herbs and skin cancer

[Guest guest]

Dear List,

 

Isn't there an herbal formula waiting to be written to

lessen the chances of skin cancer?

 

Can't the herbs that are used to prevent premature

graying of the hair be used to stimulate melanocyte

production in the skin?

 

During the winter, I was eating a great deal of black

sesame seed (he zhi ma) and people asked if I had been

vacationing in the Bahamas, as there was a a

noticeable darkening in the skin tone. When I looked

at my hands I could see a darkening, especially in the

web margins between the fingers.

 

At the high school where I have been teaching Latin

this year (where my contract has not been renewed for

next year), the kids are shown a short film about the

horrors of skin cancer. The piece ranks with the

" Red Asphalt " I remember from driver's ed. This film

set me to thinking about herbs and the black sesame

effect that had been pointed out earlier in the

winter. We know that carrots eaten in excess can make

people a little bit orange, so why not take advantage

of a little bit of darkening from the black sesame?

These could be taken internally and prepared for

external application.

 

In the Chinese Materia Medica, premature graying was a

treatable condition, but not lack of skin tone.

 

Aren't there several herbs that darken pigmentation,

usually considered for the hair; like Polygonum he

shou wu, and Semen Sesami Indici hei zhi ma? They

increase melanocytes. The old Bensky mentions the use

of Bu Gu Zhi in treating vitiligo. But what I like

about he shou wu and hei zhi ma is that they are

foods.

 

I'm looking for a job, so if anyone has connections

with an herbal company I would like to help design

some of these products.

 

Carl Ploss

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

, carl ploss <cploss>

wrote:

> In the Chinese Materia Medica, premature graying was a

> treatable condition, but not lack of skin tone.

 

Are you aware of the fact that the Chinese prize light skin tones?

Chinese TV commercials feature the whitest actors that they can find,

people carry umbrellas on sunny days, and skin-whitening creams are a

multimillion dollar industry. There are many folk remedies to whiten

the skin, but looking to the Chinese for a recipe to deliberately

darken the skin is like looking through Don Juan's journal in hopes of

finding a formula to induce impotence....

 

Eric

[Guest guest]

, carl ploss <cploss>

wrote:

>

> Isn't there an herbal formula waiting to be written to

> lessen the chances of skin cancer?

>

> Can't the herbs that are used to prevent premature

> graying of the hair be used to stimulate melanocyte

> production in the skin?

> Aren't there several herbs that darken pigmentation,

> usually considered for the hair; like Polygonum he

> shou wu, and Semen Sesami Indici hei zhi ma? They

> increase melanocytes. The old Bensky mentions the use

> of Bu Gu Zhi in treating vitiligo. But what I like

> about he shou wu and hei zhi ma is that they are

> foods.

 

Carl,

My friend that has vitiligo was advised by his Dermatologist to take

a Ginko Leaf supplement because it helps stimulate the melanocytes.

This is the same thing that Mazin Al-Khafaji said in a recent

lecture about vitiligo. Interesting. The patients who are doing

this and other treatments for vitiligo have to be careful to get the

right amount of sun and not too much.

 

Also I have been treating a patient who has had a couple of

malignant melanomas. I have been treating her for blood xu and

Kidney and Liver insufficiency with blood heat. Her formula has

always had He Shou Wu in it until lately when I took it out because

I suspected it was turning her skin orange, not a side effect she

wanted. Besides being slightly orange, her dermatologist has said

her skin has never looked better. No new melanomas in well over a

year.

Just one case mind you and the story isn't finished.

Best wishes,

Jill Likkel

[Guest guest]

In addition to bu gu zhi, tu si zi is used topically for vitiligo.

The Merck Manual also mentions that placenta extracts have variable

success for treating vitiligo.

 

Are you looking for agents that treat pathological conditions of

hypopigmentation or are you trying to darken the skin of a healthy

person?

 

Eric

 

, " Jill A. Likkel "

<jilllikkel@h...> wrote:

> , carl ploss <cploss>

> wrote:

> >

> > Isn't there an herbal formula waiting to be written to

> > lessen the chances of skin cancer?

> >

> > Can't the herbs that are used to prevent premature

> > graying of the hair be used to stimulate melanocyte

> > production in the skin?

> > Aren't there several herbs that darken pigmentation,

> > usually considered for the hair; like Polygonum he

> > shou wu, and Semen Sesami Indici hei zhi ma? They

> > increase melanocytes. The old Bensky mentions the use

> > of Bu Gu Zhi in treating vitiligo. But what I like

> > about he shou wu and hei zhi ma is that they are

> > foods.

>

> Carl,

> My friend that has vitiligo was advised by his Dermatologist to take

> a Ginko Leaf supplement because it helps stimulate the melanocytes.

> This is the same thing that Mazin Al-Khafaji said in a recent

> lecture about vitiligo. Interesting. The patients who are doing

> this and other treatments for vitiligo have to be careful to get the

> right amount of sun and not too much.

>

> Also I have been treating a patient who has had a couple of

> malignant melanomas. I have been treating her for blood xu and

> Kidney and Liver insufficiency with blood heat. Her formula has

> always had He Shou Wu in it until lately when I took it out because

> I suspected it was turning her skin orange, not a side effect she

> wanted. Besides being slightly orange, her dermatologist has said

> her skin has never looked better. No new melanomas in well over a

> year.

> Just one case mind you and the story isn't finished.

> Best wishes,

> Jill Likkel