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> Re: > > > Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d > > > like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I > > > haven’t been able to find any. >  ’About 60 percent of women have fibrocystic breast changes which are normal’, > according to Dr. Richard Santen at the University of Virginia Medical Center > quoted in Healthweek Online.

In that same web article, Dr. Santen states that fibro is something that should be treated and not ignored.   Some types of fibro are connected with an increased risk of breast cancer. As I have mentioned before on this newsgroup, many women have eliminated their cysts and pain by eliminating bra wearing.  For more on this, see: http://www.all-natural.com/fibrocys.html         Some people may scoff at this "treatment" but two medical doctors thought enough of it to start a clinical study of bras and fibro this year.           Best wishes.

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Good advice from Sao, a few things that also asre of importance are: Many women with fibrocyctic disease of the breast are iodine deficient and a good treatment would be to take three drops of iodine per week (one every other day under tongue.)  THis is important especially if you are going to remove some of the salt content from your diet because salt is a major source of iodine. This worked for me so I hope that it helps you out . . . Yours sincerely Kristen – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Re: > > > Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d > > > like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I > > > haven’t been able to find any. >  ’About 60 percent of women have fibrocystic breast changes which are normal’, > according to Dr. Richard Santen at the University of Virginia Medical Center > quoted in Healthweek Online. > simplest treatment first: avoiding caffeine. >  Many women swear by 3 other simple therapies in dealing with breast pain, > even though their effectiveness hasn’t been proven. >                          high doses of vitamin E. >                          evening primrose oil. >                          and reducing the salt in the diet, since it leads to > fluid retention and swelling, and therefore breast pain. > Best wishes, > Sao Ricardo > Publisher > http://www.bodywise.net > Worldwide health news sourced from leading institutes with user-friendly > design. Now updated weekly with indepth features, infobytes, late breaking > news, book reviews and resource information.

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Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I haven’t been able to find any. Karen

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>Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d >like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I >haven’t been able to find any. >Karen

   Fibrocystic disease, where the lumps vary cyclicly in response to estrogen level in the menstrual cycle, sometimes responds to vitamin E 400-800 U a day (it’s a mild anti-estrogen).  However, if you’ve got a lump that lasts more than a month, you probably should have it biopsied.  Certainly you should have it mammogrammed, and findings there can guide further decission-making.                                      Steve Harris, M.D.  

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Try making castor oil compresses.  Soak a piece of unbleached wool in the oil, lay on the breast, cover with plastic and then a heating pad.  Do this for hours at night.  You can also use just the wool and plastic, and keep this on all day.  Store the wool in a plastic bag between uses and add more oil as needed. The oil pulls toxins out of the breast tissue and may eventually stain the cloth.  Caster oil and wool are available at health food stores or Home Health at 800-284-9123. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d >like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I >haven’t been able to find any. >Karen

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Hello Karen, As long as you are sure that the lump{s} are benign, avoiding the controled wounding of surgery is often better. Assuming that the lump is a fiborious cystic disease, then reducing or cuting out Tea and Coffee will help.  As will a good balanced diet, prefrably a vegitarian one.   Further following two double blind trials at University of Dundee, Scottland and Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.  Evening Primrose Oil {a good quality 10% GLA} has been shown to help and in some cases promote remission. The next stage is Aromatherapy Massage.  A blend of Lavender {Spike} {Lavendula Latifolia} 10 drops Cypress {Cypressus Sempervirens}          5 drops Chamomile Roman {Anthemis Nobilis}      5 drops diluted to 20ml in a base carrier oil of wheatgerm This can be self applied to the breasts or by your partner every other day.  The same oils can also be massaged onto the back to help the muscles that suport the breast.  Exercise like doing the breast stroke, in or out of the water will also help here too. I hope this helps >Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d >like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I >haven’t been able to find any. >Karen

Ian Hunter Aromatherapy E-Mail Discussion Group http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hunters/index.html

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Hunter) writes: >Hello Karen, >As long as you are sure that the lump{s} are benign, avoiding the >controled wounding of surgery is often better.

    Well, duh.  But that’s exactly the problem, isn’t it?

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> Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d > like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I > haven’t been able to find any. > Karen

Karen, many women have eliminated the pain and lumps of fibrocystic breast disease by eliminating the wearing of bras.  Yes, it may sound strange at first, but I know of seven women who had this exact experience, AND felt strongly enough about their results that they wrote their stories for other women to see, at:       http://web.arcos.org/mtardif/cstudies.htm As you will read, some of these women tried many of the usual recommended treatments (no coffee, vitamin E, low fat diet), but only with limited effect.  But, when they quit wearing bras, they found dramatic results in just a few weeks.         A controlled, clinical study will be started shortly at a couple of hospitals.  The efficacy of this "treatment" should be known in a year or so.  In the meantime, you can test it out yourself.             However, like Dr. Harris says, be sure to get yourself checked out, to make sure that it is just fibro.  Best wishes.

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> Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d > like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I > haven’t been able to find any. > Karen

Hi Fibroids respond well to natural estrogen. You can do a search at http://www.naturalhealthconsult.com for more information. Gerry

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Benign breast lumps are not fibroids, which grow in the uterus.  Before surgery why not try Danacrine, an anti estrogen.  This will shrink the cysts if that’s what you have (fibrocystic breast disease).  In many cases the cysts do not return. — Carol …. ***Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks. *** – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d > like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I > haven’t been able to find any. > Karen > Hi > Fibroids respond well to natural estrogen. You can do a search at > http://www.naturalhealthconsult.com for more information. > Gerry

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Re: > > Does anyone know of alternative treatments for benign breast lumps? I’d > > like to try alternatives before I agree to surgery albeit minor. I > > haven’t been able to find any.

 ’About 60 percent of women have fibrocystic breast changes which are normal’, according to Dr. Richard Santen at the University of Virginia Medical Center quoted in Healthweek Online. simplest treatment first: avoiding caffeine.  Many women swear by 3 other simple therapies in dealing with breast pain, even though their effectiveness hasn’t been proven.                          high doses of vitamin E.                          evening primrose oil.                          and reducing the salt in the diet, since it leads to fluid retention and swelling, and therefore breast pain. Best wishes, Sao Ricardo Publisher http://www.bodywise.net Worldwide health news sourced from leading institutes with user-friendly design. Now updated weekly with indepth features, infobytes, late breaking news, book reviews and resource information.

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