Cancer care
Please note: The British Acupuncture Council advises that ‘acupuncture may be used for some of the symptoms of cancer, and the side effects of conventional cancer treatments, but is not used to address the cancer itself’.
Those symptoms and side effects can include pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea and vomiting, breathlessness, numbness and tingling sensations in the hands and feet, and vasomotor symptoms such as night sweats, hot flashes and flushes and vaginal dryness in women. Diagnosis and treatment can also cause considerable stress and anxiety.
Acupuncture aims to stimulate the nervous system to influence the body’s inherent drive towards physiological equilibrium, physical and emotional wellbeing.
This article from Cancer Research UK looks at how acupuncture might be used to alleviate the symptoms of cancer and any side effects of your treatment and notes some of the research carried out to date and this article looks at the use of acupuncture in people with breast cancer.
How we can help:
- Relief from nausea and vomiting
- Reduction in inflammation
- Greater sense of mental and physical wellbeing
- Improved muscle and joint mobility
- Reduction in stress and anxiety
- Pain relief