Can cancer be cured? Will the latest tools help, the price of which is frankly scary? How effective are medicinal plants in the treatment of oncology? All these questions concern people with a terrible diagnosis, as well as their friends and relatives. Malignant neoplasms are an extremely insidious type of pathology, but today we can say with confidence: cancer is curable. Of course, not in 100% of cases, but for most patients the prognoses are positive. Consider the nuances of using different treatment methods.
When to use medicinal herbs?
The treatment of cancer with phytotherapy should be practiced only as an additional program to the main course of exposure, medication and surgery. It is important to coordinate with the doctor all the nuances of the chosen option so that the herbs and products prepared from them do not interfere with the main events. For example, ionizing radiation, chemotherapy in many provoke dyspepsia, loss of appetite and a decrease in body tone. People suffer from nausea and vomiting, headache and dizziness. To alleviate all these manifestations, medicinal herbs can be used - with their help, the patient's condition improves, the negative effects of drugs are reduced. Well-chosen herbal medicine helps protect the liver and kidneys from increased stress, as well as stabilize the condition of a person as a whole.
Medicinal plants in the treatment of cancer are used due to the anti-inflammatory effect inherent in many known herbs. Herbal medicine will be most relevant for those varieties of cancer that are accompanied by atrophic processes in the internal organs.
By the way, it has been proven that herbal medicine against cancer is a good preventive measure. Certain plant varieties have an antitumor effect. A correctly selected course and correctly formulated recipes are the key to minimizing the likelihood of relapse, prolonged and stable remission. However, one can count on a positive effect only with the competent use of formulations.
Types and Forms
The phytotherapy correctly chosen for the treatment of oncology is useful, but not dangerous for a weakened patient. True, this applies only to situations where a person clearly follows the requirements and rules for the use of formulations and recipes. Before using any herb, you first need to consult your doctor, and in the future you will have to follow all of its recommendations in detail. Medicinal herbs can not replace surgery, radiation or a medical course.
Developing different recipes and approaches in the framework of the use of herbal medicine for cancer, scientists determined that all medicinal plants can be divided into three large groups: stimulating immunity, cytostatics and cytotoxic. In some cases, the division into groups is rather arbitrary: let's say that the immortelle has an antitumor effect and stimulation of the immune system at the same time. Often this plant is resorted to in malignant processes in the female reproductive organs.
Nuances and features
With cancer, medicinal plants not only help to achieve a faster recovery and stable remission. If the patient is not operable, a complete cure of the tumor is not possible, palliative treatment is indicated, herbs can be used to improve the performance of the body. Within the framework of such a course, celandine, ferul and euphorbia, Baikal aconite are widely used. These plants contain strong cytostatic components, substances that prevent the formation of metastases.
As can be seen from the research devoted to herbal medicine, the oncology absolutely justifies the appointment of a repeshka, bedstraw. These plants are rich in components that modulate the immune system, so the patient's condition improves. In addition, the components of plants extracted during the preparation of drugs from them, inherent antitumor effect. But periwinkle alkaloids have proven their pronounced cytotoxic effect. Of course, these plants alone will not let cancer be defeated, but their use as an element of a comprehensive course is fully justified. How to use the funds correctly, the doctor will explain - all of these medicinal herbs are poisonous, careless use is likely to cause intoxication and serious consequences.
The nuances of treatment
In oncology, phytotherapy is a fairly popular method that interests an impressive percentage of patients. Indeed, herbs are much more affordable than medicines, which can not be dispensed with, so supplementation with herbal products of the therapeutic course will not be a significant burden on the budget, but the patient’s condition will be positively affected. Correctly selected herbal preparations do not provoke side effects, are safe for the body and weaken the negative effects of the main course. Suitable for a particular patient funds will be quickly absorbed. Allergic reactions, hypersensitivity and other negative body responses to herbal medicine, although possible, but in practice such cases are rare.
You should not expect that phytotherapy of cancer will give an instant pronounced effect. Natural preparations affect gradually, gradually, imperceptibly improving and stabilizing the patient's condition. They do not have such an instant reaction as the chemical agents used by classical medicine, but the duration of the result is sufficient so that the medicinal herbs and official remedies mutually complement each other.
What is?
Studying the benefits of herbal medicine in the treatment of cancer in medicine, it was found that a variety of drugs, recipes, and release forms are effective. Dried and fresh plants, capsules and teas, balms, infusions, extracts, tinctures, tablets are available to modern people in a wide variety. The production of such funds is involved in both domestic pharmaceutical companies and foreign ones. In addition, therapeutic cosmetic products for cancer patients are issued - concentrates, oils, salts. By the way, there are funds not only for patients struggling with cancer: recipes on natural herbs have been developed that help to abandon bad habits, cure diseases of various severity and prevalence.
Phytoextracts attract attention. One of the important claims from medicine to phytotherapy in the treatment of cancer was devoted to the composition: mainly extracts are prepared on the basis of alcohol, which is categorically contraindicated even in minimal quantities for oncological diseases. Effective honey preparations have been invented. They are safe for the gastrointestinal tract, stimulate the immune system, heal all internal systems and organs, and in some cases they help to alleviate the negative reaction of the body to the main drug treatment.
Herbs and plants: great choice
Herbal medicine for cancer of the uterus, stomach, respiratory system or for malignant neoplasms of any other area of localization usually involves the use of recipes based on fly agaric, cocklebur. Perhaps the most famous remedy is hemlock. Sometimes doctors advise using aconite, burdock rhizomes, tramtes, and Reishi. The practice of using conifers rich in volatile plants is widespread. They negatively affect the pathological microflora, prevent viral invasion, which is especially important against the background of an immunosuppressive drug treatment of malignant neoplasms. Used spruce products, pine, fir, juniper and arborvitae. In addition, phytoncides are rich in all varieties of mint. However, when compared with mint, conifers win: they are available year-round, at any time you can get a fresh product. By the way, traditional medicine has long recommended using hot decoctions of pine needles for serious illnesses. Half a liter of water is boiled on a tablespoon of the product and insisted for one hour, eat half a glass four times a day.
Herbal medicine for cancer of the stomach, intestines, lungs and other organs is relevant as a means of weakening the negative effects of ionizing radiation. After coordinating the course with the doctor, from the first days of radiation therapy, they use a collection with a pharmacy chamomile, mint and plantain (all components are taken in an amount of 50 g). Yarrow, St. John's wort, is added in two smaller volumes. Half a liter of water is boiled on a tablespoon of the mixture, insisted for an hour, then the liquid is decanted. The drug is used four times a day for half a glass a quarter of an hour before a meal, shortly before bedtime. The duration of the program is up to 30 days. Sometimes this composition is used to facilitate general poisoning of the body while taking strong chemical compounds.
Recipes and Options
Herbal medicine for lung cancer involves the use of mucolytics, bronchodilators, as well as herbs that stimulate regenerative processes and inhibit the activity of inflammatory foci, weakening the general poisoning of the body. The most effective solution is to collect from an equal amount of linden, coltsfoot, mullein, marshmallow. Horsetail, pine buds, sweet clover, violet, chicory inflorescences, calendula, plantain are introduced into it (half as much as the first group of components). Finally, five times less than each component of the first group, Veronica, Budra, Highlander, lilac and chamomile inflorescences, dandelion and burdock rhizomes are added to the collection. The mixture is brewed, for every half liter of water using a tablespoon, let it brew for an hour. The finished preparation is used four times a day for food in half a glass.
Herbal medicine for lung cancer can also be used at the stage of infiltration, since a well-chosen composition stimulates the resorption of pathological structures. In pharmacies, you can find a collection made up of burdock and plantain leaves, yarrow, St. John's wort and sweet clover - each plant is taken in an amount of 50 g. 30 g of potentilla, coltsfoot, mountaineer, marigolds, horsetail and birch are introduced into the composition. The final stage is the inclusion of 10 g of walnut leaves, willow bark, dried cinnamon and geranium. Preparation and use coincide with the previously described compositions.
Effect: multifaceted
Oncological disease appears under the influence of a complex of factors - exogenous, endogenous. What man breathes, how he eats, in what conditions he lives, what is the radiation background of the area, plays his role. The probability of the process is affected by systemic, chronic, infectious, viral, inflammatory diseases, abnormal current or abnormal blood viscosity, malfunctioning of the hormonal background, enterobiosis, microflora imbalance. Combined treatment, radiation, surgery are designed to exclude malignant structures from the body. Medicinal plants for oncology are used to adjust other factors: increase immunity, eliminate inflammation, normalize the ratio of microscopic life forms in the human body.
Normally, the therapeutic course involves irradiation and taking medications both before and after the operation. The courses of drugs are most difficult to tolerate if you have to fight leukemia, sarcoma. The courses of radiation and chemotherapy for such diseases are shown in several stages, by repeated repetition. For example, in acute leukemia will have to go through at least two dozen cycles. This affects atypical cell structures, but at the same time harms the healthy. The first victims - blood-forming organs, gastric epithelium, brain, renal parenchyma, liver, lining of the circulatory system from the inside. To minimize these reactions, medicinal plants, infusions, oils, teas are used in oncology.
Performance Nuances
Herbal medicine in oncology is aimed at protecting young cells that are inhibited by the drug course. The use of plants can prevent a strong negative effect on a variety of structures. In addition to eating herbs, it is recommended to make enemas with herbal extracts. For one procedure, about 40 ml of warm liquid is needed. Brewed herbs, from which the infusion was drained for consumption, can be used as lotions if the skin is damaged: the herbs are applied to the affected area and wait for complete drying, after which phytogel is used to consolidate the effect. The ointment is prepared by mixing 20 g of herbs with 100 g of butter, then let it brew for four hours in a water bath, squeeze through cheesecloth and cool, stirring regularly. The substance should be stored in a cool room (on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator), tightly closed.
Phytotherapy for oncology gives the best effect if you choose the composition based on the nuances of the case. You can combine in different proportions and combinations meadowsweet, fireweed, birch and viburnum berries, budra and comfrey, oak and saber. Tatarnik, dandelion and burdock rhizomes, tansy and plantain have proved to be quite good. You can introduce marigolds, coltsfoot, horsetail, and cinnamon into the mixture. Nettle, geranium, highlander are known for their healing properties. In order for the collection to positively affect the immune system, it is reasonable to include in it a radiola, levsee, ginseng, eleutherococcus. Do not neglect the pharmacy chamomile and aralia.
Believe it or not?
Herbal medicine in oncology has repeatedly become the subject of careful research. The statistics clearly demonstrate: the use of medicinal herbs to alleviate symptoms and eliminate painful syndromes gives a good and pronounced result with minimal complications. This is most significant for people whose complete cure (from the point of view of the official forecast) is impossible or extremely unlikely. Compositions and fees on plants relieve pain, dyspepsia and nausea, stabilize stool, lower the required dose of narcotic painkillers. Clinical trials have shown that pain syndrome of moderate and severe levels can be stopped by a well-chosen natural composition in 75% of cases. The best results for pain relief were shown by calamus and eucalyptus. The effectiveness of the use of sage, wormwood, flax, raspberry, tansy is somewhat lower. You can use celandine and ordinary dill, nettle and corn, currants. The simplest and most familiar plants, when used correctly, can reduce pain and other negative syndromes associated with cancer. In experiments, hawthorn fruits, clover and wormwood, St. John's wort and yarrow showed their effectiveness. For a long time, dandelion, cinnamon, plantain used in folk medicine also gave certain results. Rosehip, wheatgrass should be included in the drug collection.
As a rule, herbal medicine in oncology is also aimed at stabilizing the digestive tract, relieving pain in the stomach. Celandine should be used for these purposes. Sage and valerian, burdock, and succession are somewhat less effective. As auxiliary components, wormwood, nettle, dill and raspberries, fireweed and marigolds, horsetail and hawthorn, corn can be included in herbal formulations.
Options: how will it help?
75% of patients experienced relief of vomiting, nausea when taking medicinal herbs. The best result was shown by burdock and fireweed, dill and birch. Quite good results were obtained by individuals who used preparations with tansy, potentilla, cranberries, and clover. To relieve nausea, traditional medicine recommends the use of corn, horsetail and nettle. Clinical practice has shown that it really gives a good effect. To stop vomiting, it is best to use fees with chamomile and coltsfoot inflorescences, plantain and St. John's wort, yarrow.
As can be seen from the statistics, up to 77% of patients were able to regain their normal appetite by including herbal preparations with the indicated herbs in the course of treatment. Most had symptoms of depressive disorder, shortness of breath, cough became easier.
With breast cancer, phytotherapy in 70% of the subjects allowed to achieve weight gain against the background of exhaustion. About 73% of patients began to suffer less from swelling, ascites, tachycardia was relieved, regenerative processes intensified. Patients were less concerned about bleeding. The success of the normalization of hemoglobin in the circulatory system by taking medicinal herbs is estimated at 65%.A well-chosen course helps to stabilize the content of leukocytes, platelets, and normalize ESR. But against anemia, herbal medicine for oncology gives a relatively weak result. To some extent, camomile inflorescences and plantain can be considered useful.
There must be a reason for everything
Herbal medicine for cancer is used only if specific products have shown good results based on the results of proven, reliable tests. Herbal medicine does not oppose official science, is used as an additional method and does not replace the main course. The cytotoxic, cytostatic qualities inherent in the components contained in plants are also found in a number of medications of artificial origin. It is believed that a natural product is better absorbed and less harmful to humans. At the same time, it is difficult to hide: herbal preparations widely used against cancer are scarce.
Herbal medicine for breast, liver, or kidney, bone, or other tissue cancers is often practiced using vinblastine, vincristine derived from vinca. Studies have shown that natural drugs supplying the body with colchicine and colchamine give a good effect for cancer patients - they are prepared on colchicum. From podophyllum people learned to extract and use teniposide, etoposide in the treatment of cancer patients. Yew is used to obtain taxoids, components with increased activity against tumor cells.
And if more?
Colchamine is a colchic alkaloid derived from the tubers of a plant. Two varieties of plants are suitable for the use of herbal medicines: autumn, magnificent. Both have antimitotic qualities. Colchamine is used internally and for topical external use. The second option is the use of ointments based on plants. This is especially true for malignant processes in the skin, if there are no metastases. The correct use of alkaloids allows for the rapid death of atypical cells without harming normal ones. The antitumor effect of the cytostatic substance allows more effective treatment of gastric cancer and damage to the esophagus. Such drugs are chosen if surgery is contraindicated for the patient. With chronic myeloid leukemia, colchamine is also used.
Colchicine can prevent the appearance of metastases and slow down their development, if any have already begun.
Vinca alkaloids made on the basis of a pink periwinkle are known for their antimitotic effect and are somewhat close to the substance described previously. The practice of using periwinkle alkaloids in the treatment of lymphogranulomatosis, lymphosarcoma, chorinepithelioma, neuroblastoma is widespread. In a number of diseases, substances are included as an auxiliary element of the combined treatment. Vinblastine, vincristine inhibit the metaphase phase of cell division. It is common practice to use products of periwinkle processing to synchronize the therapeutic course, that is, a program in which the patient takes drugs that block the growth of atypical cells at some phase of the life cycle. This allows you to achieve the simultaneous entry of a large number of malicious structures into a new phase, thereby making the impressive area of the tumor sensitive to the main treatment. Vinca alkaloids have shown themselves well as a synchronizing agent for neoplasms in the testes, lympho-reticulosarcoma.
What else happens?
Podophyllin, obtained from podophyllum, is not used in medicine by itself: semi-synthetic products of the processing of a substance called epidophyllotoxins are used. They show good results with Ewing's neoplasm, pulmonary cancer, and hemoblastosis.
Taxis obtained from yew are cytostatic agents that have recently become widespread in clinical practice. Paclitaxel was a pioneer in this area. In its structure, it is not an alkaloid, but a dicyclic terpene. Its proper use helps to increase the sensitivity of the pathological zone to the target ionizing radiation. A phytomedication “Taxoler” has a good reputation, similar to taxol, but twice as strong.
Tests have shown its effectiveness in tumors in the mammary gland, ovaries, and some forms of lung cancer.