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As the new hybrid model of healthcare, my work is dedicated to integrating the many benefits of the medicinal foods and plants for our overall health. This is the place where good science and good traditional use meet. It is about incorporating the best of all integrative medicines for our healing, and is specifically targeted for each person.
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CAM Specialities: RN, Medical Herbalist, Integrative Medicine Specialist: Breast Cancer
Certifications: RN, RH(AHG), Reiki Level I, Peggy Huddleston's Prepare for Surgery Heal Faster, BLS for Healthcare Providers
State Licenses: New Jersey, New York
Languages: English
Gender: Female
Age: 64
Professional memberships: Professional Member American Herbalists Guild, American Botanical Council, American Nursing Association, NJ State Beekeepers Association
Areas of expertise: Medicinal foods, nutritional supplements, custom-formulated herbal blends, guided imagery to prepare for surgery, lifestyle resources
Research interests: anything related to cancer and natural medicines
Awards and publications:
Interview, New Jersey Life Health and Beauty, GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU?, pp. 59-60, June/July 2010.
Interview, Montclair Times, Integrating traditional healing with modern medicine, p. C-1, July 9, 2009.
Interview, Natural Health, Quick & easy healing meals, pp. 39 – 45, July/August, 2008.
Interview, Alternative & Complementary Therapies, Clinical Herbalism in Practice, Volume 11, No.1, pp. 46 – 50, February 2005.
Interview, The Gloria Rose Show, WMTR Radio, Cedar Knolls, NJ, December 2001.
Interview, The Business of Health with Frankie Boyer, MD, Radio 1060 AM, Boston, MA, October 2001.
Public Assess Cable TV, Alternative Health Series, What is Herbal Medicine, Teaneck, NJ, 2000.
Contributor, Rozanne Gold's Healthy 1 2 3 cookbook, detailing the medicinal benefits of the recipe ingredients. The book received the Julia Child Award for 2001.
Hospital or other affiliation: Montcalir Breast Center, Saint Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center
Practice name: Dale Bellisfield, RN, RH(AHG), Medical Herbalist
Practice phone number: 201-797-2583
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Dale Bellisfield, RN, RH (AHG) is a holistic practitioner, approaching her patients as both a Medical Herbalist and Registered Nurse. She is one of the few professional members of the American Herbalists Guild, the only peer-reviewed credentialing organization for medical herbalists in the country.
With over 14 years’ education and experience in the clinical use of herbal medicines, Dale is trained in European, Native American and Chinese traditions of healing. She recently completed the advanced clinical applications program in cancer therapies. This is the final part of the professional training program for the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System, a targeted approach to cancer integrating medical and natural therapies.
She is currently the herbalist at Saint Barnabas’ Siegler Center for Integrative Medicine in Livingston, New Jersey, where she has been in private practice for the past ten years. Additionally, she is the Integrative Medicine Specialist for the Montclair Breast Center, where she facilitates a monthly group for the patients on current issues for breast health and cancer prevention. She also produces their “Healthy Breast Series” of lectures, open to the community.
Dale integrates her herbal skills with New Jersey physicians, and has mentored medical residents from New Jersey’s Mountainside and Overlook Hospitals. She is a lecturer to medical students and nurses at Monmouth University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, and is a frequent speaker for their Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She is also an instructor at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies, a comprehensive herbal educational program.
In the late 1990’s she helped create a holistic medical team for The Maitri Healing Center, an HIV treatment facility in Yonkers, New York. More recently, she composed herbal and supplement protocols for patients at Broadway House for Continuing Care, an HIV residence and treatment facility in Newark.
Dale was the first herbalist consultant to Hackensack University Medical Center, and is a frequent consultant to corporations on the healthful use of herbs and foods.
She contributed medicinal benefits of the recipe ingredients in Rozanne Gold’s Healthy 1-2-3 cookbook, which won the coveted Julia Child Award, and was nominated for the James Beard Award.
She is trained and certified in Peggy Huddleston’s Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster program, which uses guided imagery to improve surgical outcome.
Dale works with a variety of patients and conditions in her clinical practice, and enjoys being the advocate for holistic approaches. She continues to teach and lecture on the use of herbs, supplements, therapeutic foods and lifestyle choices to both health care practitioners and the general public throughout the New York-New Jersey area.
Dale lives in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and is a devoted beekeeper.
With over 14 years’ education and experience in the clinical use of herbal medicines, Dale is trained in European, Native American and Chinese traditions of healing. She recently completed the advanced clinical applications program in cancer therapies. This is the final part of the professional training program for the Eclectic Triphasic Medical System, a targeted approach to cancer integrating medical and natural therapies.
She is currently the herbalist at Saint Barnabas’ Siegler Center for Integrative Medicine in Livingston, New Jersey, where she has been in private practice for the past ten years. Additionally, she is the Integrative Medicine Specialist for the Montclair Breast Center, where she facilitates a monthly group for the patients on current issues for breast health and cancer prevention. She also produces their “Healthy Breast Series” of lectures, open to the community.
Dale integrates her herbal skills with New Jersey physicians, and has mentored medical residents from New Jersey’s Mountainside and Overlook Hospitals. She is a lecturer to medical students and nurses at Monmouth University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, and is a frequent speaker for their Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She is also an instructor at David Winston’s Center for Herbal Studies, a comprehensive herbal educational program.
In the late 1990’s she helped create a holistic medical team for The Maitri Healing Center, an HIV treatment facility in Yonkers, New York. More recently, she composed herbal and supplement protocols for patients at Broadway House for Continuing Care, an HIV residence and treatment facility in Newark.
Dale was the first herbalist consultant to Hackensack University Medical Center, and is a frequent consultant to corporations on the healthful use of herbs and foods.
She contributed medicinal benefits of the recipe ingredients in Rozanne Gold’s Healthy 1-2-3 cookbook, which won the coveted Julia Child Award, and was nominated for the James Beard Award.
She is trained and certified in Peggy Huddleston’s Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster program, which uses guided imagery to improve surgical outcome.
Dale works with a variety of patients and conditions in her clinical practice, and enjoys being the advocate for holistic approaches. She continues to teach and lecture on the use of herbs, supplements, therapeutic foods and lifestyle choices to both health care practitioners and the general public throughout the New York-New Jersey area.
Dale lives in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and is a devoted beekeeper.
City: Montclair & Livingston
State: New Jersey
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If they have the fiber added back into the blend, otherwise they are too concentrated a sugar (which is a cancer growth factor). And if they are the heavily sprayed fruits and vegetables, then buy them organic, instead. Some raw foods may be too hard to digest during chemo, and should be cooked. The raw juices can be added to a smoothie. During chemo, pre-cooked or fermented foods are easier on the body, easier to absorb-- soups, blended entrees, poached or baked foods, etc.
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2 months ago
It depends. With food, you get many, many other "phytonutrients" in addition to the targeted mineral, like selenium. In the nut you'd get some protein, quality fats, vitamins, fiber, and the satiety provided by a food. To get the therapeutic benefit of the selenium, it is said you'd need to eat 3 a day.
For those who can't eat 3 a day, a quality supplement is useful as a concentrated selenium source.
For some nutrients, the daily amount you'd need to ingest would be impossibly high, and the concentrated supplement is better (curcumin, indole-3-carbinol, etc.)
For those who can't eat 3 a day, a quality supplement is useful as a concentrated selenium source.
For some nutrients, the daily amount you'd need to ingest would be impossibly high, and the concentrated supplement is better (curcumin, indole-3-carbinol, etc.)
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2 months ago
They have the potential to be very good, depending on the cancer and your situation. Good quality organic pastured, hormone-free red meat can help with anemia, give quality protein, B12, and may reduce the risk of certain cancers. The fats from CLA-rich butter and dairy provide fat-soluble vitamins. Uncertain of the downside, as high meat intake is associated with increased risk of colorectal, and possibly esophageal, lung, pancreatic, prostate and endometrial cancer. But that may be due to processing/smoking or high-temp cooking. This is further compounded by the fact that no comparative study between CLA-rich meat/fats and factory-raised animal products has been done.
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2 months ago
I always recommend therapeutic foods, herbs and supplements to strengthen the immune sytem. These are specific to the person, the cancer, and the medication.
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2 months ago
All richly-pigmented foods are good for the lungs, and there are many foods to help the immune system (garlic, mushrooms, green tea, goji berries, basil, turmeric, thyme), but you'd need these in addition to herbs and supplements while going through treatment to offset the treatment side-effects and maintaining your blood counts.
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2 months ago
Milk products can be an allergen to many, and may cause congestion in some. If you are affected similarly, it's best to avoid them. Some who can not tolerate cow's milk can better tolerate goat products. Or can tolerate raw cow's milk from hormone-free, pastured cows. But not everyone. And during chemo, all bets are off! See how your body tolerates either. But only buy organic dairy, to avoid the added chemicals given to the animals in their feed and as growth stimulators. They are hormonal cancer growth factors, too.
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2 months ago
While the concept of "no antioxidants during treatment" is a mantra of most oncologists, it is based on a theory-- that treatments work due to oxidative effect of the chemo or radiation, and taking "antioxidants" would interfere. The science, however says otherwise. Like most things regarding the human body, it is not that simple to just dismiss a supplement as an antioxidant and a potential contraindication to treatment. Some supplements can be both anti- and pro-oxidants depending on the internal situation. Some supplements do many things in addition to their antioxidant effect (which may be minor by comparison).
And the review studies done by Keith Block, MD, et al (Int. J. Cancer: 123, 1227–1239 (2008) suggest that antioxidants not only don't interfere, but help during chemo:
Our previous review found no evidence of antioxidant interference
with chemotherapy mechanisms, with a possibility that antioxidants
may even improve tumor response or patient survival.
Combining this result with the potential for improvement of toxic
side effects by antioxidants reported in the present review, additional
strategies for further research on antioxidants and chemotherapy
are now warranted.
The Simones' study similarly states that antioxidants and other nutrients do not interfere with chemo or radiation, and can increase kill and increase survival (Altern Ther Health Med. Mar-Apr 2007;13(2):40-47).
In addition, there is no one-size-fits-all supplement protocol for treatment, and the best approach is a person-specific one, with supplements, herbs and diet specifically targeted to the patient's needs, constitution, confounding factors, cancer type and biomarkers. Best integrative approaches are personalized.
If your radiologist will support you in this, it is an added bonus. I helped a patient several years ago when he had radiation for his laryngeal cancer. His radiologist had no objection to anything I wanted to give him. The patient did extremely well, and never had any problems eating or swallowing as a result of the treatment. And today is considered a "poster child" by his ENT. The patient is still on supplements (different now than when he was undergoing treatment), and has dramatically changed his diet and lifestyle since his diagnosis.
And the review studies done by Keith Block, MD, et al (Int. J. Cancer: 123, 1227–1239 (2008) suggest that antioxidants not only don't interfere, but help during chemo:
Our previous review found no evidence of antioxidant interference
with chemotherapy mechanisms, with a possibility that antioxidants
may even improve tumor response or patient survival.
Combining this result with the potential for improvement of toxic
side effects by antioxidants reported in the present review, additional
strategies for further research on antioxidants and chemotherapy
are now warranted.
The Simones' study similarly states that antioxidants and other nutrients do not interfere with chemo or radiation, and can increase kill and increase survival (Altern Ther Health Med. Mar-Apr 2007;13(2):40-47).
In addition, there is no one-size-fits-all supplement protocol for treatment, and the best approach is a person-specific one, with supplements, herbs and diet specifically targeted to the patient's needs, constitution, confounding factors, cancer type and biomarkers. Best integrative approaches are personalized.
If your radiologist will support you in this, it is an added bonus. I helped a patient several years ago when he had radiation for his laryngeal cancer. His radiologist had no objection to anything I wanted to give him. The patient did extremely well, and never had any problems eating or swallowing as a result of the treatment. And today is considered a "poster child" by his ENT. The patient is still on supplements (different now than when he was undergoing treatment), and has dramatically changed his diet and lifestyle since his diagnosis.
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The FDA doesn't allow for specific health claims on herbs and supplements, so the statements can only be vague and mention general systems affected. So, the packaging claims are often BOTH accurate, by giving the area of intervention (helps the metabolism or reproductive system) AND misleading, by not giving enough information to make an informed decision (does it help a swollen prostate or a low sperm count?--two reproductive system issues treated very diferently).
You should go to a qualified practitioner for guidance.
You should go to a qualified practitioner for guidance.
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10 months ago
Moving your waste products out is a very important activity for overall health. Sufficient fluids (water, seltzer, broth, herbal/green/white teas), fiber and exercise are a good foundation. Are you lacking in any of these areas?
If not, perhaps you have slow transit time, or a narrowing in your digestive tract, poor enzymes/bile production, irritable bowel, or insufficient beneficial bacteria. The structural and genetic issues are not as easily corrected with foods/herbs/supplements/lifestyle. But all conditions can be helped by a dietary assessment and the addition of specific recommendations for you. Not enough info here to know what is underlying your constipation.
Dairy foods, white flour/white rice foods, and animal proteins have very low to no fiber and are binding, slowing your digestive tract. So add fiber to these meals, and replace refined flour and grains with whole grains (brown rice, quinoa, barley, buckwheat, etc.).
Add raw, fresh nuts and seeds unless you are allergic. They are fine, even in diverticulosis now (new standards). The good oils are important in preventing constipation. Add the fatty fish or the vegetable omega 3's, especially fresh-ground flax seeds. Grind no sooner than 15 minutes before eating them, 1/2 to 2 tablespoons a day, and follow with quality fluids. Or add to fluids. Store them whole in the fridge.
Slowly add to your diet probiotics (in unpasteurized fermented foods,so the organisms are still alive-- yogurt, kefir, miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, etc.) and prebiotics (in inulin-rich foods like bananas, Jerusalem artichokes, garlic, onions, etc.) to repopulate your digestive flora. Add bitters (bitter foods, bitter herbs, "bitters" and soda with each meal) to enhance digestion, absorption and elimination. They also help your immune system (the good bacteria make vitamin K & some of the B vitamins), your mental health (most of the neurotransmitters are made in the GI tract) and your overall well-being.
If not, perhaps you have slow transit time, or a narrowing in your digestive tract, poor enzymes/bile production, irritable bowel, or insufficient beneficial bacteria. The structural and genetic issues are not as easily corrected with foods/herbs/supplements/lifestyle. But all conditions can be helped by a dietary assessment and the addition of specific recommendations for you. Not enough info here to know what is underlying your constipation.
Dairy foods, white flour/white rice foods, and animal proteins have very low to no fiber and are binding, slowing your digestive tract. So add fiber to these meals, and replace refined flour and grains with whole grains (brown rice, quinoa, barley, buckwheat, etc.).
Add raw, fresh nuts and seeds unless you are allergic. They are fine, even in diverticulosis now (new standards). The good oils are important in preventing constipation. Add the fatty fish or the vegetable omega 3's, especially fresh-ground flax seeds. Grind no sooner than 15 minutes before eating them, 1/2 to 2 tablespoons a day, and follow with quality fluids. Or add to fluids. Store them whole in the fridge.
Slowly add to your diet probiotics (in unpasteurized fermented foods,so the organisms are still alive-- yogurt, kefir, miso, sauerkraut, kimchi, etc.) and prebiotics (in inulin-rich foods like bananas, Jerusalem artichokes, garlic, onions, etc.) to repopulate your digestive flora. Add bitters (bitter foods, bitter herbs, "bitters" and soda with each meal) to enhance digestion, absorption and elimination. They also help your immune system (the good bacteria make vitamin K & some of the B vitamins), your mental health (most of the neurotransmitters are made in the GI tract) and your overall well-being.
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10 months ago
To get started with cancer prevention, pick any area that you'll be able to stick with. You can look at your risk factors, get the diagnostic tests and labs done, and start with improving your diet and lifestyle, which are your greatest risks. Even if you have the BRCA gene, which significantly increases your risk for breast (and other) cancers, not everyone with that gene mutation gets cancer. Diet (and lifestyle) change whether the defective gene get expressed. Start where you can be successful and you will feel motivated to continue in other areas. Seehttp://talkabouthealth.com/what-can-i-do-to-enhance-my-immune-system-will-this-help-reduce-risk-of-cancer
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10 months ago
While there are no guarantees, there are so many things you can do to not only reduce your risk, but build your immune and enhance your overall vitality. Enhancing your immune system lowers your risk of cancer. And lowering your risk of cancer will also enhance your immune system. These are win-win and mutually reinforcing situations.
So, minimize your dietary and lifestyle risks, and you will definitely improve your immune system. You can do this via many ways. Sleep 7-8 hours a night, reduce chronic stress impact, eat real/ mostly organic and richly-pigmented foods, get exercise, add targeted herbs and supplements, enjoy your life, do worthwhile activities that keep you feeling good about yourself, etc...
You could start with what is the most problematic for you (food? stress? sleep? work? relationships? exercise? attitude? diet?) and any change you make in that area will affect everything else. Or start with what is the easiest.
The immune system is constantly impacted by what's going on inside and outside of you. Seeing a sunset or fighting with your kids all have an effect. It's important to maximize the former and minimize the latter. See where change can be made for the better and start there. Wherever you start is a good place.
So, minimize your dietary and lifestyle risks, and you will definitely improve your immune system. You can do this via many ways. Sleep 7-8 hours a night, reduce chronic stress impact, eat real/ mostly organic and richly-pigmented foods, get exercise, add targeted herbs and supplements, enjoy your life, do worthwhile activities that keep you feeling good about yourself, etc...
You could start with what is the most problematic for you (food? stress? sleep? work? relationships? exercise? attitude? diet?) and any change you make in that area will affect everything else. Or start with what is the easiest.
The immune system is constantly impacted by what's going on inside and outside of you. Seeing a sunset or fighting with your kids all have an effect. It's important to maximize the former and minimize the latter. See where change can be made for the better and start there. Wherever you start is a good place.
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10 months ago
As a nurse in NJ, I can't order any labs, but work in partnership with physicians or involved patients who will get the labs done.
In addition to the CBC with differential and the chem screen/SMA-12, important blood labs are lipid panel, c-reactive protein, vitamin D-oh25, hgbA1c, copper & ceruloplasmin, (copper is an angiogenesis growth factor), zinc, fasting insulin (a cancer growth factor)thyroid panel with antibodies, fibrinogen, ferritin, D-dimer, VEGF (angiogenesis marker), DHEA-s, celiac panel if indicated. Plus labs specific for the type of cancer (PSA, CA-15-3, etc.).
There are also labs (Caris, Weisenthal, Oncotech) that look at the tumor tissue itself, and can test for certain biomarkers expressed by the tumor. There are many food/herb/supplement compounds which will target those.
All these tests help give me a baseline and a direction. I also do a diet recall, to see how you are building your house, and an extensive health history intake. Plus, we talk about stressors, spiritual support system, life passions, former or current treatments, supplements and much more. All this goes into the mix to form a personal and specific program.
In addition to the CBC with differential and the chem screen/SMA-12, important blood labs are lipid panel, c-reactive protein, vitamin D-oh25, hgbA1c, copper & ceruloplasmin, (copper is an angiogenesis growth factor), zinc, fasting insulin (a cancer growth factor)thyroid panel with antibodies, fibrinogen, ferritin, D-dimer, VEGF (angiogenesis marker), DHEA-s, celiac panel if indicated. Plus labs specific for the type of cancer (PSA, CA-15-3, etc.).
There are also labs (Caris, Weisenthal, Oncotech) that look at the tumor tissue itself, and can test for certain biomarkers expressed by the tumor. There are many food/herb/supplement compounds which will target those.
All these tests help give me a baseline and a direction. I also do a diet recall, to see how you are building your house, and an extensive health history intake. Plus, we talk about stressors, spiritual support system, life passions, former or current treatments, supplements and much more. All this goes into the mix to form a personal and specific program.
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10 months ago
Fish oils should be considered in a health plan for everyone, not just cancer survivors. All situations can benefit, except the week prior to surgery (stop them before surgery), because they are anti-thrombotic (reduce clot formation).
They are an essential fat, meaning they are necessary for our human functioning, but we must get them from our diet/supplements, as we don't make them within our bodies. They are composed of two fatty acids (DHA & EPA).
They are anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer (against colon, endometrial, breast and other cancers), and protect against cachexia and chemo toxicity (while enhancing its effect).
They maintain the cell membrane, protect the kidneys, reduce pain, help with ADHD in children, improve weight loss. They help protect the brain and the entire nervous system's functioning. These fatty acids help increase the feel-good neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, help symptoms of schizophrenia and may decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. They also reduce blood pressure, cholesterol absorption and production (especially triglycerides), and lower the risk of stroke.
Many supplements have been tested for mercury and PCB's, so buy ones that state that on their label. Also the fatty fish are rich in these oils, but buy only those approved by the EDFhttp://apps.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1540 or Seafood Watchhttp://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_recommendations.aspx?c=ln as contaminant-safe and environmentally sustainable.
They are an essential fat, meaning they are necessary for our human functioning, but we must get them from our diet/supplements, as we don't make them within our bodies. They are composed of two fatty acids (DHA & EPA).
They are anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer (against colon, endometrial, breast and other cancers), and protect against cachexia and chemo toxicity (while enhancing its effect).
They maintain the cell membrane, protect the kidneys, reduce pain, help with ADHD in children, improve weight loss. They help protect the brain and the entire nervous system's functioning. These fatty acids help increase the feel-good neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine, help symptoms of schizophrenia and may decrease the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. They also reduce blood pressure, cholesterol absorption and production (especially triglycerides), and lower the risk of stroke.
Many supplements have been tested for mercury and PCB's, so buy ones that state that on their label. Also the fatty fish are rich in these oils, but buy only those approved by the EDFhttp://apps.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1540 or Seafood Watchhttp://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_recommendations.aspx?c=ln as contaminant-safe and environmentally sustainable.
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10 months ago
For energy without stimulants: the best answer here would be to review your diet and choose deeply nourishing foods, avoiding foods which further deplete you.
And to add an herbal adaptogen (category of herb to impact the HPAT system which protect against the negative impact of chronic stress), selected especially for your unique constitution, needs and indications. HPAT refers to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-thyroid axis, and is a system which links your immune, nervous and endocrine functions.
Many/most of the herbs in this category also have anti-cancer activity and include the ginsengs, schisandra, ashwagandha, licorice, rhodiola, reishi mushroom, amla, astragalus, holy basil, cordyceps and others. A qualified herbalist would help compose a formula which would include some of them, in addition to others specific to you.
Plus, I would check your vitamin D-OH25 level and supplement if it is low. Other overall significant supplements would include B complex, fish oil and some others to strengthen your immune/your vitality. Are you anemic or low thyroid? This would also contribute to fatigue, as would any chemo/surgery or radiation you may have been through, which are not mentioned.
The movement meditations which have the word "qi" or "chi" in them (tai qi, qi gung) can help build your "qi" or vital energy.
And to add an herbal adaptogen (category of herb to impact the HPAT system which protect against the negative impact of chronic stress), selected especially for your unique constitution, needs and indications. HPAT refers to hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal-thyroid axis, and is a system which links your immune, nervous and endocrine functions.
Many/most of the herbs in this category also have anti-cancer activity and include the ginsengs, schisandra, ashwagandha, licorice, rhodiola, reishi mushroom, amla, astragalus, holy basil, cordyceps and others. A qualified herbalist would help compose a formula which would include some of them, in addition to others specific to you.
Plus, I would check your vitamin D-OH25 level and supplement if it is low. Other overall significant supplements would include B complex, fish oil and some others to strengthen your immune/your vitality. Are you anemic or low thyroid? This would also contribute to fatigue, as would any chemo/surgery or radiation you may have been through, which are not mentioned.
The movement meditations which have the word "qi" or "chi" in them (tai qi, qi gung) can help build your "qi" or vital energy.
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10 months ago
Potential lymphedema remedies include Paroven, a derivative from the bioflavonoid rutinhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3278764, horsechestnut seed, red root, violet leaf. These should be used with a practitioner's guidance for dosage. There is Pink Ribbon Pilates to help prevent lymphedema.
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10 months ago
How many different types of breast cancer are there besides inflammatory, ER/PR+, Her2+, triple neg?
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