Help during Treatment of Throat Cancer

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One of my subscribers to the newsletter asked for suggestions to help during treatment of throat cancer. I thought I would share with others who might be interested.

Just some general guidelines. Your friend should try to get as much good protein as possible to help the immune system which will be damaged by the chemo. Cat's Claw is an excellent herb to help repair the immune system.

Your friend should avoid caffeine and sugar. Drinking lots of distilled water is a must. Try a teaspoon of honey in the glass of water. The honey is a natural antibiotic and will be soothing to the throat. I would avoid milk because it coats the throat and just make it feel hot.

Avoid any supplement that has iron as the iron will feed the cancer cells. The body will try to with hold the iron from the cells as much as possible.

Your friend needs to talk with his/her physician about taking herbal supplements. Depending on the therapy they could be counter productive. Garlic is a very beneficial herb but is a potential blood thinner so the doctor needs to know about garlic supplements.

I have been reading about Whey - it is a substance that contains a high level of protein. It does not taste good so there may be a problem getting your friend to take it. You should be able to find whey powder as your local health food store. If you can't, I can give you an on line source.

Sipping herbal teas should sooth the throat. Sweeten with honey. Use dandelion, red clover, pau d'arco or green teas.

Add Maitake mushrooms - capsules available at the health food store. This contains substances that inhibit the grown of tumors and helps with the stress of the disease and the stress of the treatment.

Try EFT - This is a program that reinforces the positive attitude which helps in any disease.
EFT

This is the link for the store but look around the site for valuable free information and the basic techniques.

Hope this helps your friend.