Herbal Medicine used in Cancer Treatment

Abstract

Herbal medicine used traditionally from ancient times. it is used in treatment or prevention of various disease. Herbal drugs are harmless to human body and treat cancer. Some herbal drugs prevent chemotherapy or radiation therapy by treating cancer cell. Certain herbs enhance the effect of chemotherapy in a toxic way that leads to unwanted side effect the various herbal drugs cancer activity can be seen or accessed below like astragalus, dong quai, burdock root, ginger, aloe vera, turmeric, licorice, tea, onion, artemisia annua. Medicinal herbs and their derivative phytocompounds are being increasingly recognized as useful complementary treatments for cancer. A large volume of clinical studies has reported the beneficial effects of herbal medicines on the survival, immune modulation, and quality of life (QOL) of cancer patients, when these herbal medicines are used in combination with conventional therapeutics. We also report recent studies on the biochemical and cellular mechanisms of herbal medicines in specific tumor microenvironments and the potential application of specific phytochemicals in cell-based cancer vaccine systems. The effort has been put into the verification and upgrade of many traditional remedies or multiple-herb formulations, systematic, standardized research and the use of FDA regulatory protocols and defined clinical trials are still quite limited and need to be actively pursued.