Why I Started this Site

When I first started this site in the summer of 1997, I was actively engaged in a major rewrite of my book Cancer Salves: A Botanical Approach to Treatment. I did a Web search to see what others were saying and was surprised to find quite a number of references to escharotic treatments, some more responsible than others. However, there appeared to be a need for a voice of reason—especially since others were quoting me, often out of context and in such a way as to mislead patients as to the truth about this most interesting and, unfortunately also, often challenging method of cancer treatment.

Alternative cancer treatments are being discussed on many Web sites, including probably the most heavily trafficked of all: Dr. Andrew Weil's. There is, however, a huge difference between reading about a treatment and having clinical experience with it. So far as this particular treatment method goes, except for Mohs microsurgery, expert advice on escharotic use has been lacking in the U.S. since 1963 when Harry Hoxsey's chief nurse moved to Tijuana to open the Bio-Medical Center, more popularly known as the "Hoxsey Clinic." In 1999, Mildred Nelson, a chain smoker, died. She was 79.

Herbal pastes or salves, escharotic treatments, are a reasonable alternative to conventional cancer treatments, but this particular treatment has tended to belong both to the professional medical tradition as well as the frontiersman's lay portfolio of remedies. Both, of course, are indebted to indigenous medicine men and their knowledge of North American herbs. There are countless variations in formulae and methodologies, far too intricate to discuss on the Internet. However, many of your questions are addressed on this site. The rest is in the book.

Assuming, you have reached this page of my site early in your quest for alternatives, I would like to assure you that botanical treatments can destroy malignancies, even tumors that are deep beneath the skin, but they are not for the faint of heart nor the inexperienced individual.

One must know exactly what one is doing and how to do it. It is not enough to know that bloodroot might, for instance, possess some sort of anti-cancer properties. One must know when and where to obtain it, what part to use and how to process it, how to combine it with other herbs, and how to use it.

The book contains over 100 recipes for cancer salves, pastes, poultices, liniments, internal tonics, and teas as well as detailed instructions for use of the products.

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My First Exposure to Cancer Salves

Table of Contents of the Introductory Section

Why I Started this Site My First Exposure to Cancer Salves
What are Cancer Salves Historic Escharotic Salves Secrecy around use of the Salves
Types of Cancer Salves Zinc Chloride Bloodroot
Responses Cure Rate Safety Comparisons with Surgery
Pros and Cons Treatment Supervision Using Salves Goldenseal

Photographs: Eschar Forming and Healed Site