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Whats New 2003
Natural remedies for Lymphoma.
I’ve recently
managed a patient with lymphoma who was referred to me
by an oncologist as this particular patient expressed a
desire to explore natural remedies.
While this approach was not intended to replace
conventional medical treatment including chemotherapy it
certainly provided the option to utilise natural
therapies. I also thought that it would be a good idea to update my
knowledge in this area.
For those of you who elect to use these remedies
please be advised that the intention here is not to
replace medical treatment with this protocol
rather this provides you with another string that you
can add to your bow to combat this illness.
Here are the therapies you can use:
- Dimethylsulfoxide,
(DMSO) quercetin, mistletoe, trans-retinoic acid and
the Chinese herbal formulation dan shen have been
used to treat lymphoma in human trials and in the
laboratory context when these agents are added to
cancer cell lines.
Vitamin D is a differentiating agent, which
has the ability to change cancer cells into normal
cells.
- Piceatannol,
an analogue of resveratrol or red grape has been
shown to cause lymphoma cells to commit suicide in
the laboratory context.
Resveratrol has similar capabilities.
- In
the case of ovarian cancer including vitamin C,
vitamin E, beta-carotene, coenzyme Q10 and a
multivitamin/mineral complex with chemotherapy
improved patient outcomes quite considerably.
The same regimen could be used with regard to
lymphoma treatment.
- While
some studies how that taking the antioxidant alpha-lipoic
acid might be helpful and can be incorporated to
fortify chemotherapeutic agents such as doxorubicin
as well as boosting the anti-cancer activity of
vitamin C and inhibiting the growth of abnormal
lymphocytes others suggest that this nutrient might
increase glutathione in cancer cells which would
render them more resistant to chemotherapy and
differentiating agents such as vitamin D.
My impression is that the jury is still out
and therefore it might be wiser to omit this agent
while giving chemotherapy. Interestingly vitamin C
has the ability to reduce glutathione in cancer
cells making them more vulnerable.
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Spa
Chakra Wellness Centre
The
Wharf
Woolloomooloo
Sydney
2011
02
93680888
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