Acupuncture for Cancer

Acupuncture provides a total approach to health care for people with cancer. It can help reduce unwanted side effects and discomfort caused by treatment, and can boost the patient's overtaxed immune system.

be used to address many of the concerns that come up during and after chemotherapy, radiation, biological therapy and surgery.

According to the National Cancer Institute, acupuncture may cause physical responses in nerve cells, the pituitary gland, and parts of the brain. These responses can cause the body to release proteins, hormones, and brain chemicals, affecting blood pressure and body temperature, increasing white blood cell counts, boosting immune system activity, and causing endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, to be released.

Lung Cancer Patients

Acupuncture is now officially recommended for lung cancer patients experiencing fatigue, dyspnea, chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, pain, nausea and vomiting.

Evidence-based guidelines published by the American College of Chest Physicians recommend acupuncture for lung cancer patients experiencing fatigue, dyspnea, chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, or to soothe symptoms of pain or nausea and vomiting.