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Managing Mania and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Published in Ethan Russo, Handbook of Psychotropic Herbs, 2015
Her diet was not good, and her eating habits were very erratic. She would eat almost nothing one day, then overeat the next, and she made no effort to balance basic nutrients. She did eat vegetables as well as fish and meat, just none of it with any consistency. She had an insistent sweet tooth and ate lots of chocolate, candies, and baked goods. She drank about six cups of black tea daily, as well as several cups of herbal tea (store-bought tea bags), and she took 2 tablespoons daily of Flor-Essence, an Essiac-type product with a laxative and alterative action (that which restores healthy bodily function). She took no nutritional supplements.
Cancer
Published in John K. Crellin, Fernando Ania, Professionalism and Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012
John K. Crellin, Fernando Ania
She asked her family physician's advice as to whether alternative treatments would be beneficial. He said he was very concerned about the use of alternative medicine by patients, largely because of false hope, but he admitted he knew very little about it. The physician recommended that Monica continue with the conventional chemotherapy and that he would help her check very carefully the evidence and safety of what was being tried. Monica did so, and, as she told her physician, she decided to try Essiac, which both agreed was safe. After finishing her chemotherapy treatments, Monica continued to drink Essiac tea, take mega doses of vitamins A and C, and to eat only organically grown vegetables.
Complementary therapies
Published in Nigel Sykes, Michael I Bennett, Chun-Su Yuan, Clinical Pain Management, 2008
Jacqueline Filshie, Adrian White
Essaic, a combination of burdock root, Indian rhubarb, sheep sorrel, and the inner bark of slippery elm, is well known in North America and claims to be effective in strengthening the immune system, improving appetite, and relieving pain, as well as reducing tumor size and prolonging life in many types of cancer.98 However, a review by the Task Force of the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative found no controlled trials and concluded there was “some weak evidence of its effectiveness and [Essaic is] … unlikely to cause serious side effects when used as directed.”98
Changes in chemical components and antitumor activity during the heating process of Fructus Arctii
Published in Pharmaceutical Biology, 2019
Jing Hu, Yun Shi, Bing Yang, Zibo Dong, Xinxin Si, Kunming Qin
We have previously identified six components, 3-CQA, 3, 5-diCQA, 3, 4-diCQA, 4, 5-diCQA, ARC, and ARG, as the main characteristic chemicals between crude and processed Fructus Arctii (Hu et al. 2017a, 2017b). Furthermore, another component was identified as 4-CQA by comparing the retention time with that of the corresponding standard substance, as well as the results of ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with quadrupole/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS). 3-CQA, 4-CQA, 3, 4-diCQA, 4, 5-diCQA, and 3, 5-diCQA are isomers of caffeoylquinic acid derivatives, some of which have been reported to exhibit antioxidative activities and to induce granulocytic differentiation in HL-60 cells (Maruta et al. 1995; Mishima et al. 2005; Kim et al. 2011; Hwang et al. 2014). The structures of the seven components are shown in Figure 1. Lignans, such as ARC and ARG isolated from Fructus Arctii, show inhibitory activity and cytotoxicity against prostate cancer cell lines and HL-60 cells (Matsumoto et al. 2006; Ming et al. 2008). In addition, the ethanol extract of crude Fructus Arctii can inhibit the proliferation of colon cancer cells (HT-29), human rectal cancer cells (HRT-18), and human hepatoma cells (HepG2) (Zheng 2003). Moreover, A. lappa is one of the crucial herbs in herbal mixtures (e.g., ESSIACTM and Flor-EssenceTM) that are sold as nutritional supplements and used to treat chronic conditions, especially cancer (Ferracane et al. 2010).