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

Abstract

Provided herein is a dietary supplement comprising as its active ingredients soybean, mushroom and mung bean is used in a method to treat non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). The active components of the dietary supplement include phytoestrogens, β-glucans, saponins, inositol hexaphosphate, and lectins.

1 . A method to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), 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 dietary supplement is administered periodically for a time sufficient to improve or maintain Karnofsky performance status, achieve weight maintenance and/or improve the survival of said subject.    
   
   
       2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said dietary supplement is administered periodically for a time sufficient to improve or maintain Kamofsky performance status of said subject.  
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said dietary supplement is administered periodically for a time sufficient to achieve weight maintenance in said subject.  
   
   
       4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said dietary supplement is administered periodically for a time sufficient to improve the survival of said subject.  
   
   
       5 . The method of  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.  
   
   
       6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said subject has stage III or stage IV NSCLC.  
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said dietary supplement is administered for greater than two months.  
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy.  
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said dietary supplement is a freeze-dried product.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein said dietary supplement comprises extracts of soybean, mushroom and mung bean.  
   
   
       11 . A method to ameliorate at least one effect of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which method comprises: 
 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,    wherein said dietary supplement is administered periodically for a time sufficient to ameliorate at least one effect of NSCLC.    
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said phytoestrogen is selected from the group consisting of genistein, coumestrol, daidzein, and biochanin A.  
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said β-glucan is at least one member selected from the group consisting of lentinan, pachymaran, zymosan, schizophyllan, KS-2, and pachyman.  
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said lectin is selected from the group consisting of phytohemagglutinin and concanavalin A.