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| A major advantage of implementing natural healing by the use of herbs and diet is that nature has an innate intelligence that is not merely directed at removing superficial symptoms but in restoring balance as well. Only nature in the form of herbs can bring us into balance, lift our spirits by elevating our mood, bind to cancer-promoting hormones, detoxify the liver, strengthen the endocrine system, enhance the immune system, assist in regulating body temperature, remove obstructions and accumulated toxinsand all in collaboration with our own innate healing vital force. |
| Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) |
| Red clover blossoms are an excellent alterative, and one of the main herbs in the trifolium compound and the Hoxsey Formula, a classic combination of alteratives, tonics, and eliminative herbs used to treat many glandular disorders, skin afflictions, coughs, and various cancers. Traditionally, red clover was used as a blood purifier as well as for irritable conditions of the larynx and air passages, especially if accompanied by a spasmodic cough. |
| On an emotional level, red clover can have a healing effect on the heart. Recent investigation of this plant has shown it to be rich in isoflavones, such as biochanin A and genistein, which exert powerful antiestrogen, anticancer, and antiangiogenic effects. Red clover seems to be most active against prostate, breast, and colon cancers and melanoma. |
| Coumarin, which is another main active ingredient in red clover, as well as the popular Chinese herb dong quai, has been shown to stimulate macrophages and reduce the recurrence of metastatic melanoma. Twenty-seven patients who had recently undergone surgical excision of malignant melanomas received either 50 mg a day of coumarin or a placebo in a randomized, double-blind trial. During a follow-up period of two-and-a-half to three years, there were two recurrences of melanoma in the thirteen patients treated with coumarin, compared to ten recurrences in the fourteen patients given placebo. 39 |
| Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) |
| Licorice is an antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and antiulcer herb and it increases the production of interferon and natural killer-cell activity. Licorice inhibits Epstein-Barr virus expression, which is associated with development |
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