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Cancer
- How To Build Up Your Immune System
One of the most basic approaches to combating
any disease is to improve the immune system. Although any recommendations
given here are based on natural products it is good to coordinate
any additional treatments with your doctor and your pharmacist.
This is because even wonderful, natural products can interact
badly or even negate the effects of more traditional medicine.
It may be that you will have to hold off on some treatments
until other medicines you are taking run their course.
With that in mind, these are some suggestions that can help
to build the body's natural defense system if you are currently
facing or even just worried about skin cancer.
Coenzyme
Q10 - This helps to improve cellular oxygenation.
Essential
Fatty acids that work to protect cells.
Good old garlic can enhance the immune system. If you find
it difficult to use there are capsules that are found in health
food stores that are easily digestible and non odor producing.
Vitamin
A - Is a powerful antioxidant that kills free radicals.
Selenium - Targets free radicals as well, and works to protect
against ultraviolet damage to our skin.
Vitamin
B complex - Which work to build up our cells and help
them preform normally.
And of course, wonderful Vitamin
C that is an overall powerful
agent against cancer. It will help strengthen the immune system.
Some natural
herbs that are good for cell tissue repair are:
Dandelion root, rose hips, burdock, alfalfa, and marshmallow
root.
Astragalus works to boost the immune system and can help generate
anticancer cells and is very pleasant to take.
If you can employ the peel and the seeds of the Chinese cucumber
this is useful for inhibiting cancer cells.
Essiac Tea is found in many health food places - it is an
older well-known remedy that is a combination of herbs and
has had some positive results in cancer treatment.
In recent years there is much positive support for green teas
as having great anticancer substances. And Tea Tree oil cream
can be applied to sores as it enhances healing.
It is also recommended that a diet
where fats are limited and the focus is on foods that have concentrated amounts of
antioxidants can be beneficial in the fight against this cancer.
Such foods include fresh citrus fruits,carrots, squash, spinach,
cabbage and broccoli. Fresh, organic foods are the best to
avoid unnecessary toxins such as pesticides.
Maitake or shiitake mushrooms are an excellent tasty addition
and have shown that they have properties that work to inhibit
the growth of tumors that are cancerous. They also are good
for the immune system.
Grape Seed extract has also gathered notoriety for having
antioxidants that actually protect against oxidative changes
in the skin that are a result of too much ultraviolet radiation.
Another in the way of possible treatments involve using poultices
that combine certain natural products such as comfrey, wood
sage, ragwort and pau d'arco.
Always bear in mind that any suggested treatment requires
a thoughtful decision based on research and an open communication
with your primary health care provider.
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by SolveYourProblem.com
: 2009
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