Integrative Medicine, Complementary Therapies, and Chinese Medicine in Lung Cancer
نویسنده
چکیده
Integrative medicine and complementary therapies in lung cancer may include Chinese medicine, Western herbal therapy, relaxation and visualization techniques, prayer, exercise, nutritional supplementation, and dietary therapy. In this chapter, the primary focus will be on Chinese medicine and related therapies that may be used in conjunction with other integrative medicine and Western medicine for supporting people diagnosed with lung cancer. Chapter
منابع مشابه
Pnm-10: Towards Integrating The Traditional Medicine with Modern Medical Approaches in Infertility
Background ART is costly for governments and couples seeking treatment. In addition to any other costs that may arise during treatment, such as medication, consultations and extra procedures, women undergoing IVF experience physical and emotional stress. Furthermore, it is not always possible to get a favorable outcome. Despite all the remarkable scientific advances in modern medicine, traditio...
متن کاملThree advantages of using traditional Chinese medicine to prevent and treat tumor.
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), an important component of complementary and alternative medicine, has evolved over thousands of years with its own unique system of theories, diagnostics and therapies. TCM has been increasingly used in the last decades and become well known for its significant role in preventing and treating cancer. We believe that TCM possesses advantages over Western medic...
متن کاملIntegrative Medicine (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) for the Lungs.
■ ■ Complementary health approaches such as Ayurveda (ancient medicine from India), Chinese medicine, naturopathy, and traditional Native American healers Overall, data from research studies is limited on the use of complementary therapies that have helped people with lung conditions, and is largely limited to those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or asthma. Also, many of the...
متن کاملBiofield therapies and psychoneuroimmunology.
In this issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Lutgendorf et al. (this issue) report on a prospective randomized clinical trial that examined the effects of a biofield therapy (versus relaxation therapy or standard care) on natural killer cell cytotoxicity (NKCC), depression and quality of life in cervical cancer patients receiving chemoradiation. Biofield therapy? This type of Complementary a...
متن کاملThe potential of a person-centered approach in caring for patients with cancer: a perspective from the UCLA center for East-West medicine.
BACKGROUND Evolving patient preferences as well as an expanding evidence base for commonly used complementary and alternative medicine therapies for patients with cancer have led to inroads by integrative medicine into clinical oncology. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been used in conjunction with conventional biomedicine in the prevention and treatment of cancer in China for several de...
متن کامل