| > | | | | (heated cones or sticks made from the Chinese |
| In addition to following the diet and a supplement | | | | herb, mugwort, which are used to heat certain |
| recommendations listed under the general | | | | acupoints) dramatically improved the post-surgery |
| "Cancer" entry, you would benefit from the | | | | survival rate of mice that had been injected with |
| consumption of flaxseed oil. Nutrition and | | | | breast cancer tumors. Only 40 percent of the |
| Supplementation The essential fatty acids in this | | | | mice that received post-op moxibustion |
| oil have a protective effect against breast cancer. | | | | treatment died after the surgical removal of the |
| Take 1 tablespoon daily. Use it or extra virgin, | | | | tumor, while the mortality rate for the mice |
| cold-pressed olive oil on your salad.Soybeans and | | | | receiving only surgery was 70 percent.Acupoints |
| soy products contain phytoestrogens that help | | | | that may be manipulated to relieve breast pain |
| prevent many forms of cancer. Since they are | | | | include Liver 3, Stomach 18 and 36, Small |
| high in protein, soy products are perfect | | | | Intestine 1, Gallbladder 41, and Conception Vessel |
| replacements for meat.The maitake mushroom | | | | 17.Acupressure This modality may be used to |
| kills cancer cells by enhancing the activity of | | | | improve the flow of chi in breast cancer patients, |
| T-helper cells, and studies indicate the mushroom | | | | manage pain, and remedy treatment-related |
| helps control breast cancer. It also minimizes the | | | | queasiness.Chinese Herbal Therapy In a study |
| side effects of chemotherapy.Traditional Chinese | | | | done at Penn State University, a daily dose of |
| MedicineAcupuncture In China, acupuncture has | | | | garlic was shown to minimize the incidence of |
| been used to successfully treat breast cancer in | | | | breast cancer in mice injected with the carcinogen. |
| its earliest stage. The thinking is that acupuncture | | | | In fact, breast cancer affected 90 percent of the |
| unblocks stagnant chi pathways, allowing vital | | | | rats fed a normal (non-garlic) diet, while only 35 |
| nutrients to nourish the area while harmful toxins | | | | percent of the mice who ate garlic for 2 weeks |
| and damaged cells are whisked away.In a 1987 | | | | before and after the injection contracted the |
| Russian study, acupuncture waS also shown to | | | | disease.In addition, since Chinese medicine regards |
| lessen radiation-induced nausea and edema in | | | | bast cancer as resulting from one of three |
| breast cancer patients and to alleviate pain. The | | | | conditions (sluggish chi due to a liver deficiency, |
| same study found that acupuncture improved | | | | dampness due to a malfunctioning spleen, or |
| lymph flow and normalized hemostasis, Another | | | | stagnant toxins throughout the body), various |
| Soviet study followed three women who were | | | | other herbs may be prescribed to counteract any |
| confined to their beds with metastatic breast | | | | Or all of these conditions. There are many |
| cancer; after undergoing acupuncture treatments, | | | | Chinese herb formulations that may be used to |
| all three patients reported that their pain was | | | | minimize the side effects of conventional cancer |
| gone and their mobility was fully restored,An | | | | treatment. Always see a practitioner for a |
| Israeli study demonstrated that moxibustion | | | | diagnosis first. |