Cancer
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 2003 May / Jun VOL V NO 3.
Dr Bansi Dhar
Introduction : You will
recollect that in the previous NJH issue, we printed a Cancer Performa for
readers to respond. Later, in May 03, a conference was organized by Dr Bansi
Dhar. The proceedings of this conference have been sent to NJH in a cd +
Souvenir. From these, njh has prepared a report for you.
The beginning of my interest in Cancer, Dr Bansi Dhar writes was when I went
to London . I read a bold news item, namely, "Lords puncture Myths of
Alternative Medicine" published in The Times Wednesday November 29, 2000. I
was dismayed to read that only osteopathy, chiropractic and acupuncture are
backed by scientific evidence. The evidence on herbal medicine is mixed, and
that on homoeopathy anecdotal. For use of highly diluted medicines, bigger
trials are needed to prove any effect"
The value judgment on the homoeopathic system of medicine given by the Lord’s
Committee set my head whirling and shivers down my spine. To read thus about Dr
Hahnemann’s holistic and gentle art of healing, namely Homoeopathy, based on
nature’s Law of cure, which has survived for over two hundred years, has
spread far and wide across continents- and, above all, has imparted lasting and
permanent relief or cure to suffering humanity of their chronic ailments!.
I have deep appreciation for Modern System of Medicine, Allopathy, for its
remarkable advancements in the field of Diagnostics and Therapeutics, in the
field of Surgery and, for life saving treatment for various critical diseases.
But no one can dispute that such treatment has brought into its trial
unimaginable adverse effects, often beyond repair or reversal.
I sent a copy of above news item to all the eminent Homoeopaths in India and
also to Appropriate Institutions and Government quarters. But I received no
response. This only stirred me to search for an answer, myself. Dr Hahnemann
revised and amended the Orgonon of Medicine six times in his life time, based on
practical clinical experience and experimentations spanning fifty years of
clinical practice.
In all fairness, there should be no two opinions that Homoeopathic System of
Medicine, over the last two hundred years, has won laurels in the field of
Therapeutics for several chronic ailments, besides giving quick relief in acute
affections, with least adverse effects. Let me hasten to add the abuse or misuse
of Homoeopathic Medicines at the hands of untrained, unqualified or ill-equipped
Homoeopaths can equally result or bring about adverse effects beyond repair or
reversal.
The opportunity:
The Almighty soon gave me an opportunity: my own Brother-in-Law fell a
victim to cancer of Larynx with metastasis to the oesophagus and surrounding
tissues. He was given up by LNJP Hospital after trying Radio-Therapy. Surgery
was ruled out. Chemotherapy could not be given, as the patient was too weak and
emaciated. I was introduced to Dr Pankaj Bhatanagar, who was kind enough to
visit the patient and assure recovery. The patient, who could not swallow a drop
of water and was given a maximum three months, started recovering fast. He was
able to eat and move about with ease!! Thus convinced, I started attending his
clinic from September 2002: verifying the records of Cancer cases. The results
were astounding! The remarkable part was the management plan and use of Indian
herbs prepared homoeopathically, plus regular Homoeopathic medicines. We are
lucky to have in our country a rich resource of medicinal herbs for such fatal
affections.
Thereafter, I sent a semi-official letter to prominent Homoeopathic
Practitioners and to concerned Government Institutions and Departments,
requesting a pooling of clinical data to showcase and prove the efficacy of the
Homoeopathic System of Medicine in cure of inveterate diseases and Cancer.
I called upon all concerned to cooperate wholeheartedly with the Board of
Homoeopathic System of Medicine Delhi in its endeavors and furnish the requisite
data in regard to treatment, relief or cure of Cancer cases, supported by CT
Scan/MRI/Cancer markers reports etc. We have received a few responses in this
regard; relevant ones are being published in the Souvenir.
May I state in a frank and candid manner that all Systems of Medicine including
Allopathy, etc. have their own Pharmacopoeia, parameters for verification of
efficacy of their medicines etc. The uniqueness of Homoeopathy lies in the fact
that homoeopathic medicines have been/are proved on/and used on human beings and
thus, their efficacy is otherwise established. Its uniqueness lies in it’s
concept of Vital Principle (Vital Force) - dynamis vibrating the material
human organism. Therefore, the methodology for verification of efficacy of any
drug used in homoeopathy and prepared homoeopathically, cannot be the same
or/and uniform in so far as any other system of medicine is concerned. Nor would
it be fair or impose any such standard parameters for Homoeopathy.
Homoeopathic Remedies Used In Palliation:
Calcarea-aceticum, Calcarea-arsenicum, Cadmium, Cholesterinum, Carbo-animlis,
Heloderma, Ferrum, arsenicum , Scrophularia-nodosa, Kali-iodatum,
Natrum-accodylicum, Kali-cyanatum, Cadmium-iod, Cadmium-metallicum, Cadmium-
sulphuricum
Few Case Reports:
Kiran Devi, Kaurr, K Dwivedi: All suffered from Ca gall bladder diagnosed on
imaging; were in various hospitals in Delhi and were declared inoperable and
given a life span few weeks. They presented with increasing icterus and complete
anorexia.
Cholesterinum 3x tds
Jaundice improved dramatically and appetite returned to normal
Narender and Dwivedi survived comfortably for 6-8 months, kiran Devi is fine and
healthy, living near normal life, more worried now for her osteoarthritic knees!
It is said that over 75% of gall bladder carcinomas are unresectable at the time
of surgery, the 1 year mortality rate for unresectable disease is approximately
95% and only 5% survives for 5 years. Results of trials with radio therapy and
chemotherapy have been disappointing.
Paramjeet: Inoperable Ca pancreas
Iodum 30/1 dose followed by Calc-ars 6/tds. Wt gain from 44 kg to 46
kg. She says I am fine, comes to clinic and works at home too; she is 65 years.
It is said that mean survival for patients whose pancreatic cancers are
surgically unresectable is approximately 5 months.
Mr A K Lal: Ca stomach with omental metastasis; declared inoperable,
24.1201 Cadmium-sulph 6 tds
9.3.02 Sub-acute intestinal obstruction
Raphanus 6/2 hrly: improved. Died Jan, 03 of a natural death.
K B Chand: Ca-stomach with paracolic lymphadenopathy
Developed pacreatitis, septicemia, dvt, pneumonia
18.7.02 wife came for medicine to control septicemia, ascetic with 1700 ml tap Cadmium-sulph
30 Pyrogen 30
25.07.02 Ascetic tap 125 ml, discharged from hospital and doing well on Cadmium-sulph
30 tds
Sheela Devi: Diagnosed case of Carcinoma tongue in 1996; is on homoeopathy
only, no surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Kali-cyanatum 30 tds.
Only in last 2 months she developed difficulty in swallowing. Died peacefully on
18.3.03. Her son-in-law died of the same disease in just 1 year of diagnosis and
after having taken every modality of treatment.
Despite advances in the treatment of cancer and significant improvement in the
functional results in carcinoma of tongue, the overall mortality at 5 years has
remained surprisingly constant.
