http://www.docgurley.com/2009/06/09/well-worth-it-ginger-with-chemo/ Posts from an Insane Healthcare System Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.docgurley.com/2009/06/09/well-worth-it-ginger-with-chemo/#comment-11042 Margi Macdonald Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:15:08 +0000 http://www.docgurley.com/?p=1692#comment-11042 And how much more comfort would this patient group enjoy, if the well-known, well-studied benefits of acupuncture and this ginger preparation, were combined? It's refreshing to see that safe, effective, inexpensive options such as this - long known to practitioners of natural medicine - are being studied. Let's hope oncologists run with this, and routinely offer the 'ginger option' to those receiving chemo. And how much more comfort would this patient group enjoy, if the well-known, well-studied benefits of acupuncture and this ginger preparation, were combined?
It’s refreshing to see that safe, effective, inexpensive options such as this – long known to practitioners of natural medicine – are being studied.
Let’s hope oncologists run with this, and routinely offer the ‘ginger option’ to those receiving chemo.

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