Cancer and herb support
Notes taken from The holistic herbalism podcast
There is no herb that cures cancer, There is also no pharmaceutical that cures cancer.
A high sugar diet sets the stage in the body for cancer
Studies have shown that people who eat more vegetables have less cancer in general.
Note: don't use the essential oils, use the plant
Almost all culinary herbs have shown to have anticancer activity in studies
Parsley studies have isolated a constituent called apigenin that has shown to inhibit angiogenesis which is when a tumor creates its own blood vessels to get the supplies to grow.
A lot of other herbs have apigenin, garlic, chamomile, alfalfa, ginkgo.
Parsley is also a diuretic which supports kidney health, parsley is economical
Rosemary is a famous anti cancer herb because studies have shown some of the fatty acid constituents and terpenes in rosemary encourage apoptosis (programmed cell death)and can get a tumor to stop growing. Also rosemary resensitizes the tumor to respond to chemo
Some of the Adaptogen herbs help chemotherapy drugs and help your body tolerate the process, adaptogen herbs help your body withstand stress.
Eleuthero studies on breast cancer have shown that taking this herb one hour before before chemotherapy and one hour after made treatment more effective and lessened the side effects
Astragalus boosts the production of red blood cells and white blood cells
Codonopsis helps with white blood cell counts, it has a lot of nutritional benefits as well
Nettle leaf and/or seed helps with chemo in particular because it nourishes everything, even hair
Ashwagandha for adrenals and circadian rhythm
Elecampane for respiratory health but also gut health and breaks up biofilms,
A biofilm is an assemblage of surface-associated microbial cells that is enclosed in an extracellular polymeric substance matrix
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