First of all, herbalists (& acupuncturists) don’t actually treat cancer, we treat the side-effects of Western medicine treatments for it.

Second, as Oriental Medicine Practitioners, we’re not allowed to say or claim that we treat cancer or cure it! As for myself, I have to testify to that for my malpractice insurance and there is some statement to that effect on our practice act here in Florida. I can only assume that it’s the same in other states.

Third, it’s my personal opinion that you should have a good medical workup if you have cancer by a qualified MD, surgeon, oncologist, and/ or radiologist. Only then can you make an informed decision on how you will deal with this diagnosis.

Now with that out of the way we can explore how herbs can help you when you have cancer.

Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation have fairly common side-effects. You might lose your hair. You may have nausea & vomiting. You may be easily fatigued and tired all the time with low energy. Your immunity is probably at an all time low. This is all from your cancer treatment.

Herbal medicines can help with all these side-effects:

• decrease nausea and vomiting
• improve your energy
• decrease tiredness & fatigue
• boost your immunity
• help you sleep
• speed up healing
• and more….

Recipients of bone marrow transplants have months to years of extremely poor immunity before their bodies can cope with foreign germs like you might meet up with at the grocery store or church. Many transplant patients are home bound for long periods of time. Here, herbs can make such a tremendous difference in speeding up the process of re-building immunity.

These are just a few of the ways the right herbal medicines can help someone experiencing the side-effects of cancer treatment. For more information on how Herb Consults could help you go to our home page.