Cancer Treatment - From East to West
Cancer TreatmentFrom East to West
CANCER? You're sad because someone you love has cancer. Can cancer be cured? Cancer treatment which should be selected?
For patients with cancer, time is precious. Do not waste time, energy and money by trial and error. Recognize the various methods of cancer treatment before choosing the best for your beloved.
Before you begin, understand that a good cancer treatment should meet the curative function (heal), palliative (pain reducing) and preventive (preventing the reemergence).
Now, let us identify the types of existing cancer treatments.In general there are two types of methods / approaches in the fight against cancer, namely: the treatment method and western-style east. Both are fundamentally different.
Cancer treatment, or better known as the eastern style of traditional medicine containing the main principles for improving immune / resistance of the body so it can fight cancer cells.
While western cancer treatments or better known as the main principle of modern medicine have to kill / destroy cancer cells.
If the analogy with cancer is a war where the enemy forces that attack the body's defense territories, the Eastern medicine to emphasize his war on the troops, while western medicine on ammunition.
Each type of cancer treatment has a plus & minusnya above. It is wise to hold the east & west in treating cancer.
Now let us look at each type of treatment.
I. WEST CANCER TREATMENT:
Including the following: chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, monoclonal antibody therapy, hormone therapy, etc.. The main objective is to eradicate, to kill or alter the cancer cells.
A. Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy has a working principle is to poison or kill cells - cancer cells, controlling the growth of cancer cells and stop its growth so as not to spread or to reduce the symptoms caused by cancer. Chemotherapy is a systematic, in contrast with radiation or surgery that is local, so chemotherapy can reach cancer cells that may have spread and spread to other parts of the body. The success rate of chemotherapy also varies depending on its type of cancer.
Side effects of chemotherapy is a decrease in the number of blood cells, infection, anemia, bleeding such as nosebleeds, hair loss, itching and dry skin, nausea and vomiting, dehydration, low blood pressure, constipation, diarrhea, nervous system disorders.
B. RADIATION (radiation)
Cancer treatment with radiation is usually done before or after surgery to shrink tumors. Radiation conducted in an attempt to destroy the tissues that have been affected by cancer.
Radiation side effects are nausea and vomiting, decreased white blood cell count, infection / inflammation, skin reactions such as sunburn, fatigue, pain in the mouth and throat, diarrhea and can cause baldness.
C. Surgery
Surgery is the treatment of cancer of the oldest. Some cancer often can be cured only with surgery if done at an early stage.NOTE: For some cases, the best cancer treatment is a combination of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Surgery or radiation to treat cancer, whose land is limited, whereas chemotherapy aimed at killing cancer cells that are beyond the reach of surgery or radiation. Sometimes radiation or chemotherapy before surgery to minimize the size of the tumor or after surgery to destroy remaining cancer cells that may remain.
II. CANCER TREATMENT - EAST:
Including the following: cancer treatment with herbal, acupuncture, acupressure, homeopathy, aromatherapy, music therapy, yoga, meditation, therapeutic touch, prayer therapy, etc..
Cancer treatment with herbal concoction is a treatment using a variety of extracts from plants, for example, extracts from Keladi Tikus (Extract Typhonium Flagelliforme) combined with other natural materials which are processed in a modern way, which can help stimulate blood and tissue detoxification of the immune system bodies to jointly eradicate cancer cells.
HERBAL CANCER treatment is an alternative treatment that many people use because it proved to be effective, without side effects and relatively cheap cost.
Because cancer itself is a class of diseases, we can conclude that there is no single solution for all treatments. Suggested is to use a combination of cancer-treatment, adjusted for the patient's condition (mental, psychological and financial), type of cancer, location and stage experience.
Success-cancer treatment is very dependent on patience, consistency and the spirit of life of patients. No less important is faith in God and belief that cancer is not the end of everything. CANCER should be recognized as a test of life that there must be a way out.