A Brief Review of Ayurvedic Herbal Treatment for Cancer

Modern treatment modalities for cancer include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, stem cell transplant, photodynamic therapy and laser treatment. Unfortunately, even a combination of these treatments is not fully successful in eradicating all known types of cancer, or preventing recurrence. Resistance to treatment and serious side effects of treatment also remain serious issues.

Ayurvedic treatment can be successfully utilized as adjuvant therapy to overcome all the major drawbacks of modern treatment. The single biggest advantage of Ayurvedic medicines is the ability to significantly improve body immunity, which can help overcome drug resistance and treatment failure, and bring about therapeutic success. Ayurvedic treatment also reduces side effects of modern treatment, and positively helps in reducing tumour size, speeding up the process of remission, and delaying chances for recurrence. Even advanced cancer can be controlled, with significant improvement in quality of life and survival time.

In order to derive maximum benefit from Ayurvedic treatment, it is imperative to commence treatment at the earliest possible. It would be rather unwise to turn to Ayurvedic treatment after exhausting all other therapeutic options, and then expecting miracle benefits in the terminal stage of cancer.

The writer, Dr A A Mundewadi, is available as an online Ayurvedic consultant at https://www.mundewadiayurvedicclinic.com and http://www.ayurvedaphysician.com

Ayurvedic Herbal Treatment for Advanced Cancer

Advanced cancer is the stage in the life of a cancer patient where modern medicine deems the cancer to be incurable and the focus is more upon palliative treatment of different symptoms such as pain, easy fatigue, loss of weight and appetite, vomiting, weakness, breathlessness, and constipation.  In addition to treating the symptoms, the other focus is on attempting to prevent a further spread of the tumour.

In spite of the advanced stage of the cancer, Ayurvedic herbal treatment can still be instituted to treat the cancer, control its spread, treat all the related symptoms, as well as bring about a remission of the tumour and prolong the life span of the affected individual.  Treatment of the important symptoms as well as life support care is very important in this context, in order to help keep the individual alive till such time as the medicines become visibly effective and the tumour starts regressing.  On a practical level, usually about two months’ time is required for this to happen and it is critical to use all possible means to help keep the patient alive so as to be able to effectively treat the cancer and achieve a long-term success in the treatment of such advanced cancers.

The next focus of importance is to use Ayurvedic medicines in high doses in order to effectively reduce tumour size as rapidly as possible without any serious adverse effects.  This reduces pressure symptoms and other physiological and metabolic dynamics which can increase morbidity and mortality.  It is also equally important to improve the immune status of the affected individual so that the overwhelmed immune system becomes an effective tool in fighting against the cancer.  It is also equally important to treat other symptoms which are serious or troublesome to the patient and which can differ according to the type and location of the cancer.

The effective treatment for advanced cancer may require joint management by a team of specialist doctors, wherein intensive care can be given in the hospital, and additional supportive treatment can be given in the form of Ayurvedic medicines, in order to help bring about a remission and possible cure even in advanced cancer.

The writer, Dr. A. A. Mundewadi, is available as an online Ayurvedic Consultant at www.ayurvedaphysician.com