The C.A.M. Report
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Fair, Balanced, and to the Point
  • About this web log

    This blog ran from 2006 to 2016 and was intended as an objective and dispassionate source of information on the latest CAM research. Since my background is in pharmacy and allopathic medicine, I view all CAM as advancing through the development pipeline to eventually become integrated into mainstream medical practice. Some will succeed while others fail. But all are treated fairly here.

  • About the author

    John Russo, Jr., PharmD, is president of The MedCom Resource, Inc. Previously, he was senior vice president of medical communications at www.Vicus.com, a complementary and alternative medicine website.

  • Common sense considerations

    The material on this weblog is for informational purposes. It is not medical advice or counsel. Be smart, consult your health professional before using CAM.

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    Using tea to help heal radiation injury to the skin

    Skin toxicity is a common side effect of the external beam radiotherapy used to treat patients suffering from solid cancers. In this report on 60 patients (ie, cancer of the head and neck or pelvic region), applying tea extracts to the irritated spots caused by the radiation speeded healing.

    How’d they do that?
    Two tea bags were covered with filtered water (black tea: boiling water; green tea: water at 158?F [70?C]) for five minutes. The resulting tea was then stored in the dark at -4?F (-20?C).

    Tea treatment consisted of applying green or black tea extracts to affected skin regions three times daily. Green tea was more effective than black tea.

    How tea helps the skin heal is complicated. If you’re interested, the abstract is here, and it links to a free PDF of the article.

    12/5/06 09:35 JR

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