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Screening by NCI of 35,000 herbs for potential anti-cancer action determined that 3000 plants have some usefulness in fighting cancer. Sacred Medicine Sanctuary offers a variety of tonics, teas, boluses, and extracts containing herbs known to be effective in cancer treatment. 1

This is because Chinese medicine has always regarded cancer as several different diseases rather than a single disease. Ironically, modern physicians are beginning to recognize this as well. 7

The traditional Chinese treatment of cancer is based on the principle of Fu Zheng Gu Ben. "Fu Zheng" means strengthening what is correct. "Gu Ben" means regeneration and repair. 8

Other examples of topical application of herbs and their expressed juice are the use of chelidonium or dandelion latex to remove warts and other excrescences. The Chinese have a tradition of breaking open the seed of brucea javonica and taping directly over warts and excrescences to stimulate their dissolution. The treatment of breast cancer particularly through the use of dandelion latex was described as a folk remedy by the Chinese. 44

Treating cancer with Chinese herbs requires diagnosing the probable causes of the cancer, then choosing the correct course of treatment. Diagnosis is made according to the four examinations. The aim of treatment is to harmonize the patient as well as it is to attack cancerous cells. 8

When cancer patients finally make that decision to embrace alternative medicine, they often do so in a near-death state because they have been so utterly harmed by the treatments espoused by conventional, Western medicine. Then, even more frustratingly, they begin to take a few herbs or experience some kind of alternative treatment and end up dying from organ failure caused by the toxic chemotherapy given to them by their conventional medical doctors. Do not wait until you are at death’s door to wake up and choose alternative medicine. By then it may be too late. 43

In Chinese hospitals, where herbs are part of main stream treatment, few patients experience side effects from chemotherapy or radiotherapy due to the herbs they receive at the same time. This knowledge is available in Canada. The professional herbalist or naturopath can also look after your needs after treatment when regular medical practice has nothing to offer. Of the hundreds of herbs that have been used in cancer treatment a number stand out as being important for prevention as well as for use once the condition has been diagnosed. 11

This sort of detoxification is a key tenet of wholistic cancer care. A naturopathic physician considers factors such as diet, lifestyle, stress level, mental attitude and the body�s toxic load, as well as external exposure to electromagnetic radiation and pollution through food, air and water. Whether used in conjunction with conventional chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, recommendations can include dietary modifications, nutritional supplements, anti-cancer herbs or substances�the goal being to boost the body�s healing and detoxification abilities and/or increase killing of cancer cells. 12

The Eclectics medical doctors of the 19th century, especially Dr. Eli Jones, specialized in the treatment of cancer emphasizing internal treatment and lifestyle changes but evidently used escharotic salves and ointments with success. The late Dr. Raymond Christopher created a Black Ointment drawing salve that contained potent anti-cancer herbs such as poke root and black walnut bark. Many consider this to be only for drawing out slivers and such embedded in the flesh, but in fact, the salve is also used for drawing out cancers and tumors. In recent times various formulas for the salve has been sold or given away by various clandestine individuals who are mostly motivated by the desire to help provide patients with a less invasive and harmful method to remove cancers from various parts of the body. 44

Research professor Henry Lai and assistant research professor Narendra Singh have exploited the chemical properties of a wormwood derivative to target breast cancer cells with surprisingly effective results. A study in the latest issue of the journal Life Sciences describes how the derivative killed virtually all human breast cancer cells exposed to it within 16 hours. 1

Matching the needs of an individual to the right combination of herbs for them requires skill and experience. Few professionals will give a single herb to a patient. As there are something in the order of one hundred different types of cancer, the need for specialist help becomes self evident. 11

Realize that every system of medicine has a treatment for breast cancer. In the Amazon rainforest, such treatments might include the Una de Gato herb (also known in Western herbalism as "Cat’s Claw" and widely used as a potent anti-cancer medicine). In Chinese Medicine, cancer was approached from a different point of view: the Five Element System, rather than the traditional allopathic paradigm of the West; treatment protocols might include a "recipe" of various medicinal herbs with a synergistic effect that work to strengthen and support the body’s innate anti-cancer protection mechanisms. 49

In other words, if you were to travel the world in search of treatments or cures for breast cancer, you would find hundreds, if not thousands, of such treatments spanning diverse cultures, geographies and medical paradigms. And these treatments really work: modern scientists are increasingly discovering that these native cancer remedies contain identifiable anti-cancer compounds that work in a myriad of ways. They might cut off the blood supply to cancer tumors, promote cancer cell apoptosis (cell death), block the replication of cancer cells, boost immune system function and so on. 49

There are literally thousands of different treatments for breast cancer used in various cultures around the world. Many, such as those in Chinese medicine, are meticulously documented and are based on thousands of years of research and clinical experience. Countless lives have been saved by these cancer treatments and cures from around the world. Yet the western cancer industry, comprised of cancer clinics, drug-company-funded cancer non-profits, pharmaceutical firms, hospitals, doctors, medical schools and medical journals, actually goes out of its way to deny women access to this information and wisdom about treating or preventing breast cancer. The only thing women are taught is the conventional view, which is based primarily in harmful treatments: chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. 49

Single herbs are rarely used. Herbs are always combined into formulas. These formulae will vary from person to person and according to changing conditions in each person. Formulas usually contain herbs for several different purposes. Herbs to move qi, anti-cancer herbs, immune building herbs, herbs to neutralize toxins, are combined with herbs that correct underlying imbalances. Professional help by Chinese herbologists experienced in treating cancer is highly recommended. In-person help is important, avoid e-mail and phone consultations. 8

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  1. Dina Hunter on July 3rd, 2008

    I’ve enjoyed the information provided on this web site very much. A little over five years ago i was diagnosed with breast cancer. My left breast and many of the lymph glands were removed. I was given large doses of chemotherapy afterwards that made me really sick and weak. I vomited a lot and could barely walk across the room because I was so tired. I asked the oncologist if there were any herbs or foods that I should eat or avoid. She said “Oh no. Just eat like you always do.”She also said the chemo could not make me sick.It must be something else that made me sick.

    It’s been almost six years ago now and I am still tired and weak. I can barely get around. I blame it all on the chemo. I am now studying herbs and other foods that can help cure or prevent cancer and especially herbs that minimize the effects of chemo.

    I’ve always had an interest in herbs and healing but much more so now. I know our bodies can cope much better with diseases if we feed it right. Please keep the good news about herbal medicines coming as I am also
    doing on my own web site.

    Thanks. It was well worth reading.

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