Eight Herbal Remedies for Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Natural Approaches to Consider?

Many people in life become extremely fearful when talking about cancer, because cancer is a malignant disease that can have an impact on people's lives and safety. In addition to some conventional surgical treatments, traditional Chinese medicine can also be used in combination during the middle and late stages. Although the process of treating cancer with traditional Chinese medicine is relatively slow and long, the effects are generally good, and it has a certain adjuvant therapeutic role. So what are the eight herbal remedies for anticancer Chinese herbs?

Reishi mushroom can nourish qi and essence, soothe the mind and nerves, stop cough and reduce asthma, nourish and strengthen the body, and tonify deficiencies to fight cancer. It is the fruiting body of the porous fungi Ganoderma lucidum or Ganoderma sinense. It can improve immune function, inhibit cancer cells, and treat leukemia.

Chinese yew, also known as yew, is a rare evergreen tree protected at the national level. Its branches, leaves, bark, and roots can be used to extract the expensive anticancer drug paclitaxel.

Cordyceps has excellent medicinal value, commonly used for antitumor and immune enhancement. Its antitumor effects and immune-enhancing functions can achieve good results when used simultaneously in the clinical treatment of malignant tumors.

The main medicinal component of scorpion is scorpion venom, which has preventive and inhibitory effects on various diseases such as the nervous system, digestive system, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system, cancer, skin diseases, and various viruses that pose great harm to humans.

Astragalus is the dried root of the leguminous plant Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongolicus. It can be used to treat various symptoms caused by spleen and lung qi deficiency in cancer patients, such as pale complexion, fatigue, decreased appetite, loose stools, vomiting blood, hematochezia, shortness of breath with coughing and asthma, sparse and white sputum, lack of energy and willingness to speak, fatigue and spontaneous sweating, palpitations and insomnia, fever due to qi deficiency, edema, and oliguria.

The non-dialysis fraction of the hot water extract of Angelica sinensis does not act on T lymphocytes, but acts on β-lymphocytes, serving as a β-cell mitogen. This indicates that this substance is an activator of β-cells and may act as an adjuvant in the antibody production system, thereby enhancing the immune function of the body against tumor cells.

Panax notoginseng saponin Rd can inhibit 92% of cultured tumor cells, and Rd also has a significant inhibitory effect on cultured tumor cells. Saponin Rhl can inhibit the growth of mouse melanoma (B16), inducing the redifferentiation of cancer cells into non-cancerous cells.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum has certain effects in the treatment of various malignant tumors such as liver cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer, but the dosage needs to be carefully calculated.