Traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating radiation-induced pulmonary injury

Abstract

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating radiation-induced pulmonary injury. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is characterized by being prepared from the following bulk drugs by weight: 8-10g of codonopsis pilosula, 6-8g of radix astragali, 4-6g of Chinese angelica, 6-8g of radix scutellariae, 6-8g of cordate houttuynia, 8-10g of figwort root, 6-9g of dried rehmannia root, 4-6g of salvia miltiorrhiza, 6-8g of radix paeoniae alba, 4-6g of ligusticum wallichii, 4-6g of bitter almond, 6-8g of dried orange peel, 4-6g of platycodon grandiflorum, 4-6g of earthworm, 6-8g of frankincense, 6-8g of myrrh and 4-6g of liquorice. The traditional Chinese medicine composition has the beneficial effects of strengthening the body resistance and eliminating pathogenic factors, nourishing yin and promoting the secretion of saliva or body fluid, moistening lung for arresting cough, and invigorating blood and removing stasis, is rapid in taking effect and high in curative effect, and has no toxic or side effect. Diagnosis and treatment based on the overall analysis of the illnesses and the conditions of patients can be performed in clinic.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating radiation-induced lung injury. Background technique [0002] As we all know, radiation lung injury is a complication caused by radiotherapy for chest tumors. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it belongs to the internal invasion of radiation heat and toxin, burns of lung collaterals, injury of body fluid and gas consumption, and blood stasis. Symptoms appeared more than 2 to 3 weeks after radiotherapy, often with irritation, dry cough, shortness of breath, palpitations and chest pain, no fever or low fever, and occasionally high fever. Shortness of breath aggravates progressively with the aggravation of pulmonary fibrosis, prone to respiratory tract infection and aggravated respiratory symptoms, and difficulty in swallowing when complicated by radiation esophagitis. If physical examination shows skin atrophy and hardening at the radiation site, dry and wet rales a...

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Problems solved by technology

At present, antibiotics and hormones are used for remission, which is very unfavorable to the body of weak patients after radiotherapy