Pulmonary nodules found during physical examination? Chinese medicine teaches you to do this
In recent years, with the advancement of medical standards, the concept of health screening has become more and more popular. More and more people take care of their health through regular physical examinations, and the detection rate of pulmonary nodules is increasing year by year.
Pulmonary nodules are found during physical examination, what should I do? What are the special prevention and treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine?
1.What is pulmonary nodule
Pulmonary nodules are a common lung disease that are ≤3cm in diameter, have opaque images, clear borders, are completely surrounded by air-containing lung tissue, and have no symptoms such as atelectasis, enlarged hilar lymph nodes, or pleural effusion. of lung lesions.
A single pulmonary nodule in the lungs is called a solitary pulmonary nodule; the coexistence of two or more pulmonary nodules is called multiple pulmonary nodules.
2. Different pulmonary nodules in imaging examinations
According to the imaging manifestations of pulmonary nodules, they can be divided into solid nodules, mixed ground-glass nodules, and pure ground-glass nodules. The general development pattern of pulmonary nodules is from pure ground-glass nodules to mixed ground-glass nodules or solid nodules. Nodule progression.
3. Treatment methods for different pulmonary nodules
About 96.4% of nodules in CT screening are benign, and the probability of malignancy is 0.5% to 3.5%. According to different imaging manifestations, different pulmonary nodules have different treatment measures. In summary, there are four types:
Continue to next round of screening
Follow up to observe changes
Further differential diagnosis
direct surgical treatment
Specific treatment can be carried out according to the clinician’s recommendations and reviewed regularly.
4. Traditional Chinese Medicine for Pulmonary Nodules
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pulmonary nodules are mostly caused by deficiency and excess, and are caused by internal and external factors. The Qi of a person’s body is composed of innate Qi and acquired Zongqi. The Qi of water and grain transformed from food and drink and the pure Qi inhaled from nature combine to form Zongqi. When a person’s internal organs decline, the Qi of water and grains becomes weak, and Zong Qi is internally deficient; the ability to rise, fall, enter and exit the Qi is weak, and the movement of Qi is out of control, resulting in Qi stagnation. “Xu” and “Yu” are combined, and accumulation is achieved.
When the function of the human body’s internal organs declines and the Qi movement is abnormal, external evils invade, the body’s “righteous Qi” and “evil Qi” interact with each other, and the disease fluctuates, which is manifested in changes in the condition of pulmonary nodules in the human body. “The correspondence between heaven and man” and “the unity of form and spirit” mean that daily life will have an impact on the condition.
home therapy
Since ancient times, “medicine and food come from the same source”. Traditional Chinese medicine takes the essence of plants and trees to correct the yin and yang of the human body. By examining the rise and fall of yin and yang in the human body, the victory of good and evil, it takes the cold, hot, and cool properties of plants and trees, and the taste of sour, bitter, sweet, pungent, and salty to help the human body. Restore normal organ functions and eliminate evil spirits.
Patients with pulmonary nodules can cook porridge with yam and coix seed to nourish the lungs and spleen, so as to nourish Zongqi;
If you have dry throat, itchy throat, dry cough without phlegm, you can use lily, Ophiopogon japonicus and Radix Pseudostellariae to boil honey water to nourish yin and moisten the lungs;
If you are stressed at work and feel unhappy, you can boil roses, tangerine peels, albizia flowers and green tea together to soothe your Qi.
Healthy routine
“The four seasons of yin and yang are the end and beginning of all things, and the foundation of life and death. If they are contrary to them, disasters will occur, and if they follow them, serious diseases will not arise.” Only by complying with the laws of heaven and earth can “the true energy follow them and the spirit be guarded” to prevent diseases. Not alive. Work and rest on time, go to bed early and get up early, and relax.
Suitable for exercise
The “daoyin” method of traditional Chinese medicine is intended to drive the flow of qi throughout the body through body movement, such as Qigong Baduanjin and Tai Chi. Proper physical exercise can make people feel relaxed and energetic all over the body. Excessive physical exercise, beyond one’s own endurance, will consume energy and harm the body. It is appropriate to exercise if you sweat a little and feel a little tired during exercise, and then you can return to normal after taking a short rest.
