The cancer fighting plants of the Rain Forest

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One of my all time-favorite websites is Dr. Leslie Taylor's

Rain-tree.com She has compiled a plant database of the many plants

and herbs used by indigenous peoples of the Brazilian and South

American rain forests that has to be seen to fully appreciate it. It

has information about historical use, modern studies, plant compounds,

side effects and more. I urge everyone to go take a look and browse a

bit. You can search by common name, botanical name, ethnic uses,

conditions and actions. Here is the link to the common name database:

 

http://www.rain-tree.com/plist.htm

 

As an example, some of the plants used by indigenous peoples for

cancer include: graviola, espinheira santa, mullaca, mutamba,

vassourinha, bitter melon, guacatonga, simarouba, cat's claw, anamu,

pau d'arco, fedegoso, sangre de grado, suma, amargo, copaiba

 

The rain forests really are the natural lungs and pharmacy of the

earth. Go visit and take a tour around the site - it's a treat!

 

 

 

oleander soup , Saralou <RoseOttoGroups wrote:

>

> One other thought on Lemongrass and other herbals as cancer

remedies...

> The only place I know (very limited knowledge) Lemongrass is used much

> in cooking is Thailand. Their Medica Materica(s) would be the ones to

> consult regarding it's use against cancers. Many herbal remedies are

> effecitve in the folklore of a culture but the info isn't easily

> available outside that culture.

> Oops, second thought. And it may also be that the use within the

> culture--other diet factors, tribal genetics, growing conditions--have

> something to do with the effectiveness of that particular plant.

>

> Saralou

>