Acupuncture for CANCER
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Acupuncture Cancer Treatment
Acupuncture Cancer Research
Acupuncture Points for Cancer
Chinese Herbs for Cancer
Find An Acupuncturist to Help Cancer Treatment
An Acupuncturist's Ideas About Cancer
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal treatment for cancer is based on the principle of Fu Zheng Gu Ben. Fu Zheng" means strengthening what is correct. "Gu Ben" means regeneration and repair.
Treating cancer with Chinese herbs requires diagnosing according to the four examinations.
The aim of treatment is to harmonize the patient as well as to attack cancer.
ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH FOR CANCER
Can Acupuncture Help Cancer Patients? The Research
Reaearch shows that the answer is yes; acupuncture cannot cure cancer, but acupuncture has an adjunctive use in anesthesia, acupuncture can be used in post-operative pain control, and acupuncture can play a role in recovering from the side effects of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. Acupuncture is effective for control of local swelling, shortening the duration of hematoma and minimizing the need for pain medicine and their resulting side effects. Electro acupuncture, using needles with electricity, and moxibustion (heating with herbs) promotes a sense of well being and has been shown to accelerates recovery.
Nausea and vomiting which commonly occurs during chemotherapy, can often be aided by acupuncture and Chinese medicines.
At UCLA School of Medicine, a study completed several years ago reported significant reduction of nausea and vomiting when pre-treated with acupuncture. Acupuncture is employed before, after and in between chemotherapy treatment sessions.
Acupuncture, herbs, and moxibustion help in minimizing the use of expensive multi-drug anti-nausea medicines. Such treatments are easily executed in an outpatient setting, saving considerable expense.
By reducing the need for powerful and dangerous medications, acupuncture and chinese herbal medicines are thus a powerful tool for minimizing the side effects of confusion, disorientation, behavioral changes, nausea and constipation.
Acupuncturists also believe that cancer depletes the body's energy, and that acupuncture and Chinese herbs can return energy into the system, enhancing the patients' sense of well being and decrease the depression associated with cancer.
...Kenneth Conklin, M.D., Ph.D., an anesthesiologist at UCLA working with the Oncology Department, reports gratifying results utilizing nutrition and supplements combined with energetic acupuncture.
for the complete text of this article see http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/acu_info/articles/cancertreatment.htm
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Acupuncture Points for Cancer
Acupuncture Points will vary according to the type and location of the disease,or if treatment is given to reduce the side effects of medications.
Common Acupuncture Points for nausea are:
Acupuncture Point Zu San Li • Stomach 36 Leg Three Miles. He Sea Point on the Stomach Channel. Special Command Point for the Abdomen. Earth Point on the Earth Meridian.
Location: On the leg, one finger breadth lateral to the tibia's anterior crest, 3 cun inferior to ST 35 in the depression to the lateral side of the patella.
Acupuncture Point Nei Guan • Pericardium 6 Inner Pass. Luo Connecting Point on the Pericardium Channel
Location: On the anterior forearm, 2 cun superior to the transverse wrist crease, between the tendons of palmaris longus and flexor carpi radialis muscles.
Joint Pain:
Acupuncture Point Yang Ling Quan • Gall Bladder 34 Yang Mound Spring. Hui Point for Tendons and Muscles.
Location: On the lateral side of the leg, in the depression anterior and inferior to the head of the fibula.
Acupuncture Points on the Bladder Channel are selected according to the affected organ.
Acupuncture Points usually on the Conception Vessel are selected according to the affected organ.
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