Cancer and ayurveda

ayurveda ,touches cancer very superficially ,there is beautiful quote for cancer which is known as Arbuda -which states that when the ahangara of the cell increases it starts growing abnormally .
Though ayurveda explains cancer and its treatment it does not mention so many types as we see today.At this point it is worthwhile to mention the siddha system of medicine which has excellent medicines for cancer but the problem is most of the medicines are mercurial preparations which may cause dangerous side effects if not administered with proper care .Having said that there are many herbs which are very very effective in treating cases of canccer ,i will be going through the herbs and in which cancers it can be in my subseqent postings.