Medical doctors who attend to the terminally ill on a daily basis must experience many soul-searching moments every time they are left with the death of a patient. They also face the gloomy reminder of self and medical limitation on what therapeutic services they can truly provide to save the lives of their patients. This is especially apparent in the treatment for terminal-stage cancer patients. Doctors, without any available protocol for cure, in most cases, have no alternative but to practice safe status quo defensive medicine.
One good example of this status quo treatment is blood transfusion therapy. Late-stage cancer patients often face dangers of sudden death from loss of blood. Blood loss occurs from failing metabolic functions and compensatory vasoconstriction evoked by hemorrhage. For this condition, blood transfusion is generally accepted and widely used method of treatment for immediate replacement of lost blood. However, there is abundant evidence that acupuncture may help as well.
Late stage cancer patients eventually suffer circulatory complications such as heart attack and no matter what emergency measures are utilized, the patient ultimately dies in pain.
The objective here is not to dismiss the undeniably productive aspects of traditional Western medicine, but to enlighten readers to alternative paths to recovery and health.
Although acupuncture has evolved for thousands of years in the Orient, acupuncture is recognized only as an instrument for pain control in the United States. With the combined use of Acupuncture (Korean) and herbal medicine, this author believes that not only the terminal-stage cancer, but any other serious diseases and illnesses can be completely treated.
Western medicine, where theories or techniques are an important issue, is not emphasized in Oriental medicine. The Oriental educational approach is compared to passing down family heirlooms. Korean (KyungHak) Oriental medicine is taught and trained, passed down to select disciplined individuals with ties or connections. Diagnosis and treatment in Oriental medicine occurs through communication and sharing between the patient and the doctor.
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