One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. <\/p>\n
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Some Louisville-area patients are seeking alternative treatments in their battle against the disease. <\/p>\n
Meridian Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine in Louisville treats 25 to 40 patients at a given time. <\/p>\n
Working alongside oncologists, practitioners choose a combination of acupuncture, herbal medications and diet to strengthen the body before chemotherapy or surgery. <\/p>\n
The treatments can ease side effects like nausea, vomiting and fatigue as well as emotional ones. <\/p>\n
\"The beauty of Chinese medicine is we're trying to strengthen the individual up so their body can fight the cancer and be as healthy as it can be. So each individual is completely different. There's not one ingredient that's best, rather, one that's best for that individual person,\" said Robert Patrick Gittli with Meridian Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. <\/p>\n
\"I initially started coming here because I had extremely high stress, bad allergies, high blood pressure,\" said patient Sherry Robinson. <\/p>\n
Robinson fell in love with acupuncture more than two years ago. <\/p>\n
\"Within six months, I was off all of my allergy medication. I was off all my blood pressure medicine. I felt better than I've ever felt,\" Robinson said. <\/p>\n
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