Cancer Bush Medicinal Uses

Cancer Bush Medicinal Uses are many. Cancer Bush (Lessertia frutescens) is a much-respected and long-used medicinal plant that is also an attractive garden plant, and has been cultivated in gardens for many years for its fine form, striking color and luminous flowers. It was previously known as Sutherlandia frutescens. Lessertia frutescens has many common names and it has become widely known as Sutherlandia.

Cancer Bush Medicinal Uses Overview

This plant is one of the most talked about because it has a strong reputation in the treatment of cancer and now increasingly as an immune booster in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Research on its properties is ongoing. Cancer patients, as well as TB and AIDS patients, lose weight and tend to waste away. This plant dramatically improves the appetite, and wasted patients start to gain weight.

It should not be regarded as a miracle cure for cancer — its real benefits are as a tonic that will assist the body to mobilize its own resources to cope with the illness.

Among its benefits, it may help in the treatment of:

• Chicken pox.
• Internal cancers.
• HIV/AIDS & TB.
• Flu, fever, asthma and bronchitis.
• Rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
• Liver problems.
• Wounds.
• Eye Problems.
• Hemorrhoids, piles, bladder.and Uterus issues.
• Diarrhea, dysentery and stomach ailments.
• Heartburn and peptic ulcers.
• Backache, stiff neck and muscle spasms.
• Diabetes, varicose veins and inflammation.
• Mental and emotional stress, including irritability, anxiety and depression.
• Digestion and improving the appetite.

Parts used: Roots, twigs and leaves.

• Decoction.
• Infusions.
• Powder.
• Poultice.
• Ointments.
• Capsules.

Cancer Bush Herbal Recipes

Cancer Bush Tea

• Add one teaspoon of dried cancer bush to 1litre of boiling water.
• Stir well and let it steep for for 5 minutes.
• Strain the tea through a strainer.
• Drink half a cup, three times a day.