L. Vicky Crouse, N.D.

0228 SW Whitaker St.

Portland, OR 97201

July 19, 1996

Dear Bighorn:

I wanted to tell you about your wonderful yew tree tea and my ovarian cancer patient. She is 70 years old, white female who has had good health for most of her life.

In September of ’95, several maladies happened to her. First, a sinus infection which was treated with 3 different antibiotics. They did not cure the infection. Next, she got a kidney infection and was treated with more antibiotics. Her abdomen began swelling and she was told by her doctor that the kidney infection was causing edema. After a month with no relief, she was x-rayed, which revealed a mass in her right lower quadrant, approximately 6 inches in width and 4 inches in circumference. She described it to me as the size of a child’s small football. The mass was removed in early November and biopsied, which revealed ovarian cancer. She was then scheduled for 4 chemotherapy treatments. At this point she called me for naturopathic advice.

My protocol was as follows:

Diet:

  • absolutely no dairy products
  • absolutely no red meat or meats of any kind that were not free range and hormone and antibiotic free
  • no caffeine, alcohol, sugar
  • no commercial oils except cold pressed extra virgin olive oil and real butter

Eat lots and lots of :

  • fish and a small amount of free range chicken
  • vegetables except tomatoes
  • fruits
  • grains
  • filtered water

Supplements:

  • Montana YewTip Tea (Taxus brevifolia)
  • Hoxsey-like formula
  • Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids
  • acidophilus and bifidus (because of all the antibiotics she had taken previously)
  • multi-vitamin and mineral complex
  • vitamin E
  • melatonin

Before her first chemo treatment, the tumor had returned to the same size it was before and obstructed the large intestine. She was given only a quarter dose of the chemo because her hematocrit was too low. During this time she had started the protocol and continued it faithfully. After the first chemo treatment, the tumor was considerably smaller. She took 3 more chemo treatments. In May of ’96, she returned for her check up. There were no signs of the cancer. Her oncologist called it a miracle.

She has been advised by me to continue the dietary protocol and the yew tree tea, Hoxsey-like formula, multi-vitamin and mineral, vitamin E, and melatonin for the rest of her life.

I would be glad to talk to any doctor that may be interested in the ovarian cancer protocol.

Thank you,

Vicky

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Editor’s note – Vicky Crouse is a practicing naturopathic physician and teaches at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. Crouse was the first health care professional to include YewTip tea (Taxus brevifolia)

in an ovarian cancer protocol published in a peer reviewed medical journal.

The complete protocol is listed in: The Journal of Naturopathic Medicine, Naturopathic Treatment of Ovarian Cancer, Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 1997, Seattle, Washington.