Cancer is a disease in which abnormal cells are divided without control and can attack nearby tissues. These abnormal cells can also spread to the other part of the body through the blood and the lymph system. There are different types of these lethal diseases named cancer. A type of cancer that begins in the skin or in tissue that line internal organ, that type is called Carcinoma. Sarcoma is a cancer that begins in bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels or there supportive tissues. Leukemia is the cancer that is related to blood; it starts in blood forming tissues such as bone marrow and causes large number of abnormal blood cells in the body. Well, there are different types of cancers but the common thing is the pain. There is no doubt that cancer is a painful diseases; it is usually cured by surgery or chemotherapy. Many patients use the method of acupuncture along with their cancer treatment. Now the question is what is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a very old treatment done by fine needles; according to traditional Chinese therapy, the living beings have a vital energy called Qi, that circulates through the pathway(meridian) inside the body, each meridian is linked with a different organ system and when there is imbalance of the energy flow the diseases occurs in the body. Acupuncturists insert needles into specified points along meridian lines to control the restore balance of the flow of Qi. There are over 1000 acupuncture points on the body where needles are inserted for the treatment. It might look painful but really it is not. Only a sensation of prick is felt initially on the skin then it gives a relieved and a comfortable feeling.

Many people with cancer use acupuncture because according to them it helps them to feel much relaxed and improve their overall feeling of well being and they get better and comfortable sleep.

As there is no proper evidence that shows acupuncture helps in treating cancer but according to some researches it works to relieve some symptoms of cancer. It also works on the side affects of the cancer treatment. Basically it helps to reduce the sickness and vomiting after the chemotherapy which is done for cancer treatment. Acupuncture also helps to reduce tiredness of cancer patients and improves activity.

Therefore acupuncture can be used by cancer patients especially to reduce the vomiting and nausea after chemotherapy and the post surgery pain.