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Dear all,
Anybody heard of a vegetable soup by a Japanese doctor Tateishi Kazu?
Apparently, this soup is very popular in Asia to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients.
Anybody tried it?
ycheun2
No, do you have any information or web sites to post so we might read the information?
Thank you.
I found this article and recipe for the soup.
http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/healremforfr.html
I found out the info about the soup in Chinese and the info on the website that SuzzieQ provided is pretty accurate. I believe the soup has benefit, but not sure to what degree. I am thinking to try it myself, just it might be hard to find Daikon Radish leaves, especially the organic ones.
-Jing
Is there a way we can buy it or do we have to make it ourselves?
X
Thank you to all who replied. I will check with the organic veggie dept. at my supermarket. Probably no luck for radishes as I live in country and only 1 grocery store. Maybe I can find seeds to grow some.
susie2,
There are companies in Taiwan and China making the soup packages. If you have friends who understand Chinese, they can help you to order online.
-Jing
Found this information on one of our Naturopaths website. Apparently some of his patients have had some success with it.
http://www.ndaccess.com/EatingAlive/Page_Detail.asp?PageID=13&NewsletterID= 35
Sue
Hi, no luck finding out where to get this soup. Hope someone else can find it. God bless you all. I will keep trying.Is there an address for this Doctor Tateishi? Is there a name for this soup? Jing can you get any info on where to buy it over there? Thanks You Deb
There seem to be a few sites that sell the soup packaged...
http://www.nutrimaxorganic.com/English/vegetable_broth_brown_rice_tea_e.htm l
also
http://www.alibaba.com/product/ca101386043-217167390-0/Vegetable_Soup.html
Sue
Deb,
Dr. Tateishi died in 2001. Many companies in Japan, Taiwan and China make soup packages using his receipt. Many of their websites are in Japanese or Chinese. The two websites Sue provided sell the same packages as in those websites I saw.
Jing
Hi all,
I will try to find the ingredients for my mom and post the photos in the website. I am sure you can find most of the ingredients in your local shops. There are basically 5 ingredients and 4 of the 5 are easily be found.
1. White carrot (Chinese)
2. White carrot leaves (Chinese)
3. Red carrot
4. Dried mushroom
5. Some sort of Chinese herb (I do not know the name in Chinese).
In anycase, I will try to post the photos or else in my facebook so that you can check them out. If you can go to a big China town and show them the photos, I am sure you can find them!
Well, I will have my mom to tried the soup first!
ycheun2
Hi all;
I live in Florida and found all of the ingredients fresh here in an organic market. Whole foods also had the ingredients, with the exception of the burdock root. It is not a spice, it is an actual root, according to the recipe. Perhaps you could try and ask if your store could order the ingredients.
I will let you know how this turns out, taste wise :)
Ellen
I made the soup as instructed by the link SuzziQ provided. My healthy husband tried it too... He found himself urinating quite frequently, I did not notice a difference but then I drink liquids all day long so that may be why. I did have dry mouth to some extra degree. The taste was strong of the radish...but overall, was tasty. For what it is worth, I also just tasted the raw burdock root and actually liked the taste alot, but after reading up on it just a little, decided not to just eat it...
Anyway, I don't plan to "do" this on a regular basis but it wasn't bad...
Anybody who wants to try it, I would suggest finding a health food grocer and see if they can just order the radish w/tops and burdock root.
God bless!
Ellen
Ellen,
Some Chinese, especially those on the farms, just eat burdock roots as fruit. They are just like carrots, can be cooked or eaten raw. According to Chinese medicine certain foods can not be eaten together with certain other foods. I searched online and found that carrots and burdock roots are a pair in the NO list. But not all Chinese believe in Chinese medicine, so ... . I haven't tried yet. Some of my Chinese friends made the soup and said it tasted okay. They stopped making the soup because of either not liking the taste or no time making it all the time. If I want benefit from the soup, I will have to drink it for an extended long time. Honestly I am not sure I can do that.
-Jing
Hi all,
We started cooking this soup for a few days and my mom accepted the taste of it. I even bought few books for her about this soup and she is following it religiously!
The onco report turned out okay last Friday after 2 weeks on Iressa + Avastin. We can see the tumor shrunk (her reccurrent cancer). Thanks God! At least the Iressa + Avastin works!
I will post my update about her "soup " experience as we go along....
ycheun2
Hi all,
This company "Ancient Path Acupuncture and Herbs"
394 Lowell Street, Suite 16
Lexington, MA 02420
781-863-0066
E-mail address: http://ancientpathweb.com
sell what they call the Vege Broth based on Dr. Kazu Tateishi (Japan) recipe.
Hope you can purchase it and get well with it.
Hello -
I should have posted this earlier about the soup but frankly forgot about it :(
My husband and I did make the soup, as per the instructions from the link provided by SusieQ.
I got a food scale and measured everything in grams, but cut the recipe in half as it makes a TON of soup...
As for the taste, it was "different"...not good, not bad either. The taste came from mainly the burdock root; the daikon was pretty strong too but milder than a regular "red" radish.
I drank the soup a few times for the next couple of days. I didn't notice much change in my body, but my husband noticed a big increase in his thirst and so also in urine output. Doing a little research, we found this to be a side effect from the burdock root. A bit alarmed, we both stopped. As I said, it didn't happen to me, but did him so it may not affect everyone that way.
Just thought I'd update -
God bless us all,
Ellen
Just wanted to share with you a company which carries the 5 veggies soup. Most of the texts are in Chinese but you will find some news about the soup in English. Hope it helps.
http://www.tateishikazu.com/
just click the English icon on the upper right.
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