Applying Chinese Medicine

Cancer Support

In China and many parts of the U.S. today, people with cancer seek out Chinese traditional medicine in addition — or as an alternative — to Western medical treatment.

In China, women undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment always have the choice to use Chinese herbal medicine and other therapies, such as Qi Gong exercise, as adjunctive therapies to reduce side effects and increase the efficacy of the Western treatment.

For example, herbal formulas based on the Chinese herb Ji Xue Teng (Milletia reticulata) are given to reduce bone marrow suppression and enable continuation of chemotherapy treatments at a normal schedule.

Studies which center on alleviating side-effects as well as enhancing Western treatment might be the most efficacious to pursue.