Homoeopathy and Cancer, Poona, June 98
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1998 Sep / Oct VOL VII NO 5.
Reported by
Dr Aqsa Ansari
Lokmanya Medical Foundation's Homoeopathic Medical College organized a 2-day seminar, at The PCMC Auditorium Chinchwad, Pune, on 20th and 21st June 1998. The theme of the seminar was - Homoeopathy and Cancer. Many eminent Homoeopaths enlightened the delegates with their knowledge, experience and approach to Ca.
Day 1: Dr K N Kasad, Homoeopathic Cancer specialist and author of Iscador Therapy, gave an outstandingly comprehensive talk on Etiology, pathophysiology, symptoms and the approach and management of cancer. He stressed avoidance of immuno-suppressants and advised selection of medicine through use of similars, along with Iscador and supportive therapy viz meditation, emotion control etc. The patient should be given constitutional, deep-acting phase treatment, acutes, organ remedies and nosodes. For terminal cancer pain drugs refer Boericke and Kent repertories.
Dr Dave (?) suggested Radium-bromalium 200 OD x 7d for acute ill effects of radium therapy. He illustrated the case of a lady with breast tumour cured with Alumina, having infarct in Broca's area causing slurred speech, calcified arteries, constipation due to dryness of mucous membrane and a great desire to kill self.
Dr Parna Kategari gave a detailed approach to cancer through different lines of treatment ie Antoposophy, dealing with spiritual aspect of man, taking the 4 aspects, physical, ether, astral and ego. She divided man into 3 poles ie 1] head pole [fully developed] 2] heart and respiratory 3] limbic [digestion, reproduction and motor]- most common.
Dr Anwar Ansari spoke on behavioural assessment of pt, and how keen and unprejudiced observation helps in selection of a curative medicine. He described a case of CA Bronchus pt in a state stuporous coma, insisted on passing urine in the toilet, sitting gradually to squatting position and then passed stool, Muriatic-acid 30 brought him back to normal. An interesting case of CA Rectum in a woman, with severe tenesmus & pain in night not improved with Merc-cor, responded well with a dose of Cham when observed that she howled and disturbed everybody and insisted the doctor to relieve her.
Dr Madhusudan Adoni of Chaleesgaon got the title 'angry young man' due to his lucid, fast and commanding speech. He cautioned neophytes to stick to Hahnemannian principles.
Dr Dhode from Amravati elaborated the research criteria in Hom along with the aim and objective in general. He illustrated a Diabetes controlling program and stressed that psora was the basic miasm behind diabetes. He also gave the statistical prognosis of diabetes against the age.
Dr Hakimji Mustafa described how he was discouraged by few preliminary cases of Ca, which did not respond well and later when one of side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy cured by him, got his confidence back. He gave medicine like Nux-vomica, Arnica, Ipecac, Phos, Thallium, and Psorinum to be effective drugs to correct the side effects. Tabaccum and Lyco as acute.
Day2: started with another eminent Homoepath, Dr Vishpala Parthasarathy speaking on Cancer & Homoeopathy - What? Why? When? & How? Dr A to ad just few lines.
Dr Farokh Master illustrated by video case of Ca stomach/liver. He gave the evolutionary picture of Carcinosin as a child of competitive parents, wanting him to achieve according to their will, knowing less of his capacity and interest. A pressured child characterized by dreams like looking for oneself, illusion arms do not belong to him. When pressure becomes immense the symptoms revert back, giving rise to a rebel child, he also gave a comparative study of carcinoma with drugs like Med, Nat-mur, Sep, Ign, Tub, Arg-nit.
Dr Jawahar Shah made delegates aware of the advances made in the Hom through computers. Working out of a case, with reference from different repertories and an easy accessibility to the MM along with it. He discussed Germanium from his MM live CD.
Dr Marolia described a case of Ca tonsil with dyspnoea. Pt hot-tempered <trifles, not>apology. Relieved by Nit-acid.
Dr Praful Vijakar very impressingly described the causative factor of Ca. He said that in person to cause Ca, on DNA presence of operator oncogene is a must, precipitated by a carcinogen can only cause cancer. Thus people with a genetic oncogene are more liable for cancer. His miasmatic description of presence of oncogene as sycotic, initiation is done by psoric factor, which is nothing but the carcinogen. Hence for the treatment the basic idea should be to plug the operator gene by an inhibitor gene, which in turn will stop the cell division and Ca can be controlled. He described a case of 4 mth old child suffering from Juvenile infantile hyperosteosis, child cried between 2am-11am then stopped. Desire to be wrapped up yet, wanted fan. He moved his hand continuously. A thorough case-taking brought out P/H of vaccination 
eye infection Diarrhoea, thus passing from endoderm to ectoderm. Thuja 200- one dose given which relieved child completely. Seminar ended with Q & A, NJH lucky draw and prize distribution.
