Lei gong teng (Tripterygium wilfordii), a chinese plant sometimes called “Thunder God vine”, is a traditional Chinese medicine that has been used for centuries for individuals with fever, chills, edema and carbuncle. The plant’s ability to cure cancer only recently came into light when researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Centre found that compounds from this plant wiped out pancreatic tumours in mice, and showed no signs of tumours after 40 days or after discontinuing the treatment.
The natural compound, triptolide, found in lei gong teng, has been shown in numerous studies to induce apoptosis (cell death) in cancerous cells. In one study, the apoptosis induced by triptolide was mediated by up-regulating the expression of a gene associated with apoptosis called caspase-3 and bax, making triptolide a potential treatment for cancers of the pancreas.
“This drug is just unbelievably potent in killing tumour cells,” said Ashok Saluja, a vice chairman of research at the Masonic Cancer Centre. “You could see that every day you looked at those mice, the tumour was decreasing and decreasing, and then just gone.”
Unfortunately, researchers have now found a way to isolate triptolide into a new drug called minnelide, which is a modified form of the diterpenoid compound triptolide, isolated from the thunder god vine. Under normal circumstances, Big Pharma would not be able to make any money off the thunder god vine, since you cannot patent nature. With this new drug, minnelide, however, Big Pharma will get a big FDA stamp of approval which will allow the newly patented, nutritionally ruined triptolide to be sold for hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Of course, there is always the option of just going out to the market and grabbing some thunder god vine yourself. I am sure a local asian market or online distributor sells this vine for a fraction of the price that a drug with half the amount of cancer-curing enzyme activity would go for.
To buy lei gong teng, you can order some by clicking HERE.
Sources:
(1) Hingorani, S., & Potter, J. (2012) Pancreas cancer meets the thunder god. Science Translational Medicine, 4, p.156ps21
(2) Zhou, G., Ding, X., Huang, J., Zhang, H., Wu, S., Cheng, J., & Wei, Q. (2008) Apoptosis of human pancreatic cancer cells induced by Triptolide. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 14, 1504-1509.
(3) http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/thunder-god-vine-drug-zaps-pancreatic-cancer/81247498/
(4) http://naturalsociety.com/chinese-plant-compound-cancer-research/#ixzz29h4PcEHd
Lux Health Resources is interested in formulas using data from Research and especially
medicinal plants. They have created a herb combination that includes Tripterygium or thunder
god vine. Their formula has 5 ingredients.
According to their website, 3 herbs are at the top of many hundreds of herbs studied having the most number of activities t- anticancer and other stuff that work against cancer.
These herbs are Thunder god vinr, turmeric and ginger and these 3 are part of their formula.
It is called TTG formula which stands for the first letters of these top herbs.
Look at their webpage
http://follownaturesway.com/cancer-the-ttg-formula.html
Do I need to eat it after I cook it or just drinking the water after I cook it. Thx
Drink the water. You could eat it too. Best is raw.
No, you do not drink the water .
The active ingredients in thunder god vine – triptolide, tripdiolide & celastrol are not soluble in water. Therefore the water contains almost no medicinal value.
Eat it – no, Carly has never seen the herb, it is root which is dried and it is really hard.
If you get pieces of plywood, well the roots are even harder. You can not eat it.
Thanks for the input!
em, could anyone who do have a cancer take this supplement? I just thinking ordering it.
Yes
steven koenig can you tell me what are you doing please?
My mother has Stage IV pancreatic cancer that has spreed to her liver.
My e-mail address is [email protected].
Please help me with some information, anything can be useful. Thank you.