Conservative treatment for malignant bowel obstruction (MBO) faces limitations such as the constraints of nasogastric tube drainage and short-term symptomatic relief from medications. Innovations in Chinese herbal enema techniques and optimized nursing care demonstrate significant advantages: the application of deep catheter insertion technology surpasses traditional depths, significantly prolonging drug retention time; nasoenteric obstruction catheters simultaneously achieve gastrointestinal decompression and deep targeted drug delivery. The procedure emphasizes constant-temperature herbal liquid, precise flow rate control, and improved posture management, effectively reducing complication risks; combination with external Chinese medicine therapies can produce synergistic effects, enhancing clinical efficacy. Current challenges primarily focus on insufficient operational standardization and vague syndrome differentiation. Future efforts require establishing standardized protocols and deepening mechanism research based on "disease-syndrome combination" to promote its precise application in palliative care.

Lanxi Qiu, Xiuyan Wang, Simin Kong, Zhuolin Yang, Ni Jiang. Research Progress on Chinese Herbal Enema for Malignant Bowel Obstruction. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 1: 39-46. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2026.080105.

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