Cancer Care Support

For the past 16 years, Dr. You and Dr. Ma have provided supportive care for cancer patients to prolong and improve the quality of their lives by using Chinese medicine to improve immunity and blood quality, detoxify the body, and build up their energy.

Many desperate cancer patients in China with only a few months of life expectancy actually lived years or decades more which was attributed to the combination of Western and Chinese medical care. For this reason, the National Cancer Institute granted millions of dollars to several prestigious cancer centers in the US to do research on integrating Chinese medicine for cancer care.

Clinical studies demonstrate that acupuncture provides statistically significant improvement for cancer patients in the following areas:

General Relief for Cancer Patients:

• Fatigue
• Depression
• Pain Relief
• Breathlessness & Asthma (with end stage cancer)

Reduce Side Effects of Chemotherapy:

• Fatigue
• Leucopenia
• Depression
• Hot Flashes & Night Sweats
• Nausea & Vomiting

Reduce Side Effects of Radiotherapy:

• Fatigue
• Diarrhea
• Skin Toxicity
• Xerostomia (dry mouth)

Reminder

We will carefully review your medications to avoid herb-drug interactions before recommending any Chinese herbal therapy to detoxify and boost your body. We will not give you any herbs unless you have already consulted with your oncologist.

References:

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2. Vickers AJ, et al. Acupuncture for post-chemotherapy fatigue: a phase II study. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2004 May 1;22(9):1731-5.
3. Alimi D, et, al. Analgesic effect of auricular acupuncture for cancer pain: a randomized, blinded, controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2003 Nov 15;21(22):4120-6.
4. Lu W, et, al. Acupuncture for chemotherapy-induced leucopenia: exploratory meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Society of Integrated Oncology. 2007 Winter;5(1):1-10.
5. Gottschling S et, al. Acupuncture to alleviate chemoinduced nausea and vomiting inpediatric oncology-a randomized multicenter crossover pilot trial. Klin Padiatr. 2008 Nov-Dec;220(6):365-70. Epub 2008 Oct 23.
6. Hervik J et, al. Acupuncture for the treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer patients, a randomized controlled trial. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment. 2008 Oct 7
7. Naeim A et, al. Evidence-based recommendations for cancer nausea and vomiting. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2008 Aug 10;26(23):3903-10
8. Deng G et, al. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI) changes and saliva production associated with acupuncture at LI 2 acupuncture point: a randomized controlled study. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2008 Jul 7;8:37
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