by Hillgreen | Apr 26, 2024 | Blog, Cancer, For Health Professionals
Studies have shown that Chinese medicine can reduce the side effects of breast cancer treatment and improve quality of life. This helps with prognosis indirectly, by encouraging patients to stick it out for their entire treatment plan. But is it true that Chinese...
by Hillgreen | Mar 23, 2024 | Blog, Cancer
Are you starting chemotherapy and worried about side effects? A common concern people ask us about is preventing chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, i.e. pain, numbness or tingling in the hands and feet. For some patients, the nerve damage is temporary and...
by Hillgreen | Mar 18, 2024 | Blog, Cancer, For Health Professionals, News
Interested in the use of Chinese herbs for cancer? Check out this article by Hillgreen’s founder, Pauline Sok Yin Hwang published last fall in the Journal of the American Herbalists Guild. Titled “”Chinese Herbal Medicine for Oncology” (PDF), Pauline’s...
by Hillgreen | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Cancer
A short self-help video showing how to do acupressure on yourself to help with headaches and generalized pain. The video was created and posted by the integrative medicine service at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, one of the leading cancer hospitals in...
by Hillgreen | May 13, 2019 | Blog, Cancer
This is a short self-help video showing how to do acupressure on yourself for nausea and vomiting.The video was created and posted by the integrative medicine service at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, one of the leading cancer hospitals in the United...