| Cancer is the name given to any illness resulting from | | | | -Ayurveda |
| one of our body's own cells growing out of control. | | | | -Shark cartilage: Being tried in non-small cell lung |
| There are many processes that control a cell's | | | | cancer. it prevents new blood vessels growth |
| growth and division, each of which can go wrong. | | | | -Hyperbaric oxygen: In patients who had larynx |
| Several of these control mechanisms need to be | | | | removed for larynx cancer |
| damaged before a cell becomes cancerous. There are | | | | -Massage therapy: for cancer related fatigue |
| more than 200 different types of cancers, which are | | | | -Pancreatic enzyme therapy along with specialized |
| categorized in to carcinoma, sarcoma, lymphoma and | | | | diet for the treatment of pancreatic cancer |
| leukemia based on the cells from which they arise. | | | | -Mistletoe extract: for the treatment of solid tumors |
| The principles involved in treating cancer are either | | | | -Wheatgrass therapy |
| directly destroying the cancer tissues or indirectly | | | | -Macrobiotics: The macrobiotic diet is strictly |
| destroying them by depriving them of blood supply | | | | vegetarian and requires you to consume about half |
| and/or their nutrition. But the irony is that whatever | | | | of your daily calories from whole grains, about a |
| conventional treatment is used to destroy cancer | | | | quarter of your calories from vegetables, and the |
| cells do affect to some extent the normal cells also. | | | | rest of your calories from beans, seaweed and soups |
| They may damage the skin, liver, intestine the bone | | | | -Bioelectric therapies |
| marrow and other rapidly multiplying cells. Sometimes | | | | -Moerman's Anti-Cancer diet |
| the effect of the treatment is more devastating | | | | -Hoxsey herbal therapy |
| than the disease itself. | | | | -Essiac herbal therapy: Essiac is a herbal tea mixture |
| Role of Alternative Medicine in treating cancer | | | | that relieves pain and reduces the size of tumors. It |
| A larger study of Alternative medicine use in patients | | | | contains four herbs- burdock, rhubarb, sheep sorrel |
| with different types of cancer was published in the | | | | and slippery elm |
| July 2000 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. It | | | | -Pau D'Arco herbal therapy |
| was found that nearly 70% of the patients used at | | | | -Chaparral herbal therapy |
| least one form alternative medicine along with the | | | | -Laetrile (amygdalin): a chemical found in lima beans, |
| conventional treatment. The National Cancer Institute | | | | raw nuts and the pits of many fruits. Amygdalin |
| (NCI) and the National Center for Complementary | | | | produces cyanide, which proponents claim kills cancer |
| and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) are sponsoring a | | | | -Alkaline diet: such as fruits and vegetables and |
| number of clinical trials at medical centers to evaluate | | | | restricting acidic foods |
| alternative medical therapies for cancer. | | | | -Antioxidant found in fruits and vegetables |
| Alternative medicine includes therapies like herbal | | | | -Vitamins A, C and E: These are very good anti |
| remedies, vitamins, special diets, and acupuncture | | | | oxidants |
| among others. | | | | -Detox therapies including Gonzales nutritional |
| Acupuncture: effective in the management of | | | | metabolic therapy, colon therapy, and Gerson |
| chemotherapy associated nausea and vomiting and in | | | | therapy |
| controlling pain associated with surgery. Now used in | | | | The most successful practitioners integrate various |
| a trial to reduce the symptoms of colorectal cancer | | | | components of the alternative cancer treatments for |
| -Homeopathy | | | | a better outcome. |