A list of herbs containing natural COX-2 inhibitors can be used as natural medicine for pain and cancer treatment.
A List of Herbs Containing Natural COX-2 Inhibitors:
• Chamomile
• Celeryseed
• Ginkgo (ginkgo leaves are not a food) for apigenin
• Skullcap (not a food) for baicalein
• Hops, barberry, goldenseal, goldthread, Oregon grape, yellowroot (none of these are foods) for berberine
• Boswellia (not a food) for boswellic acid
• Rhubarb, currant , and green tea for catechin
• Green tea, cabbage, and chives for kaempferol
• Clove, rosemary, thyme, sage, lavender, marjoram and ginseng
• Cardamom, ginger and turmeric for curcumin
• Feverfew (not a food)
• Rosemary, sage, and thyme for ursolic acid
Go Natural With Medicine
One bottle of 200mg-dose Celebrex (60 pills) costs between $150 and $200. A 60-pill bottle of 25mg-dose Vioxx will run you $100 to $125. Sales of both drugs are expected to reach $5 billion annually by 2003.