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"Hoxsey therapy, for instance, first tested in the 1920s, employs internal and external herbal preparations, along with diet, vitamin and mineral supplements, and psychological counseling, to strengthen the body and fight the cancer. Hoxsey's treatment proved to be too controversial for America, however, and the hoxsey formula is now continuing in Mexico. Immunologic Therapies Immunologic therapies are based on the belief that cancer develops because of a breakdown of the immune system." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Barberry made history in cancer treatment when hoxsey Cancer Formula was marketed from the 1930s to the 1950s by Harry hoxsey (Dallas). The formula turned out to be highly controversial. Ironically, hoxsey died of prostate cancer. He took his formula, but it did not work for him. The hoxsey formula is still available at the Biomedical Centre in Tijuana, Mexico. Recent studies show that 9 out of its 10 herbal ingredients—barberry, buckthorn, burdock, cascara sagarda, red clover, licorice, poke, prickly ash and bloodroot— have antitumour action." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"A Cancer Cure - Deliberately Suppressed Decades Ago -Would Have Destroyed The Huge Profit Potential Of The Cancer Industry Interestingly, about 65 years ago, a man named Harry hoxsey, from Texas, was successful in curing tens of thousands of those with cancer, whose doctors had basically given up on them, as they were considered as incurable, (referred to as Stage IV cancer). hoxsey named his formula "The hoxsey Formula", and other than a few herbs, it contained potassium iodide, sometimes just referred to as iodide, (one of the two ingredients in lodoral?." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"It had taken the full power of the state apparatus to eliminate hoxsey and the host of other unorthodox cancer practitioners from the medical playing field. Employing its virtually unlimited resources, the government politicized the courts to determine medical questions. In the aftermath of the McCarthy era, the political theater of demagoguery cast quacks as the subhuman "ghouls" populating Dr. Fishbein's Devil theory of history. There was simply no room for a difference of medical opinion." - Kenny Ausubel, When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"Hoxsey therapy should be abandoned for more authoritative herbal remedies. Recall, hoxsey was working with limited tools and only had limited number of herbs to use. Hydrazine sulfate Developed in the 1970s by Joseph Gold MD to treat weight loss that accompanies advanced cancer. The sulfur component of this cancer medicine yielded some benefit. Hyperthermia (Coley's toxins) The inclusion of "fever therapy" in this section of the book may mischaracterize it by association with less credible therapies." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.) "Burzynski) Hoxsey treatment (Harry M hoxsey) • Macrobiotics (Michio Kushi) • Laetrile (Ernst T Krebs Sr) • Essiac tea (Rene M. Caisse) Hydrazine sulfate (Joseph Gold MD) þ • Parasites • Cloves • Wormwood • Black walnut hulls (Hulda Clark) • Shark cartilage (William Lane PhD) • Bacteria theory (Livingston-Wheeler) 1950's 1960's 1970's I 980's 1990's fraudulent cures that have little chance of prolonging survival." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Hoxsey Formula The hoxsey formula was developed by Harry hoxsey (1901-1974), an ex-coal miner who had dropped out of high school. hoxsey often successfully treated cancer patients with a formula that he claimed had been passed down through his family. He engaged in a nationally publicized controversy with the president of the American Medical Association for over twenty years, and became the subject of both critical and complimentary books and films." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies (Get the book.)

"Some people say that if you walk like a duck and look like a duck and quack like a duck, you must be a duck," observed James Wakefield Burke, an accomplished journalist who wrote about hoxsey and briefly worked for him. "Many people judged Harry at first impression like that, which didn't always bide good with strangers and certain officials in the AMA and in Washington. But those who got to know him, you didn't think that. He had a great deal of basic nobility about him, and any person with any intelligence would see that." - Kenny Ausubel, When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"Hoxsey's treatment proved to be too controversial for America, however, and the hoxsey formula is now continuing in Mexico. Immunologic Therapies Immunologic therapies are based on the belief that cancer develops because of a breakdown of the immune system. The aim of these therapies is to bolster those parts of the immune system that combat and destroy cancer cells. An example of the treatments in this category is Dr. Josef Is-sels' whole-body programs, which use detoxifying diets, un-contaminated water, and vitamins." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"If they have cancer, they get a bottle of hoxsey tonic that lasts about six months, along with other supportive treatments and instructions for the special diet. The clinic today charges a one-time fee of $3,500, plus the costs of tests. If necessary, patients are permitted to pay on an honor-system installment plan. The clinic has never sent out a bill, and does not even have the administrative apparatus for mailing invoices. Poor people are treated free, contingent on verification of their need from a minister, doctor, or another reputable party." - Kenny Ausubel, When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"These include: • Ayurveda's Pancha Karma treatment and herbal remedies • Yoga • Hydrazine Sulfate • Antineoplaston Therapy • Acupuncture • Bioelectric Therapy • Bioresonance Therapy • Royal Rife Machine Therapy • Gerson Therapy • hoxsey Therapy • Therapies using Iscador (Mistletoe), Pau D'Arco, Chaparral., Aloe Vera, Graviola • Homeopathy • The Coley Vaccine • The Camphor Therapy of Gaston Naessens • Burton's Immuno-augmentative Therapy • Livingston Therapy • Issels' Whole Body Therapy • Metabolic Therapy by Hans Nieper, M.D." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Vacating the small Auburn farm, John C. hoxsey set up shop in a modest home office in small-town Girard, where he quietly began treating cancer patients under the auspices of two local doctors. In a cramped livery stable next to the town square, he kept a stock of the three medicines in locked cabinets along with bandages and surgical dressings. Each summer the veterinarian returned to the family farm to brew a year's supply of the cancer remedies." - Kenny Ausubel, When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"Hoxsey's treatment proved to be too controversial for America, however, and the hoxsey formula is now continuing in Mexico. Immunologic Therapies Immunologic therapies are based on the belief that cancer develops because of a breakdown of the immune system. The aim of these therapies is to bolster those parts of the immune system that combat and destroy cancer cells. An example of the treatments in this category is Dr. Josef Is-sels' whole-body programs, which use detoxifying diets, un-contaminated water, and vitamins." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Although a number of physicians testified in various courts on behalf of hoxsey, the FDA labeled the treatment as ineffective and, under pressure, hoxsey closed his Dallas clinic in 1960. The hoxsey formula may contain Trifottum pratense (red clover), Arctium lappa (burdock root), Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Mahonia repens (Oregon grape root), Rhamnus purs hi ana (cascara sagrada), Rhamnus frangula (buckthorn), Phytolacca decandra (poke root), Xattthoxylum americanum (prickly ash), Baptisia tinctoria (wild indigo), and potassium iodide." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"Yet Harry is the man who made the formula famous. Hoxsey's flamboyant and controversial style led to many encounters with federal officials and the American Medical Association. At his zenith in the U.S., hoxsey had thousands of very happy cancer patients going to his 17 clinics across the country. After uncountable arrests, he closed his Dallas clinic in the late 1950s and moved to Mexico to continue practicing. Hoxsey's formula included bloodroot, burdock, buckthorn, cascara, barberry, licorice, red clover, pokeroot, zinc chloride and antimony trisulfide." - Patrick Quillin, PhD,RD,CNS, Beating Cancer with Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Although these products may contain extracts from the same herbs, it is unknown whether these products have the same effects as does the original hoxsey formula. Cancer patients who attend the Bio-Medical Center in Mexico also are told to make several dietary changes and to take several supplements.121 No scientific evidence supports the use of these dietary changes or supplements in the treatment of people with cancer. Are there any side effects or interactions? Refer to the individual herb for information about any side effects or interactions." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.) "Other herbal therapies No studies have investigated the effects of the hoxsey herbal formula, Coriolus versicolor (PSK), the Essiac formula, or most other herbal therapies in men with prostate cancer. PROSTATITIS Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland. It is a term that encompasses four disorders of the prostate: acute bacterial prostatitis, chronic bacterial prostatitis, chronic nonbacterial prostatitis, and prostadynia. Chronic nonbacterial prostatitis (NBP), also called chronic abacterial prostatitis (CAP), is the most common form of prostatitis." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Ironically, hoxsey died of prostate cancer. He took his formula, but it did not work for him. The hoxsey formula is still available at the Biomedical Centre in Tijuana, Mexico. Recent studies show that 9 out of its 10 herbal ingredients—barberry, buckthorn, burdock, cascara sagarda, red clover, licorice, poke, prickly ash and bloodroot— have antitumour action. One study showed that barberry shrinks some tumours. Berbamine has been used in China since 1972 in the treatment of depressed white blood cell counts due to chemotherapy and/or radiation." - C. P. Khare, Indian Herbal Remedies: Rational Western Therapy, Ayurvedic and Other Traditional Usage, Botany (Get the book.)

"HOXSEY FORMULA Category: Combination or Miscellaneous Substance The hoxsey treatment consists of several herbal remedies along with diet, nutridonal supplementation, and some psychosocial treatment. The herbal treatments, known as the hoxsey formula, are the best-known part of the method. There are two formulas. The first contains potassium iodide, licorice, red clover, buckthorn bark, burdock, stillingia, berberis, pokeweed root, cascara amarga, and prickly ash bark. The second contains potassium iodide and a protein-digesting enzyme, elixir lactate of pepsin." - Dan Labriola, Complementary Cancer Therapies: Combining Traditional and Alternative Approaches for the Best Possible Outcome (Get the book.)

"HOXSEY THEKAri Decades after his death, Hoxsey's treatment still survives at the Tijuana, Mexico Bio-Medical Center, under the aegis of his nurse, Mildred Nelson, RN. Yet despite decades of controversy, no clinical trials have ever been performed by either supporters or detractors. As with Essiac, which it resembles, the constituent parts of this therapy have shown anticancer activity. "More recent literature leaves no doubt that Hoxsey's for-mula..." - Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., Cancer Therapy: The Independent Consumer's Guide To Non-Toxic Treatment & Prevention (Get the book.) "Harry hoxsey was a colorful character who looked the part of a "snake oil salesman." For decades, he was a thorn in the side of the American medical establishment. At one time he broadcast his anti-AMA message through his own Iowa radio station. JAMA's celebrated editor, Morris Fish-bein, MD called hoxsey a ghoul who fed "on the bodies of the dead and the dying." After a series of legal battles, Hoxsey's chain of cancer clinics were shut down by the US medical authorities." - Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D., Cancer Therapy: The Independent Consumer's Guide To Non-Toxic Treatment & Prevention (Get the book.)

"Although a number of physicians testified in various courts on behalf of hoxsey, the FDA labeled the treatment as ineffective and, under pressure, hoxsey closed his Dallas clinic in 1960. The hoxsey formula may contain Trifottum pratense (red clover), Arctium lappa (burdock root), Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Mahonia repens (Oregon grape root), Rhamnus purs hi ana (cascara sagrada), Rhamnus frangula (buckthorn), Phytolacca decandra (poke root), Xattthoxylum americanum (prickly ash), Baptisia tinctoria (wild indigo), and potassium iodide." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"The following ingredients are listed on a bottle of the formula from 1954 and are likely to be very similar to the formula currently in use in what is frequently called the "Hoxsey Clinic" (the Bio-Medical Center in Tijuana, Mexico)." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Hoxsey formula was promoted by Harry hoxsey (1901-1974), and the Essiac formula was promoted by Rene Caisse (1888-1978), a Canadian nurse (reviewed by Walters, 1993:95-119). Both formulas continue to be prescribed to this day by certain practitioners of complementary medicine. The formulas are also commonly self-prescribed by cancer The hoxsey formula was developed by Harry Hox-sey's great grandfather when he observed a cancer-bearing horse apparently cure itself by feeding on certain plants." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"Limited evidence suggests that some of the components of the hoxsey formula may have anticancer activity. In animal and/or test tube research, burdock root (page 648),103,104 berberine (a constituent of barberry [page 632]),105, 106 a protein found in poke root,107, 108, 109, 110 licorice (page 702),111, 112 stillingia,113 and red clover (page 735),114 have all been found to have anticancer activity. Constituents of alder buckthorn (page 622), cascara (page 652), and prickly ash (page 731) bark have produced mixed results in preliminary testing investigating anticancer actions." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"Although a number of physicians testified in various courts on behalf of hoxsey, the FDA labeled the treatment as ineffective and, under pressure, hoxsey closed his Dallas clinic in 1960. The hoxsey formula may contain Trifottum pratense (red clover), Arctium lappa (burdock root), Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Mahonia repens (Oregon grape root), Rhamnus purs hi ana (cascara sagrada), Rhamnus frangula (buckthorn), Phytolacca decandra (poke root), Xattthoxylum americanum (prickly ash), Baptisia tinctoria (wild indigo), and potassium iodide." - John Boik, Cancer & Natural Medicine: A Textbook of Basic Science and Clinical Research (Get the book.)

"Nevertheless, two federal courts upheld the 'therapeutic value' of Hoxsey's internal tonic. Even his archenemies, the American Medical Association and the Food and Drug Administration, admitted that his treatment could cure some forms of cancer. A Dallas judge ruled in federal court that Hoxsey's therapy was 'comparable to surgery, radium, and x-ray' in its effectiveness, without the destructive side effects of those treatments.' But in the 1950s, at the tail end of the McCarthy era, Hoxsey's clinics were shut down." - Dr. John Heinerman, Natural Pet Cures: Dog & Cat Care the Natural Way (Get the book.)

"The complete hoxsey herbal mixture has not been tested for antitumor activity in animal test systems, with human cells in culture, or in clinical trials, however. It is unknown whether the individual herbs or their components that show antitumor activity in animals are active in humans when given in the concentrations used in the hoxsey tonic. It is also unknown whether there might be synergistic effects of the herbs used together.20 Initial x-ray films and examination run from $250 to $450. The cost of the hoxsey therapy itself, for as long as it is necessary, is $3,500." - Michael Lerner, Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer (Get the book.)

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