Not only can alternative health therapies help you to improve the quality of your life and feel better, they can also help you to improve your overall general health in order to provide you with a sense of control. One feels calmer when pressure, stress, insomnia, nervousness and despair are reduced. They decrease the symptoms of cancer which are soreness, feeling unwell, breathlessness, constipation, diarrhea, fatigue and reduced appetite. You can even buy green tea pills these days!Often used together with conventional medicine, alternative therapy can tend to mask pain which may hide the actual very serious underlying problem. These therapies are offered free of cost or for a minimal charge by some cancer support groups; they are also a part of cancer treatment provided by hospitals and hospices.