中医药治疗乳腺癌术后上肢淋巴结水肿简况

Advances in Breast Cancer Lymph Edema after Medical Treatment of Upper Limb

上肢淋巴结水肿是乳腺癌术后常见并发症,手术等影响脏腑功能,日久血瘀、水湿停聚,脉络阻塞,发为水肿。中医药通过辨证论治,中药外敷、熏洗,针灸及功能锻炼等多种治疗手段,可有效改善水肿,提高临床疗效,具有独特优势。目前研究缺乏统一标准,具有一定局限性,未来应结合现代科学手段,探讨中药复方的作用机理,为治疗提供新的思路。

Upper extremity lymph edema is a common postoperative complications of breast cancer,surgery can affect the visceral function,After a long time evolution of edema,which is due to blood stasis,Shuishi Tingju,vein obstruction.Traditional Chinese medicine,which is through treatment based on syndrome differentiation,Chinese medicine external treatment,fumigation,acupuncture and functional exercise and other treatments,that can effectively improve edema,improve clinical curative effect,meanwhile has a unique advantage.current study who is lack of uniform standards,at the same time has certain limitations,we should be combined with modern scientific methods in the future to investigate the mechanism of compound and to provid a new method for treatment.