Post-breast cancer herbs

[Guest guest]

Greetings all -

Would appreciate opinions and also any references you may know regarding

prescribing herbs for a patient who has had breast cancer twice; in remission

for 5 years now; still taking Tamoxifan.

I have read that any herbs that are 'estrogenic' should not be given. However,

this patient is blood and qi deficient and could benefit from herbs, yet I

hesitate. Thanks.

[Guest guest]

 Hi Nancy:

 

 Always prescribe according to presenting signs and symptoms. Be aware of

possible drug interactions, rate level of danger and prescribe conservatively if

you feel the need.

 

 If you do a search for Isaac Cohen, Breast cancer and Traditional Chinese

Medicine, you should come up with a lengthy overview regarding this topic.

 

 In related news, I just had a meeting today with a " Clinical Research

Specialist " (designs studies) at a hospital here in Toronto. She is developing a

proposal initiated by an oncologist who asked " what measures can be suggested

for promoting health and reducing the risk of recurrence in patients who have

completed conventional treatments for (breast) cancer? " This question stemmed

from the obvious lack of care following cancer treatment, but mainly from the

constant questions put forth by patients as well as their very high interest in

" alternative medicines " .

 

 This grassroots interest in our medicine is another source of potential power,

along with money and lawyers , but we need to tap into it effectively.

 

 This lady was very interested in the implications of the study I reference in

my blog (http://tinyurl.com/qt6khk), and we both feel that there are huge data

sets in modern healthcare that are simply ignored. These datasets involve

quality, human relationships, implication or meaning, and long-term outcomes.

She is very interested in the implications or meaning of the fear associated

with cancer, for example in the behaviour advocated by current best practices

which is to screen as early as possible and as often as possible for changes in

the breast.

 

 Thanks,

 Hugo

 

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Hugo Ramiro

http://middlemedicine.wordpress.com

http://www.chinesemedicaltherapies.org

 

 

 

 

 

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Nancy Corsaro <eastwestacup

Chinese Medicine

Friday, 26 June, 2009 9:38:01

Post-breast cancer herbs

 

 

 

 

 

Greetings all -

Would appreciate opinions and also any references you may know regarding

prescribing herbs for a patient who has had breast cancer twice; in remission

for 5 years now; still taking Tamoxifan.

I have read that any herbs that are 'estrogenic' should not be given. However,

this patient is blood and qi deficient and could benefit from herbs, yet I

hesitate. Thanks.