Hi, there!

Please get this person to a reputable macrobiotic counselor as soon as possible. Check the counselor's credentials: did they go to a specific school? Call the school and find out if they completed their education and if they are recommended by that school.

Next, "lump on throat," eh? Is there more information available? For example, is it on the inside of the throat, on the outside; how does one know it may be beyond benign; is the tumor movable, attached, hot, red, swollen, etc.; any more data?

First of all, usually the throat is kidney meridian, so we'd want to consider what's happening with the kidneys. Next, the throat tells us that the person may have a hard time expressing themselves through their throat chakra -- what are they holding back expressing?

Second, taro root. Wow. That's an extreme remedy. Here's the problem with taro: it's so yin that tumors blast through internal organs and tissues trying to reach the taro on the outside surface, thus leaving a messy, stinky, open-to-bacteria type of "wound" on the surface, and this is a remedy that even Michio has a hard time getting around to recommending anymore. Taro is usually for very, very surface tumors that can be controlled, like, say, on the hand or something, and even then it's debatable.

A counselor may consider it better to try to dissolve things with broad, leafy greens or the outside leaves of a green cabbage, ground up in a suribachi, then mix with cooked hato mugi in a 50/50 combination. In other words, cook some hato mugi like you'd normally cook rice -- i.e. 1 c. hato mugi with 2 c. water for 45 minutes. Only, use about a 1/4 c. of hato mugi, since the throat is a small area and you don't want to use a large amount of hato mugi. Then, cool it. So if you cook a 1/4 c. or so of hato mugi, that yields about a 1/2 c. of finished cooked hato mugi, right? Okay, then you need the same amount of greens, or 1/2 c. cut into strips, then ground into a suribachi. Then mix in the cooked hato mugi and make a paste in the suribachi. Spread on the affected area directly, and cover with a cotton towel. Leave on overnight. Do this every night and the tumor will start dissolving (so long as the person is eating balanced macro and harmonizing all other aspects insofar as possible). Do not cover with plastic wrap; the area needs to "breathe."

Meanwhile, a counselor may help the person with their kidneys, maybe do azuki bean tea (1 c. unsoaked, but washed azuki beans, 4 c. water, 1/4 " piece of soaked kombu, bring to boil, simmer covered 30", strain, drink 1 c. hot on empty stomach. Refrigerate the rest, warm up again and have hot next day. Do this like 10 days in a row, then 3x/week for 3 weeks, then 2x/week for a month, then 1x/week for 2 months. This is only a general recommendation. Only a counselor can really help with this.

The tumor should first: stop being angry red, swollen, hard, and attached; then calm down and become detached; then start to soften and dissolve; then disappear.

Important: Emotionally: try to get the person to talk, to relate about things in their experience. Please consider Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), which is tapping on the meridians and points and letting them make statements of healing. You can find information on this on the web. This is critical to the person's healing. Spiritually: Get them to tune into their spiritual side and catch up with where they left off in their spiritual walk. Something is definitely out of balance here, too, and they feel they somehow don't have a "voice" in their spiritual walk. Encourage them to speak their truth and find the Truth, God, in their life.

God bless and take care!