MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Western medicine describe the treatment of medical conditions with medications, by doctors, nurses who employ methods developed according to Western medical and scientific traditions. Western medicine encompasses all types of conventional medical treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and physical therapy.
Complementary medicine has the same interventions when used in conjunction with western medicine. Complementary medicine can work along with the western medicine to help the healing process of the patient.
Adjunctive therapy is treatment used together with the primary treatment. Its purpose is to assist the primary treatment.
Herbal medicine is a traditional medicine based on the use of plants and plant extracts. Major advantages with herbal medicine are that it compliments western medicines by speeding up the recovery process and does not have side effects. Herbal medicine also helps in minimizing the side effects caused by conventional medicine.
Citralife lemongrass – Complementary Medicine and Adjunctive Therapy (in conjunction with western medicine) for major ailments. Citralife acts as a booster and accelerator in the healing process. Lemongrass is a Herbal Medicine for minor ailments. No side effects. Consider a form of Preventive Medicine to maintain good health.
MEDICAL RESEARCH ON LEMONGRASS AGAINST CANCER
There are many researches on the effectiveness of lemongrass against cancer cells in the laboratory and published in the following journals;
Laboratory of Nutritional Chemoprevention in Digestive Oncology and Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Strasbourg, France suggested that geraniol oil in lemongrass exert antitumor activities (cancer chemopreventive agent) which inhibited the growth and polyamine biosynthesis in human colon cancer cells.
Journal: Geraniol, a Component of Plant Essential Oils, Inhibits Growth and Polyamine Biosynthesis in Human Colon Cancer Cells (January, 2001) http://jpet.aspetjournals.org (Click here)
Department of Nutritional Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, USA found that geraniol, an acyclic monoterpene oil found in lemongrass exert in vitro and in vivo antitumor activity against murine leukemia (cancer in mouse), hepatoma (liver cancer) and melanoma (skin cancer) cells
Journal: Concentration-dependent Increase of Murine P388 and B16 Population Doubling Time by the Acyclic Monoterpene Geraniol (January 1991)
Journal: Concentration-dependent Increase of Murine P388 and B16 Population Doubling Time by the Acyclic Monoterpene Geraniol (January 1991)
Department of Biology and Chemistry, Indiana University, USA found that geraniol from lemongrass suppress pancreatic tumor growth without significantly affecting blood cholesterol levels.
Journal : Inhibition of Pancreatic Cancer Growth by the Dietary Isoprenoids Farnesol and Geraniol (1997) http://www.springerlink.com/content/4675678x5846k147 (Click here)
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Ben Gurion University, Israel found that citral found in lemongrass induced apoptosis in hematopoietic cancer cell.
Journal : Citral is a New Inducer of Caspase-3 in Tumor Cell Lines (2005)
Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, India found that essential oil from a lemon grass variety of Cymbopogon flexuosus has a promising anticancer activity and causes loss in tumor cell viability by activating the apoptotic process.
Journal : Chemico-Biological Interactions Volume 179, Issues 2-3, pg 160 – 168 (15 May 2009)
TREATMENT OF AIDS PATIENTS WITH LEMONGRASS
School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa validate that lemongrass is safe in the treatment of oral thrush in HIV/AIDS patients.
Journal : Treatment of oral thrush in HIV/AIDS patients with lemon juice and lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) and gentian violet. Phytomedicine 16 (2009) pg 118–124 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19109001 (Click here)
Cancer
RESEARCH ON LEMONGRASS BY MALAYSIAN INSTITUTIONS
Books published by Malaysian Institutions are :
1. Popular Herbal Medicine by MARDI
(Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institution)
(Malaysian Agriculture Research and Development Institution)
Serai Makan (Click here)
2. Nature Wealth by FRIM
(Forest Research Institute of Malaysia)
(Forest Research Institute of Malaysia)
Serai Penambah Perisa (Click here)
Pertumbuhan dan Perkembangan (Click here)
Kandungan Kimia (Click here)
Khasiat / Kegunaan (Click here)
Profil Bioaktiviti (Click here)
Petua - petua Tradisi (1) & (2) (Click here)
Rujukan (Click here)
Pertumbuhan dan Perkembangan (Click here)
Kandungan Kimia (Click here)
Khasiat / Kegunaan (Click here)
Profil Bioaktiviti (Click here)
Petua - petua Tradisi (1) & (2) (Click here)
Rujukan (Click here)
Sabah Newspaper Daily Express, 27 December 2009
Lemongrass tea triggers cancer cell suicides, says study
RESEARCH BY UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG ON EFFECTIVENESS OF LEMONGRASS OIL TO REDUCE BACTERIA ACTIVITY FOR FOOD PACKAGING
