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Alternative Therapies
Alternative Treatments | Organic | Supplements | MGN
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Because the medical community has not embraced naturopathy and alternative therapies, statistics on the efficacy of particular treatments are often hard to come by and leave room for fraud and doubt. It is our wish that traditional/western medicine would be more open to complementary therapies and that these would be researched, studied and covered by insurance!
CAUTION: The information listed below does NOT constitute medical advice,
and
nothing listed below should be viewed as a substitute for surgery or
medical
care. Consult a qualified health practitioner before taking any supplement
or
making any dietary change.
The following alternative therapies are helpful for most people with cancer
(many of them
particularly for breast cancer). The most helpful/important items are
CAPITALIZED:
Imagery/Visualization
Imagery and visualization are widely believed to alleviate the side effects of treatment, aid in boosting the immune system and shrinking tumors.
External Remedies
- Footbaths or handbaths of ginger, red clover, nettles, ESSIAC, & Forticell,
reportedly reduce nausea.
- Tangerine essential oil - applied topically, footsoaks or handsoaks;
greatly relieves nausea & vomiting.
- Castile soap - bathe with it to relieve nausea.
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Supplements That Can Be Harmful
- St. John's wort - may be safest to avoid it if you're taking the
chemo drug etoposide.
- Aspirin - may WORSEN side effects of chemo.
- Avoid sweets! - they worsen nausea from chemo.
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Qi Gong
Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese form of exercise and meditation that is similar
to yoga. It involves movement and breathing along the 5 meridians of the
body, exchanging bad for good energy and air. Chinese practitioners of this
art claim to have a 94% cure rate for all terminal illnesses with Qi Gong.
Treatment Centers
Intl. BioCare Hospital & Medical Ctr. (formerly
Amercan Biologics/Intl. Biologics)
Tijuana,Mexico
(800) 785-0490 / (800) 701-7345 / 52-66-81-31-71
Fax: 52-66-81-64-35
http://ibchospital.com
ibchospital@ibchospital.com
COLEY'S TOXINS reportedly produced
a 65% 5-yr survival for patients w/inoperable breast cancer, and 13 out
of 13 patients w/operable breast cancer (Moss, 1992, p. 408; Diamond et
al., 1997, pp. 880-
882).
For more info, see
http://cancerguide.org/coley.html
The following hospital (and others) offer Coley's toxins treatment:
Centro Hospitalario del Pacifico S. A. (CHIPSA)
Tijuana, Mexico
877-424-4772
858 573 9720
http://chipsa.com
info@chipsa.com
Recommended Books and Websites
Recommended Readings on Alternative Cancer Treatment
(Items preceded
by asterisk [*] are most highly recommended.)
- *Diamond, W. John, Cowden, W. Lee, & Goldberg,
Burton (1997).
- An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer.
Tiburon, CA:
Future Medicine Publishing.
- *Diamond, W. John, Cowden, W. Lee, & Goldberg,
Burton (2000).
Cancer Diagnosis. alternativemedicine.com
- *Fink, John M. (1997). Third Opinion: An International
Directory to Alternative Therapy Centers for the Treatment
and
Prevention of Cancer and Other Degenerative Diseases (3rd
ed.)
- Moss, Ralph W. (1992). Cancer Therapy. Brooklyn, NY:
Equinox.
- Moss, Ralph W. (1995). Questioning Chemotherapy.
Brooklyn, NY:
Equinox. (see also www.whale.to/cancer/chemo.html)
- *Alternative
Cancer Treatments (Bob Hurt) www.cancercure.ws
- Cancer Cure Foundation www.cancure.org
- Alt. Medicine Links www.geocities.com/ray_m_89119/index.html
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Miscellaneous Information
1. *CANHELP
Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.
(800) 565-1732 / (360) 437-2291
canhelp@olypen.com
www.canhelp.com
"Individualized....custom reports tailored precisely to your
medical history....diagnosis, age...cancer stage, and any
complicating factors...emphasizing the most promising treatments" and
treatment centers and the advantages of alternative and conventional
therapies to help cancer patient with her treatment
options.
2.*The Moss Reports
Ralph W. Moss
718-636-4433
http://www.ralphmoss.com/html/reports.shtml
"Detailed reports on a wide variety of cancer types and situations" providing
objective, detailed, prioritized information on the most promising alternative
methods and practitioners for the particular
type of cancer, critique of the conventional approach, and
treatments that the patient can do at home.
3. TIMING
OF BREAST CANCER SURGERY AND THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE
Based on a number of medical studies,
days 18-20 of the menstrual cycle appears to be the BEST/ideal time
for surgery;
days 13-17 and 21-25 also appear to be a good times,
days 26 and later appear mediocre (though the data are less clear),
days 1-2 and 7-12 appear to be poor times and
days 3-6 appears to be the WORST time.
4. WEARING BRAS AND BREAST CANCER PREVENTION
"A new study shows that...Women who wear a bra 24 hours a day are
125 times as likely to develop cancer as women who don't wear one
at all...In a study involving 4,700 women, those who never wore
a
bra had the same incidence of breast cancer as men--a rare
condition. Women who wore bras for more than 12 hours but did not
sleep in them had 21 times the risk as women who wore bras for
less
than 12 hours. It is postulated that lymphatic vessels are blocked
by the
bra, keeping lymphocytes (white blood cells) from their role in
destroying abnormal cells....the correlation is...4 to 12 times
as
great as the connection between smoking and lung cancer." ("Burn
Your Bra After All?" _Townsend Letter_ cited in _Alt. Medicine_
magazine, Jul. 2000, p. 15)
The information on this page was researched and provided
by Leonard Rosenbaum, "honorary herbalist" for the SURVIVOR
group. If you have a question or comment for him or about this topic,
please send an email with "Alternative Therapy" in the subject
line.
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