Niko Trian - CHINESE MEDICINE IN CANCER CARE: Herbs-Acupuncture-Qi gong-Nutrition-Prevention

CHINESE MEDICINE

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CANCER CARE

HERBS-ACUPUNCTURE-QI GONG-NUTRITION-PREVENTION All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the author and the publisher.

ISBN: 978-1523607549

ALSO BY NIKO TRIAN
- The acupuncture academy
e-mail: nikotrian@gmail.com
web site: chiangmaiacupuncture.com
January 2016 Printed by Create Space An Amazon.com Company CoNtENtS

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DISCLAIMER

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The author and publisher are not responsible for any adverse effects or consequences resulting from the use of any of the preparations or procedures described in this book. The statements made herein are for educational and theoretical purposes only and are mainly based upon authors own opinion and theories. This book is not intended to replace the advice and treatment of a physician who specializes in the treatment of diseases. Readers should use their own judgment or consult a medical expert or their personal physicians for specific applications to their individual problems. The author believes that the research presented herein should be available to every person concerned with improving his or her state of health.

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ACKNoWLEDGMENtS

A special thank you goes to my friends and colleagues for their information and encouragement and the many patients and therapists who have shared their experiences. My heartful thanks to Ud Thitasuta, Uli Thitasuta, Joanna Cox, Matthew Belcher, Sathit Chayaphan, William Turner, Patrick Stahl, Keith Arthur Good, Chusak Suvimolstien, Sharon Smith, Aurapan Massmann, Daniel Reid, Dr Sheng Zhong Wang, Ed Arnold, George Sarigiannopoulos, Dr Lee Yi Kung, Phimlaphat Karnwiboon, Tony Evans.

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One of the most common questions asked by patients to health practitioners is what can I do to prevent cancer? It comes from cancer survivors and from those who have watched relatives and friends fight with the disease. It comes from people of every age, class and occupation. In modern times, cancer is a kind of epidemic, due to numerous factors such as stressful modern lifestyle, bad diet habits, lack of exercise, over-consumption of carcinogens in refined foods. It is frightening and destroys whole families, careers, lives. There is no guarantee for someone to be secure.

Another question is how can I prevent the side effects of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation? Western conventional treatments such as radiation and chemotherapy have so many side effects that turn to be a nightmare for the patient, making their lives miserable and painful, in both somatic and mental level.

Globally, reports indicate that the western orthodox conventional war on cancer is failing. Many doctors now evaluate radiation and chemotherapy as a big zero in cancer care. Cancer cases increase every year and it is estimated that half of us will hear the words,you have cancer, at some points in our lives. Cancer patients cannot wait for some hypothetically effective but potentially toxic medical intervention: they must make decisions based on todays knowledge. And the knowledge exists, though many major pharmaceutical companies and their researchers are not slow to recognize opportunities to profit from this disease. As is so often the case, where there is desperate need, there is profit to be made.

Traditional Chinese medicine ( TCM) has a long history and rich experiences in treating tumors and malignancies. The TCM-based treatment can significantly alleviate the clinical symptoms and improve the quality of life. From the perspective of TCM, a tumor is not only the morphological changes of a specific tissue or organ but also the functional changes of tissues or organs. The pathological changes of tumors are clinically presented as dampness, toxin, phlegm, stasis (obstruction), and deficiency. Therefore, from the perspective of TCM, the mechanism of tumor can be summarized as: stagnation of toxins and heat, obstruction of phlegm and dampness, qi stagnation and blood stasis, and imbalanced yin and yang in viscera and bowels. As mentioned in the classic books, when there is sufficient healthy qi inside, the pathogenic qi have no way to invade the healthy body; or, where pathogenic factors accumulate, the parts of the body must be deficient in vital-qi.

The largest difference between TCM and Western medicine in terms of efficacy is described like this: after TCM treatment, the tumor does not shrink remarkably, but the patient has longersurvival and dramatically improved subjective symptoms; after treatment with western therapies, on the contrary, the tumor may obviously decrease in size but can recur rapidly, along with low survival rate and impaired quality of life.

Western pharmacology tends to isolate and divide data,thus it has difficulty building up a picture of the whole. It can only make statements about the different chemical parts of a remedy, never about the whole remedy. The western approach is unable to explain the interactions of remedy constituents among themselves and can not even truly explain V the interaction in the human body. This is an important point of different medical approach between East and West: biochemically similar plants often have different therapeutic effects and vice versa, biochemically different plants often achieve identical therapeutic results. Where biochemical pharmacology gives us a specific chemical explanation for some of the plants particular functions and uses, it is the Chinese pharmacology and general theory that allow us to understand it, as a systemic therapeutic agent. Once we understand terms such as qi and blood deficiency, rebellious qi, dampness and heat, cold and wind, interrelations between yin and yang organs etc, then we begin to understand the overall character of the remedies and we can apply them according to the needs of the individual- their strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes and habits, all these elements that constitute a different personality- and eventually lead us to the golden rule: no two patients are the same.

TCM is based on holistic approach, focusing on the macro-regulation of the physiological functions. Pattern identification (bian zheng) is an essential concept in TCM. In fact, it refers to the identification of the internal environment of an imbalanced human body. Qi and blood are the fundamental substances for harmonious or disharmonious state of health. For a healthy internal environment, qi and blood should circulate continuously through the body harmonizing, nourishing and maintaining the activity of the organs and various bodily parts. The use of herbs, acupuncture, qi gong helps to restore any kind of disharmony. The foundation of Chinese medicine is health improvement, rather than disease curing.

The Chinese usually use herbal combinations rather than single herbs. The herbs are chosen for their synergistic effects and, as a result, traditional Chinese formulations are quite effective. The fundamental purpose of TCM treatment for tumors is not only to attack them, but to restore the balance of the internal environment, enhancing the antipathogen capability, so as to inhibit the growth and metastasis of tumors. A careful scheme of attacking the malignant cells and at the same time strengthening the healthy cells should be provided. The TCM treatment may help the cancer patients to strengthen the general condition, remove the pathogen, inhibit tumor progression, alleviate symptoms, and prolong survival rate. A prolonged survival should be based on the improved quality of life. It is not the disease that needs cure - it is the suffering person who needs to become vital and happy again. Once the person has allowed balance to return to the body and mind, disease will disappear by itself just as the light of the sun dissolves a morning mist.