Ayahuasca and cancer treatment:

SAGE Open Medicine

Eduardo ESchenberg¹ 

关键词: Ayahuasca;    N;    N-dimethyltryptamine;    harmine;    cancer;    sigma-1 receptor;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2050312113508389

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Objectives:Comprehensively review the evidence regarding the use of ayahuasca, an Amerindian medicine traditionally used to treat many different illnesses and diseases, to treat some types of cancer.Methods:An in-depth review of the literature was conducted using PubMed, books, institutional magazines, conferences and online texts in nonprofessional sources regarding the biomedical knowledge about ayahuasca in general with a specific focus in its possible relations to the treatment of cancer. Results:At least nine case reports regarding the use of ayahuasca in the treatment of prostate, brain, ovarian, uterine, stomach, breast, and colon cancers were found. Several of these were considered improvements, one case was considered worse, and one case was rated as difficult to evaluate. A theoretical model is presented which explains these effects at the cellular, molecular, and psychosocial levels. Particular attention is given to ayahuasca’s pharmacological effects through the activity of N,N-dimethyltryptam...

【 授权许可】

CC BY