Method of treating malignancies and viral infections and improving immune function with a dietary supplement

Abstract

A dietary supplement comprising as its active ingredients soybean, mushroom and mung bean is used in a method to in a method to ameliorate at least one effective malignancy or viral infection or to enhance immune functions. The active components of the dietary supplement include phytoestrogens, β-glucans, saponins, inositol hexaphosphate, and lectins.

1 . A method to ameliorate at least one effect of malignancy or viral infection which method comprises: 
 administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a dietary supplement comprising soybean, mushroom and mung bean or extracts thereof, wherein said composition is administered periodically for a time sufficient to achieve amelioration.    
     
     
         2 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein said dietary supplement further comprises at least one member of the group consisting of red date, scallion, garlic, lentil bean, leek, hawthorn fruit, onion, ginseng, angelica root, licorice, dandelion root, senegal root, ginger, olive, sesame seed, and parsley, or extracts thereof.  
     
     
         3 . A method of enhancing immune functions comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a dietary supplement comprising soybean, mushroom and mung bean or extracts thereof administered periodically for a time to achieve enhanced immune functions.  
     
     
         4 . The method defined in  claim 3  wherein said dietary supplement further comprises at least one member of the group consisting of red date, scallion, garlic, lentil bean, leek, hawthorn fruit, onion, ginseng, angelica root, licorice, dandelion root, senegal root, ginger, olive, sesame seed, and parsley, or extracts thereof.  
     
     
         5 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein said method increases CD4 +  cell levels in said subject.  
     
     
         6 . The method defined in  claim 5  wherein said dietary supplement further comprises at least one member of the group consisting of red date, scallion, garlic, lentil bean, leek, hawthorn fruit, onion, ginseng, angelica root, licorice, dandelion root, senegal root, ginger, olive, sesame seed, and parsley, or extracts thereof.  
     
     
         7 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein said malignancy is selected from the group consisting of non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer, small intestine cancer, colonrectal cancer, renal cell carcinoma, soft tissue sarcoma, ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer, acrcinoid tumors, sarcoma of the bone, melanoma, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, acute lymphomas, chronic leukemias, cancer of unknown primary site, Hodgkin's disease, and non-Hodgkin's disease.  
     
     
         8 . The method defined in  claim 1  wherein said viral infection is selected from the group consisting of HIV, Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and influenza viruses.  
     
     
         9 . A method to ameliorate at least one effect of malignancy or viral infection comprising 
 administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a dietary supplement comprising at least one phytoestrogen, at least one β-glucan, at least one saponin, inositol hexaphosphate, and at least one lectin.    
     
     
         10 . The method defined in  claim 9   wherein the at least one phytoestrogen is at least one member selected from the group consisting of genistein, coumestrol, daidzein, and biochanin A;    wherein said at least one β-glucan is at least one member selected from the group consisting of lentinan, pachymaran, zymosan, schizophyllan, KS-2, and pachyman; and    said at least one lectin is at least one member selected from the group consisting of phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin A.    
     
     
         11 . The method defined in  claim 10  wherein the dietary supplement comprises genistein, biochanin A, coumestrol, inositol hexaphosphate, at least one beta-glucan and at least one lectin.