Could this ‘serenity flower’ REVERSE the failures of conventional cancer care?
If there’s one thing that’s PRICELESS after getting diagnosed with cancer, it’s peace of mind.
You PRAY for serenity…
But your world has been thrown into CHAOS.
Suddenly, everything in your life REVOLVES around your cancer treatments…
And it can feel like your spiraling into MADNESS as you keep trying what HASN’T worked… over and over again.
Fortunately, there’s something that could help SENSITIZE your cancer to conventional treatments…
And even help kick cancer to the curb on its own, too.
It’s a flower trick that shouldn’t be UNDERESTIMATED – because it wouldn’t be the first time that a floral secret held the key to fighting cancer!
Chemo FAILING you?
The lotus flower (Nelumbo nucifera)… or “sacred lotus”… is HERALDED as the national flower of India.
That’s where it originated – but THOUSANDS of years ago, it spread to other semitropical areas throughout Asia.
It’s come to symbolize divine beauty… peace and tranquility… and rebirth.
Some lotus flowers have even been known to miraculously RISE from the dead!
Lotus is a water-dwelling plant, whose tubular roots burrow into the muddy sediment at the bottom of ponds, lakes, and streams.
The long, white, underwater stem is edible… often found in Asian salads, soups, and stir fries.
But it’s in the lotus SEEDS that have been used in ancient medicinal practices of Ayurveda… Unani… and TCM…
And that’s where you can find the cancer-killing powers of this “resurrection flower.”
Now, I’ve shared with you before how other flowers have opened our eyes to natural ways of beating back cancer.
In the case of lotus, the key appears to be an alkaloid compound that’s UNIQUE to this particular flower, called neferine.
Research has shown how this plant-based chemical can help combat liver cancer… gastrointestinal cancer… lung cancer… kidney cancer… and more.
In a 2014 in vitro study out of India, neferine FORCED otherwise immortal cancer cells to “off” themselves (a.k.a. apoptosis) in no less than 6 different ways:
- UNLEASHING oxidative stress through reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation
- ROBBING them of protective antioxidants
- SAPPING them of cellular energy by destroying their mitochondrial membrane potential
- LOADING them up with intracellular calcium to hijack cancer cell signaling, and
- REGULATING the MAPK pathway so it doesn’t allow for abnormal cell survival.
But that’s not all…
In an in vitro study out of China published just last year, neferine didn’t JUST induce apoptosis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor cells…
But it also SLAMMED THE BRAKES on tumor cell proliferation and migration.
Here’s the MOST exciting part of the developing research on neferine from lotus seeds…
It can help REVERSE cancer drug resistance!
If you’ve ever had a round of chemo, you know how docs will try to PUSH you into getting another round… even when the first one didn’t work.
They’ll pile DRUG upon DRUG – until you become so sick and weak, you just can’t take it anymore.
And the problem with many drug-resistant cancers is that when one chemo drug fails… so do OTHERS.
You don’t have enough spare time to run through the gamut of them all.
Fortunately, neferine has ALSO shown the ability to ENHANCE cancer cells’ sensitivity to chemo drugs like oxaliplatin and doxorubicin.
Now, this science is brand new. And research has been conducted in a lab dish… or on animals… and not in humans.
But what researchers are finding seems to be very promising.
At the very least, you might benefit from the lotus’s anti-inflammatory effects!
You can find lotus seed tea – but be aware that many imported teas aren’t organic and could be contaminated by heavy metals. Choose a maker you trust.
You can also find lotus seed powder in supplement form at your local health food store or online.
A Chinese herbalist may know it better as Lian Zi Xin.
To second chances,
Melissa Young
