Quote Originally Posted by patty_k View Post
I have also been warned by my homeopath about the possible connection between sour sop and parkinsons'. I do still use the bark and leaf in tea, along with guinea hen root and meringay leaf, but have cut back the amount and frequency. I too, chose to use these 'remedies' after a full course of chemo and radiation at one of Cananda's best cancer hospitals, blessedly in the hands of a top notch oncologist. Fingers crossed folks, the only guarantee in life is that anything can happen at anytime.
All the best wishes for a speedy recovery, patty_k

What you have revealed as your personal quest for a complete "remedy" for your specific condition is a testament to good judgment based on the best information available to Western Medical Practices. It is so important to use words that accurately describe things.... however using 'remedies' and the homeopathic natural herbs and roots you listed in the same way implies that they can ".... cure or relieve a disease or bodily disorder; a healing medicine, application, or treatment" (from a dictionary passage).

I think their usage can provide a certain amount of prevention in acquiring the disease in the first place and possibly delay or eliminate the possibility of a reoccurrence which is different than being a "cancer treatment" which is the gist of the article.

I know it sounds a bit "nit picky" but I am sure you know the difference based on your own course of action after learning of your condition. I just worry about what others believe based on inaccurate and incomplete claims made every time someone wants to promote a book, article or a product that is a "remedy" or a "cure" for the dreaded disease of cancer.

The funny thing is that people who believe in these "home-grown" cures often say that modern forms of treatments like chemo, etc. are unnecessary and that doctors don't want people to know that because they are trying to protect their income stream. They say that all you have to do is eat a few berries or drink some tea and "zap" the cancer is gone!

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" does imply that herbal prevention is worth way more than chemotherapy. That is true before a cancer is present but hardly comforting to someone facing possible death.

Again, best of luck to you and to anyone whose life has been touched by cancer.

Peace and Guidance