Minutus

With thanks to colleagues who have joined this debate.

I have had only a few patients with diagnosed cancer.

In each case I have applied my classical homoeopathy, the way I have been
taught by Sheilagh Creasy (I may be a bad student - so no reflection on SC).

Some that I remember easily are:
One has had a mastectomy and takes the remedy very rarely as needed - she
was well at last contact.

Two were over-seas visitors in UK who despite having a good response from
the first doses of homoeopathy, did not follow it when they went home - both
have since sadly died. Both were reasonably well while undergoing Chemo (I
mean Hom helped their symptoms - some of which were from the chemo). One had
developed a skin rash after 2 days!

One was a terminal case and in coma in hospital.
Based on her sister's description of the lady's character and interests etc,
I prescribed Carc (She should have had it many years before) and after a day
of lots of doses of LM1 (at least 3 times daily) she awoke, the next day sat
up and on third day asked for food.

She was able to say her good byes to her family who had travelled from
abroad to be with her and then died peacefully.
A point that I learnt at a discussion last year was that if you are
prescribing a homoeopathic remedy (and if you have hit the right remedy) it
will boost the vital force.
Some oncologists push the chemo/radiotherapy to the limits of the patient's
endurance.

Because hom has helped the patient, there is a danger that they may overdose
the patient - so if you have the opportunity, discuss this issue with their
oncologist either directly or tell the patient to tell their oncologist.

[Is there any statistic to show how many patients with cancer die because of
Chemo/radio therapy and how many from the cancer?)

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Going back to Dr R's book, I think Rosemary is absolutely right. What is
required is a teacher to teach the contents of a book. Sadly I have not had
benefit of that.

Does he record his failures?

Because we individualise for our patients, it is therefore difficult to use
such a template. Perhaps it can act as a guide to what may be possible.

Rgds
Soroush
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Dear Soroush.

The patients you describe sound like about the average lot to me. It was
beautiful that the woman in a coma was able to wake up long enough to say
her good-byes -- I would consider that a very good result, given the woman's
state.

Really, why don't you get hold of Dr. R's book and read it. It's a good
reference work on possible remedy choices. Also, if you read it carefully
and also "between the lines" you will see a fairly broad picture of
successes and failures. He gives statistics for each type of cancer before
he started the "Plussing Method" and after. Typically, his success rate
(=remission or suspension of progress) doubled across the board after he
started using the "Plussing" method -- That's significant, especially with a
disease as stubborn as cancer. He also eliminated before trying to use the
plussing method any patients whose disease was clearly end stage -- Stage IV
cancers with widespread metastases and seriously reduced strength of the
vital force. In those cases, he used palliative treatment, often quite
successfully, sometimes lengthening a patient's good quality life for a few
months and generally at least providing a dramatic improvement in QOL for
the patient during what time remained. In the seminar, especially in answer
to our many questions, Dr. R also gave a better perspective on issues that
have arisen for him and his criteria for dealing with them.

Re individualizing. I've discussed this a bit with other homeopaths,
notably David Little. Actually, with a very deep, dangerous pathology as
the top layer, it's preferable not to give a constitutional remedy, unless
it's strongly indicated on the top layer, because that could pressure the
vital force too strongly. The use of an "organ specific" remedy is
preferable in such cases. This significantly reduces the range of remedies
one might consider as a first prescription. Dr. Ramakrishnan's range of
organ specific remedies in the book is even more reduced than those he
actually uses -- in the book he describes cases he treated with the remedies
that are most frequently indicated -- but the principle is accurate.

Given the twofold increase in his treatment success with the Plussing
Method" compared with previous use of posology used for other chronic
diseases, and given the Organon footnote I previously cited, where Hahnemann
indicates the need for dosing multiple times a day for "primary miasmatic
efflorescences," it seems to me that the Plussing Method should probably
take its place as a serious option for treating cancer patients, especially
those who have invasive or metastatic disease for whom generally no other
real option exists.

Rosemary