Clinical Research Progress of Acupuncture in Treatment of Tumor Complications
As a traditional Chinese medicine therapy,acupuncture acts on different acupoints,dredging meridians and com-municating collaterals,invigorating Qi and promoting blood circulation.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Yang deficien-cy,Qi stagnation and blood resistance are the main pathogenesis of tumor complications.In recent years,acupuncture is widely used in the treatment of tumors and their complications,and the effect is remarkable.Based on this,the article searched the CNKI database from 2001 to 2021 with"malignant tumor,acupuncture treatment,clinical observation,clinical research"as the key-words,a total of 357 articles and 37 related articles were summarized and sorted out.This review summarized mainly about cancer pain,gastrointestinal reactions,bone marrow suppression,cancer fatigue,depression,sleep disorder,peripheral neuropathy and oth-er aspects,aiming to explore the feasibility of acupuncture for tumor complications,and provided a basis for the clinical treatment and research of tumor and its complications.