A traditional herbal tea may hold the key to fighting breast
cancer, report scientist from the UK. Extracts from a plant known as virgin’s
mantle, used as a medical tea, can kill cancerous cells in the test tube.
The plant,
Fagonia cretica, is found in Pakistan, India and parts of Africa and Europe.
Women with
breast cancer in rural Pakistan drink tea brewed from it. Now research in the
UK shows that herbal tea made from Fagonia cretica destroys cancer cells, but
unlike chemotherapy, doesn’t damage normal breast cells, reducing side effects.
Tests showed
it arrested the growth of cells within five hours of application and destroys
them within 24 hours.
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HINDUSTAN TIMES 26AUGUST-2012
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