Chinese Medicinal Herbs May Help You Fight With Breast Cance

It seems surprising but using Chinese herbs either alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy may help protect a breast cancer patient's bone marrow and immune system. Moreover it can also improve the woman's quality of life in general.

It’s worth mentioning tat 60 % of women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer experience a range of significant although not lasting side effects. These include nausea, vomiting and fatigue, and which is more - inflammation of the gut lining, decreased numbers of red and white blood cells, as well as decreased numbers of blood platelets.

It was found out that Chinese medicinal herbs that include mixtures of herbal compounds or draws from herbs, can minimalize or even neutralize the side effects of chemotherapy. That’s exactly why they are prescribed to women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. However certain studies were established to see if there is conventional evidence indicating that these medicines are safe and whether there is evidence that the medicines are effective.

With this purpose seven randomised studies involving 542 patients with breast cancer were made. On their bases the researchers concluded that there was no evidence that the Chinese medicinal herbal treatment caused harm, and found some evidence that it might reduce side effects.

Nevertheless as Assistant Professor Jing Li, who works at the Chinese Cochrane Centre in Chengdu, China, says: "Further trials are needed before the effects of traditional Chinese medicines for people with breast cancer can be evaluated with any real confidence".