Holistic Cancer Treatment: General Discussion Board

http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/2007/pdf/2007-v22n04-p177.pdf

Whilst on the internet I have discovered a very good article by Mathias Rath. His cellular/nutritive approach to cancer and auto-immune diseases in general is very different to the standard conventional drugs medicine propaganda. The explanations he proposes are simply explained at the cellular level with many informative diagrams. Here is the link to the article (pdf):

The Origins of Disease

Hi Deirdre,

I have recently lost a few close friends and family members to cancer. As such I found the following pdf to be of some help in understanding some of the 'back-office' cell interactions as to how cancer gets its foothold. It is mostly in keeping with the cancer philosophies of EC. It may also help some of your 'posters' in getting a better handle on this terrible condition. I have also added a diagrammatic link to cell metabolism which I'm sure your readers will find as mind boggling as I did!

http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-7-7.pdf

http://www.expasy.org/cgi-bin/show_thumbnails.pl

It was in a physiology class at a well known medical school in l978/9 that the instructor shared a little pearl of wisdom. It was: "From some research we have going on here, we don't know how, but for some reason poke berries throws the body into gear to fight". I just sat there & grinned because I had been taking them for the last l5 years on the advice of a little country woman who probably didn't go beyond the 3rd or 4th grade in school. Most likely the producers of Vioxx studied this plant and found one or two chemicals that had the anti-arthritis action they wanted and made a synthetic version of them that could be patented, so they could rake in huge profits from it. You probably already know that Vioxx decreased quality of life or outright killed thousands of people.

It doesn't take an Einstein to figure out that the reason poke berries safely boosts the immune system, while a synthetic version of a few of the herb's chemicals maimed or outright killed thousands of people, is because the herbal remedy still contains the fail safe chemicals that the pharmaceutical company removed from their synthetic version they marketed. The problem is that the pharmaceutical company didn't test their synthetic version before marketing it and creating havoc for too many people taking it. An aunt of mine now has the residual damage from a stroke and a pacemaker implanted, thanks to Vioxx.

If you want to broaden your mind with a little more reading, go pick up a copy of "The Green Pharmacy" by James Duke, PhD degree botanist. You can get a quick education on how well these herbal remedies (plants, many of which are labeled weeds) have been studied and tested. Even the lowly little prickly pear cactus has an amazing array of chemicals and nutrients in it.

Cancer is a normal process and not a malfunction.

It is a one, a singular disease that takes place in the body in order to save the body from death.

I know it sounds like a contradiction since cancer leads to death, but this is because we don't see the whole picture.

Cancer cells are produced by the immune system in locations of the body where normal cells are unable to survive.

Some times the conditions for survival for normal cells in a specific location of the body become Intolerable up to a point when the normal cells cannot live there any more.

What leads to this worsening of conditions? There are mainly three reasons:

1) A trauma to the body that leads to a long standing lack of blood/lymph/nerve supply to a specific location.
2) A chronic accumulation of toxins in the body that accumulate in a specific location.
3) A continuous irritation from external or internal source.

At the beginning the immune system creates an inflammatory process in the specific location, aimed at eliminating the accumulated toxins. It may clear the area which will go back to function normally. It can also remain inflamed at that location but it will remain stable. The accumulation of toxins may increase and as a result, the inflammation can also get worse.

As the inflammation gets worse, more and more cells are dying in that location, blood supply is restricted, the oxygen level is going down and the acidity is going up from the breakdown of proteins.

These conditions augment the cells death and create a vicious circle of dying cells and worsening conditions.

The described set of events may lead to the complete destruction (necrosis) of the organ where it take place in, and then to a quick death.

The solution made by the body is to manufacture different type of cells that can flourish in such conditions.

These special cells will take the place of the normal cells until the conditions are back to normal and then they should die, when normal cells can live there again. Or if the conditions do not improve, extend the life of the organ and that person.

What type of cells can live in such conditions?

They need to be able to live in low oxygen low blood supply and in high acidic conditions. They also should be able to replenish the blood supply to this location. They should also keep on multiplying so if some die due to the tough conditions, enough of them will survive.

When we examine cancer cells we can see that they survive and more active (malignant) the more these conditions exist:

1) cancer cells can live in conditions where oxygen is very low by not using the Krebs cycle for getting their energy (as normal cells do) and using a process called Glycolysis which does not require oxygen.

2) Cancer cells can survive in a much more acidic conditions then normal cells.

3) Since they do not need so much oxygen and can live in acidic conditions, they can live in a low blood supply level.

4) Cancer cells also produce constantly new blood veins to improve blood supply to that location.

5) Cancer cells can consume the free amino acids and other nutrient from the breaking down of cells around them.

6) Cancer cells multiply constantly so even if some are destroyed due to these conditions, others will quickly replace them.

As a result of these characteristics, cancer cells can replace normal cells in a specific location and by doing so, inhibiting the quick destruction (necrosis) of an organ.

As a rule, cancer always starts in inflamed location.

When the process of inflammation is increased very slowly the end result will be a local necrosis like we see in arthritis or emphysema which they are a localized, partial destruction of an organ. If the inflammation is more aggressive the result is cancer.

Cancer can be eliminated if we eliminate the accumulation of toxins to the area and stop the inflammatory process.

If it can not be done then at least the cancer gave us several more years to live.

An operation to remove a tumor will be effective if the source of the cancer is localized, if it is a systemic accumulation of toxins or irritation then the cancer will reappear in the same or a different location.

hope this helps

Taxol has not turned out to be the silver bullet we hoped.

I do wish to say that a few doctors have combined chemo with DMSO and had much better results, only problem is the A.M.A. was very harsh on these doctors in spite of possitive clinical results.

Cancers also become resistant to chemo. There are two basic theories why, but it doesn't take a genious to figure out that cancers have high base metabolism and when their metabolism is slowed, chemo works less efficiently. Chemo targets rapidly dividing cells. Your immune system and your hair are rapidly dividing cells.

So, no surprise once you shrink a tumor with chemo, it stops shrinking at a certain point. And then eventually it become resistant to that chemo anyway. Why? Probably a metabolic process that detoxifies and excretes chemo. After all, our bodies metabolically detox ourselves and then excrete these toxins. The liver is a detox machine.

Cancer, born from mammilian cells then should follow suit. This means that anything we can do to disrupt cancers metabolic ability to detoxify itself, should be beneficial. I really think of chemo as a one shot proposition usually. Why should we not make this one shot as effective as humanly possible. Evidence suggests that almost all of these alternative therapies talked about here actually assist chemo, making it more effective. Cancer cells have no homeostatic mechanism for antioxidants and one study showed that the more antioxidants given with chemo, the more effective it became. A doctor will tell you not to take alternatives during chemo. Why? Because he was taught to say that. But heck, it's not his cancer! Think about it. You got one shot with chemo why wouldn't you pull out all the stops if you choose to go this route.

Most doctors agreed that the best way to fight Cancer is to first remove the Cancerous parts by surgery, then use radiation therapy to eliminate the remaining Cancer cells in case they transfer and recur. However,surgery will cause damage to the cells and radiation therapy also has a severe side effects to the human body.In particular radiation will make the activated oxygen super active and thus filled the body with free radicals.This creates a heavy burden to the patients already weakened by Cancer.

Radiation can kill cancer cells and also create new ones. Like chemotherapy, it seriously weakens the immune system, thereby subjecting the patient to the risk of other diseases, for example pneumonia.

Danger of Chemo to Cancer Patients
According to the Chinese Medicine, when spleen/stomach qi is damaged or in decline, a patient's life and health are in danger. Chemotherapy drugs often will damage the lining of the stomach and intestines, leading to symptoms of nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and a burning sensation. The toxins produced by cancer cells will often weaken the spleen/stomach qi as well. Chinese adjunctive cancer therapy includes supporting the spleen/stomach qi and its function of digestion and assimilation.

Chemotherapy injects highly toxic substances and can actually cause cancer, e.g., cyclophosphamide, which is used to treat bladder cancer. Those who are administrating the injections are very careful not to get any on their own skin because it will burn, yet they inject it into your veins.

Studies have shown that Chemotherapy often kills both cancerous and good cells at the same times,causing permanent damage to Vital organs and weakening the immune system.The side effects of Chemotherapy doesn`t end here.Chemotherapy leaves behind toxins in the blood,bones,brain,organs and skin.These toxins poison the body and become free radicals and attack an already severely weakened immune system.Chemotherapy patients often suffer from long -lasting side effects that affect their health and quality of life.

It must be noted that Chemotherapy often doesn`t kill all cancer cells.Many Patients often suffer relapses 6 to 7 months after Chemotherapy.In fact medical journals report that a 5-year survival rate is as low as less than 3 percent.Cancer patients, your choice of treatment could determine whether you recover or die a painful dead.

The 5-year survival figures, not to be confused with the successful treatment of the disease, for the major cancers using Conventional Cancer Treatments
are:
stomach - 5 percent
trachea, bronchus and lung -5 percent
breast -50 percent
oesophagus -5 percentlarge
intestine - 22 percent
pancreas - 4 percent
liver - 2 percent.1

You'll never hear of a natural cure in mainstream medicine, for the simple fact that natural cures are not recognized by the FDA because only synthesized compounds can be considered drugs and therefore be patented. (as of the 50's). Unless a pharmasutical company can figure out what it is in apricot seeds that may help in fighting cancer, and artificially reproduce it in a lab. Which they wouldn't do, Because most scientists, and researchers no longer have the ability to think "outside the box". For fear of being ridiculed by thier peers, and the losing thier grants, and effectively destroying their careers by not falling in line with conventional wisdom. or at least here in the good ol USA. Which in our arrogance we believe is the only place in the world that matters, when it comes to advancing the human race.

For instance. British researchers have studied grape juice and have concluded that it does have an effect on intestinal cancers, colon cancer, melanomas, and even breast cancer. In that it significantly reduces tumor size and in many cases puts the cancers into total remission.

But good luck finding a doctor in this country who even knows about the research. Let alone endorse it.

Truth about medical research, is that medicine is a business. They make money off of treating disease, not curing it. If we cured it, then that would be the end of the money train. It sounds incidious but its true.

Cancer Patients should not take any kinds of meat as Cancer will absorb nutrients from the meat. Meat will accelerate the growth of Cancer cells. Fruits,vegetables and herbs are the best as these foods helps to detox the body.

Many kinds of herbs, fruits and vege are very effective in fighting Cancer. These foods can detox the body, make the body alkaline and boost the immune system to fight Cancer effectively. A strong immune system is the key to curing Cancer as a strong, healthy immune system can recognise and kill Cancer cells effectively. This is the best option for Cancer patients as Chemo and Radition are very harmful to human body and cutting away of Cancer cells will only cause the cancerous cells to become haywired and spread at a faster rate to other parts of the body.

I have 4 friends and a father-law with cancer that are not getting help with medical treatment; hope this website will help anyone that is willing to take the alternative route. Thank you for a wonderful website EarthClinic!!! :) Linda Coe

I'll be glad to answer any other questions,

Thanks again,

Kim

Thanks again,

Kim

This issue is not just confined to the U.S., but it is occurring in many countries, if anyone really bothered to check free radical heavy metals in the drinking water with all those defective pipes and old water faucet by the time it reaches its destination the metals, bacteria and other toxins have accumulated after traveling miles of endless metal pipes, hormone altering plastics, etc.

In some countries, even if they are "developed" you just can't leave a glass water overnight, otherwise it becomes "spoiled" the next day. As a result, the cause of immunity problem is bought on by contaminated water. Some even went so far as to comment how sweet the water tastes for bottled water compared to faucet drinking water.

With lacking of analysis for dioxin, free radical heavy metals, rocket fuels, and others, I am going to assume the worse if people localy are getting sick.

Even in city where I live even with the lack of cancer, I found many places to be high in heavy metals content. Never mind about places with cancer and drinking water, that is even worse.

Therefore contaminated water where there is present cancer therefore is an immune issue, once the immune is down, viral cancer, staph infection, boils, etc. This is true whether it is autoimmunity or a sickness of cancer, or even a staph infection. You just can't cure anyone by suppressing the immune system. The real issue is to remove the cause and not just covering up the symptoms by sweeping under the rug.

If increased immunity is what you are after, the most basic issue is:

Stop drinking contaminated water, Take baking soda and lime (or lemon) formula, or Baking soda and Apple Cider vinegar formula,

To reduce fungus or staph infection or allergic skin, adding a pinch of borax is all that is needed in many cases. Borax is in my opinion a good antibiotic especially for the conditions of fungus.

Whenever cost is the major consideration and I must drink faucet water, two considerations are possible:

1. Using reverse osmosis water, and then add baking soda, potassium bicarbonate, and magnesium citrate, plus fulvic acid.

2. In cases of filtered water, I would consider at least adding 1/8 teaspoon of disodium EDTA in one liter of drinking water. It will at least remove the free radical heavy metals.

3. A weekly drinking of 6-12 drops of hydrogen peroxide, at least to remove the chemical toxins in your body. If the toxins is confirmed and I am sick. I will very likely to do this in all my drinking water for at least between 2 weeks to a month. In fact, when I first used hydrogen peroxide years ago, I was so happy that I used it for more than 2 years without a break. It is as if my chronic fatigue was eventually disappeared, along with taking baking soda and vitamin C (or lime or lemon) of course.

In a city where people drop off like flies, something simply must be done about it. We are simply sitting ducks if we just continue to do what we have always do. Habits needs to be changed.