The Causes of Cancer

It was noted when kidney transplant patients were given drugs to supress the action of the immune system from rejecting the kidney, many became increasing suseptable to the onset of cancer. This is the clue that should give the reader a clear indication of the perspectives involved. The alternative or natural approach to cancer concentrates not on the cancer itself, but on the underlying causes that make cancer possible. Treatment is directed at bolstering the action of the bodys resistence and invigorating the individuals immune system. Cancer rarely occurs in a healthly organism, it occurs largely when the individuals resistence and vitality are at a low ebb usually as a result of poor diet and unhealthy lifestyle. The approach is in keeping with the general philosophy of natural medicine which concerns itself with removing the cause of disease and allowing the bodys restorative powers to flourish. The natural treatment for cancer is not unlike the natural treatment for most diseases, except that it is necessarily intense and more dynamic. When dealing with a cancer patient, the first step is to explore the possible reasons for the disease and to remove these from the individuals lifestyle, emphasising the importance of natures healing forces in bolstering resistance.

What then is the immune defense mechanism? As part of the consequnce of the gift of life, the human organism is vunerable to the predatory action of the environment in the form of intrusive bacteria, carcinogens and viruses. The bodys natural defense against these elements of danger is to form antibodies. Another feature of the immune system is the capacity of the bodys white blood cells to move freely around the body taking action against unwelcome foreign agents, disolving them into their own cyto-plasm and removing the waste products. In this way, anti-bodies and white blood cells defend the individuals health eliminating the cancer cells. It has been suggested that in the normal process of cellular reproduction aberrant cells are frequently formed. in a healthly body these cells are overwhlemed and eliminated but where the immune system is below par or has been devitalised persistantly, stress, drugs and other unwholesome living habits, the immune system can be overrun and the pernicious onset of cancer triggered off.