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This daily blog has been about the struggles of juggling motherhood with being a full-time student for the first eight months of its existence.  I still share some of my life now that I've graduated but I also share information each day on herbs that I've learned along this journey.   While my herbariums are listed for free membership, I provide four fields from them in my blog: Constituents (the active ingredients of the herbs), the therapeutic actions (Examples are expectorant and stimulant), indications (colds, skin rashes, emphysema, etc), and safety information. More information can be found in the herbariums but these are the most important educational fields.  I also share scientific studies to help educate people who think there are no studies showing herbs work.

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Rosemary and Skin Cancer

4/26/2020

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Skin cancer is somewhat common in my family so I find this study particularly exciting!

Huang, M. T., Ho, C. T., Wang, Z. Y., Ferraro, T., Lou, Y. R., Stauber, K., Ma, W., Georgiadis, C., Laskin, J. D., and Conney, A. H. (1994) conducted a study to determine the effects of rosemary in inhibiting the formation of skin cancer tumors.  They determined that putting rosemary extract on the skin before application of a cancer-causing substance reduced the chanced of tumor formation. 

There were two different amounts they chose, 1.2 mg and 3.6 mg and they had 30% and 54% inhibition rates respectively. At the 9-week mark, after doing weekly applications, the 3.6 mg group was 62% inhibition, 63% at 13 weeks and 64% at the 21 week mark.  In another group, by the time they got to 19 weeks, the percentage was as high as 99% inhibition. Rosemary also reduced inflammation, reddening of the site where the carcinogen was introduced.

They did note although ursolic acid is an antioxidant, ursolic acid alone was not effective at preventing these tumors. Only female mice were used in this study.

Have a Great Day!

Huang, M. T., Ho, C. T., Wang, Z. Y., Ferraro, T., Lou, Y. R., Stauber, K., Ma, W., Georgiadis, C., Laskin, J. D., and Conney, A. H. (1994). Inhibition of Skin ilimorigenesis by Rosemary and Its Constituents Carnosol and Ursolic Acid. Cancer Research, 54; 701-708.
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