Village women a few miles from Lahore find a cure for breast cancer

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Scientists have discovered that extracts from a plant, found in arid regions a few miles from Lahore, can kill cancerous cells and produces no harmful side-effects associated with chemotherapy. Tea from the plant known as Virgin’s Mantle (known locally in Lahore as Dramah) is already drunk by women in villages in Pakistan who have breast cancer, the Daily Mail reported.
Researchers from Aston University, Birmingham, and Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, found that it contains potent anti-cancer agents that act singly or in combination against the proliferation of cancer cells.
Laboratory tests showed they arrested the growth of cells within five hours of application and caused them to die within 24 hours.
The plant, which has the botanical name Fagonia cretica, is found in arid, desert regions of Pakistan, India, Africa and parts of Europe.
Professor Helen Griffiths and Professor Amtul R Carmichael, who headed the study, found herbal tea made from the extract of the plant destroys cancer cells but unlike conventional chemotherapy, treatment does not damage normal breast cells, thus reducing side effects.
Reports from breast cancer sufferers in Pakistan suggested the plant extract does not trigger any serious side effects such as loss of hair, drop in blood count or diarrhoea.
The plant extract had a novel mechanism which could remedy defects in cell DNA that would normally resist tumour growth.
An impaired DNA response not only allows the cancer to flourish, it also inhibits the way chemotherapy works which reduces its effectiveness.
“A small hospital 100 miles north of Lahore in Pakistan started using the herbal tea 40 years ago to treat breast cancer patients. It appears to keep them in remission, although we can`t use the word cure at this stage,” Carmichael said.
“However, they live for a long time without losing their hair or putting on a large amount of weight, or experiencing other toxic side effects associated with chemotherapy, so we are confident this extract has something to contribute,” Carmichael was quoted by the paper as saying.
At present the herbal tea is being used to treat Asians but there might be different effects in Caucasian patients, she added. The study was published in the journal PloS One.
Dr Caitlin Palframan, policy manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: ‘Some of the most important cancer-fighting drugs are originally derived from plants.
‘As this research is at the very earliest stage, we won’t know for quite some time whether drugs derived from this plant will be effective in treating breast cancer but we look forward to seeing any progress.
‘We would advise women with breast cancer who are considering using any herbal remedies to discuss this with their doctor first as some may interfere with ongoing cancer treatment.’
Emma Pennery, clinical director of Breast Cancer Care, said: ‘Much more research would be needed to build on this small-scale laboratory work to date.’

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36 COMMENTS

  1. govt. Should back this study and media also bring awerness among the masses to prevent from brest cancer through this plant leaves.

  2. Give me more information about this plant. Where isit found in india and how it is prepared ? Pls mail me on my id.

  3. Is this tea available in the US? Is it known if it is also prophylactic? I am an 11year survivor and would lobe to drink this tea to prevent a recurrence.

    • The short answer is nobody knows!(Although its too good to be true?) One has to conduct dubbel blind/placebo controlled clinical studies in order to answer your question! Al lab test doesnt say that much..

  5. I want to know more about this plant Dramah.
    as you mentioned,it is available in india,but
    i don’t know about it.

    • Dear dr. this plant is available in the desert area of pakistan and india. Its botanical name is Fagonia cretica (Syn: Fagonia arabica, Fagonia indica). Locally known as Dhamasa. the herbal tea of it is very effective in breast cancer

  6. if this plant gives remission it should be utilized for saving lives especially of those who cant afford expensive chemotherapy can someone help how one can get/ buy it

  7. My sister is in the advanced stage of breast cancer. I would like her to try out this tea extract at the earliest. Can somebody tell me how to procure it. I am in delhi India. Thanx.

  8. can somebody advice the name and whereabouts (contact info) of this hospital 100 miles north of lahore, mentioned in the paper. Pl treat it most urgent. Thanx

  9. Can u suggest me availability of herbal tea in India or elsewhere, my dear one is fighting last one year. Pl suggest the availability as soon as possible…

  10. Where is this hospital? can you write its name? My mother has been diaganosed with breast cancer and i desperately need it. Kindly just write its name and i will find it. Please

  11. PLEASE log into WHO website and look up dramah etc herbal medical uses .. ALSO TRY google- maryland school of medicine USA and look up herbal medicines under complementary therapies .. GOOGLE herbal tharapies for breast cancer for links ..hope this is helpful … ALSO TRY – http://WWW.MAYOCLINIC.COM — useful USA LINK .

  13. Dear Fellows

    Fagonia cretica is an years old remedy for various ailments including breast cancer. Its common name is "dhamasa" and not dramah. However 5 hours to arrest cancer cell and kill within 5 hours seems exaggeration
    few comments:

    @waqas: its a shrub and in crude form its branches are used and not leaves.
    @Linda: its not prophylactic and is quite safe in this respect, and yes this could be used as a preventive measure along with few other dietary changes.
    @Dr Jagmohan: Yes its commonly available in india/pak, check for dhamasa, else will share its ayurvedic name.
    @Waqar/tapesh: email me your postal address, will post you its concentrate by post.
    @Nadira: it works for sure. Alhamd O Lillah.

  15. First a car that runs on water and now this? AMAZING! Pakistan is on its way to the top! Even if we have to blatantly lie to get there.

  16. @shenaniganman: Please do not relate this with water fuel fraud. Agha Waqar might be a fraud, but the technology exists since few years, please google "HHO"
    secondly there are many traditional remedies which so called modern science has yet to work on… …

  17. plz send me the whole detaile of this tea.let me know i get from pakistan.i'will be thankful to u.it's urgent for me.

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  29. how to prepare the tea please tell me someone,
    and i would like to know is this tea effective only in early stages of breast cancer or also the last stage?
    please guide me i need to know immediately! thanks!

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