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| 7. Increases gastrointestinal functions, appetite, and overall vitality, and improves sleep. |
| PC SPES: Prostate Cancer Hope |
| International Medical Research, Inc., has been doing research on prostate cancer for over ten years and, in that time, has become convinced that this disease is the product of the dysfunction of multiple genes and cellular pathways that cannot be easily addressed by a single chemical. |
| After studying the effect of various herbal combinations on immune enhancement and cancer suppression, the company recently developed a proprietary herbal compound that has shown some positive results for metastatic prostate carcinoma. PC SPES contains eight herbs known to produce benefits to the immune system and, in the case of saw palmetto, to the prostate specifically. |
| Ingredients: |
| Reishi |
| Rabdosia rubescens |
| Chinese skullcap |
| Isaditis |
| Chrysanthemum |
| Licorice |
| Saw palmetto |
| This herbal composition was studied at the laboratory of Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D., at the Cancer Research Institute, New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York. The extract from these herbs was found to exert potent cytostatic and cytotoxic activity on several tumor-cell lines, including prostatic carcinoma. The in vitro activity was observed at concentrations that are achievable in patient tissues. The activity centers around arresting tumor cells in the G1 phase of their reproductive cycle, thereby causing active cell death (apoptosis). 130 It was noted that one of the essential genes (the bcl-2 gene), which would normally protect cells from apoptosis, thereby promoting their survival, is down-regulated by treatment with this herbal extract, suggesting that cells treated with this herbal extract may be |
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