Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine

100 Alternative and Complementary Approaches
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, published
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 studies
with people who had moderate to advanced
NSCLC, Sun’s Soup produced measurable
improvements. However, the small study size limited
the value of the findings. Researchers are continuing
to evaluate Sun’s Soup in its various formulations.
There appear to be few side effects with Sun’s
Soup, with the primary complaints being dissatisfaction
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; TRADITIONAL CHI-
NESE MEDICINE (TCM).