This study examined the use of Sujok therapy to reduce fatigue and weakness in 258 cancer patients undergoing treatment. Sujok therapy involves stimulating points on the hands and feet to regulate the body. Patients reported less fatigue, weakness, depression and pain after 12 Sujok treatments. 80% reported reduced fatigue, 63% less weakness. Most said they would recommend Sujok therapy to other cancer patients.

1. SUJOK THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT
OF FATIGUE AND WEAKNESS
AMONG ONCOLOGIC PATIENTS
SJT Heriza Budiman

2. Background
• Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide and is the second
leading cause of death globally.
• It is generally accepted that an integrated approach to the treatment
of cancer, including pain relief and palliative care, can reduce
mortality and improve outcomes and quality of life of cancer patients.

3. • The present study focuses on Sujok therapy, its potential in
minimizing oncologic treatment-induced side effects and improving
quality of life in patients.

4. Palliative Care
• Palliative care is a treatment to relieve, rather than cure, symptoms
caused by cancer and improve the quality of life of patients and their
families.
• Palliative care can help people live more comfortably. It is an urgent
humanitarian need for people worldwide with cancer and other
chronic fatal diseases and particularly needed in places with a high
proportion of patients in advanced stages of cancer where there is
little chance of cure.

5. • Relief from physical, psychosocial, and spiritual problems can be
achieved in over 90% of advanced cancer patients through palliative
care.

6. Sujok
• Sujok Therapy (Su-Jok) is a form of complementary medicine
originated in South Korea in 1987 by the scientist and scholar Prof.
Park Jae Woo
• In Sujok therapy, the practitioner stimulates points that are located
on the hand and foot in order activate auto-regulatory mechanisms
and restore the body to a healthy state.

7. • The stimulation of the curative points can be performed by non-
penetrative approaches such as massage, color therapy, moxibustion,
plant seeds, magnets, soft laser, aromatic oils, gem stones as well as
needles and other devices.
• Sujok therapy is easy to administer, cost efficient and was originally
developed as a system for the use of individuals for self-treatment.

8. Research Study of Sujok
• We decided to investigate the possible use of Sujok therapy to
support oncologic patients as a complementary method of palliative
care.
• This study was focused on quality-of-life–related outcomes and
reducing the symptoms of fatigue and weakness that are common
side effects of the oncological treatment.

9. Object Study
• The study questionnaires were given to oncologic patients that
approached ISA-Israel for Sujok treatments in order to treat
symptoms caused by the oncologic treatments.
• The patient group included 258 cancer patients in various stages of
the disease aged between 32 and 78.

10. • Questionnaires were filled up by the patients before the first
treatment and after 12 Sujok treatments.
• Sujok treatments included a procedure once or twice a week as well
as instructions for self-treatment by stimulation of correspondence
points at home.

11. Complaints of common side effects following
oncologic treatments
• During 2015-2019, 258 oncologic patients who visited the ISA clinic
agreed to participate voluntarily in our survey. Gender, age, type and
duration of disease were collected as well as the medical procedure
and the complaints of oncologic treatment side effects.
• Common side effects : fatigue (80% of the patients) as well as
depression (80% of the patients) and weakness (63% of the patients),
sleep disorders (60% of the patients) and general pain (45% of the
patients).

12. Common Complains

13. Results After Treatment by Sujok
Fatigue

14. Weakness

15. General satisfaction for the Sujok treatments

16. Will the patient recommend other oncologic
patients to try Sujok treatment?
• Sujok therapy as a complementary form of medicine is practiced by
private therapists and doctors and not as a part of the conventional
health system.
• Finally, we asked the patients if they would recommend friends and
fellow patients to try Sujok therapy and would they like to receive
Sujok treatments as part of the health services offered by the local
health system.

18. treatment

19. Kesamaan Dalam Jumlah Bagian yang Menonjol

20. Kesamaan Dalam Lokasi

21. Kesamaan Dalam Arah

22. Jempol dan Kepala (Bentuknya Serupa)

23. Lokasi Korespondensi dari Berbagai Bagian
Tangan dan Kaki

24. Telapak Tangan

25. Belakang tangan

26. Korespondensi kaki

27. Titik energi

29. Moxa tempel

30. Seed therapy

31. Pengunaan Biji

32. Moxa

33. Ring

35. Cakra

36. Terima kasih