tissue through coughing for three months until it stopped recently. The space in his lungs was filled with fluid exuded from his pleura, which turned into pulmonary edema. Western doctors, after looking at the film, could only evaluate the increased pulmonary edema but could not tell whether the necrotic tissue had been discharged. My medicine had helped discharge the pulmonary fluid in patient through sweating. Therefore, during his sleep every night, the right side of his body often sweated, with the amount of sweat having reduced by half compared to the initial stage. Now only the left and right upper parts of his lungs were healthy, which was sufficient for coping with daily needs without panting. The only thing was the hope to remove the pulmonary fluid in order for his lung function to completely return to normal. This was estimated to take about half a year.
The patient was often worried and asked about the progress. He lacked confidence in my treatment. He suspected that the pulmonary edema would cause pneumonia. In fact, his right lung had been suffering from pulmonary edema since the beginning. He had been good, except the one time when Western doctors said that he had pneumonia. My medicine was anti-inflammatory, so I asked him not to worry. After the twenty-seventh follow-up visit, the patient took a bus home. The bumpy journey caused him to cough badly and he spat out a lot of sputum. After returning home, his body temperature rose to 39 degrees Celsius, but I thought it was fine. As long as he continued to drink the medicine on time, the fever would naturally subside.
The treatment would have been eight months in six days, and he had overcome the most dangerous situation. His condition had been under control with nothing life-threatening. He just needed to wait for his lobe wounds to heal, his pleura no longer exuded fluid, and pulmonary edema to be gone to reach full recovery. After the last follow-up visit, the patient did not show up again. He just asked his daughter to tell me he would like to stop the treatment without giving the reason. For many years, I thought he stopped taking medicine because he had recovered very well. It turned out to be financial problems that stopped him from persisting until the end when all the fluid in his lungs was removed. Finally, the treatment was prolonged due to taking antibiotics, which was the only imperfection for this medical case. Fortunately, he recovered and has been living healthily until now, for which I feel very happy. The patient was first diagnosed on 4 January 2013 and the treatment ended on 13 September in the same year, spanning nine and a half months, with 37 visits. This is a successful case of lung cancer treatment.
This article was written by Dr. Sik-Kee Au
October 10, 2017
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Medical case number: 130104