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| Poke (Phytolacca americana) |
| Eli Jones considered this plant the most valuable of all plants in the treatment of cancer. He believed the anticancer effects of poke were most useful against cancers of the breast, throat, and uterus. Poke is indicated for cancer of the breast when the breast is hard, painful, and purple in color. I often combine poke with Other lymphatic herbs that may include thuja, echinacea, baptisia, figwort, red root, tiger lily, ocotillo, and corydalis. Poke is helpful in fibroid tumors that are not cancerous. Its internal and external me is indicated for sore nipples and sensitivity or inflammation of the breast. For acute mastitis, poke is reed both externally and internally. It is the main ingredient in my lavender and poke oil compound. Poke is one of the best lymph remedies we have and a well-known alterative that needs to be reed with care, became an overdose could be toxic. Use only with the guidance of a health care professional. |
| Poke's specific indications include glandular enlargement and hardness, especially of the lymph nodes in all areas of the body. For tonsillitis and/or sore throat, I combine it with red root, echinacea, propolis, thuja, goldenseal, and baptize, add a small amount of glycerin and/or aloe, and use it as a throat spray. In chronic skin conditions, such as boils, ulcerations, psoriasis, or eczema, it is used locally as well as internally for its alterative properities, particularly its effects on the lymphatic glands. 28 2930 |
| modern research has reported that pokeweed contains a potent viral inhibitor that is capable of reducing the infectivity of the tobacco mosaic virus. Since then, three proteinaceous substances have been purified and shown to have antiviral activity: pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP), PAP II, and PAP-S, also referred to as phytolaccins. The PAPs are not only inhibitory to plant viruses, but are also effective against animal viruses, such as influenza A2, polio type-I, herpes simplex type-I, and herpes simplex type-II. Poke increases white blood-cell production and increases mitosis in lymphocytes. |
| Burdock (Arctium lappa) |
| Burdock contains antitumor activity and a substance capable of reducing mutation called the B-factor, for burdock factor. Benzaldehyde, a constituent of burdock, has been shown to have antitumor activity. Burdock is traditionally classified as an alterative and is an ingredient in the Hoxsey/trifolium |
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