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Can Acupuncture Treat Cancer?

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The interest in acupuncture as a potentially useful adjunctive and complementary treatment for people with malignancy is growing.
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What Can Acupuncture Treat?

Frequently Asked Questions
While acupuncture is often known to its effectiveness in pain control, The World Heatlh Organization (WHO) recognizes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of a wider range of medical problems, including: ? Muscular and Skeletal Disorders: arthritis, tennis elbow, frozen shoulder, neck pain, TMJ, sciatica, low back pain, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, knee pain.
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UCLA CENTER FOR EAST-WEST MEDICINE
Hundreds of thousands of conditions are noted in acupuncture texts, and acupuncture practitioners claim a great diversity of condition respond to acupuncture, but these claims lack evidence. On the other hand, modern clinical research has only investigated the efficiency of acupuncture in treating a limited number of conditions. Acupuncture may be used extensively, and as a first choice of medical care.
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Acupuncture: Frequently Asked Questions | Acupuncture Wellne...
Acupuncture is appropriate for a wide variety of acute and chronic conditions, including but not limited to: Many plans now cover acupuncture. At Acupuncture Wellness Center, Moira is currently accepting United Healthcare, PHCS, and Guardian PPO Plans. Humana and United Health Allies offer discount programs. Some of the employers currently in these plans include: You can call your insurance company directly or check with your employer to see if your plan covers acupuncture.
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Do you treat cancer?

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I do. I often treat cancer with Iscador, an alternative and nontoxic therapy now widely used in Europe. Iscador is a medicine made from the lacto-fermented extract of fresh sap of the plant known as mistletoe (viscum album). (see the Iscador page for more info). I also sometimes use digitalis, turmeric, and a variety of natural and herbal medicines in a comprehensive cancer program. At the same time, I work with cancer patients on a specific nutrition plan to help enhance the healing process.
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How does the implant treat the cancer?

Bard Urological
If you think about the way that ripples extend concentrically from a pebble tossed in a pond, you can imagine how the gamma radiation extends out from each seed. Seeds are strategically placed such that the radiation of each seed interact with that of other seeds in a manner that gives the optimal dose of radiation to the prostate while minimizing the radiation dose to the other body tissues.
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What ailments can Acupuncture treat?

Acupuncture - Frequently Asked Questions
Acupuncture treats a variety of common disorders including: headaches, migraines, back pain, arthritis, shoulder pain, neck pain, whiplash,addictive disorders including nicotine, cocaine, alcohol, overeating, and heroin. In addition, acupuncture is being used to treat poor circulation, edema, carpal tunnel syndrome, allergies, sciatica, infertility, PMS, menstrual disorders, emotional disharmony, shingles, eczema,immuno-suppressive disorders and more.
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What can acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine treat?

Acuportal Sample Page
This statement is more than five years old and is provided solely for historical purposes. Due to the cumulative nature of medical research, new knowledge has inevitably accumulated in this subject area in the time since the statement was initially prepared. Thus some of the material is likely to be out of date, and at worst simply wrong. For reliable, current information on this and other health topics, we recommend consulting the National Institutes of Health's MedlinePlus http://www.nlm.nih.
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Acupuncture Health Resources
Acupuncture is recognized by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to be effective in the treatment of a wide variety of medical problems. Here is a list of a few health concerns that acupuncture has been effective in treating:
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The Wellness Point -- Life Balanced. (FAQs)
The basic answer is that acupuncture can treat MANY conditions, but a much longer answer follows complete with a list of conditions. Basically, acupuncture can treat just about anything and acupuncture is especially effective in treating pain.
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Acupuncture - healing with acupuncture
Acupuncture can treat a variety of illness such as muscular pain, injury due to trauma, headaches, digestive disorders (crohn's disease, IBS, constipation), allergies, problems and gynecological complaints and stress, infertility, menstrual pain, insomnia, migraines and low energy. It also treats many problems ignored by Western medicine because there is no underlying problem that appear in conventional western testing.
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How do I find out about ongoing clinical trials to treat AIDS or Cancer?

CBER - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), operates a toll free number with information about treatments for cancer. That number is 800-4-CANCER. The National Library of Medicine at NIH has developed a Clinical Trials database to provide patients, family members and members of the public current information about clinical research studies. NIH also operates a toll free number with information on clinical trials of drugs used to treat AIDS.
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Is thyroid cancer harder to treat in someone that has been treated with radiation?

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There is some evidence that thyroid cancer may have spread more by the time it is detected in patients who have had radiation treatment. However, the usual treatment for thyroid cancer is still very effective and survival rates are similar to patients that have not received radiation treatment.
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How can radiation both be a cause of cancer and also be used to treat cancer?

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The "current wisdom" is that cancer begins with a single cell having abnormal genetic instructions. Over time, it (or one of its descendant cells) acquires additional injuries. Finally, a cell's abnormal instructions cause it to do abnormal things --- such as dividing too often, or forming a tumor, or migrating from its appropriate location to live and divide elsewhere in the body (metastasis). These cancerous activities are done by living cells, whose abnormalities can be caused by radiation.
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Are there any doctors using cesium and aloe vera to treat cancer?

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While there are probably physicians using this therapy, none would admit it out of fear that they would be charged with using an unapproved drug or procedure. In every state, local medical societies set what is called the "standard of care." If a doctor fails to follow this standard they stand to lose their license and even go to jail.
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Should I have radiation therapy to treat my cancer?

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We think informed consent is an important principle in medicine (and in every voluntary transaction).
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What types of infertility can acupuncture and herbal medicine treat?

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We have used our proprietary acupuncture and herbal medicine protocols to successfully treat infertility due to hormonal imbalances such as elevated FSH as well as luteal phase defect, PCOS, endometriosis, thin lining, low ovarian reserve and poor egg quality.
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How does acupuncture help treat infertility?

Male & female infertility treatment | acupuncture infertilit...
Acupuncture and herbal medicine work in two entirely different ways. Acupuncture invigorates or enhances the circulation of blood and energy throughout the body. This is extremely important for those individuals who are having difficulty conceiving.
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Are there ailments acupuncture isn't effective to treat?

WHAT IS ACUPUNCTURE ?
Cancer is not treatable by acupuncture, although it is effective in resolving the nausea associated with chemotherapy treatment. AIDS also does not respond to acupuncture, although acupuncture can be used to boost the immune system, it cannot reverse the effects of HIV.
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What is the success rate of acupuncture used to treat infertility?

Toronto Total Wellness Centre, Acupuncture, Traditional Chin...
Patients attending Total Wellness Centre experience success rates which are above average. However, the success rate varies with many factors including patient adherence to the treatment program, age of the patient, and the specific medical condition of the patient. Studies show that patients undergoing concurrent treatments, such as IVF in combination with Acupuncture, will significantly elevate their rate of conception.
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What conditions does acupuncture treat?

Bellevue Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine Clinic FAQ
Acupuncture can treat a variety of conditions. Acupuncture can also affect blood pressure, circulation, the heart’s rhythm and stroke volume. It can also regulate the secretion of gastric acid and hormones and stimulate the production of red and white blood cells. Acupuncture has even been known to lower cholesterol. Through stimulation of qi, acupuncture practitioners can restore balance to the body’s internal energy system, promoting energy, good health and healing.
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What kind of diseases can acupuncture treat?

Acupuncture FAQ
Acupuncture can help your body heal almost any disease process; it does this by helping your body regain its natural balance. (And by the way, regaining your natural balance will help you feel healthier and happier in general.)
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What problems does acupuncture treat?

Eastern Approaches – FAQs
Toothaches, pain after tooth extraction, earaches, sinus inflammation, nasal inflammation or dryness. Digestive tract problems, hiccups, inflammation of the stomach, chronic duodenal ulcers, inflammation of the colon, consitpation, diarrhea, dysentery caused by certain bacteria. Inflammation of the conjunctiva, inflammation of the central retina, nearsightedness (in children), and uncomplicated cataracts.
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How does acupuncture treat the "whole person"?

Lesli Dalaba, Seattle Acupuncture : Frequently Asked Questio...
The beauty of acupuncture is, even if, for some strange reason, it doesn't relieve your knee pain, you might find that after a few visits you are sleeping through the night, have more energy, and much less anxiety. In other words, acupuncture, if done properly, truly does treat the whole person.
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Do you treat children with acupuncture?

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Yes. Children respond very well to the non-insertion style of acupuncture called Toyo Hari. They receive benefit are often intrigued by the adjunct treatment methods of cupping, gentle rubbing, and moxibustion. Yes. As you receive from your Highest Source, acupuncture opens blocks to the flow of healing and enhances how deeply you receive. Craniosacral Technique helps to release the holding of tension in the body, clears painful emotions, and provides a deeply nurturing support for your session.
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