Levi E. Fried and Jack L. Arbiser Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Winship Cancer Institute, and Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Abstract Honokiol is a small-molecule polyphenol isolated from the genus Magnolia. It is accompanied by other related polyphenols, including magnolol, with which it shares certain biologic properties. Recently, honokiol has [...]
Pillai AK, Sharma KK, Gupta YK, Bakhshi S. College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. PURPOSE: Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are major adverse effects of chemotherapy. Ginger has been used in postoperative and pregnancy-induced nausea and vomiting. Data on its utility in reducing CINV in children and young adults [...]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990743/ Abstract This article reviews recent basic and clinical studies of ginseng, particularly the anti-cancer effects and the potential chemopreventive actions by activating the transcriptional factor, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (Nrf2 or NFE2L2)-mediated anti-oxidative stress or anti-inflammatory pathways. Nrf2 is a novel target for cancer prevention as it regulates the antioxidant responsive element (ARE), [...]
Posted in Bob Flaws’ Blog by Bob Flaws For a number of years now, many Western practitioners of Chinese herbal medicine have been concerned over the effects of the phyto-estrogens in Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) on estrogen-dependent cancers, such as certain cell lines of breast cancer. While Chinese medical oncologists in China routinely prescribe [...]
Posted in Bob Flaws’ Blog by Bob Flaws On pages 21-22 of issue #8, 2008 of Xin Zhong Yi (New Chinese Medicine), there is an article titled “Observations on the Relationship between Breast Cancer MRI Images & Chinese Medical Patterns” by Huang Yong et al. Follow up: The authors of this article all work in [...]
by Bob Flaws Recently a Blue Poppy customer told us how successful Blue Poppy Burn Ointment is for radiation-induced burns. Radiation burns are damage to the skin or other biological tissue caused by exposure to radio frequency energy or “ionizing radiation.” When radiotherapy is used to treat various types of cancer, burns from the radiation [...]
Randomized clinical trial of Chinese herbal medications to reduce wound complications after mastectomy for breast carcinoma. Chen J, Lv Q, Yu M, Zhang X, Gou J. Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China. Abstract BACKGROUND: Ischaemia and necrosis of skin flaps is a common complication after mastectomy. This study [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, September 15, 2010 Cancer and Vitamin C: Evidence-Based Censorship (OMNS September 15, 2010) The very first paper in the Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal’s special issue on cancer condemns vitamin C therapy for cancer. (1) Furthermore, that Journal has refused publication of a letter correcting the article’s numerous [...]
Electroacupuncture at Zu San Li (St 36) for the Toxic Reactions to Chemotherapy abstracted & translated by Bob Flaws, Lic. Ac., FNAAOM (USA), FRCHM (UK) Keywords: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, electroacupuncture, oncology, cancer, chemotherapy, St 36 In issue #3, 2004 of Xin Zhong Yi (New Chinese Medicine), Chen Chuang et al. of Nanning in Guangxi [...]
Acupuncture for the Digestive Tract Side Effects of Chemotherapy abstracted & translated by Honora Lee Wolfe, L.Ac., FNAAOM (USA) Keywords: Chinese medicine, acupuncture, oncology, chemotherapy side effect On page 49 of issue #4, 2005 of Shan Xi Zhong Yi (Shanxi Chinese Medicine), Han Jian-hong published an article titled, “The Acupuncture-moxibustion Treatment of Post-chemotherapy Adverse [...]
Cancer is one of adult’s diseases that are most difficult to cure. In order to treat various cancers, surgical operation, radiotherapy and chemotherapy (administration of anticancer agent) are generally used today. But in any case, their side effect is causing serious damage and suffering to patients. As an alternative to these treatment methods, immunotherapy [...]