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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Integrative Medicine on nursing cancer patients experience side effects of radiotherapy [Keywords:] Radiation Therapy Oncology Oncology Nursing Cancer is the people’s health and life against the most serious common disease, and radiation therapy for malignant tumors have therapeutic effects, is a common treatment methods [1]. More and more patients by radiation therapy to reduce the pain, improved quality of life and prolong life. but also in the radiation caused a series of radiation side effects, if not effectively addressed, will affect the smooth progress of radiotherapy, severe cases can lead to death. 2004-07-2007-06, the author of 128 patients underwent radiotherapy care of Integrative Medicine, effectively easing the side effects of radiation, are presented below. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 General Information 128 patients in this group were hospital oncology patients, male 85 cases, 43 females, aged 20 to 82 years, mean 59 years, primary disease: 47 cases of lung cancer, breast cancer in 28 cases, 12 cases of rectal cancer, esophageal cancer 10 cases, 8 cases of liver cancer, bone cancer, 7 cases of endometrial cancer in 7 cases, 4 cases of cervical cancer, other 5 cases. 1.2 Method and radiation dose X knife treatment of 28 cases, local linear accelerator treatment of 17 cases, 83 cases of radiation exposure .1 cycles were 15 to 30 times, 5 times a week, Saturday and Sunday rest, fractionated dose of 2 ~ 10 Gy, total dose for the 35 ~ 60 Gy. 1.3 The performance and radiation side effects nursing Integrative Medicine 1.3.1 Systemic reactions Including: ① fatigue, weakness in 57 cases, the performance of limb weakness, sleep, stay in bed for a long time. Nurses should inform patients of sleep per night less than 8 h, should adhere to nap during the day, if necessary, taking traditional Chinese medicine yin and blood mixture. ② loss of appetite in 48 cases, mainly for not eating, anorexia, bloating,