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Chinese Herbs
Herbal cures have been around for centuries and you can bet quite a few are effective against cancer. Some have even been specially formulated to treat cancer.
Most famous of all is probably Essiac from the Canadian nurse Caisse. A lot of good medical science is coming out of Asia these days. They certainly don’t have the prejudices against traditional therapies that are prevalent in the West and have been working with heerbs for thousands of years.
Drawings of tumors have been found on turtle shells and "oracle bones" dating
from the eleventh century B.C. Medical texts dating from 200 B.C. have detailed
descriptions of tumors and their causes. Cancer is well known and well
documented in Chinese medical literature. Yet there is no word for cancer in
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
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.
Perhaps in our search for "The Cure", we can find a measure of help in the vast experience of Chinese medicine.
Recently a keynote Chinese clinical trial was undertaken to study the anti-cancer benefits of two herbs formulas, "Y" and "C". These mixtures were:
"Y" Formula: schidigera yucca, licorice root, fennel seed, clove buds, anise seed, cinnamon bark, etc.
"C" Formula: burdock root, rhubarb root, slippery elm bark, sheep sorrel.
This article has summarized a lot of cases of taking "C" Formula and "Y" Formula (288 cases of cancer, 84 cases of asthma, 176 cases of rhinallergosis, 35 cases of lupus erythematosus).
The most effective cases were observed on patients with intestinal cancer, malignant lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, leukemia. In everyday figures 85% had great successes, 15% were moderately effective, 15% were of not much use.
Generally speaking, the combined use of "C" Formula and "Y" Formula on the same patient was very effective on strengthening /adjusting the function of the immunologic system of the human body. Otherwise, the independent use of either of the drugs was not as effective. For more than seventy years, the two drugs have indeed been effective in cancer prevention and treatment. Tea, in fact, can be medicine having a good taste and enjoyable. However, since the essential ingredients of "C" Formula and "Y" Formula are pure herbs, "C" Formula and "Y" Formula should be classified as effective medicine.
Remedy "C" above is essentially the Essiac formula.