Cancer is one of the deadliest diseases and apart from the fact that there is high chance that it won't get cured, many a times it comes with great pain which breaks your from inside. Many doctors provide various medication to treat the cancer pain that comes with the diseases and lasts even after treatment. However, these painkillers can be used temporarily and many a times shows adverse effects on the body such as constipation as well as sedation. Apart from that there is also chance that patient might develop dependency on these drugs. However, to counter this, various herbs can be highly useful. There is an availability of many herbs to counter cancer pain.

These herbs, which can be easily found in the Indian homes are the best option of alternate pain management. They doesn't show any side effects and proves highly useful. We have brought you a list of such cancer pain killer herbs.

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Herbs useful in cancer pain

Turmeric

Turmeric is highly important herb to counter cancer pain as it contains various ingredients which not kills cancer pain in the body but also helpful removing free radicals which causes pain in the body. Turmeric as well as curcumin, which have been considered as the best treatment on cancer since a long time, contains antioxidants as well as anti-inflammatory properties. According to various studies, it has been found that turmeric itself killed more cancer cells than chemotherapy. Additionally, it does not harm the healthy cells in the body. It also stops cancer cells from dividing.

Papain

Papain is an extracted fruit which we get from papaya. It is also a great herb to counter cancer pain and it attacks the tumor cells without killing the healthy ones. The herb which prevent body from radiation, also helps in strengthening immunity. You can consume this herb in its natural form or you can also consume various papain-based supplements.

Ginger

This ayurvedic herb contains great anti-inflammatory properties and helps in decreasing pain. Prostaglandins are the molecules which indicates pain in our body. Regular consumption of ginger helps in lowering the number of these molecules. Along with removing pain, ginger also very helpful on common symptoms of cancer treatment such as nausea as well as discomfort.

Water

This is an important one. Chemotherapy, a treatment to counter cancer, absorbs water from your body. To restore this lost water it is essential that you drink lots of water to maintain balance in the body. Apart from providing hydration to your body, water also helps in flushing out impurities from your body. It also does not let toxins to build-up on your kidneys and helps in countering fatigue as well as tiredness. According to the experts, bowel movements gets affected severely by the chemotherapy and to counter this drinking lots and lots water helps. It also keeps you away from gastro.

Cloves

Another important pain reliever for cancer is clove. Apart from proving effective on toothaches, cloves have also been found highly effective on various inflammation as well as tumors. Although further research is needed clarify this fully, according to many experts cloves are helpful on cancer pain. Apart from cancer pain, it proves very helpful in fighting nausea which is something linked to adverse effects of chemotherapy. However, the consumption of clove should be in limit according to the experts.

These are few important herbs which can prove highly helpful in countering the cancer pain. There are other various herbs to counter cancer pain are available. Many research studies have now prove that can be highly curable if one uses these herbs with enough amounts and expert guidance.

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By Prajakt K.