Alternate medicine and radiotherapy are a combination that is growing in popularity. Radiotherapy treatment is normally used in cancer patients, with the most common type known as external beam therapy. This name evolved because the treatment consists of a beam of radiation that comes from a very sophisticated machine. The beam is focused on the part of the body that contains the tumor, and the largest amount of radiation possible is used to kill the cancer cells.
Radiotherapy takes its toll on the human body. Although treatments are brief, without the immediate pain, the aftereffects can be agonizing. Different individuals report cases of extreme tiredness, nausea, hair loss, and swollen skin. Fortunately, alternative medicine aids radiotherapy in instances when the patient wants natural relief from the grueling side effects.
Nausea is one of the most severe side effects of radiotherapy treatments. Most of the people who must go through the treatments would do anything to get some relief from the seemingly never-ending sickness. Alternative medicine and radiotherapy research has been done on a test group of cancer patients to determine whether or not acupuncture was effective in diminishing the persistent nausea and vomiting.
Patients reported that they could tell a dramatic difference in the frequency and amount of nausea they had. Written records were kept by each patient of the times they were sick, and at the end of the research, these records were collated. The final analysis in this study was that acupuncture is useful in preventing nausea in radiotherapy patients.
Acupuncture has also been tested on groups of alternative medicine and radiotherapy believers to see if it could possibly be of help in the relief of pain, another unwelcome side effect of radiation treatments. Nearly all patients undergoing radiotherapy reported various degrees of pain that was definitely related to their treatments. Acupuncture once again proved to be effective in helping cancer patients undergoing treatments for their condition.
Meanwhile, Chinese medicine has another technique to relieve nausea among cancer patients. It is called Acupressure. The treatment involves massaging the body at strategic areas called acupoints. Acupoints are supposedly intertwined with each other, and to different organs and systems in the body.
Aside from its medicinal purpose, this 5000 year old healing method stimulates the flow of a person’s essential life force. Devotees say that a careful massage in certain areas promotes blood circulation. As to nausea, the acupressure charts illustrates areas that control nausea and vomiting. They are located directly above the kneecap, on the wrist, and 2 inches above the wrist.
Believers and non-believers alike are fascinated on how Acupressure naturally relieves side effects.
