Lemon Grass for Cancer

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Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:51 pm (PST)

I don't understand why dandelion leaves are mentioned

first, then on to lemon grass. Was it a typo?

--- melly banagale <_tita_mel_ (tita_mel) >

wrote:

 

> There is a surge in the use of dandelion leaves in

> Israel. It was found to cause cancer cell suicide.

> Here is the article which was sent to me. I

> suppose

> this is still JB protocol compliant. It is an herb

> not a supplement which can be included in soups and

> other dishes or just make tea out of it.

>

> Melly

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>

> Fresh lemon grass

>

>

> A few weeks ago, an article on the medicinal powers

> of

> lemon grass went the

> rounds of internet. There's no harm trying this. A

> bunch of lemon grass is cheap. Or you can plant it

> in

> your backyard for a steady supply.

>

> The article is by Allison Kaplan Sommer:

>

> " At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist

> who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a

> pastoral farm in Kfar Yedidya in the Sharon region,

> couldn't understand why so many cancer patients from

> around the country were showing up on his doorstep

> asking for fresh lemon grass.

>

> " It turned out that their doctors had sent them.

>

> " 'They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot

> water with fresh lemongrass steeped in it on the

> days

> that they went for their radiation and chemotherapy

> treatments, " Zabidov told ISRAEL21c. " And this is

> the

> place you go to in Israel for fresh lemon grass.'

>

> " It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion

> University of the Negev discovered last year that

> the

> lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer

> cells in vitro, while leaving healthy cells

> unharmed.

>

> " The research team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and

> Prof.

> Yakov Weinstein, incum-bent of the Albert Katz Chair

> in Cell-Differentiatio in Cell-Differentiatio<WBR>

> the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at

> BGU.

>

> " Citral is the key component that gives the lemony

> aroma and taste in several herbal plants such as

> lemon

> grass (Cymbopogon citratus), melissa (Melissa

> officinalis) and verbena (Verbena officinalis. o

>

> " According to Ofir, the study found that citral

> causes

> cancer cells to 'commit suicide: using apoptosis, a

> mechanism called programmed cell death.

>

> " A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass

> contains enough citral to

> prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the

> test

> tube.

>

> " The BGU investigators checked the influence of the

> citral on cancerous cells by adding them to both

> cancerous cells and normal cells that were grown in

> a

> petri dish. The quantity added in the concentrate

> was

> equivalent to the amount contained in a cup of

> regular

> tea using one gram of lemon herbs in hot water.

> While

> the citral killed the cancerous cells, the normal

> cells remained unharmed.

>

> " The findings were published in the scientific

> journal

> Planta Medica, which highlights research on

> alternative and herbal remedies. Shortly afterwards,

>

> the discovery was featured in the popular Israeli

> press.

>

> " Why does it work? Nobody knows for certain, but the

> BGU scientists have a

> theory.

>

> " 'In each cell in our body, there is a genetic

> program

> which causes programmed cell death. When something

> goes wrong, the cells divide with no control and

> become cancer cells. In normal cells, when the cell

> discovers that the control system is not operating

> correctly - for example, when it recognizes that a

> cell contains faulty genetic material following cell

> division - it triggers cell death, " explains

> Weinstein. " This research may explain the medical

> benefit of these herbs.'

>

> " The success of their research led them to the

> conclusion that herbs containing citral may be

> consumed as a preventative measure against certain

> cancerous cells.

>

> " As they learned of the BGU findings in the press,

> many physicians in Israel began to believe that

> while

> the research certainly needed to be explored

> further,

> in the meantime it would be advisable for their

> patients, who were looking for any possible tool to

> fight their condition, to try to harness the

> cancer-destroying properties of citral.

>

> " That's why Zabidov's farm - the only major grower

> of

> fresh lemon grass in

> Israel - has become a pilgrimage destination for

> these

> patients. Luckily, they found themselves in

> sympathetic hands. Zabidov greets visitors with a

> large kettle of aromatic lemon grass tea, a plate of

> cookies, and a supportive attitude.

>

> " 'My father died of cancer, and my wife's sister

> died

> young because of cancer, " said Zabidov. " So I

> understand what they are dealing with. And I may not

> know anything about medicine, but I'm a good

> listener.

> And so they tell me about their expensive painful

> treatments and what they've been through. I would

> never tell them to stop being treated, but it's

> great

> that they are exploring alternatives and drinking

> the

> lemon grass tea as well. "

>

> " Zabidov knew from a young age that agriculture was

> his calling. At age 14,

> he enrolled in the Kfar Hayarok Agricultural high

> school. After his army service, he joined an

> idealistic group which headed south, in the Arava

> desert region, to found a new moshav (agricultural

> settlement) called Tsofar.

>

> " 'We were very successful; we raised fruits and

> vegetables, and, " he notes with a smile, " We raised

> some very nice children. "

>

> " On a trip to Europe in the mid-80s, he began to

> become interested in herbs.

>

> Israel, at the time, was nothing like the

> trend-conscious cuisine-oriented country it is

> today,

> and the only spices being grown commercially were

> basics like parsley, dill, and coriander.

>

> " Wandering in the Paris market, looking at the

> variety

> of herbs and spices, Zabidov realized that there was

> a

> great export potential in this niche. He brought

> samples back home with him, " which was technically

> illegal, " he says with a guilty smile, to see how

> they

> would grow in his desert greenhouses.

>

> Soon, he was growing basil, oregano, tarragon,

> chives,

> sage, marjoram and Melissa, and mint just to name a

> few.

>

> " His business began to outgrow his desert

> facilities,

> and so he decided to move north, settling in the

> moshav of Kfar Yedidya, an hour and a half north of

> Tel Aviv. He is now selling " several hundred kilos "

> of

> lemon grass per week, and has signed with a

> distributor to package and put it in health food

> stores.

>

> " Zabidov has taken it upon himself to learn more

> about

> the properties of citral, and help his customers

> learn

> more, and has invited medical experts to his farm to

> give lectures about how the citral works and why.

>

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