Exploring Cervical Cancer Treatment Approaches Based on Spleen-Kidney Differentiation Through the Theory of “Cold Qi Generating Turbidity”

Abstract

Cervical cancer, a common gynecological malignancy, exhibits a rising incidence rate. Modern Western medical treatments not only carry side effects but also face high recurrence rates. This paper, grounded in the traditional Chinese medicine theory of “cold qi generating turbidity,” analyzes classical texts and modern medical experience. Integrating both Chinese and Western pathological understandings of cervical cancer, it explores the role of spleen-kidney yang deficiency and accumulated turbid pathogens in the disease’s pathogenesis. Research indicates that insufficiency of spleen-kidney yang qi disrupts qi and blood transformation, depriving the uterus of warmth and nourishment. This allows cold qi to congeal with turbid pathogens like damp phlegm and blood stasis, ultimately forming cancer toxins. Therapeutic approaches emphasize warming and tonifying the spleen and kidney, resolving turbidity, and detoxifying. Modified classical formulas combined with insect-derived herbs are used to clear uterine stasis. Clinical cases demonstrate this approach improves symptoms and delays disease progression. This study suggests the “cold generates turbidity” theory offers a new direction for TCM diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer. By integrating traditional theory with modern pathological mechanisms, it provides valuable reference for enhancing clinical efficacy.