Application progress of acupoint sticking therapy in the treatment of malignant tumor / 国际中医中药杂志

Acupoint sticking therapy is a comprehensive Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment method combining meridian, acupoint and Chinese herbal medicine. It is widely used in the treatment of chemotherapy-related gastrointestinal reaction, cancer pain, tumor related intestinal obstruction, cancer-related fatigue, etc. It is oftenuse in conventional treatment and nursingprocess, or usedalone, or combined with oraladministration of Chinese and Western Medicine and acupoint massage. This therapy could avoid the gastrointestinal irritation caused by oral administration. The advantages are as follow: the operationis simple with obvious effect, and low price andtheacceptance is high.