Misha Cohen: Chinese Herbs for Toxic Heat Part 2

Key Takeaways

so an illustrated guide to the antineoplastic Chinese herbal medicine this specific properties and indications of by washer should sell such as sweet bland slightly bitter and slightly cold by washer should sell clears heat and cleans toxins activate Shui removes Shui stasis promotes diuresis and relieve strain urea or urinary obstruction this is very important as an herb which wasn't in the Chinese materia medica was used in folk medicine but has been rediscovered in China and used very extensively for these specific purposes the indications of by washer should sell or for various types of tumors especially tumors of the digestive tract lymphosarcoma liver carcinoma and larynx carcinoma also other areas of toxic heat it's kind of interesting because we're not just looking at Western diagnosis but we're understanding how this herb is used for toxic heat so other kinds of diseases that are associated with toxic heat such as appendicitis hepatitis pneumonia called assest itis urinary infections poor ankylosis and cellulitis as well as snakebite will be treated using by wash issues out now of course by wishes should sound was not used necessarily alone although sometimes it is used in powders with just one or two other herbs dr. Xu de and ten lectures on the use of medicinal it's very important book in Chinese medicine that we use clinically says that he frequently adds about 30 to 40 grams of i/os you should sell to the appropriate decoction so if you look at pattern identification if you're looking at the pattern of the individual but then you're looking at the epidemic pattern or exogenous pattern of toxic heat you can add this herb to a formula to treat various forms of sir so he suggests adding some other anti-cancer herbs such as bonds early on as well this is actually kind of a modern sway yow is by wish who should sow and bonds early on in the pharmacology and applications that the Chinese materia medica it is noted that by washer should sell is an herb that is often used at a dose of 30 to 60 grams added to conventional prescriptions for carcinoma so prescriptions that have been used for hundreds of years now have Iowa should should sow added to a formula to clear he clean toxin and to develop better outcomes for these problems the active components by OSHA should sell then inhibit cancers viruses and bacteria are not clearly understood this would be a wonderful project to take by OSHA should sell and understand the way in which by washes out works from a Western perspective without taking it apart in creating individual components to understand that by OSHA should sow is a very strong multi component herb that might be helpful to understand the mechanism in which the herb works from a Western perspective Western pharmacology however the herb has significant amounts of Olien oleic acid and its isomer or Solek acid both Penta cyclic tried terpenes that have been shown to have an anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer potential and it's interesting that we look at anti-inflammation also when we're looking at anti-cancer because those two go together very specifically in the development of cancer and also we know for other chronic diseases such as heart disease as well that if you clear the inflammation reduce the inflammation you're reducing the development of the disease process the compounds that are found in several other chinese herbs including some classified along with by usher should sell as clear heat and remove toxins for example forsythia jnana Chou the herbs have been shown to promote immune Auctions so new ginsa and Leon Chow are in the only and OCA plant family from which the term only no like acid is derived so you know this is some other areas that you can start to look at if you're interested in the pharmacology of Chinese herbs hey you can develop formulas based on pharmacology of Chinese herbs in conjunction with the traditional indications and traditional pharmacology and come up with herbal formulas that have very specific effects in vivo studies and humans have not yet proven these effects as a preventive health care agent though by Washoe should sow is proposed to inhibit mutation of cells by carcinogens and as an immune relate regulating herb by OSHA should sell is an important herb to use in modern cancer therapies another herb Bonjour Leon which I've already mentioned has been much less studied than by wash itself although bunchy Leon has been studied to some degree more in the West than by wash dishes how has been studied it's considered a potential value and has been shown in laboratory studies to provide some of the same mechanisms of anti-cancer action as by washes out it is significant than in common practice of combining bonds early on and by washes should sell especially for the treatment of cancer shows that these formulas as I mentioned are kind of a modern Jo even though it can be used alone they're often used together to improve the function of the clear heat clean toxin