Shikonin used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries is now targeting cancer

Naturally occurring anti-cancer compounds

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“I’m in good shape. My cancer means I have lost a lot of organs and I’m a lot lighter. I have devoted myself to yoga and I’m doing handstands.”

By Eve Ensler, an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist

Shikonin is an active naphthoquinone, which is derived from the dried root of Lithospermum erythrorhizon (commonly called purple gromwe…