== Cancer and Chinese Medicine  == 

 Chinese medicine contains a number of methods for dealing with cancer, including acupuncture and herbal medicine. There is no mention of Chinese medicine in this article. Chinese medicine can help to reduce pain suffered by cancer victims, and in some cases may help to prolong lives of cancer patients. Chinese medicine may further be used to help counteract the effects of radiation and chemotherapy. 

 There are sufficient sources for these therapies, primarily from Bob Flaws at Blue Poppy Press, as well as many books published in China in English and in Chinese. A good number of these therapies have been researched in China, although the results of that research for the most part has not been translated into English. 

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 Cancer and Chinese Medicine  

 Chinese medicine offers some hope and much relief to those who suffer from cancer of many different types. This may be news to many who live in the west.  

 A number of ancient herbal formulas may help to address pain caused by cancer, while new formulae may help to relieve the side - effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments.  

 Acupuncture treatments may also help deal with cancer, especially stomach cancer. There are specific acupoints which focus in on stomach cancer.  

 Chinese medicine is well-suited to address the following types of cancer:  

 Lung cancer  
 Mammary / Breast cancer  
 Esophagal (throat) cancer  
 Nasal cancer  
 Stomach cancer  
 Pancreatic cancer  
 Prostate cancer  
 Ovarian cancer, ovarian cysts, uterine cancer.  
 Bladder cancer  
 Liver cancer  
 Leukemia  
 Skin cancer  
 Brain cancer  

 Although Chinese medicine does not "cure" cancer, Chinese medicine is capable of relieving pain related to cancer, reducing the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation and extending life expectancy for those diagnosed with cancer. 

 1. Development of Formulas of Chinese Medicine, ed. by Liu Gongwang, Huaxia Publishing House, 2002. ISBN 7-5080-2797-3/R.350  pp 374 - 408. 

 2. Blue Poppy Press, Free Articles, http://www.bluepoppy.com/press/download/press_articles.cfm 

 3. Illustration of Composed Acupoints in Acupuncture - Moxibustion Use, by Liu Yan, Shanghai Science and Technology Press, 2004. ISBN 7-5323-7136-0. 

  
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