Singh Ram Harsh
Department of Kayachikitsa (Internal Medicine), Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
J Altern Complement Med. 2002 Oct;8(5):609-14. doi: 10.1089/107555302320825129.
This paper critically examines the Ayurvedic concept of cancer diathesis and its pathogenesis in terms of the theory of Tridosa, Sapta Dhātus (body tissues), the Agni or body's biologic fire, Srotámsi (i.e., channels of the body), and the generic sequence of events in the genesis of a disease (e.g., Satkriyākala). All this depicts a new paradigm of the disease state. This paper also examines the scope of plant drugs used in the treatment of cancer. A retrospective meta-analysis of observations on 85 plant drugs reported to have an anticancer effect indicates that herbs with Katu, Tikta, Kasāya Rasa (bitter, pungent, and astringent taste), Usna Virya (e.g., hot biopotency), and Katu Vipāka (catabolic active metabolites), and herbs with dry, coarse, light, and sharp biophysical properties have significantly greater possibilities of producing anticancer effects.
本文从三体液学说、七种身体组织（七要素）、胃火或身体的生物之火、身体通道以及疾病发生的一般事件顺序（如病因阶段）等方面，批判性地审视了阿育吠陀医学中癌症素质及其发病机制的概念。所有这些都描绘了一种疾病状态的新范式。本文还研究了用于治疗癌症的植物药的范围。一项对85种据报道具有抗癌作用的植物药观察结果的回顾性荟萃分析表明，具有苦、辛、涩味（卡图、提克塔、卡萨亚味）、热性药力（如热生物效能）和苦味代谢产物（卡图维帕卡）的草药，以及具有干燥、粗糙、轻清、锐利生物物理特性的草药，产生抗癌作用的可能性显著更大。
