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The dosage, extract formulation, side-effects, long term safety are not well established for human cancer treatment.
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Cancer is extremely complex; what works in one cell line or animal model might fail in humans for many reasons (metabolism, delivery, toxicity, tumour microenvironment, etc).
🔍 My summary / take-away
Yes — there are promising signals that compounds from Polygala tenuifolia may have anti-cancer properties (in lab/animal research) via mechanisms like inducing apoptosis and suppressing autophagy or angiogenesis.
No — it is not proven to be a safe, effective cancer treatment in humans. The claim “destroys cancer cells” is too strong/incomplete in the context of human medicine.
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