Cancer Control with saffron
Health News reports, recent studies show that saffron may have a special role in cancer control.
For centuries hear the name of a disease that causes discomfort daunting because of family spirit and great sadness to the heart and soul of the patient and puts those around him.
Cancer is a serious illness that wish it all away. Despite the passage of centuries, dating from the disease, the primary cause of the disease remains unknown and its treatment definitive solution to one of the wishes of clinicians and researchers and human society has become.
What ever is approved by everyone is that cancer cell proliferation and abuse of the natural cycle or controlling cell death caused by immune cells to various reasons.
Cancer can involve a range of cells, which generally are often divided into three major categories.
1. carcinoma: cancers of the skin cells or internal layers of the organ or gland originates manufacturers such as skin cancer, lung, breast.
2. sarcoma: cancer that arises from connective tissue such as bone cancer.
3. leukemia and lymphoma: cancer of blood-forming cells and immune cells emerge.
Also among various types of cancer, liver cancer, lung, stomach, known as the deadliest also one of the main causes of death in the United States and around 8 million deaths a year around the world followed.
Iran cancers in the breast, prostate, lung, colorectal cancer is the most common, which unfortunately continues to grow as well.
Regular treatment, the use of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant can be named.
The use of conventional treatments such as chemotherapy cause many complications that people are looking for natural treatments without side effects or complications, is.
Hence, perhaps by doing thorough research in the fields of food science and traditional medicine solution for this he stated.
the cam which in the meantime Aromatherapy is a special place for the majority of people.
Saffron subtropical vegetation in areas with mild winters and hot dry summers growing properly.
It is colored due to the taste, aroma and color good many applications in the fields of food, chemical and pharmaceutical, and even the most expensive spices in the world in general and for centuries traditional medicine it is used.
This plant not only has a special place in Islamic medicine and in the words of the people of Bayt peace be upon them and used for the treatment is recommended. It has a long tradition as the origin of this plant in Iran.
Fan Hong Hua is used in Chinese medicine with a name and a history of 3000 years. Now dry stigma of saffron as an herbal remedy for various ailments by the cultures of Arabic, Hindi and Chinese are used.
In addition to the above, the West is also considered to have healing properties of herbs above. At the time of Galen and Hippocrates, this plant is great for fighting colds, coughs, insomnia and even heart disease was used but nowadays scientific findings strongly suggest that saffron can be effective on the prevention of aggressive forms of cancer killer.
Recent scientific findings show that the specific activity of saffron and its derivatives in the management of cancers of the lung, breast and pancreas, respectively.
Saffron contains 150 chemicals of which include carotenoids such as crocetin noted in it that is known as anti-cancer agents.
Krusin another Carotenoid is also responsible for the yellow color of saffron is done with cancer cells can affect the performance 4 persons:
1 inhibition of nucleic acid synthesis.
2. Strengthening the antioxidant system (reduction of oxidative stress).
(3) induction of apoptosis (cell death promoting).
4. obstacle to growth signaling pathways.
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In another study, anti-tumor effect of saffron extract on skin cancer in mice by increased survival, prevent weight loss, delay in tumor incidence and the number of them.
Interestingly, the properties of saffron is taking this herb can prevent DNA damage caused by radiation cause cancer therapeutics in patients.
people with low blood pressure should be used with caution.
Saffron is one of the few and rare possible side effects include dry mouth, anxiety, drowsiness and nausea cited.
It is also likely toxicity at high doses, including the appearance of yellow skin and eyes may be seen.
In the end, it should be noted that to determine the exact mechanism of saffron in the process of carcinogenesis requires extensive studies on humans are needed.
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