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Did You Know?
Chinese Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture
can help with the Discomfort and Side Effects of Chemotherapy.
Patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy should consider acupuncture
and traditional Chinese medicines to reduce the nausea, fatigue and discomfort
of treatment. A variety of studies have indicated the effectiveness of acupuncture
for the nausea that may accompany various chemotherapy agents. Fatigue can
be a huge problem that Chinese Medicine can reduce and it may be possible
to decrease the negative effect of chemotherapy and radiation on normal tissues.
Increased red and white blood cells, with T. C. M. treatment is a realistic
goal, as well as other improvements like building up organ functions. It is
already clear that by overcoming the discomforts and emotional stress of treatment,
a person's natural resources become more and more functional, and certainly
increase quality of life.
Acupuncture although not always as well know to the public as some other treatments, can give very satisfying results to patients especially in terms of pain injuries and decreased swelling, and can return normal functions rapidly. If used quickly after an injury such as Bruising sprains and other trauma's it can help immensely with pain. Sports injuries respond so well to acupuncture and Chinese herbal Medicines and should be the first line of defense taken where surgery is not required. Acupuncture can be helpful in variety conditions, such as low back pain, neuralgia, headaches, asthma, allergies, and sinus viral upper respiratory infections premenstrual and menopausal syndromes, repetitive motion injuries and the pain resulting from arthritis and rheumatism to name a few.