Integrative Approaches to Cancer Care and Research through Yoga and Herbal Medicines during the Chemotherapy Treatment

Rama Shankar; Rashmi Atul Joshi; Anupam Srivastava; Uday Bhan Prajapati

doi:10.21760/jaims.8.6.5

Rama Shankar Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Rashmi Atul Joshi Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Anupam Srivastava Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.
Uday Bhan Prajapati Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.8.6.5

Keywords: Cancer Care, Herbal Medicines, Chemotherapy, Yoga, Pranayama, Radiation Therapy

Abstract

The present communication is a review on various integrative approaches for the cure of cancer with an involvement of modern methodology, the chemotherapy, radiation, Yoga, and use of herbal medicines. In general, the cancer is manageable as pre and post treatment management by the use of Yoga and herbal medicines. Various types of Yoga and Pranayama keeps the body free from ailments even the serious diseases like cancer. During chemo and radiation therapy of the cancer patient’s number of body disorders are reported, viz., giddiness, nausea, vomiting, and fatigue, etc. To manage these upcoming symptoms Yoga and herbal medicines play very vital role for the management of these disorders. On various literature survey from the world 42 medicinal plants were recorded to manage cancer disorders out of which Allium sativum, Curcuma longa, Coptis chinensis, Hemidesmus indicus, Pistacea integerrima, Tinospora cordifolia and Withania somnifera plays vital role as a preventive and post therapy management of cancer.

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Rashmi Atul Joshi, Herbal Research Department, Patanjali Research Institute, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India.

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