this question is for john23

kersha


Here's the two threads where the data is posted:

http://csn.cancer.org/node/183225

http://csn.cancer.org/node/185642

I took the herbs for six month intervals, and have not taken
any for the past year. Chinese herbs (or any medicinal herbs)
are not taken continuously, they are only taken until the problem
is resolved.

You -MUST- have a qualified herbalist, or (preferably) a doctor
of TCM sciences to contact and work with you if you choose
to self-medicate. Self-medicating is dangerous, and the disease
it's being used in an attempt to defeat, is a terminal disease.

The herbs are not typical Holistic or "Natural Foods Shop"
grade herbs, they are medicinal strength herbs that are as potent
as any western medicine.

And as I stated in previous posts, I will not make any claim that
they are the reason I'm still alive. but if I did Chemo, I would not give
that the credit either.

It's written in various western medicine journals, that statistically,
approximately 25% of cancer victims that do absolutely nothing
after surgery, remain alive for 3-5 years or more. Statistics like that
aren't widely talked about, but if you press any oncologist for the
real facts, they will explain it.

So am I in that lucky 25% ? Could be... But if I took chemo, wouldn't
it also be possible that I'd have been in that lucky 25%?

The advantage of TCM and herbs, is the lack of the dangerous
side effects. But, as I stated above, they are very, very strong
herbal medicines, and you can do serious harm by taking the
wrong ones for your body, as well as taking the "right ones" for
too long a period of time.

Having a qualified TCM doctor or herbalist to refer to, is an absolute
must. If you run into a problem, they can quickly resolve it.

I did have a minor problem result, with what is known in TCM as
a "Kidney Yin Deficiency" as a direct result of taking one herb
in too large a dosage. My TCM doc quickly resolved the problem
with one batch (one day) of his herbal prescription.

So....... and I can't say this enough..... DO NOT self medicate
without supervision of a qualified TCM doctor, or a qualified
herbalist. This stuff is nothing to fool with; not herbs, not cancer.

I'm still here after a stage 3c/4 diagnosis, and a real bad prognosis,
and after having a colon tumor the size of a fist removed.

It took so long (6 mo) for my surgical wound to heal after my
month+ long hospital stay, that they said the chances of chemo
providing that much help, was slim at best.

I turned to Chinese herbs, and consequently never suffered
the ill effects that so many here have, of chemo and radiation.

If, for any reason, I find that the herbs are not helping, or that
I have signs of cancer in a critical area, I may or may not choose
to go to western medicine.

As much as I am reluctant to go back to western medicine for
-any- reason, one has to keep all options open.

TCM is a very, very viable option to western medicine. It continues
to be practiced in China and other countries, side-by-side with
western medicine. And as a thousands of years old science,
it is nothing to be cast aside easily. The results are good, if not
better than western medicine, and does not have that long list
of side effects we read at the end of every commercial.



Good health !!


John