History of Herbal Treatment for Cancer

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History of Herbal Treatment for Cancer

 

 

External Treatment for Cancer

 

The external treatment of cancer with escharotic salves actually seeks

out and destroys cancer cells. Escharotic pastes and salves are

caustic compounds that are applied externally on the skin. These are

directly applied over the affected area and will erode the tissue to

eventually destroy and remove the underlying tumor.

 

The direct application of herbs and herbal juices to tumors has been

practiced in many different traditions and cultures far back into

antiquity. It is known that the Native Americans commonly applied

poultices of roasted onions and bloodroot as well as other substances,

which eroded the skin to draw out cancers, tumors and other

undesirable materials. Straight garlic poultice will also cause

blistering and open the skin but, like onions, it is very painful.

These formulas were admired and used by medical doctors during the

18th century in Europe.

 

Other examples of topical application of herbs and their expressed

juice are the use of chelidonium or dandelion latex to remove warts

and other excrescences. The Chinese have a tradition of breaking open

the seed of brucea javonica and taping directly over warts and

excrescences to stimulate their dissolution. The treatment of breast

cancer particularly through the use of dandelion latex was described

as a folk remedy by the Chinese.

 

Japanese macrobiotics uses a grated poultice of the taro potato

(Colocasia esculenta) which grows in tropical, hot countries. The

Africans call this plant taro, in India it is called albi, in Japan it

is sato-imo ( " field-potato " ), in the Caribbean's it is malanga or

yautia. It is a staple food of the Native Hawaiians who make a

porridge called poi which is a staple of the traditional Hawaiian diet..

 

In the mid nineteenth century, Samuel Thompson, a leader of one of the

most popular movements of natural healing based primarily on the use

of Native American herbs, reported the successful treatment of breast

cancer. This was done by using a paste of thickened decoction of red

clover blossoms. It was repeatedly and thickly applied to the woman's

breast and covered over with a protective bandage. After a short time

the cancer literally sloughed off through the surface of the skin,

leaving a shallow crater. It is presumed that if this case is at all

similar to dozens that I have seen or heard of, that this healed over

without any complications.

 

Meanwhile and previously in Europe from the middle of the 18th century

to the mid-nineteenth century one of the ways of treating cancer was

by applying zinc chloride directly to tumors until they died and fell

off. This was obviously a painful process. Around the mid-nineteenth

century, Native American herbs became very popular in Europe and a Dr.

J.W. Fell, working at Middlesex Hospital in London developed a paste

made of bloodroot, zinc chloride, flour, and water. This was directly

applied as a paste to a malignant growth and generally destroyed the

tumor within two to four weeks.

 

Bloodroot (Sanguinarea canadensis) is one of the most beautiful

eastern North American woodland herbs and was commonly used to treat

cancer by the Native Americans. Since that time it has been identified

as a primary ingredient in most escharotic salves and pastes, as these

are called, used for the treatment of cancer. The alkaloid,

sanguinarine has been indeed found to possess powerful anti-cancer

properties.

 

The Eclectics medical doctors of the 19th century, especially Dr. Eli

Jones, specialized in the treatment of cancer emphasizing internal

treatment and lifestyle changes but evidently used escharotic salves

and ointments with success. The late Dr. Raymond Christopher created a

Black Ointment drawing salve that contained potent anti-cancer herbs

such as poke root and black walnut bark. Many consider this to be only

for drawing out slivers and such embedded in the flesh, but in fact,

the salve is also used for drawing out cancers and tumors. In recent

times various formulas for the salve has been sold or given away by

various clandestine individuals who are mostly motivated by the desire

to help provide patients with a less invasive and harmful method to

remove cancers from various parts of the body.

 

One of the most startling facts is that the use of escharotics has

been and continues to be an accepted and recognized medical procedure.

A medical text entitled Chemosurgery: Microscopically controlled

Surgery for Skin Cancer was written by Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, B.Sc.,

M.D. and last published by Charles Thomas in 1978. It uses the same

basic escharotic paste used by Eli Jones, Hoxsey, and others for

application for topical application for the removal of various

cancers, molls, warts and other growths and excrescences. Dr. Mohs was

clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin Medical

School

 

As recently as the late 1960's Vipont pharmaceuticals under the name

of Vipont Chemical Co. of Fort Collins, Colorado, was formed by a

rodeo cowboy named Howard McCrorey and two friends specifically to

research and develop the salve for FDA approval. At one point they

informally sent it off to an investigator of Mayo clinic to be tested

for its efficacy in treating cancer. The investigator sent back two

letters stating he had not tested anything that even came close to the

anti-tumor activity of the salve.

 

In order to keep the company viable they performed various contract

work. As a result they brought a toothpaste to market called Viadent

which utilized the ingredients of their salve to maintain dental

hygiene and prevent and cure periodontal disease. It was and still is

very effective and the company was eventually bought up by Colgate who

is the manufacturer of Viadent.

 

The Escharotic Black Salve researched by Vipont is the basic one that

is usually found. It consists of Equal parts powdered bloodroot,

galangal, zinc chloride and distilled water. Other versions of this

add white flour to make more of a paste consistency.

 

Besides its topical use, there is a tradition of internal use for

cancer and all infectious and inflammatory diseases. Vipont conducted

an LD/50 toxicity study of the salve for internal use. It was reported

that the LD/50 was around 700mg per kilogram of body weight. Since the

recommended dose for internal use is no greater than 250mg, at this

level toxicity is very low. However, it should never be taken on an

empty stomach as it can be too irritating. The salve can be taken in a

00-sized gelatin capsule as it is taken each day.

 

Vipont and company has documented the use of the salve for a wide

variety of problems, ranging from the removal of warts, moles and skin

cancers to other internal cancers, colds, eye problems (diluted in a

saline solution, one part salve to 1000 parts water), staff

infections, impotency, skin diseases, gastrointestinal inflammations

and other conditions too numerous to list. One representative who

reported this story and was on the Board of Directors of Vipont

Chemical Company, Clark Bigham stated that " my inclination is to try

it for just about any known condition other than stomach ulcers and

auto-immune diseases. "