History of Herbal Treatment for Cancer (With Link)

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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. "