Medicinal Plants for Cancers & Tumors

By Aaron Matas

More than 90 plants are listed with a short description of beneficial effects related to cancers and tumors. A few common ones are Ginger, Grape, Beans, Ginseng, Clove, Chamomile, Horseradish, Turmeric, Oregano and Green Tea. A few not so common include Dogodogo, Tropical Almond, Gotu Kola and Burdock. Eat healthy and be healthy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781304064134

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Medicinal Plants for Cancers & Tumors

Medicinal Plants for Cancers and Tumors

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Copyright © 2013 Aaron Matas

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ISBN: 978-1-304-06413-4

Sources Referenced

FIJIAN medicinal plants R.C. Cambie AND J. Ash -> FMP

PDR for Herbal Medicines 4th ed. 2007 -> PDR

Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals Max Wichtl 3rd ed. 2004-> HDP

PDR - abbreviation for Physician's Desk Reference

Most Herbal PDR information cited or referenced from Germany's Commission E (kinda like America’s FDA) and PhytoPharm U.S. Institute of Phytopharmaceuticals

Fiji plants and references can be found in FIJIAN medicinal plants

Additional information from

An Illustrated Guide To Herbs their medicine and magic by Anna Kruger 1993

A Few Notes

A lifelong interest in herbs and plants. Three and a half years in pre-med and a degree in Electrical Engineering. I found an article on Garlic about 20 years ago. It listed specific viruses and bacteria. I loved it. Wondered when someone would put the information together and make it easier to get to. The economy is bad and work is slow. I’ve been working on this information steady for about 10 years now. I sent a copy of the first revision to my brother, his reply ‘WHAT IS IT?" That was the original book ‘1000 Plants and Remedies’. Seven, eight or nine revisions later I tried to get it published, finally someone suggested a book for each ailment. Still not good enough, ‘its just a list’ or ‘you need pictures, maybe some recipes’. Almost forgot, ‘why did you include Fiji plants?’  ..because I originally made an ailments index for a friend in Fiji, also most plants are found in the tropics and we’ve got global warming and cross referencing two good sources made a lot of sense to me. Most plants are not found in both books, but the ones that are, usually agree about the beneficial effects. Information from half way around the world from another culture that agrees with scientific data from our western culture kinda clinches it for me. This stuff works!

Pictures or additional information, where? Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR), its online, has a lot of good pictures. Wikipedia was the only resource where I could type in the scientific name and consistently find information. Common names can be misleading at times.

I plan on a number of books

1000 Plants and Remedies (has the individual virus and bacteria list)

Medicinal Plants for Diabetes

Medicinal Plants for Colds and Flu

Medicinal Plants for Wounds, Cuts and Burns

Medicinal Plants and Viruses

Medicinal Plants and Dental Health

Medicinal Plants and Heart Health

…maybe tonics or tropical diseases or you can suggest one. Re-indexing a very good source of information opened up a lot of good information.

Medicinal Plants for Wounds, Cuts and Burns mentions tannins a lot, so I started looking at the Compounds section in the PDR and found that a lot of plants that are good for wounds, cuts and burns contain tannins. That prompted me to remember ...Lady's Mantle -(Alchemilla vulgaris) in this book. Alchemilla extract with high tannin content is antimutagenic, a strong antioxidant, which effectively scavenge superoxide anionsHDP

and

248B Dogo(Fiji) Bruguiera Gymnorhiza

Investigations have shown that tannins are often responsible for the antitumor activity of crude