Breast Cancer – Some Herbs that Women Should Avoid
Breast cancer is one of the dreaded diseases, but with the recent developments especially in the area of discovering and developing more effective and efficient life-saving treatments, patients see new hope and excitement.
However, women should know about some of the herbs that are found to have estrogen-like actions, especially those with history of this disease or at high risk. Some of these herbs are black cohosh, blue cohosh, chasteberry, dang gui, dong quai, ginseng, hops, licorice, motherwort leaf, saw palmetto, rhodiola rosea, red clover, soy, vitex berry, and wild yam.
Although evidences cannot be established that the use of herbs could either increase or decrease the risk of breast cancer, it is still best not to gamble with chance on their use.