Marrow Plus

Marrow Plus is a Chinese herbal formula that was made for those patients who are receiving chemotherapeutic agents and radiation that suppress bone marrow function. Marrow Plus also helps offset side effects from pharmaceuticals, anti-tumor agents, and other drugs that suppress white blood cells or red blood cells.

Chinese Therapeutic Effects:
Vitalizes and tonifies blood. Tonifies Qi and strengthens the spleen and kidney

Serving Size:
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Active Ingredients:

• Milletia (Ji Xue Teng)
• He-shou-wu (Ho Shou Wu)
• Salvia (Dan Shen)
• Codonopsis (Dang Shen)
• Astragalus (Huang Qi)
• Ligusticum (Chuan Xiong)
• Raw Rehmannia (Sheng Di Huang)
• Cooked Rehmannia (Shu Di Huang)
• Lycium (Gou Ji Zi), Tang-kuei (Dang Gui)
• Lotus Seed (Lian Zi), Citrus (Chen Pi)
• Red Date Extract (Da Zao), Oryza (Gu Ya)
• Gelatinum (E Jiao)

Recommended Dosage:
Use as directed on label or as recommended by your doctor.

Bone Marrow

Bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the hollow interior of bones. In adults, marrow in large bones produces new blood cells. It constitutes 4%[1] of total body weight, i.e. approximately 2.6 kg (5.7 lbs.) in adults.

Marrow types

There are two types of bone marrow: red marrow (consisting mainly of hematopoietic) tissue and yellow marrow (consisting mainly of fat cells). Red blood cells, platelets and most white blood cells arise in red marrow. Both types of bone marrow contain numerous blood vessels and capillaries.
At birth, all bone marrow is red. With age, more and more of it is converted to the yellow type. About half of adult bone marrow is red.[1] Red marrow is found mainly in the flat bones, such as the hip bone, breast bone, skull, ribs, vertebrae and shoulder blades, and in the cancellous ("spongy") material at the epiphyseal ends of the long bones such as the femur and humerus. Yellow marrow is found in the hollow interior of the middle portion of long bones.
In cases of severe blood loss, the body can convert yellow marrow back to red marrow to increase blood cell production.

Diseases involving the bone marrow

The normal bone marrow architecture can be displaced by malignancies or infections such as tuberculosis, leading to a decrease in the production of blood cells and blood platelets. In addition, cancers of the hematologic progenitor cells in the bone marrow can arise; these are the leukemias.
To diagnose diseases involving the bone marrow, a bone marrow aspiration is sometimes performed. This typically involves using a hollow needle to acquire a sample of red bone marrow from the crest of the ilium under general or local anesthesia. The average number of cells in a leg bone is about 440,000,000,000 (440x109).
Exposure to radiation or chemotherapy will kill many of the rapidly dividing cells of the bone marrow and will therefore result in a depressed immune system. Many of the symptoms of radiation sickness are due to damage to the bone marrow cells.

Donation and transplantation of bone marrow

It is possible to take hematopoietic stem cells from one person and then infuse them into another person (Allogenic) or into the same person at a later time (Autologous). If donor and recipient are compatible, these infused cells will then travel to the bone marrow and initiate blood cell production.
Transplantation from one person to another is performed in severe cases of disease of the bone marrow. The patient's marrow is first killed off with drugs or radiation, and then the new stem cells are introduced.
Before radiation therapy or chemotherapy in cases of cancer, some of the patient's hematopoietic stem cells are sometimes harvested and later infused back when the therapy is finished to restore the immune system.

Marrow Plus helps offset side effects from pharmaceuticals, anti-tumor agents, and other drugs that suppress white blood cells or red blood cells.