Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of lung cancer

Chinese herbal medicine has been the traditional treatment for numerous human diseases for thousands of years. It has performed well clinically and, for this discussion, it has shown great promise for the treatment of many symptoms which modern medicine has associated for centuries with lung cancer. Many medicinal plants have been tested for anticancer activity such as antofine, acutiaporberine, etc. The compounds which have been isolated from these medicinal herbs include a variety of alkaloids, triterpenoids, flavonoids, terpenoids, and polysaccharides. Some of the formulas used in clinical tests have been combined with chemotherapy. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) formulae such as shenyi capsule and aidi injection contain numerous ingredients so that they may be considered to have anit-lung cancer activity as well as serving as immunomodulators. They have been demonstrated to ameliorate or prevent adverse effects as a result of the use of single drugs. Research on Chinese herbal medicine for the treatment of lung cancer has not only been shown to aeffect lung cancer, but to also provide important methods for the study of lung cancer therapy. This report reviews some of the findings resulting from the use of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of