Using Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture to treat breast cancer

Condition analysis:
According to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), symptoms of cancers can be reduced with herbs. This is because herbs are natural substances that has no side effect to the patient’s body and very safe to be used. However, single herbs are rarely being used. It always combined into formulas and become excellent concoctions.

Every formula will vary from person to person because it must be suitable with the person’s conditions. The concoctions usually contain herbs for several different purposes. There are herbs that being used to move the Qi, herbs for immune building, anti-cancer herbs, and herbs for neutralizing toxins combined together with the herbs which improving the underlying imbalances.

Instructions:
Acupuncture is one of alternative treatment technique that being used to treat health problems. Fine needles will be pierced on patient’s body which called acupuncture points. These acupuncture points located along the meridians which are the contact points across the anatomy that affecting the body parts. There are over 2,000 acupuncture points on human body where each point has different affect.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a person will become sick when the ‘ying’ and ’yang’ in the person’s body was not balanced. Therefore, when undergoing acupuncture treatment, it can stimulate the blood flow hence balance back the ‘ying’ and ’yang’.

Acupuncture treatment must be done by professional acupuncturist. This is because the purpose of acupuncture treatment is to reduce pain and also smoothing the blood flow which has been blocked.

For breast cancer patients, acupuncture treatment may help reducing the formation of cancer cells in the breast. It can also strengthen the immune system to fight against the breast cancer cells.

Acupuncture treatment will be more effective when it is combined with herbal medicines intake. This is because herbal medicines contain natural nutrients that help keep the internal health of patient’s body.