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There are alternative and complementary therapies for prostate cancer that can ease the symptoms of non-cancerous prostate conditions and also ease some side effects of cancer medical treatment. Alternative and complementary therapies can include herbs and use acupuncture that can help ease the side effects of cancer treatment but they do not treat or cure the cancer.

It is important to always check with your doctor about herbal remedies, vitamin supplements and complementary therapies for prostate cancer. IT is good to use a herbal product from the USA that have a good control of the herbs used. Some herbal products from china and India can be contaminated with lead etc.
 
Acupuncture for prostate cancer has been shown to relieve pain after cancer surgery and also help reduce nausea with using chemotherapy. It works by stimulating and removing energy blocks in the energy system of the body.
 
Acupuncture is based on the idea that energy flows through the body. Illness is thought to occur when the energy flow is changed or blocked. Needles are used to relieve blockages and get the energy flowing freely again. Some people believe that there is a scientific basis to acupuncture and that when the needles prod nerves, they release chemicals that affect a person’s perception of pain and boost healing.

There are no side effects of acupuncture and to also a possible beneifit is to boast your immune system.

In all  alternative and complementary therapies for prostate cancer, choose a qualified herbalist or acupunturalist and ask for references.