Liver is a human organ that is present in the vertebrates. Liver is responsible for various functions to be carried out in our body. Apart from synthesis of proteins and detoxification, liver also produces the biochemicals that are helpful in food digestion. Liver is extremely necessary for survival of human beings. Liver is primarily made up of a combination of number of tissues. A cancerous growth in the tissues in liver is termed as liver cancer. Liver cancer is considered to be one of the most deadly diseases. People with this disease hardly survive more than a year.
Consumption of alcohol, excessive unwarranted usage of drugs and medicines are considered the prime causes of this disease. Surgery and chemotherapy are considered the main treatment options available for this disease. But nowadays there are many alternative liver cancer treatments available.
Proton beam therapy: Proton beam therapy is based on the concept of passing increased amount of proton beams to a particular local area or the affected area. Proton beam therapy can be used to treat solid tumors as well. To perform this treatment, the patient is basically fixed on a body cast so that the patient can remain in the same position for every session.
Acupressure: Acupressure is a traditional practice of treatment that was predominant in Asian countries for a long period of time. Nowadays even the western countries have started adopting the practice after researches found them useful. The concept of acupressure is to address the root cause of a disease rather than addressing the immediate cause of a disease. Rather than just treating liver cancer, acupressure finds out the root cause of it and issues a cure for that too. Another important concept that acupressure offer is pulse reading. According to acupressure pulse reading is nothing but detecting the flow of energy in human body.
