According to a new research study in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, frankincense oil holds promise for stopping the growth of bladder cancer. In various clinical trials on human cell cultures, an herbal extract of the frankincense oil targeted and successfully killed bladder cancer cells while leaving the healthy bladder cells intact and healthy.
K. Soimon Yeung, clinical coordinator at the Sloan -Kettering Cancer Center’s Integrative Medicine Service announced that it is too soon to tell whether frankincense oil will make an effective complement in the treatment of bladder cancer. Frankincense
oil has long been used as an effective treatment to fight inflammatory diseases. K. Soimon Yeung makes it clear that the medical community needs to understand more about how frankincense oil is absorbed and metabolized when taken as a supplement rather than directly administered to the bladder cells such as in the research study.
Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the USA. To lower your chances of getting baldder cancer cut your exposure to toxic chemicals and cigarette smoke. Also, drink plenty of water everyday and maintain a diet rich in healthy antioxidants.