Lemon Grass as Cancer Cure
While the medical community continues to search for the elusive cure to one of the most dreadful diseases that afflicts mankind, the answers may be exactly where God had intended them to be — in nature with no added chemicals or compounds. Many supposed miracle cures have emerged through the years, but none have been conclusively declared as the cure to cancer.
Everything began at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev when researchers discovered that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer cells in vitro but leaving healthy cells unharmed. The research team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. Yakov Weinstein from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the BGU. The key components that provide the lemony aroma and taste in herbal plants such as lemon grass, Melissa, and Verbena, is Citral. The study discovered that Citral causes cancer cells to commit suicide or what is called “apoptosis.” A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough Citral to lead cancer cells into this programmed cell death in the test tube. Findings were published in the scientific journal “Planta Medica.”
Nobody knows for certain how it works, but the BGU scientists theorize that each cell in our body has a genetic program that causes cell death. It is this very program that Citral triggers with cancer cells. Because of this, fresh lemon grass fields in Israel are now the destination of cancer patients. Even doctors have began to recommend to their cancer patients drinking of at least 8 glasses of hot lemon grass tea. Some recommend it before their radiation or chemotherapy treatments.
Regardless if the research is valid, drinking lemon grass tea is not harmful to the body. This is definitely an alternative treatment to cancer that is worth considering.
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November 19th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
lemongrass cymbopogon citratus, a native of malaysia is used by natives centuries ago for food and medical purposes, that’s the reason why malaysians have a very low cancer rate,
i suggest more patients to give a testimony on there experience on this humble plant
November 20th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Thanks for the comment. I also hope to get more testimonials about this new alternative cure. If it is indeed a cure, I hope businessmen will not take advantage and hike the price of this plant. At the moment, it is very cheap and affordable because it is easy to grow.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:51 am
since lemongrass is indigenous in malaysia,able to find some plants in almost every house backyard, can be planted in malaysia without any special expertise, natural resistant to pest, (lemongrass juice/extract is used as a pesticide in organic farming and used as a mosquito repellant)
to keep costs low and affordable to everybody some scientist should do something before some big medical corporation patents lemongrass (extract/essense or in whatever form) to cure or fight cancer, i propose that any keen scientist should come to malaysia for their R/D.(there is some kind of grant given by malaysian govt in development of native plants)
should any party keen, contact me through this blog and i will provide any asisstance needed.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I just discovered they sell citral capsules at $19.98 for 100 capsules. This is what I meant by pharmaceutical companies hiking the price of herbal medicine when in fact these are very cheap. I suggest that those who are fighting cancer grow the plant in their backyard instead and boil these as tea everyday. Besides, nobody knows what else they put in those capsules. Better to use the natural form.
November 20th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
capsules are for the rich, the poor should follow your
great idea to have some lemongrass in their garden, planting is quite simple,grows on any soil, multiples quickly, divides the plants in 6 months,in a short time you will have so many plants you can start giving them away to friends who believe in preventive medicine.
harvest the leaves for tea,use the bulb part as spice, crush/blend the whole plant and mix with alcohol to be use as massage medium as lemongrass have anaglesic properties.
besides citronella(citral),… lemongrass also contains geraniol,myrcene…. any ideas??
in malaysia, raw lemongrass(bulb part without leaves) cost USD1.50 per kg