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Chinese food therapy (simplified Chinese: 食疗; traditional Chinese: 食療; pinyin: shíliáo; lit. 'food therapy', also called nutrition therapy and dietary therapy) is a mode of dieting rooted in Chinese beliefs concerning the effects of food on the human organism, [1] and centered on concepts such as seasonal eating and in moderation.
Three-quarters of Chinese people with cancer use some form of Traditional Chinese medicine, especially Chinese herbal preparations. [14] About a third of people with cancer in India use Ayurveda or other elements of AYUSH. [14]
Hoxsey Therapy or Hoxsey Method is an alternative medical treatment promoted as a cure for cancer.The treatment consists of a caustic herbal paste for external cancers or a herbal mixture for "internal" cancers, combined with laxatives, douches, vitamin supplements, and dietary changes.
Macrobiotics was founded by George Ohsawa and popularized in the United States by his disciple Michio Kushi. [18] In the 1960s, the earliest and most strict variant of the diet was termed the "Zen macrobiotic diet" which claimed to cure cancer, epilepsy, gonorrhea, leprosy, syphilis and many other diseases.
Snake oil is the most widely known Chinese medicine in the west, due to extensive marketing in the west in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and wild claims of its efficacy to treat many maladies. [31] [32] Snake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain by rubbing it on joints as a liniment. [31]
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage (tui na), exercise (qigong), and dietary therapy.
Essiac is a herbal tea promoted as an alternative treatment for cancer and other illnesses. [1] There is no evidence it is beneficial to health. In a number of studies Essiac either showed no action against cancer cells, [2] [3] [4] or actually increased the rate of cancer growth. [5]
Cancell, also called Protocel, Sheridan's Formula, Jim's Juice, Crocinic Acid, JS–114, JS–101, 126–F, and Entelev, is a formula that has been promoted as a treatment for a wide range of diseases, including cancer.