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How does acupuncture support cancer treatments?

Increases blood flow

May Mitigate Side Effects

Acupuncture may help lessen the side effects associated with cancer treatments

Balances hormones

Complementary to other treatments

Acupuncture could potentially enhance your overall treatment plan, although it’s important to consult with your healthcare providers

Reduce reaction to triggers

Supports circulation

Acupuncture aims to help improve circulation, which could facilitate the delivery of oxygen, nutrients, and immune cells to target areas

Increases blood flow

May mitigate side effects

Acupuncture may help lessen the side effects associated with cancer treatments

Balances hormones

Complementary to other treatments

Acupuncture could potentially enhance your overall treatment plan, although it’s important to consult with your healthcare providers

Reduce reaction to triggers

Supports circulation

Acupuncture aims to help improve circulation, which could facilitate the delivery of oxygen, nutrients, and immune cells to target areas

How does acupuncture support cancer treatments?

Increases blood flow

Mitigates side effects

Reduces the impact of cancer treatments and supplements what your body has lost

Balances hormones

Complements treatments

Improve your response to cancer treatments, leading to a positive remission and recovery

Reduce reaction to triggers

Improve circulation

To deliver vital oxygen, nutrients and immune cells to target areas for healing

Increases blood flow

Mitigates side effects

Reduces the impact of cancer treatments and supplements what your body has lost

Balances hormones

Complements treatments

Improve your response to cancer treatments, leading to a positive remission and recovery

Reduce reaction to triggers

Improve circulation

To deliver vital oxygen, nutrients and immune cells to target areas for healing

Focusing on you, beyond your cancer

We collaborate with you and other healthcare practitioners to work towards achieving your wellness goals in a supportive manner.

Our Method
Cancer Support We treat you, not just your cancer
Cancer Support We treat you, not just your cancer

We treat you, not just your cancer

We partner with you and your other practitioners to get you to your goals faster

Our Method
Cancer Support We treat you, not just your cancer

Focusing on you, beyond your cancer

We collaborate with you and other healthcare practitioners to work towards achieving your wellness goals in a supportive manner.

Our Method

Acupuncture may help many cancer symptoms and side effects

Explore more of the conditions we treat

Enlarged Prostate

Nausea and Vomiting

Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Hot Flushes

Cancer Pain Relief

Fatigue

Neuropathy

Dry Mouth

Cancer Support Feel stronger physically & emotionally

Acupuncture may help many cancer symptoms and side effects

Explore more of the conditions we treat

Enlarged Prostate

Nausea and vomiting induced by radiotherapy and chemotherapy can negatively impact the quality of life of cancer sufferers. It can also cause delay or refusal for further therapy. 

Antiemetic medications are commonly recommended for nausea and vomiting, however they also produce some side effects such as headaches, constipation and dry mouth. 

Acupuncture provides an effective alternative with no side effects for the treatment of nausea and vomiting. 

Chinese Medicine assists by: 

  • Priming the gastrointestinal tract to better tolerate the toxicity of chemotherapy
  • Strengthen the digestive system to better receive food 
  • Stimulates the secretion of endorphins

“Acupuncture appears beneficial in the management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting”
     - Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Journal

1. Chao, L., Zhang, A., Liu, H., Cheng, M., Lam, H. and Lo, S., 2009. The efficacy of acupoint stimulation for the management of therapy-related adverse events in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 118(2), pp.255-267.

Nausea and Vomiting

Mood disorders hinder the body's capacity to defend against foreign pathogens by weakening the immune system. 

During a state of already weakened immunity while undergoing cancer treatment, a stable and calm emotional state is necessary to allow the body to recover. 

Acupuncture facilitates the natural release of endorphins, the “feel good” chemicals, to regulate physical and emotional stress responses.

Chinese Medicine assists by: 

  • Produces significant changes in the brain that regulate emotional states as measured by fMRI
  • Decreases fatigue
  • Reduces the physical and emotional impact of anxiety episodes on the body
  • Calms the nervous system 

1. Walker, E., Rodriguez, A., Kohn, B., Ball, R., Pegg, J., Pocock, J., Nunez, R., Peterson, E., Jakary, S. and Levine, R., 2010. Acupuncture Versus Venlafaxine for the Management of Vasomotor Symptoms in Patients With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 28, pp.634-640.

Anxiety and Mood Disorders

Hot flushes are a common complication experienced by women with breast cancer.

With steep bodily changes occurring during radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgery, Chinese Medicine is able to help restore homeostasis.

Chinese Medicine assists by:

  • Reduce severity and quantity of hot flush
  • Calms emotions
  • Balances the nervous system

“Acupuncture can increase estrogen or release calcitonin gene-related peptide, which was effective to reduce hot flushes”
     - Journal of Clinical Oncology

1. Walker, E., Rodriguez, A., Kohn, B., Ball, R., Pegg, J., Pocock, J., Nunez, R., Peterson, E., Jakary, S. and Levine, R., 2010. Acupuncture Versus Venlafaxine for the Management of Vasomotor Symptoms in Patients With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 28, pp.634-640.

Hot Flushes

Cancer Pain Relief

Fatigue is due to both the cancer disease and any cancer treatments.

Which Chinese Medicine can address concurrently as TCM views the body as a whole.

Chinese Medicine assists the detoxification process from treatment byproducts by rebuilding cells - this leaves more energy for you physically, cognitively, and emotionally

“Measured with the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory. Adding acupuncture to usual care improved scores significantly”
     - National Cancer Institute

1. Zia, F., Olaku, O., Bao, T., Berger, A., Deng, G., & Yin Fan, A. et al. (2017). The National Cancer Institute’s Conference on Acupuncture for Symptom Management in Oncology: State of the Science, Evidence, and Research Gaps. JNCI Monographs, 2017(52).

Fatigue

Neuropathy is chronic pain caused by damaged nerves. It is different from pain signals that are carried along healthy nerves from damaged tissues.

Chinese Medicine assists by:

  • Improving blood flow
  • Reducing inflammation
  • Promotes nerve regeneration
  • Decreases hypersensitivity

“Descending inhibitory modulation may also be regulated by acupuncture to enable the modulation of pain”
- Brain Research Bulletin

1. Takeshige, C., Sato, T., Mera, T., Hisamitsu, T. and Fang, J., 1992. Descending pain inhibitory system involved in acupuncture analgesia. Brain Research Bulletin, 29, pp.617-634.

Neuropathy

Dry mouth occurs as a result of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Salivary glands are damaged and the quality of the saliva becomes thicker and dryer.

Chinese Medicine assists by:

  • Facilitating the restoration of damaged mucosal cells
  • Regulating fluid imbalances
  • Increases circulation to salivary structures

“Neuroimaging studies have evaluated brain response to needle stimulation at locations applied for xerostomia (dry mouth) and found increased salivary flow”
     - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

1. Deng, G., Hou, B., Holodny, A. and Cassileth, B., 2008. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) changes and saliva production associated with acupuncture at LI-2 acupuncture point: a randomized controlled study. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 8.

Dry Mouth
Cancer Support Feel stronger physically & emotionally
Feel stronger physically & emotionally Cancer Support

Feel supported physically & emotionally

Acupuncture may assist in managing the physical side effects associated with cancer drug treatments and may offer stress relief

Your first visit is a 60 minute initial consultation, acupuncture teatment, & personalised herbal formula.

First Visit
Feel stronger physically & emotionally Cancer Support

Feel stronger physically & emotionally

Acupuncture can help with the physical side effects of cancer drugs treatments and help with stress

Your first visit is a 60 minute initial consultation, acupuncture teatment, & personalised herbal formula.

First Visit
Feel stronger physically & emotionally Cancer Support

Feel supported physically & emotionally

Acupuncture may assist in managing the physical side effects associated with cancer drug treatments and may offer stress relief

Your first visit is a 60 minute initial consultation, acupuncture teatment, & personalised herbal formula.

First Visit

Our Team

We are a passionate team of licensed Acupuncturists, Herbalists & Chiropractor

We also run SustainHealth Academy, which brings in top minds in Chinese medicine from around the world to Australia to teach.

Meet our team

Exploring Cancer Support through the lens of Chinese medicine

Acupuncture for Cancer Pain Relief: A Traditional Solution

Dr Yun and Dr Ling

Evolving Cancer Therapies: Acupuncture by Dr Ling

Enlarged Prostate: Managing the Symptoms with Traditional Chinese Medicine

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