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| cervical cancer. 11 An ethanol extract of turmeric, applied externally for the treatment of skin cancer (where all other treatments failed), has relieved pain, reduced itching, and promoted healing. Turmeric has been shown to be extremely effective at inhibiting recurring melanoma in people at high risk and has demonstrated antihepatotoxic effects against a variety of chemical toxins, such as carbon tetrachloride. It has also been shown to inhibit both azomethane-induced colon cancer and DMBA-induced breast cancer.12 |
| A new study on turmeric administered in the diet or applied topically has shown a significant chemoprotective effect on oral precancerous lesions.13 In addition, another study involving the chemopreventive effects of curcumin derived from turmeric along with epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) from green tea has shown that the combination of these naturally occurring botanical constituents demonstrates synergistic interaction in inhibiting growth of squamous cell carcinoma.14 |
| A recent study demonstrated the potent free-radical scavenging effects of curcuminoids present in turmeric in a study involving nitric oxide. Curcumin reduced the amount of nitric oxide generated from sodium nitroprusside. Because this compound is implicated in inflammation and cancer, the therapeutic properties of curcumin against these conditions might be at least partly explained by its free-radical scavenging properties, including those directed at nitric oxide.15 |
| Another recent study has demonstrated a connection between nitric oxide production and tumor angiogenesis. It seems that elevated levels of nitric acid correlate with tumor growth. Nitric oxide appears to be critical for vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which is an angiogenesis activator.16 |
| Very often, part of my protocol for inhibiting cancer will consist of combining bromelain with turmeric extract tablets containing 95 percent cur-cumin, and one or more medicinal mushroom extract capsules (reishi, maitake, shiitake). I believe that turmeric, which possesses anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, fibrinolytic, and liver-protective properties, has a synergistic effect with the enzyme therapy of bromelain. |
| Bupleurum (Bupleurum chinense) |
| One of the most widely used herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine, bupleurum is useful for conditions associated with constrained liver chi (stagnation). |
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