Efficacy Study of Acupuncture to Treat the Upper Abdominal Pain of Cancer Patients

Acupuncture is applied three times a week for 20 minutes for 2 weeks (total 6 sessions). 9 Acupuncture points, CV12, CV13, P6, SP4, ST36(bilateral),LI4 (bilateral), LR3 (bilateral), ST34 (bilateral), and GB21(bilateral) are used, and CV12, CV13, ST36, and LR3 are electro-stimulated.

An anaesthetic test is performed injecting 2ml mepivacaine. After assessing the efficacy and safety of this test, 10 ml of absolute alcohol is injected via each needle.