Acupuncture provides a nondrug, natural treatment to critical-care illnesses such as cancer, HIV, chronic
and aggressive organ diseases, traumatic injury and stroke. There are evidence-based studies showing that acupuncture is particularly successful in ameliorating the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer.
The side effects of cancer treatment and other disease symptoms include nausea, neuropathy, fatigue, xerostomia (dry mouth), insomnia, anxiety and depression. Acupuncture can provide relief to patients with these and other symptoms.
The patient will have regular treatments of acupuncture at a rate of one to two times per week, with possible supplementation of an herbal formula.
Acupuncture works by providing a conduit of energy to places in the body that need either more or less of it. If you think of the body as an electrical grid system, then acupuncture helps to conduct the energy along that grid. The ancient Chinese discovered these conduits as the acupuncture channels or meridians.
It is the acupuncture points along these channels that acupuncturists learn to access to balance and regulate an individual’s energy. The intracellular communication that is happening in the body through acupuncture provides the ability for the body to heal.
Acupuncture and herbs help to decrease pain and inflammation, build up the immune system, increase circulation, calm the mind and provide a positive outlook. As you or your loved ones struggle to gain strength and healing from disease, keep in mind a holistic medicine such as acupuncture to help you or them through the process.
Source: Sharon McDermott, LAc, of Westbury Healthy Living Center, located at 433 Maple Ave., Westbury. For more information, call 516-410-4297.
