Cancer & Tumors
Cysts and Polyps
Abnormal tissue growths in the nose, colon, bladder, or cervix — often benign but capable of becoming cancerous — reversed in many patients by high-dose vitamin C, high-fiber diets, and elimination of meat and refined foods.
Also known as: polyps, tissue polyps, benign growths, polyposis, mucosal polyps
📝 At a glance
Likely root causes: Diet too high in unsaturated fatty acids (especially cooked/processed oils).; The body using cyst formation as storage containers when natural elimination channels are overwhelmed.; Hereditary factors (familial polyposis)..
First thing to try: High vitamin C diet (500–1,000 mg daily with food) — a Wisconsin research team found polyps either lessened or disappeared in most patients.
See a doctor if: This is a potentially serious condition that requires professional medical diagnosis and care. See a doctor promptly — the suggestions here are gentle, supportive measures only and are not a substitute for medical treatment.
🔎 Start with the cause
Lasting relief rarely comes from covering a symptom. First find what is feeding the problem, change what you can, and then help the body do what it was designed to do — heal.
Likely root causes
- Diet too high in unsaturated fatty acids (especially cooked/processed oils).
- The body using cyst formation as storage containers when natural elimination channels are overwhelmed.
- Hereditary factors (familial polyposis).
- Chronic sinus infection with allergies (nasal polyps).
- Vocal cord polyps from screaming or improper singing.
Change what you can
- High vitamin C diet (500–1,000 mg daily with food) — a Wisconsin research team found polyps either lessened or disappeared in most patients.
- High-fiberThe part of plant foods your body can't fully break down — it keeps digestion moving. More → diet with adequate water drinking.
- Elimination of meat, processed foods, fried foods, and junk food.
- Walnut herbs (leaves, bark, or green hull of the nut) are excellent for breaking up cysts — can be used internally.
- Chaparral should not be taken internally — it has been linked to serious liver injury. Any use should be external only and brief.
- Topically on cysts and polyps: aloe vera gelA cool, jelly-like preparation that soothes and moisturizes skin. How to make a gel →, pau d'arco, and pycnogenol gel.
- Cleansing herbs: garlic, burdock, red clover.
- Spray bayberry powder on accessible growths, leave 6–8 hours, wash away, repeat.
- Scrub skin regularly with a loofah to keep oil glands unblocked.
🩺 When to see a doctor
- This is a potentially serious condition that requires professional medical diagnosis and care. See a doctor promptly — the suggestions here are gentle, supportive measures only and are not a substitute for medical treatment.
🌿 The seven pathways to health
Seven pathways for your cysts and polyps — tap the circle to check one off (saved on your device), or ask Remy for help.
“Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health... In case of sickness 1cause should be ascertained, 2go to work intelligently to remove the disease. 3Unhealthful conditions should be changed, 4wrong habits corrected. 5Then nature is to be assisted in her effort 6to expel impurities and 7to re-establish right conditions in the system.”
🌿 Overview
Polyps are growths of various sizes found in mucous membranes of the nose, large intestine (colon), bladder, and cervix. They often arise from a diet high in unsaturated fatty acids. A Wisconsin research team found that polyps in most patients either lessened or disappeared entirely when placed on a high vitamin C diet. Colon and rectal polyps can become cancerous and should be taken seriously — especially familial polyposis, where hundreds of polyps grow in the colon. Cervical polyps rarely return after removal. Cysts are unwanted material containers the body creates when elimination channels are overloaded.
Cysts and polyps are both types of abnormal growths, but they differ: a cyst is a closed sac usually filled with fluid or semi-solid material, while a polyp is a projecting growth of tissue from a surface, such as the lining of the nose, colon, bladder, or cervix. The great majority of both are benign (not cancer), though certain polyps, particularly in the colon, can over time develop into cancer.
Because most are harmless but some carry risk, the sensible approach is accurate diagnosis rather than assumption: many cysts simply need monitoring or, if bothersome, removal, while polyps in places like the colon are important to find and remove through screening precisely because doing so prevents cancer. This makes recommended screening (such as colonoscopy) genuinely valuable. Any new lump, growth, unusual bleeding, or change should be evaluated by a doctor, both to confirm it is benign and to remove anything that warrants it.
Common signs
- Nasal polyps: chronic difficulty breathing through the nose.
- Colon polyps: rectal bleeding or mucous drainage.
- Bladder polyps: blood in the urine.
- Cervical polyps: heavy watery or bloody vaginal discharge, bleeding after intercourse, between periods, or after menopause.
- Cysts: felt lumps or swellings at various locations.
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🍽️ Eating to help
Food is one of the gentlest medicines — small, steady changes help most.
High vitamin C foods and supplementation. High-fiber whole plant foods: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes. Adequate water (increase when increasing fiber). No meat — animal products load the body with impurities requiring elimination. No caffeine, tobacco, or alcohol. No processed, fried, or junk foods. No excessive saturated fat — those who eat heavily of saturated fats are twice as likely to develop polyps. Use flaxseed oil instead of processed oils.
⚖️ Good to know
- Colon polyps, especially in familial polyposis, can become cancerous and require medical evaluation and monitoring.
- Bladder polyps also carry cancer risk and should be medically evaluated.
- Cervical polyps causing post-menopausal bleeding require immediate evaluation to rule out cancer.
- Do not self-treat suspicious growths without confirming their nature with a physician.
⚕️ What a doctor may offerConventional treatments for this condition — for your information.Show ▾
RemedyRank's heart is natural healing — and honest information. Here is what conventional medical care commonly involves for this condition, listed to inform, never to promote. Decisions about treatment belong with you and your own physician.
Cysts and polyps are evaluated and removed when symptomatic or to rule out cancer.
Commonly offered
- Imaging or scope to characterize them–
- Removal of polyps (e.g., colon, uterine) and suspicious cysts–
- Monitoring benign, asymptomatic ones–
- Pathology to confirm the type–
Worth knowing
- Bleeding, pain, or rapid growth needs evaluation.
- Colon polyps can become cancerous — removal during colonoscopy prevents this.
- Any new lump should be assessed.
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