Breast Cancer Recovery: The Evidence Behind TCM

In Singapore, 1 in 13 women will face breast cancer. While Western medicine remains essential, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is now backed by strong clinical evidence as a valuable support—improving recovery, reducing side effects, and even serving as a standalone option in selected phases.

🔶 After Surgery

TCM helps reduce fluid buildup and speed wound healing.

Herbs that strengthen spleen qi, promote urination, and activate blood circulation prevent fluid retention.

Topical therapies—like herbal plasters—accelerate skin repair and reduce infection, supported by meta-analyses showing faster recovery.

🔶 During Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy

To manage nausea, fatigue, and poor appetite, TCM uses herbs that:

• Harmonize the stomach and descend rebellious qi

• Tonify the spleen and improve digestion

• Clear internal heat and detoxify organs

Clinical trials show improved anti-nausea outcomes when combined with standard treatment.

🔶 Post-Treatment Recovery

TCM aids in restoring energy, supporting immunity, and preventing recurrence.

Herbs that tonify qi, blood, liver, and kidney, and nourish yin, help address fatigue, hormonal imbalance, joint pain, and emotional stress from long-term therapy.

🔶 Lymphedema Management

For post-op arm swelling, internal herbs dispel dampness and strengthen qi, while external therapies—like herbal compresses, steaming, and acupuncture—reduce fibrosis and improve drainage.

Evidence shows reduced limb circumference and heaviness.

🔶 Palliative Support

In advanced stages, TCM offers relief from pain, fatigue, poor appetite, and insomnia, using herbs that soothe the liver, nourish the heart, and move blood stasis.

Studies report improved quality of life.

Backed by randomized trials and meta-analyses, these TCM treatments offer safe, structured, evidence-based care throughout the cancer journey—enhancing outcomes and improving well-being for women.

Testimonials

When I first visited Zensei TCM Clinic, my left chest was severely inflamed and hardened, with an open wound at the bottom of my breast discharging thick yellow pus. The underarm lymph nodes were swollen and painful, and I had already lost two sisters within months of chemotherapy — I refused to go down the same path.

Under Zensei’s precise and compassionate TCM treatment, my condition began to improve in ways I never thought possible. Clots and cysts were discharged naturally from the wound, and the swollen lymph nodes drained on their own. Remarkably, at one point, a bouncy fish-ball-like mass and a pink twig-like tissue came out through the open wound — something no other TCM physician had ever been able to achieve in my past treatments.

After this cleansing process, my chest softened significantly, the breast tumor shrank visibly, and the underarm swelling completely disappeared.

I am deeply grateful to Zensei TCM Clinic — their treatment didn’t just control my symptoms; it helped my body truly heal and recover naturally. I regained strength, comfort, and hope — proof that healing is possible beyond conventional medicine.

— OLC (Singaporean)