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 Proposed Entry for Cancer and Chinese Medicine 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 3 Illustration of Composed Acupoints in Acupuncture Moxibustion Use by Liu Yan Shanghai Science and Technology Press 2004 ISBN 7 5323 7136 0 Mojave Cowboy at Yahoo