Cancer Treatment

In Ayurveda cancer is a disease that often involves all three humors, though it typically starts with a predominance of one. The digestive fire and other Agnis are low, allowing a build-up of toxic substances. The cancer represents a negative life-energy, something like a parasite, which has become established in the body. Negative life-energy usually comes from an excess of Apana, the downward moving air. Hence, Apana disorders such as distention, constipation and diarrhea may be the basic of this condition. Cancer cells, lacking oxygen (prana), represent a growth in the body outside the rule of the life-force. Cancer has many causes including our toxic environment, devitalized foods, sedentary life-style and lack of spiritual purpose or effort in life. Its basis often is suppressed emotionl stagnation, which causes accumulation of toxic material, and excess humors. It was seen as a disease of melancholy or blank bile, which also translates as suppressed emotions. Hence, physical remedial measures are usually not enough to restore health. In the Vedic system cancer is viewed as a psychic disorder, a disruption in the aura allowing the entrance of a negative astral force. Emotional cleansing, mantra and meditiation are important to counter this.