holistic care: herbal medicine

Panax ginseng (PG, Ren Shen)

• pharmacological functions:

  • cardiovascular protection

  • antitumor

  • anti-aging

• usually taken alone- main ingredient of linzhong decoction

• widely used in east asia for thousands of years

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6766161/#abstract1

references

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6766161/#abstract1

Turmeric (Curcuma longa, CL, Jiang Huang)

• main active ingredient: curcumin (inhibits migration/growth of cancerous cells)

  • no evidence shown that this component is toxic to humans/animals

• often used to tx/suppress cancerous activity of digestive system

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6766161/#abstract1

Astragalus membranaceus (AM, Huang Qi)

• main medicinal ingredients: astragalus polysaccharide and astragaloside

• immune and antiviral functions- anticancer activity

  • cervical, breast, lung cancer, leukemia

• “one of the main components of Buzhong Yiqi decoction, which is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription with good effect on cancers”

https://pmc.nc

Bai Hua She She Cao (Oldenlandia diffusa- OD)

• anticancer drug - best for antitumor therapy

• often used in combination with Scutellaria barbata

“can effectively induce apoptosis of prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, gastric cancer, and other tumor cells” (Liu W et al., 2019)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6766161/#abstract1