DHAMASA (FAGONIA CRETICA): An Herb That Cures Breast Cancer.

Dhamasa (Fagonia Cretica):

An Herb That

Cures Breast Cancer.

(M. Javed Naseem)

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Plants/herbs are a perfectly balanced part

of nature and interact in unison with the

human digestive system. Chemotherapy

drugs, on the other hand, are artificially

created in a lab and cause homeostatic

dissonance within the human body.

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Cancer is a gift of the modern technology and new-age lifestyle. And what’s even worse  is the drugs to treat cancers and the chemotherapy. They promote cancers instead of curing and treating it. There are hundreds of research papers published on this subject and the honest researchers and doctors are warning general public of the dangerous and harmful effects of chemotherapy.

Today, almost 90 percent of all cancers in the world are triggered by toxins. These toxins cause failures in the regulation of the cell cycle starting with the formation of cells and ending with programmed cell death. If humans could find anything natural (from plants, herbs, fruits, vegetables, shrubs or trees that would interfere with this activity of toxins, that would be considered the real treatment and cure to cancer. It would make the cancer impossible to grow. The Chinese treat and cure many physical ailments with herbal teas and extracts. Scientists from the East and the West have found cancer-fighting properties in many food items like lemon, ginger, turmeric, garlic, pepper, etc. But their research never reached the point of benefit for general public – not yet.

In most Asian, African and Latin American countries, alternative medicine is very popular and is preferred. In China, India, Pakistan and East Asia, this alternative medicine means herbal medicine (though it might have a different name in each country).

In rural Pakistan, where country (simple and natural) lifestyle prevails, people rarely go to modern qualified physicians (doctors). The local herbalists (many not even educated or qualified in medical field) and quacks serve people well. They learned the tricks of the trade from their elders and the experience passes through generations. Some of these people are known for treating even cancer with herbs. The most famous of these herbs is called “Dhamasa” in local language and it grows wild in the arid land of Punjab and Sind. Its biological name is ‘Fagonia Cretica’ and it has beautiful pink flowers. The tea made from its extract kills cancer cells.

Dr. John Summerly, a nutritionist, herbologist, and homeopathic practitioner, says:

“Over 50% of chemotherapeutic drugs which are in use today are derived from compounds obtained plants. The biggest difference is that the plants are a perfectly balanced part of nature and interact in unison with the human digestive system. Chemotherapy drugs on the other hand are artificially created in a lab, and ultimately cause homeostatic dissonance within the human body.”

Fagonia Cretica is an ancient remedy for various ailments. Quacks (Hakims) in India and Pakistan have been using tea made from its extract to cure breast cancer. Shockingly, the treatment is so effective and fast that patients start seeing the positive results within 24 to 72 hours (1-3 days). It was this amazing result that drew the attention of doctors and scientists not only from across the country but also from Europe and America. An English-language newspapers from Lahore (Pakistan) published a story on that and skeptically asked: “The plant, Fagonia cretica, (also known as Virgon´s Mantlem), has been used in tea form to treat women in rural Pakistan who have breast cancer. Is this mythology or does it have real properties?”

The story also got the attention of some British doctors who decided to investigate it and find the truth. Scientists at Aston University, Prof. Helen Griffith, and Russells Hall Hospital, Prof. Amutul R. Carmichael, led the research team. They have discovered that, in vitro, Fagonia Cretica (Dhamasa) does have the ability to kill breast cancer cells. 

“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’.

Early days yet, it also seems to leave healthy cells unharmed. Professor Helen Griffith and Professor Amutul R Carmichael are now aiming to identify which element or elements of the plant are responsible for killing the cancer cells with a view to eventually begin trails with human cancer patients.

Writing in the journal PLoS One, in a study entitled ‘An Aqueous Extract of Fagonia cretica Induces DNA Damage, Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells via FOXO3a and p53 Expression,’ the UK-based researchers noted that the plant — sometimes known as Virgon’s Mantlem — has long been used in rural Pakistan to help women with breast cancer. The lab based findings suggest the Fagonia cretica plant, found in arid, desert regions of Pakistan, India, Africa and parts of Europe, contains potential anti-cancer agents acting either independently or in combination against breast cancer cell proliferation.

Professors Helen Griffith (of Aston University) and her team’s data revealed “for the first time” that an aqueous extract of Fagonia cretica can bring on cell cycle death via p53-dependent and independent mechanisms, “with activation of the DNA damage response… We also show that FOXO3a is required for activity in the absence of p53,” said the researchers. “Our findings indicate that Fagonia cretica aqueous extract contains potential anti-cancer agents acting either singly or in combination against breast cancer cell proliferation via DNA damage-induced FOXO3a and p53 expression.”

Professor Griffith and Professor Amutul Carmichael, who co-lead the study, stated that their further aim is to identify which element or elements of the plant are responsible for killing the cancer cells with a view to eventually beginning research in people with cancer. “More research is needed to establish the role of the extract in cancer management, and it now needs to be demonstrated that this extract is as effective in killing cancer cells inside the body as it is in the laboratory [setting],” said Griffith.

Conclusion:

We have shown here for the first time that an extract of Fagonia Cretica induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in two phenotypically distinct breast cancer cell lines. Extract activity involves DNA damage and p53-induction but is not fully dependent on p53 functionality. In addition, extract treatment induces FOXO3a expression which may be attributed to DNA damage directly or induction of DNA repair pathways. We also demonstrated that FOXO3a expression is required for extract activity in the absence of functional p53. This provides a novel mechanism by which an aqueous extract of Fagonia Cretica, used extensively in Pakistan, can kill breast cancer cells in vitro. However, the molecular composition of the bioactive(s), remains to be determined.

(Courtesy: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0040152)

This article was also reproduced on their website by the ‘Wake Up World’.

Author’s Note:

As a service to humanity, I wanted to give people the source where women with breast cancer could find the easy treatment. While sitting in Morocco, I didn’t have enough time and resources to find out the “small hospital 100-miles north of Lahore”, as narrated by the British researchers. But I did find some herbalist in Lahore-Cantt., who sells the tea packs of Dhamasa (Fagonia Cretica). He advertises on the net about Fagonia herbal tea, for about Rs.1,500/= per pack of 250gm. When I contacted them, they told me that they sell it for $45.00 per pack and minimum 5-packs per delivery. That means roughly Rs.25,000 per course of 5-packs. When I pointed out that their advertised price was Rs.1,450/=, they said that it was an ‘old post’. I told them to remove (delete) the old post instead of deceiving people. Removing (deleting) requires only one click! But they didn’t. Looks like everything has been well calculated. It’s all about money. Nobody fears God these days, especially the so-called Muslim businessmen. People want to get rich as fast as possible. So, I am not quoting any address or source.

By the way, I figured out, during my short research, that to make tea from Dhamasa (Fagonia) plant, people use only the branches (stems) and NOT the leaves! Now, it’s up to you to figure out. May God bless you with good health!

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