It is usually believed that the small size of the thyroid nodule cancer chances are also small, Western medicine for this kind of nodule generally take a conservative attitude, one has no value of resection, and no special drugs, so can only let the patient go home to recuperate.
After a period of time and then review, if the rapid increase in the size of the nodule, showing signs of malignancy, then go under the knife to remove, if there is no change, to maintain the status quo, do not do anything about it.
On the surface of this practice, there is no problem, but ignored the root cause of the nodules, this root cause is not timely eradication, on the one hand, easy to let the thyroid nodules deteriorate, on the other hand, may also produce new nodules.
I remember a time when a patient came to the clinic with thyroid nodules and breast nodules. Her thyroid nodule was initially very small, so her previous doctor had always advised her to observe mainly and not to rush for surgical removal.
However, as the days went by and the nodule slowly grew, the patient began to feel uneasy. Later, she was found to have a breast nodule, although again the size was not large, but it made her very afraid, thinking that it was a metastasis of a malignant tumor.
This patient looked for many hospitals at that time, but to no avail. Western medicine would not cut, so she wanted to find a Chinese medicine practitioner and came to my clinic through a friend's recommendation.
After carefully understanding her condition, I found that the root cause of the problem was still Liver Depression and Spleen Deficiency, and that the Liver Meridian Qi Stagnation and the Phlegm-Dampness generated by the Spleen Deficiency were intermingling, eventually forming the nodules.
Both the thyroid and the mammary glands are on the Liver meridian, so both are prone to nodule formation due to Liver Depression and Spleen Deficiency. This patient first developed nodules in the thyroid gland, and if she had been able to regulate the condition in time, the nodules would not have appeared in the breast gland, but unfortunately she had delayed for too long.
However, it was not too late for her to mend. I prescribed a formula based on her condition, which was based on the TCM prescription Free San, which is good at dispersing the liver and strengthening the spleen, and is most suitable for addressing the root cause of her illness, which was liver depression and spleen deficiency.
On top of Free San, I added some insect herbs, which are powerful in resolving phlegm and dispersing nodules and can quickly disperse the stagnant phlegm and dampness in the liver meridian, so that the size of the nodules would continue to diminish.
This two-pronged approach not only promotes the dissipation of the nodules, but also adjusts her constitution so that the nodules will not recur or appear in other internal organs.
After six weeks of Chinese medicine, when the patient underwent ultrasound again, she was surprised to find that the thyroid nodules had shrunk by 50% and the breast nodules had shrunk by 70%, which undoubtedly gave her great confidence.
After that, the patient was more positive about the treatment, and her emotional state was also much better. The liver likes to be organized but hates depression, and a good mood makes the liver qi flow smoothly, so the treatment process is twice as effective with half the effort.
After another six weeks of conditioning, both of her nodules had completely disappeared and have not recurred to date.
