{"id":63,"date":"2010-02-26T12:31:09","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T12:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/development.henrymcgrath.com\/?p=63"},"modified":"2016-03-08T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T15:19:43","slug":"research-on-chinese-medicine-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/2010\/02\/26\/research-on-chinese-medicine-and-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Research on Chinese Medicine and Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yi Yi Ren: top treatment for cancer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Chinese herb \u201cyi yi ren\u201d, also known as \u201cJobs Tears\u201d (in Latin Coix Lachrima Jobi), a Chinese relative of Maize, has been used in China for hundreds of years in the treatment of cancer. A recent survey showed that it had been taken by over 270,000 patients in around 2000 hospitals in China, in the treatment of carcinomas in the lung, liver, stomach and breast.<\/p>\n

The herb has now been developed into a drug called \u201cKanglaite\u201d, which is China\u2019s best selling cancer treatment. Kanglaite has now been approved by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Phase 2 trials in the USA.<\/p>\n

Yi yi ren is only one of many herbs used in Fishponds Clinic in the treatment of cancer.<\/p>\n

(Data source: Institute of Science in Society: www.i-sis.co.uk)<\/p>\n

Acupuncture Relieves hot flushes and night sweats in women taking Tamoxifen<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 2 million women in Britain take Tamoxifen on a daily basis, as an adjuvant treatment for breast cancer. Unfortunately, it commonly causes side effects of severe hot flushes and night sweats.<\/p>\n

A trial was set up at Mount Vernon Hospital, involving 52 women who were undergoing treatment for primary breast cancer. The patients were given 8 sessions of traditional acupuncture, mostly on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n

89% of women reported an improvement in their symptoms. The mean reduction in the number of flushes was 42.4%. The women also reported improvements in their emotional and physical well – being.<\/p>\n

The trial holders are seeking further funding to undertake a larger scale project.<\/p>\n

At Fishponds Clinic, acupuncture and herbs are used alongside chemo- and radio- therapy, to treat side effects such as nausea, insomnia, headaches and digestive problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yi Yi Ren: top treatment for cancer The Chinese herb \u201cyi yi ren\u201d, also known as \u201cJobs Tears\u201d (in Latin Coix Lachrima Jobi), a Chinese relative of Maize, has been used in China for hundreds of years in the treatment…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.henrymcgrath.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}