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Tumeric
Sheep's Sorrell
Parsley |
Natural health practitioners often recommend tumeric to cancer patients, (especially for colon and breast cancer), as the spice helps the liver and gall bladder provide a defense against cancer.
People with digestive weaknesses, flatulence, could consider using tumeric freely, especially as a flavouring with foods that are hard to digest. Tumeric stimulates gall bladder muscles and increases bile flow, which is required to digest fats and to lubricate the intestines.As well as stimulating bile flow, tumeric increases the output of the pancreas, which means the digestive enzyme production increases. Diabetics have found daily taking 1 teasppon of tumeric, 1 pinch of cinnamon and cloves and 1/2 a crushed bay leaf has enhanced the production of insulin by the pancreas. Research has shown tumeric helps lower cholesterol, internal blood clots, inhibits platelet aggregation and may be effective in conditions related to arteriosclerosis, particularly those related to thrombosis. Tumeric provides much the same effect as aspirin as a platelet inhibitor.
Pharmacological and clinical activities. An outstanding array of properties such as its antioxidant, digestive, anti‑inflammatory, anti‑platelet, blood detoxifier, cholesterol lowering and potential anti cancer effects should afford tumeric an important future role in the prevention and treatment of many conditions. In 1990, D.K. Shalini, in "Biochemical Pharmacology' reported that tumeric provided DNA protection from oxidative damage by carcinogens. In 1988, N.T. Huang reported that skin tumours in mice were inhibited at the rate of 98% by tumeric. |
This wonderful healing plant is one that cancer patients should grow in their garden and make use of regularly.
It's healing properties are well known in the herbal medicine field. The plant has become known in Australia in the last 15 year with the dissemination of information of the Essiac formula. Sheep's Sorrell is one of the major herbs used in the Essiac formula . You can find out how to make your own Essiac by reading Isabell Shipard's book "How can I use Herbs in my Daily Life” page 54 .
Sheep's Sorrel is one of the strongest antioxidant herbs we can use regularly, to benefit our health. Why are Antioxidants so important? They have the ability to zap out free radicals caused by food pollutants and stress , and provide a strong line of defence for the immune system. With regular use of Sheep Sorrell and other antioxidant rich herbs, we can boost the power of protection.
Sheep's Sorrell assists in throwing off any viral infection. Leaves are rich in Vit C and has been used as an antiscorbutic for Centuries. As a tea it is used by many as a cancer treatment.
You can eat the leaves in a tossed salad, tucked in sandwich or as a garnish on a meal, the mild, sour flavour adds a pleasant lemon like tang when served with other greens and vegetables.
Yes….. your garden holds many secrets for the healing journey. |
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This modest green is extraordinary rich in precious nutrients.
200mg of Vitamin C per 100g (the same amount of lemon juice, one of the best natural sources of lemon juice, one of the best natural sources of Vitamin C, contain only 100mg);
- 60mg of pro-Vitamin A (Carrots – 2 to 14mg);
- 240mg of calcium;
- 19.2mg of iron.
Parsley is an excellent antiseptic, purifying the blood and intestines. Some therapists claim it helps prevent cancer.
Balanced by its calcium content, parsley is highly recommended for correcting bone disorders like rickets, and for combating tuberculosis.
Its high iron content makes it deal for fighting anaemia, while its pro-Vitamin A acts as a remedy for ocular disorders due to a carotene deficiency.
Finally, it retards aging. A very old Professor (Still in excellent condition) at the University of Paris Faculty of Medicine proclaimed, "I owe my youth to the fact that I ate acres of parsley and a few tons of lemons”.
From: "The 5 Foods Centenarians eat” by Robert Toquet |
| Cancers One Way Ticket to the Brain |
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HOW do cancer cells get into the brain? A 'ticket' made of three genes seems to grant them access in mice. The discovery could one day lead to drugs that cancel out a similar ticket in people.
Around 10 percent of people whose cancer has metastasised, or spread beyond the original site, develop brain tumours. But it’s a mystery how cancer cells get past the "blood brain barrier”, which prevents the passage of most cells.
To investigate, Joan Massagué and his colleagues at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in
New York City injected human breast cancer cells into the arteries of mice. Three key genes were expresses in those cells that infiltrated the brain; one that helped the cancer cells "stick” to blood vessels in the brain, another that is known to make capillaries leaky, and a third that makes cancer cells mobile
(Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature08021).
NewScientist Weekly 9May 2009
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