Clinical Observation Chemotherapy Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients With Dark Purple Tongue

Entering a new era, many new research projects are vigorously carried out to find solutions for the onsets and treatments of malignant tumours. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated up to 10 millions of new tumour cases being discovered every year, with related deaths taking up to 12 percent of the total population, which summed up to approximately six to seven million cases annually. The incidence of tumours has topped the lists for many killer diseases in numerous developed countries and occupying up to 23.2 percent of the total population. In the People's Republic of China, it stood firmly in the second place, topping a 9.5 percent of its total death cases every year. Currently, medical experts have resolved to using established western medical measures, such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, to be on the main menu for the treatment of cancerous tumours. However, most patients were usually in the advanced stages of cancers when the tumours were first being discovered, and this inevitably minimised their chance of survival.Recently, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) came into the picture in providing alternative ways to help relief the conditions of patients with malignant tumours, and this has captured the attention of many experts and researchers in the world. During the TCM diagnostic procedures of potential cancer patients, the appearance of the tongue seemed to be of great importance to the doctors as it gave the most prominent knowledge of the condition of that particular patient. Through careful examining of the appearance of the tongues to check for any abnormalities, TCM physicians were able to diagnose and detect the early stages of some specific types of cancers, as well as derive their relevant treatment procedures for treatment to increase the chances in recovery. In some clinical research, it was observed that the cancer patients showed intense red tongue colours with thinned or paste like tongue coating after undergoing sessions of chemotherapy, when compared to healthy people or those with general aliments.Well developed countries, such as the United States of America, were highly prone to the early onsets of lung cancers. In 1997, the total reported cases of lung cancer in America were 98300 amongst the male population and 79800 of the female population. These figures have been stood the second place of the many lists of killer diseases for each of the gender group. In total, 160400 Americans died from lung cancer in 1997. This number has also championed the billboard for malignant tumours for that year, which took up 29 percent of the total cancer cases for that particular year.Unfortunately, the incidence rate of lung cancers has significantly increased in many big towns and cities across the country over the last twenty years, especially the latter years. Take Shanghai as an example, in...