Alexander Sun, a biochemist and former
researcher at Yale and Mount Sinai schools of
medicine, selected ingredients that appear to have
cancer-fighting properties.
Though the actual formula is proprietary, pub-
lished reports identify the original ingredients as
shiitake mushrooms, mung beans, hawthorn fruit,
onion, GINGER, American GINSENG, lentils, leeks,
and the Chinese herbs bai hua she she cao and
ban zhi lian. Sun’s Soup comes in freeze-dried
packages that the person mixes with hot water or
hot soup once daily. In several small clinical stud-
ies with people who had moderate to advanced
NSCLC, Sun’s Soup produced measurable
improvements. However, the small study size lim-
ited the value of the findings. Researchers are con-
tinuing to evaluate Sun’s Soup in its various for-
mulations.
There appear to be few side effects with Sun’s
Soup, with the primary complaints being dissatis-
faction with the taste and gastrointestinal upset.
As with other complementary therapies, it is
important to continue appropriate conventional
treatments. The conditions Sun’s Soup targets,
NSCLC and AIDS, are very serious diseases.
Though there are few cures with NSCLC and there
is no known cure for AIDS, there are treatments
that prolong life and improve QUALITY OF LIFE.
See also NUTRITIONAL THERAPY; TRADITIONALCHI-
NESE MEDICINE(TCM).100 Alternative and Complementary Approaches