Class Notes from Lesson 10-5 Constitutional

 Lesson 10-5: Cancer Management

Discussion of the book Herbal Medicine and Healing Cancer - he says that a lot of the info in the book is taken from secondary sources and not tested by the author, but much is good. Discussion on Essiac around 23 minutes in. It is good to know there is a good use for field bindweed... it blocks blood vessel growth in cancers!

PRIMARY TREATMENT PROTOCOLS

Cancer Prevention and Cancer Support

Prepare a tonic, with emphasis on tea herbs when possible.

FOR DETOXIFYING - ANTIOXIDANT THERAPY. Mineral tea, to be taken 2-3 times a day, prepared fresh each time, using available combinations of Alfalfa, Red Clover, Nettle Leaf, Mormon Tea, Oat Herb or Dandelion Leaf.

Hoxsey Formula

Glycyrrhiza, 12 g.

Trifolium pratense, 12 g.

Arctium, 6 g.

Stillingia, 6 g.

Mahonia, 6 g.

Phytolacca americana, 6 g.

Rhamnus purshiana, 3 g. (Properly, Picramnia spp.- Cascara Amarga or Sweetia panamensis - Billy Web Bark)

Rhamnus frangula, 3 g.

Zanthoxylum americanum, 3 g.

Combine the dry herbs, place in 3 cups of water and simmer for 10-15 minutes. Cool, strain and store in a dark glass jar. sig: use 2-4 tbsp. tea in a third cup water adding 1-2 drops of saturated potassium iodide and 5-11 drops strong iodine (Lugol's) solution. Take q.i.d., p.c. and before bed. (NCNM Pharmacy)

Compound Fluidextract of Trifolium

Trifolium 215 Gm

Glycyrrhiza 215 Gm

Mahonia 108 Gm

Cascara Amarga 108 Gm

Arctium 108 Gm

Phytolacca 108 Gm

Stillingia 108 Gm

Zanthoxylum 30 Gm

All should be coarsely ground. Prepare a fluidextract, using 50% alcohol for the first percolate, 30% alcohol for the balance. Dose, 1 teaspoon 2-3 times a day.

SUPPLEMENTS:

Vitamin C (1-2 grams daily).

Vitamin E (between 400 and 800 i.u .daily).

Magnesium (usually 500 mg daily).

Selenium (around 50 mcg daily).

Chromium chloride or picolinate (100-200 mcgs daily).

Zinc (25-50 mgs daily...not to used concurrent with NSAIDs).

Lipoic Acid (400-600 mg daily)

Co-Q10 - ubiquinone (100-400 mg daily)

ANTI-OXIDANTS and ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES

Chaparral (Larrea) as a tincture, 30-60 drops a day.

Turmeric (Curcuma), 4-8 capsules a day, Curcumin 95%, 2-3 capsules a day.

Licorice Root (Glycyrrhiza), 4-6 capsules a day, 20% Glycyrrhizin, 1-2 a day.

Green Tea 1-3 cups a day

Coleus forskohlii as a tincture, 60-90 drops a day, 2-4% forskohlin, 2-4 capsules day (except with low blood pressure or with beta blockers)

Boswellia serrata, 60% boswellic acid, 2-3 capsules a day

FLAVONOIDS

Blueberries or Huckleberries, Prickly Pear fruit, Cactus Flowers, Penstemon Flowers, Ocotillo Flowers, Desert Willow Flowers, Service Berries, Salal Berries, Rose Hips, Elder Berries, Aralia Berries, Cherries, Mulberries.

RADIATION-CHEMO SUPPORTIVES

Tincture of Myrrh, 30 drops, Echinacea Tincture, 90 drops, 2-3 times a day

Milk Thistle (Silybum), 5-10 capsules a day, 20% Silymarin, 2 a day.

Maitake (Grifola frondosus) - ad libitum

Cordyceps (Cordyceps sinensis) - ad libitum

Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) - ad libitum LONG-TERM ANTI-METASTATIC THERAPEUTICS

Maitake (Grifola frondosus) - ad libitum

Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) - ad libitum

Shiitake (Lentinus edodes)

Birch Bark tea (Betula spp.)

SPECIFICS

Maitake (Grifola frondosus) - Breast and lung cancer

Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens) - Prostate cancer

Andrographis paniculata - Skin cancer, including melanoma, Breast and Prostate cancer (not for use in pregnancy)

Here is the link to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine Course

https://www.swsbm.com/school/