Holistic Cancer Care: An Herbal Approach to Preventing Cancer, Helping Patients Thrive during Treatment, and Minimizing the Risk of Recurrence: An ... During Treatment, and Minimizing Recurrence - Hardcover

Cabrera, Chanchal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1635866480 ISBN 13: 9781635866483

Publisher: Storey Publishing LLC, 2023

Synopsis

A medical herbalist with a specialty in integrative oncology provides an in-depth guide to practical, solution-focused strategies for using herbal medicines and other natural therapies.

Patients facing a cancer diagnosis often feel at the mercy of an illness they don't understand and in the hands of doctors offering treatments that focus on the cancer, instead of on the patient. In Holistic Cancer Care, Chanchal Cabrera, a consulting medical herbalist with more than 20 years specializing in holistic oncology, provides an in-depth guide to using herb-based therapies in conjunction with conventional treatments. Putting the patient front and center, holistic therapies can help boost the immune system, which can slow the spread of certain cancers and, in some cases, even enhance the cancer-killing effects of chemotherapy. Herbal medicine and other therapies also offer effective ways of dealing with the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. Drawing from decades of clinical experience helping patients recover from cancer, Cabrera provides a wealth of safe, well-researched information, including specific herbal formulas, important discussions about dosing and safety, detox protocols, recommendations for nutritional supplements, simple recipes for nourishing meals, and patient case histories that demonstrate the power of the strategies she recommends.

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About the Author

Chanchal Cabrera is a medical herbalist who specializes in collaborative oncology. She has been a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists since 1987 and has held the faculty chair position in Botanical Medicine at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine in British Columbia since 2004. She obtained an MSc in herbal medicine at the University of Wales. Cabrera also serves on the board of advisors of Dominion Herbal College in Burnaby. She publishes widely in professional journals and lectures internationally on medical herbalism, nutrition, and health. She lives on Vancouver Island, BC, and can be found online at chanchalcabrera.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Storey Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1635866480
• ISBN 13: 9781635866483
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576