您没听说过针灸在化疗后恶心呕吐的治疗作用？ 临床试验在病童中做过。可惜我不记得trial的代号，一下找不到。现代医学的伟大就是它是海纳百川的。evidence based发现有用，就拿过来。
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/acupuncture-pdq
This summary contains the following key information:
- As part of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture has been practiced in China and other Asian countries for thousands of years.
- Acupuncture is defined as the application of stimulation such asneedling, moxibustion, cupping, and acupressure on specific sites of the body known as acupuncture points.
- Acupuncture has been practiced in the United States for about 200 years. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the acupuncture needle as a medical device in 1996.
- Acupuncture is used to treat a wide range of illnesses and ailments. Cancer patients use it for pain management, control of nausea and vomiting (N/V), fatigue, hot flashes, xerostomia, neuropathy, anxiety,depression, and sleep disturbance.
- Laboratory and animal studies exploring the mechanisms of acupuncture for cancer treatment have focused mainly on the role of acupuncture in the activation of neurohormonal pathways and immunomodulation.
- The aim of most acupuncture clinical observation and clinical trials in cancer patients has been to evaluate the effects of acupuncture on symptom management.
- The most convincing research data on the effects of acupuncture in cancer patients have emerged from studies of the management of chemotherapy -induced N/V.
