Description: Mistletoe therapy is a complementary therapy for cancer. This service is provided by an expert consultant from the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
Mistletoe therapy is a complementary cancer therapy. The Integrated and Holistic Healthcare clinic offers mistletoe therapy consultations in London. However, If you do not live in London, you can still benefit from the therapy as online consultations are available for patients living in other parts of the UK, Europe and Worldwide.
The use of the mistletoe plant as a drug has a long tradition which traces back to the fourth century BC. Throughout the centuries this evergreen half-parasite which is mostly associated Christmas and Santa, was used by healthcare professionals and doctors for menstrual complaints, epilepsy, ulcers, cardiac insufficiency, high blood pressure and oedemas 1,2. The white-berried mistletoe (Viscum album L) only entered cancer setting as alternative and complementary cancer medicine at the beginning of the 20t
Mistletoe therapy acts on many levels: On the one hand, it boosts the immune system by multiplying and activating the immune cells. On the other, mistletoe therapy can induce apoptosis (the process of natural cell death) in tumour cells, which results in the inhibition of tumour growth. Healthy tissue is not adversely affected by this. On the contrary, immune cells and other healthy cells are protected against further injury, e.g. damage caused by cytostatic drugs. Patients report that mistletoe therapy sig