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An ancient Native American treatment for cancer has been shown to have some beneficial effect on tumor size, despite long-standing skepticism from the medical establishment.
Chaparral is an evergreen desert shrub used by native peoples to treat cancer, colds, wounds, bronchitis, warts and ringworm.
Chaparral tea was widely used in the United States as an alternative anticancer agent from the late 1950s to the 1970s. But the American Cancer Society said there was no proof it was an effective treatment for cancer--or for any other disease. And the US Food and Drug Administration warned against its use after research showed it could damage the liver and the kidneys.
Now, early results from a new study that were presented August 11 at an International Conference on Head and Neck Cancer in Washington, DC, show that an extract of the shrub appears to be safe; further, it may have a positive effect. Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have shown ...