X-rays was discovered by a German doctor named Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895. Since then, radiation therapy has been one of the effectual cures used as cancer treatments. There have been a large number of successful cases in which so little side effects have been found and that the normal tissues can still be kept for further use. There are now about 50-60% of cancer patients who are treated with radiation therapy. In addition, the remedy can greatly reduce their pain. The radiation will obliterate the cancer cells and stop them from growing. The body can then start to eliminate them. There are 2 radiation therapy side effects as follows;

Normally, to be cured with radiation therapy should not be hurtful. You should not feel like you are actually having the therapy. However, certain amount of patients can have a possibility to feel a little of the radiation. Such symptoms are as follows;

- Side effects occurring throughout the body

(1) Radiation Nausea which can be prevented by drinking a lot of water before the therapy.

(2) Falling hair in the areas that have been radiated.

(3) Weakness which can be reduced by lessening the usual activities during and after the treatment.

(4) Decrease in the white blood cells in the period of the therapy. This will become better in about 2-3 days.

- Side effects to the organs

1. The skin The skin affected is the one that receive a large amount of radiation. It will start reddening, then drying and eventually peeling off. Lymph can be seen coming out from the skin. This generally occurs 2-3 weeks after the first radiation therapy and usually lasts about 4-6 weeks before beginning to recover.

- Keep away from touching anything that might irritate the skin such as clothes, perfume, cosmetics, heat, and dust. You should try to avoid injuries as well.

- The best way is to let the radiated areas of the skin be exposed to the air.

- Wear comfortable and sheer clothes.

- When you take a shower, try not to scrub the radiated skin with soap or other chemicals for it can swell. After the shower, dry the skin carefully.

- Falling hair can be either permanent or contemporary depending on how much radiation you receive. This happening only occurs with the hair touched by the radiation.

- Keep away the radiated skin from being exposed to direct sunlight.

- Be patient and all the symptoms will eventually be better.

2. Soft tissues are those in the mouth cavity, the gorge, the alimentary canal, the intestines, the urinary bladder, and the rectum. It is possible that such tissues can be in the Mucositis condition. They will start reddening and will soon be dry. However, the tissues mentioned will still be damp. And after the dried skin comes off, the wound will be recovered.

The symptoms are the results of the Mucositis, skin irritation, and malfunctioned tissues in the radiated skin. The patients may feel uncomfortable and may be in the Dysphagia conditions naming coughs, hoarse voices, bronchitis, soreness from urine exhalation or little amount of urine during the exhalation, or watery bowel movement and a stomachache. All depend on what parts of the body having been radiated. Ways to take care of such soft tissues are as follows;

1.Keep away from food that might irritate you. Try to eat soft food and avoid constipation in order to prevent further injuries.

2. Local anesthetics and antibiotics prescribed by doctors can help reduce the symptoms.

3. Try to drink a lot of water. Saline water injected in the blood vessels might be necessary.

4. Eat the food that is low in fibers to decrease the intestinal reaction.

5. Be patient and all the symptoms will eventually be better.

3. Glands in the radiated areas naming the salivary glands, perspiration glands, gastric glands, and Slimes. Sudden reactions might stop those glands from producing biological fluid causing uncomforted and dried mouth, changes in the taste of food, coughs, a cold, and symptoms in the urine and the digestive system. All depend on what parts of the body having been radiated. To diminish such symptoms, you can drink or take a sip of water regularly so that there will be enough water in the bladder and the intestines. Antitussive, lotion that does not irritate the skin and patience are recommended.

Late Radiation Therapy side effects may appear within 3-4 months or several years afterwards. Normally, the symptoms are not so serious. Chances that the symptoms are severe or unsolvable can be found only 5%.

1. Scars Radiation causes the tissues near the radiated skin to be abortive, resulting in an increase in related tissues including fascias and scars. Those tissues will become stiff. They will lose their softness and will be unable to endure any injuries. Furthermore, the walls of the smaller blood vessels will be thicker. They will shrink and less blood, in consequence, can flow through them. If such areas are infected or wounded from the surgery, they will be very difficult to cure. The radiated parts of the body should be taken care of very gently for the rest of the patients' lives.

2. Carcinogens The radiation is likely to be a cause of cancers. In very rare cases, radiation can bring about cancer in the white blood cells if the area around the spine has been touched by radiation. This type of cancer can be inspected within 5-20 years after the therapy. There is also a possibility that the cancer will come back even after the treatment. However, patients who are not treated with radiation therapy will have a greater risk to die from such cancer than those who have repeatedly been radiated.

3. Side effects to genes and DNA If the eggs in the ovary are radiated, it is more likely that there can be a change in DNA and it can possibly cause mutation. Due to the elimination of the chromosomes, the eggs and the sperms cannot take birth. Nevertheless, there are rare or very few possibilities of abnormal child even if the parents have both gone through radiation therapy. Some other side effects can be found only once in a blue moon.

1. Mind programming Patients are likely to perform the same side effects informed to them even before they are actually being treated. That is because they already program their own mind that they will lose. So when they see only the needles or the operation room, the symptoms will start to show. It is like the saying, "The mind is the boss, the body is the servant."

Thus, it is more profitable to insert positive information about the therapy for it can double the efficiency and can also reduce the side effects of the treatment.

2. An enema with coffee It is another resourceful way to condense the symptoms caused by the cancers and the side effects from the therapy for it can urge the livers to eliminate poisonous substances from the body better. It is best to give an enema right on the day of the therapy. However, we normally suggest the patients to do so at least once a day. There are some prohibitions as follows;

(1) A person who used to have a large intestinal operation in which the large intestine is opened in order to defacate outside the body.

(2) A person with critical and uncontrolled high blood pressure

(3) A person with uncontrolled heart diseases.

(4) A child in his development

(5) A pregnant woman

(1) A person who has recently had a large intestinal operation and who has not fully recovered yet.

(2) A person who has repeatedly been radiated in the lower abdomen and who has doubts whether the tissues in such areas might inflame or decompose.

(3) A person who has a lot of water in the abdominal cavity until it swells.

(4) A person who has an uncertain state of minerals.

(5) An overly exhausted person.

3. Acupressure or a needle prick can capably cure the side effects like a small appetite, a tympany, undigested food, a lot of gas in the stomach, diarrhea, exhaustion, fever, etc.

4. A drink of fresh fruit or vegetable juices It is normally known that there are a lot of free radicals in the body of the cancer patients who are about to have a radiation or a chemical therapy. That is because a part of the cancer cells have been eliminated. The faster they decompose, the lesser side effects the patients will have and the healthier they will be. This can be accomplished by drinking a lot of fresh fruit and vegetable juices for they offer you several vitamins naming vitamin A-beta-carotene, 60 types of beta-carotene in the carotene group, vitamin C and 4,000 types of flavonoid.

Moreover, there are also 10,000 types of free radical Phyto-nutrient found in vegetables grown in the suburb. They build immunity, rid of carcinogens, and help discharge the urine.

5.Qigong is a Chinese exercise. It concentrates on the length of the inhalation and the exhalation of the breath. The movements are slow and repeated, along with focusing on the mind in accordance with the movements.

Many researches conducted by numerous countries have discovered that Qigong can help control the heartbeats and can help decrease the blood pressure. Qigong has the same advantages as meditation. It can also boost the T-Lymphocyte white blood cells which can prevent cancers. Furthermore, Qigong plays an important role in radiation and chemical therapy. It strengthens the body and the mind. It is refreshing. It can additionally augment the appetite, reduce useless substances that are the side effects of the 2 therapies, and increase the immunity. All of these are a great strength to help the patients recover.

6.Breath exercise can diminish several unwanted symptoms such as drowsiness, exhaustion, fever, cold hands and feet, numbness on the tips of the feet and the hands, etc.

7.Meditation Scientists have found out that the mind which has properly been meditated can create great physical changes. When the mind is in peace, the body will have a chance to get some rest. The nerve system will produce endorphins in order to help calming the mind and reduce pain. The stress will also lessen, resulting in the immunity improvement. The easiest way everybody can do is Anapanasathi or the concentration of the inhalation and exhalation of the breath.

Another effortless means is to say the prayers of the religion you worship.