YOGA as a Potential Mind-Body Medicine for Circadian

Rhythm Restoration for Cancer Patients

Yu Huei Liu

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YOGA as a Potential Mind-Body Medicine for Circadian Rhythm Restoration for Cancer Patients

Yu Huei Liu^1,2*

¹Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

²Department of Medical Genetics and Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Corresponding Author

Received Date: December 18, 2019; Published Date: January 03, 2020

Abstract

Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy suffer from a variety of side effects, including insomnia [1], However, the underling mechanisms behind insomnia during and/or after chemotherapy are not yet fully understood. Both cancer and anticancer therapeutics alter the production of proinflammatory cytokines such as sleep inducers TNF-α, IL-1 β and IL-6, to change the immune responses depending on immune cells repertories, which subsequence function on the central nervous system and the sleep– wake rhythms, by which to alter sleep behavior [2,3].

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Yu Huei Liu. YOGA as a Potential Mind-Body Medicine for Circadian Rhythm Restoration for Cancer Patients. W J Yoga Phys Ther & Rehabil 1(5): 2020. WJYPR.MS.ID.000525.