Cancer Treatment by Conventional and Herbal Medicine การรักษามะเร็งด้วยการแพทย์แผนปัจจุบันและยาสมุนไพร

After discussion about conventional cancer treatment failure in part1 and pathogenesis of cancer in part2, now we would discuss about herbal medicine and its role in cancer treatment.

Bioactive plant compounds of various plants have been found.

There have been many studies about molecular targets of these bioactive plant compounds. Many of them are involve in pathogenesis of cancer especially cell cycle arrest and DNA repair, the main genome maintenance mechanisms.

In western medicine, herbs would be used by extracting pure compounds. But in oriental medicine, the more holistic way, we use a cocktail of herbs in each formulation.

Function of Herbs in Formulation

The classical chinese pharmacopoeia, Shennong Materia Medica, has classified the function of herbs in formulation into 4 groups :

1. Leading group : provide major action

2. Assistant group : provide supporting action

3. Detoxified group : control any possible toxicity

4. Carrier group : provide target along meridian channel

Advantage of Herbal formulaton over Single Herb Remedy

1. More potent and more effective : herbs in leading and assistant group would work together and support each other.

2. More safe : herbs in detoxified group would detoxified any contained toxic compounds.

3. More accurate : herbs in carrier group would lead the formulation to the target.
Goal for Herbal Medicine in Cancer Treatment

1. Capable to detoxify the toxic substances from cancer cells

2. Capable to destroy cancer cells and any superimposed infection such as viral infection

3.Maintenance of normal cell proliferation and differentiation

After this article, we would add the case studies from my practice.

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