The plant *Morus alba* cures cancer.

Thistle is a medicinal plant that is considered useful in both Eastern and Western medicine for treating cancer. In addition, thistle is also used to treat high blood pressure.

This plant also goes by many animal names (tiger's claw, ox's claw, cat's claw). It is also known as large claw or dry prickly pear. Scientific name - Cirsium japonicum DC. Asteraceae.

Horsetail (Ma Ke) for treating cancer in Traditional Chinese Medicine

To treat leucorrhea and menorrhagia: use large burdock, cattail pollen (roasted), and tangerine peel (roasted until charred), boil them in water for half a dose and drink.

To treat heart heat causing vomiting blood and dry mouth: crush the leaves and roots to extract the juice, drink two small cups at a time (sacred remedy).

For children with sores and oozing sores that cause discomfort due to fever or chills, crush the leaves of the Chinese quince tree and apply them to the sores; replace them when dry (Simplified Remedies for Children).

To treat itching and sores, crush the leaves of the Chinese knotweed plant and drink the juice; another method involves mixing it with salt and applying it as a poultice (Thiên Kim Phương).

To treat fistulas that do not close: take a handful each of the roots of *Dendrobium nobile*, *Ziziphus jujuba*, *Ziziphus jujuba*, and *Stephania tetrandra*. Take 3 fen of *Ban Mieu*, roast and grind into a powder, and form into a honey-coated pill the size of an apple. Take one pill once a day, and insert one pill into the fistula (Zhu Hou Fang).

For boils and abscesses: 4 ounces of large burdock, 1 ounce of frankincense, 5 qian of alum, powdered; take 2 qian at a time with wine until sweating occurs (Universal Remedies Prescription).

To treat vomiting blood, and lung abscesses with vomiting blood, pus, and foul-smelling phlegm: decoct 2-3 ounces of fresh large burdock (whole plant) (or just the roots, 1-2 ounces) and drink the liquid.

Dispersing stagnation and eliminating swelling: used for various types of sores and ulcers. Take 3 qian each of *Thuyên thảo*, *Địa du*, and *Ngưu tất*, and 4 qian of *Kim ngân hoa*, decoct them and drink the resulting liquid. Add 1 qian of *Đại kế*, crushed and the fresh juice extracted. The entire fresh *Đại kế* plant, crushed and applied externally, treats the above symptoms.

Treatment for chronic appendicitis: Wash 4 ounces of fresh Cirsium japonicum, crush it to extract the juice, and drink one tablespoon twice a day.

In addition, nowadays, the plant *Dai Ke* is combined with some modern medicines to make "Dai Ke Dang Ap Phien" (Dai Ke Blood Pressure Lowering Tablets) to effectively treat stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension. *Dai Ke* is also very effective in treating bleeding gums; crush 1-2 ounces of the plant and soak it in water.

Treatment for lymph node tumors: Use 30g of the whole plant of *Datura metel* and 60g of lean pork. Simmer until cooked, eat the meat and drink the broth daily for one month.

Treatment for breast cancer: 40g of burdock leaves, 1 egg white. Grind both ingredients together and apply to the affected area.

Treatment of bladder cancer: 20g of large burdock, 20g of small burdock, 20g of semi-bristle, 2g of charcoal from dandelion, 20g of charcoal from *Cinnamomum cassia*, 20g of *Plantago seed*, 20g of *Hedyotis diffusa*, 12g of *Anemarrhena asphodeloides*, 6g of *Phellodendron amurense*, 10g of *Rehmannia glutinosa*, 10g of *Poria cocos*, 12g of *Poria cocos*; or 20g of large burdock, 20g of small burdock, 20g of *Rehmannia glutinosa*, 20g of *Anemarrhena asphodeloides*, 6g of *Phellodendron amurense*, 12g of charcoal from *Cinnamomum cassia*, 12g of *Aristolochia debilis*, 12g of *Aristolochia debilis*, 20g of *Plantago seed*, 20g of *Tinospora cordifolia*; 20g of *Plantago seed*, 20g of *Taraxacum officinale*; or 20g of large burdock, 20g of honeysuckle, 15g of *Sophora flavescens*, 15g of *Alisma orientalis*, 12g of *Dioscorea opposita*, 6g of *Phellodendron amurense*, 1.5g of amber (taken with decoction). Take one dose of the decoction daily.

Horsetail (Ma Ke) for treating cancer in Western medicine.

The plant *Dai Ke* is also used in Western medicine to treat several other cancers: liver cancer, lung cancer, ear, nose and throat cancer, and bladder cancer.

The Military Medical Academy has studied the roots of the Cirsium japonicum (DC… (Asteraceae)) plant, which grows naturally in Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province. The extracted substances include tannins, reducing sugars, essential oils, terpenoids, and a white powder. This white powder is called Cirsium japonicum powder.

The powdered burdock root has the following properties:

- It is insoluble in organic solvents, high-proof alcohol, and cold water.

- It dissolves completely in boiling water, but after cooling for 2-3 days, it precipitates again like the original.

- It does not react with alkaloid, flavonoid, and other reagents used for the qualitative identification of compounds in plants.

- It is hydrolyzed by acids and alkalis at high temperatures, yielding a portion of reducing sugars.

- The powder contains 15 elements, of which calcium accounts for 0.018%.

- It has an effect on the S. aureus ATCC 29123 strain equivalent to Penicillin G at 1/8 of a 200-unit concentration.

- The powdered burdock root (in powder or suspension form, 5-10%) has good hemostatic effects on soft tissue wounds, as well as wounds in the spongy bone. The hemostatic effect of burdock root powder is comparable to that of Chinese SP powder and Calcium Alginate powder…

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