-IBIS-1.5.0-
tx
reproductive system
ovarian cancer
nutrition
dietary guidelines
eating principles:
medium length alkaline fasts, depending on condition of patient, under physician's supervision (see Fasting in materia medica)
therapeutic foods
» Stagnant Liver Qi or Stagnancy in the Liver channel:
foods that invigorate the Qi, Liver foods, sour foods, Dispersing foods, foods that open channels
citrus peel
liver-cleansing foods: beets, carrots, artichokes, lemons, parsnips, dandelion greens, watercress, burdock root
foods rich in Magnesium
foods rich in Vitamin A
fresh juices:
carrot (Walker, p. 129)
carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, p. 129)
lemon juice in warm water
carrot and spinach (Walker, p. 156)
carrot, spinach, turnip, and watercress (Walker, p. 129)
recommendations for all cancers:
seaweeds, mushrooms (Chinese black, Shiitake), figs, beets, beet tops, papaya, mung beans, licorice, sea cucumbers, carrot, garlic, walnut, lychee fruit, mulberries, asparagus, pumpkin, burdock, dandelion greens, white fungus, taro roots, pearl barley, grains, fresh fruits and vegetables (Ni, pp. 108-109)
specific remedies:
soup of black or ling zhi mushrooms and white fungus, three times daily (Ni, pp. 108-109)
boil together mung beans, pearl barley, adzuki beans, and figs (Ni, pp. 108-109)
dandelion, burdock, and chrysanthemum flower tea (Ni, pp. 108-109)
avoid:
meat, alcohol, hot sauces, spicy foods, fried foods, fatty foods, rich foods, salty foods, chicken, coffee, cinnamon, anise, pepper, dairy products, high fat foods, smoking, constipation, stress
acid forming foods, tomatoes (Marz)
supplements
Vitamin A and E emulsion
Vitamin C
Shark cartilage 2 g per kg body wt q d (Lane, 1992)
Maitake mushrooms: Research indicates that extracts from the fruiting body of Maitake showed antitumor action against allogenic and syngenic tumors by not only directly activating the various effector cells (macrophages, Natural Killer cells, cytotoxic T cells, etc.) to attack tumor cells, nut also by potentiating the activities of various mediators including lymphokines and IL-1 to enhance cellular immune functions and to prevent a decrease of immune functions in the tumor-bearing host (Nanba, H, Hamaguchi, A, Kuroda, H. Chem Pharm Bull 1987,35:1162-1168; Yamada, Y, Nanba, H, Kuroda, H .Chemotherapy 1990;38:790-796; Nanba, H. J Naturopathic Med. 1(4):10-15)
Digestive enzymes: bromelain
Glandulars: thymus, adrenal (Bastyr)
» drug-related therapeutics:
Vitamins C and E for patients using adriamycin: antioxidants, specifically reduces cardiac toxicity of adriamycin (Doxorubicin) (Fujita, et al., 1982, 42: p. 309-316; Ellison, 1985; 37 (3): 112-113; Am Heart J, 1986; 111: p. 95)
» drug interactions:
Potassium, Magnesium and cisplatin (Platinol): cysplatin causes increased urinary excretion of Magnesium and Potassium (Buckley, et al., 1984; 144: p. 2347; Rodreguez, et al., 1989; 149: 2592-2594)
Vitamins B1, B2, B3, Vitamin K and folic acid can become deficient in patients using chemotherapy due to consequent anorexia, damage to the digestive tract, and malabsorption (Dreizen, et al., 1990; 87 (1): 163-170)
Vitamin K has been found to potentiate various chemotherapeutic drugs in animals (Taper, et al., 1987; 40: 575-579)
Vitamin A and cancer chemotherapy, esp. fluorouracil (5-FU): vitamin A enhances antitumor effect in animals (Nakagawa, et al., 1985; 76: 887-894)
footnotes
Nanba, H. Activity of Maitake D-fraction to Inhibit Carcinogenisis and Metastasis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. September 30, 1995:243-245.
Nanba, H, Antitumor activity of orally administered D-fraction from Maitake mushroom(Grifola frondosa). J Naturopathic Med. 1(4):10-15.
Nanba, H, Hamaguchi, A, Kuroda, H. The chemical structure of an antitumor polysaccharide in fruit bodies of Grifola frondosa (maitake). Chem Pharm Bull 1987,35:1162-1168.
Nanba, H. Immunostimulant activity in in-vivo and anti-HIV activity in vitro of 3 branched b-1-6-glucans extracted from maitake mushrooms (Grifola frondosa). Abstract, VIII International Conference on AIDS, 1992.
Yamada, Y, Nanba, H, Kuroda, H. Antitumor effect of orally administered extracts from fruit body of Grifola frondosa (maitake).Chemotherapy 1990;38:790-796.
See also Sources file