Cancer
The use of acupuncture for symptom relief in cancer patients
In this video by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, acupuncturist Jonathan Siman explains the use of acupuncture for symptom relief in cancer patients. How acupuncture works, what it feels like, and how it can help cancer patients, etc. He also talks...
Free Workshop – Coping with Cancer: Self-care for Stress and Anxiety
FREE WORKSHOP! Tuesday May 28, 2019. 6:30 to 8:30 pm. This workshop will focus on skills for managing stress and anxiety. We’ll explore the Traditional Chinese Medicine view how our stress connects with physical symptoms, especially cancer. We’ll learn...
Acupressure helps with depression, anxiety, pain, sleep and fatigue in breast cancer survivors
The acupressure point combination described below was originally designed for breast cancer survivors with anxiety, depression, fatigue, pain and sleep problems, but may help other people with similar problems. First I’ll talk about the research study. Skip down...
FREE Workshop: Traditional Chinese Medicine & Breast Cancer
This FREE presentation will focus on the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) view of breast cancer. TCM is a system of natural medicine and wellness that has been evolving for the past 3000 or more years. If you are a breast cancer patient, survivor or caregiver,...
FREE workshop on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer (Feb 26th, 2019, Brampton)
You and your loved ones are welcome to join a FREE workshop introducing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and its lessons for cancer care and recovery. The talk will include lessons for any stage or type of cancer, including prevention, active treatment, or...
Colorectal cancer patients who use Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbs live longer
I’ve always been impressed hearing Dr. Yang Yu Fei present her research at conferences in both China and North America. A series of studies her Beijing-based team did, in partnership with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, has shown that colorectal cancer...
Eat Your Greens! A Delicious Cancer Fighting Recipe with Broccoli and Tomatoes
Finding it hard to eat your cancer-fighting greens? Try this tasty broccoli recipe that pairs healthy veggies for an even stronger cancer-fighting effect! Instructions adapted from, and photo courtesy of, Rebecca Katz’s The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen. Note that I would...
Getting to the Point: Acupuncture for Kids with Cancer
Facing the complications from brain surgery and their upcoming chemotherapy treatments, neurosurgeon Dr. William Loudon, suggests to Cade and Max’s parents that they try something outside the box and introduces them to CHOC hospital acupuncturist. Over the next few years, this unique treatment approach helps ease the fatigue, nausea and pain so common in cancer victims while Cade is also helped to recover from a devastating stroke he suffered after his second brain surgery.
Research into Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine for Cancer Patients
While it’s challenging to evaluate acupuncture using conventional biomedical research protocols, numerous studies suggest acupuncture can help reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, cancer-related fatigue, leucopenia, pain, neuropathy, xerostomia (dry...
Traditional Chinese Medicine’s popularity among breast cancer patients worldwide
Studies show that, in many parts of Asia, traditional herbal medicine is used by a large majority of breast cancer patients[1]. A study from Shanghai found that 86.7% of breast cancer patients used Chinese herbal medicine after their breast cancer diagnosis[2], while...
Cancer Risk in the Trans Community
The September 2015 editorial of a medical journal The Lancet Oncology was titled “Cancer Risk in the Transgender Community.” Its writers describe how unique health requirements, lack of appropriate research, and systemic discrimination in health care (both...
Eat your greens! Easy, super-healthy dressing
Having a delicious dressing in the fridge makes eating healthy veggies easy, which will help you stick to your cancer prevention or other healthy eating plan! Not to brag, but I often get compliments on my salad dressings! 🙂 I use it on all veggies, not just raw, cold...About Us
Hillgreen Oncology Acupuncture & Herbs provides services by licensed health care practitioners, with a special focus on supporting people through cancer treatment and recovery. We offer years of experience with natural healing methods including herbal medicine, nutrition, acupuncture, acupressure, massage, cupping, Qi Gong and mindfulness meditation, and more.
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