Alternative Cancer Treatments - Careseng

For thousands of years Ginseng (Panax Quinquefolium L.) preparations have been used for health remedies.

Careseng came to market in 2001. It contains the concentrated extract of several anti-cancer compounds found in ginseng, a herb with a long history of use in traditional Chinese medicine. Cell culture studies on breast, liver, colon, prostate, lung, pancreatic, and brain cancer cells have shown that the ginseng extract induces death (technically known as apoptosis) in cancer cells.

Two preliminary clinical studies on Careseng also show a significant inhibition of cancer growth. What is more, no adverse side effects have been reported due to the use of Careseng.

The two main active anti-cancer agents in Careseng are Rh2 and a variety of plant compounds known as dammarane sapogenins, found especially in the araliaceae (a large family of mostly tropical shrubs and trees, of which ginseng is one). Cell culture studies of dammarane sapogenins demonstrate that in addition to inducing cell death, they can also inhibit cancer cell proliferation, induce differentiation of cancer cells into a benign form, and block the function a protein (P-glycoprotein) found in cancer cells which is responsible for multi-drug resistance. Thus the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs is enhanced. There are also other possible anti-cancer effects.

Careseng was developed by the Canadian pharmaceutical company Pegasus Pharmaceuticals Group, Inc and is availanle through Pegasus Lifecare, Inc.

Please note that I am providing this information for educational purposes only. The history and application of Ginseng is a fascinating one and so I encourage further study of this product. If anyone has experience of using it, beneficially or otherwise, as either a patient or medical practitioner, please let me know.