Understanding and

Treating

the PERSON

with Cancer

For Homoeopaths

and the Person with

Cancer

By Peter D. Drew

© Peter D. Drew 2017

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Contents

Preface.............................................................................. 4

Introduction ...................................................................... 8

Chapter 1 Live as Naturally as Possible ........................ 11

Chapter 2 The Cancer Personality and the Trigger ........ 21

Chapter 3 The Diagnosis of Cancer ............................... 27

Chapter 4 The “War” on Cancer .................................... 33

Chapter 5 How Cancer Develops ................................... 35

Chapter 6 Conventional Treatments............................... 41

Chapter 7 What Causes a Cell to Become Malignant? .. 46

Chapter 8 Using Knowledge of Cancer ......................... 58

Chapter 9 Choosing the Remedy and Cancer Cases ...... 63

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Acknowledgements

I am grateful to Beverley Bertram and Kay South for

proof reading and to Marcello Micheli for his patience

in editing the book. Their assistance made this work a

more readable and understandable text. I would also like

to thank the many clients who have educated me along

the way and Michelle Harries for her assistance

especially with chapters 2 and 3.

A note to the Practitioners:

Please read the footnotes.

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Preface

I qualified as a homoeopath in 2001 and then did further

studies in homoeopathy at two other Colleges. My

homoeopathic thesis was on Carcinosin and the Cancer

Miasm1 (the predisposition to Cancer)2, which was

published by B Jain in 2004. At this time, I was working

as the technical adviser (practitioner adviser) for the

1 The Miasms; A Discussion and Summary With Emphasis on

Carcinosin And the Cancer Miasm 2004 By Peter D. Drew.

(Hereafter referred to as The Miasms) 2 Homoeopaths look at disease as acute, chronic or the result

of unhealthy living. By acute we mean disease that tends toward an

end. It runs a fairly common course within a certain period, often

termed self-limiting. Unless the patient is extremely debilitated or

the disease is quite virulent, recovery takes place with no after

effects. Chronic diseases, which homoeopaths call miasms, on the

other hand do not end of themselves. They will continue unless

appropriate treatment is given. Here homoeopathy differs as to its

definition of chronic disease. Chronic disease is generally defined as

“one that continues a long time” or “continues for three months or

more”. Arthritis, asthma and cancer are, according to this definition,

given as examples of chronic disease, and they usually are.

However, there are examples where change in diet and lifestyle have

resolved asthma and arthritis. True chronic disease will not be

resolved this way. It is going to continue unless it is correctly

treated. There are generally considered to be five distinct patterns of

chronic illness or miasms. Each miasm encompasses many

conditions. For example, asthma and arthritis could both be

manifestations of the one miasm. Although the Cancer Miasm also

encompasses many conditions, cancer (the tumour), when caused by

a miasm, is a main manifestation of the Cancer Miasm.

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homoeopathic company Brauer. In 2005, I started

Narrogin Homoeopathic College, a post graduate college

for health professionals. I also established Emotional

Wellness Australia developing a product range based on

the Seven Emotions, designed to help deal with the

emotional states associated with cancer. I have had

numerous articles and two books on homoeopathy

published. I am also an oriental remedial therapist, a

biomesotherapist and a linguist. Cancer will continue to

remain an interest and I am currently completing studies

in Chinese Herbal Medicine.

My thesis Carcinosin and the Cancer Miasm was based

to a large degree on homoeopathic theory. Through

practical application of this theory I have confirmed the

conclusions I reached then. Hence, this new book is

principally about practical application.

In The Miasms I encouraged the use of Carcinosin to

remove/subdue the Cancer Miasm. The prevalence of the

Cancer Miasm is increasing. Today we see an increase in

cancer, but this alone is not what is meant by an increase

in the Cancer Miasm. Although cancer is a major

indicator of this miasm there are also other indications

that there is an increase in the Cancer Miasm.

All conditions classified as chronic are the result of a

miasm. More and more we see the need for the nosode

Carcinosin to be prescribed, not only in the presence of

cancer where it is the remedy par excellence, but also to

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begin cases and or remove miasmatic blocks that do not

include malignant tumours. The Cancer Miasm could be

defined as the civilisation miasm and as civilisation

continues to develop this miasm continues to increase.

From an interest in the mind body connection I

understood that in order to assist the person with cancer

(or any chronic illness), the person must be considered

first. From a homoeopathic perspective though what else

should be considered? It became clear after extensive

research, having read all of the works on Carcinosin and

the majority of the homoeopathic works on cancer that

both the Cancer Miasm, (the predisposition), and its

manifestation (the tumour) must be treated. I also came

to understand that the miasm needed to be treated with

Carcinosin and that the frequency of remedy

administration should keep pace with the disease. In

2001, I came across an article on Dr Ramakrishnan’s

method. This method fitted perfectly with my

understanding of cancer based on homoeopathic theory3

so I immediately sought a copy of his book and began

using his method.

Since then a primary focus has been patients with

cancer. From presenting workshops and seminars on

3 What do we do when we give a perfectly picked

prescription and get no reaction? We give the appropriate nosode.

Administration of the remedy also keeps pace with the condition

being treated.

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cancer since 2005, and talking to many homoeopaths it

became apparent, that many have difficulty in choosing

remedies in cancer cases. This is one purpose of this

book. The others are to provide an understanding of both

cancer the disease and the effects of having cancer. My

hope is to benefit both the person with cancer and the

practitioner, to increase the effectiveness of treatment

and improve quality of life.

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Introduction

As already stated this book is intended to be practical.

We will look at understanding the person with cancer,

understanding the disease cancer and how to assist the

person with cancer to heal. The incidence of cancer is

considered over the last 160 years so that a clear

understanding of the causes of this increase can be seen.

Clear guidelines are provided on how to choose the

remedy along with cases that illustrate these guidelines

step by step. The practitioner can repertorise the cases as

the explanation of the cases and remedy choices are

given later in the book.

This book is not intended to be exhaustive with regard

to carcinogens or treatments. It is however aiming to

highlight my understanding of the most important things

to do and the important things to avoid. The most

important principle to be kept clearly in mind is to focus

on regimes that cause cell cycle delay/arrest and

apoptosis (stop the cancer cell from dividing and cause it

to kill itself). Based on an understanding of how a cancer

cell works, which includes an understanding of how a

cancer cell can die, these regimes must work in harmony

with each other.

Although it is primarily directed to the practitioner it has

been written for both the practitioner and the person with

cancer. Homoeopaths do not treat diseases such as

cancer, rather we treat people with cancer. Our goal is

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always the same: to restore health. Once health is

restored there is no cancer.4

In order to restore health, we need principles that are

easy to understand and easy to follow, for how could we

have real confidence in a method we do not understand?5

As our goal here is to treat the person with cancer we

need to understand both the individual person with

cancer and cancer the disease. We also need to

understand the importance of the person being in control

of their treatment. I hope this book helps practitioners to

understand these things and helps you, the person with

cancer to see the need to be in control of your treatment

4 Aphorisms 1-5 of the Organon (the book on homoeopathy

by its founder) can be summarised as follows: Restore the sick to

health rapidly, gently and in the most harmless way. How to do it:

Clearly perceive what is to be cured in diseases and what is curative

in medicines. Know the things that derange health and cause disease,

and how to remove them. Try to find a cause: Useful in assisting to

cure is the whole history of the chronic disease to discover its

fundamental cause. 5 Regarding the importance of having confidence in what we

are doing Ornstein and Sobel relate an example where a patient was

given a placebo which the doctor thought was a real drug. The

placebo worked and cured the patient's asthma. The doctor of his

own accord decided to try a placebo not knowing that he had already

been giving a placebo. When he switched to what he knew to be a

placebo the asthma came back. So, the doctor requested more of the

experimental drug only to be told the “effective” drug he had been

given was from the placebo group. “The patient responded in both

cases to the doctor’s expectations of the treatment.” The Healing

Brain 1988, pages 85-86, Ornstein R. and Sobel D.

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and clearly see the importance of making the decision to

fight this disease.

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Chapter 1 Live as Naturally as Possible

Scientists have called Earth the Goldilocks planet. In

the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, Goldilocks

needed everything to be just right. Her porridge couldn't

be too hot or too cold. And her bed couldn't be too hard

or too soft. On Earth, conditions are just right for living

things. The temperature is neither too hot nor too cold for

life to exist. The earth's crust is neither too hard nor too

soft for land masses to form above water. Prior to human

life the planet was once covered with water. New

Scientist magazine reported: “As the mantle cooled, land

would have gradually appeared as the oceans became

deeper and regions of high relief on the continental crust

formed.6” In fact the Earth is the only planet known to

have liquid water, which of course is essential for life.

Our place in the milky way galaxy and our position in

relation to the sun are perfect. The necessary tilt of the

earth which is held in position by our moon's size and

position is perfect. Large “guardian planets” in our solar

system, Jupiter and Saturn protect us from collisions with

large comets and our protective atmosphere takes care of

smaller objects.

Earth has to be the size that it is for its gravity to hold

the right gases and release the harmful gases so the

atmosphere remains inhabitable. For life to exist we need

6 New Scientist magazine 30 December 2008

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to be the distance we are from the sun, but we could not

safely be here without our protective ozone layer and the

earth's electromagnetic field which is produced by the

Earth's core spinning faster than the Earth's rotation.

If the charge of an electron and a proton and the weight

of a proton in relation to a neutron, which have been

calculated to infinitesimally small figures, were not

exactly as they are matter would not exist. The

fundamental forces of the Universe are: the weak nuclear

force, the strong nuclear force, electromagnetism and

gravity and they are so perfectly tuned that some

scientists simply say, 'the universe is impossible' and yet

here it is.

Everything being just right is called by physicists the

Anthropic principle. Renowned mathematicians,

cosmologists and physicists, John Barrow and Frank

Tipler, explain it in this way; “It is not only that man is

adapted to the universe. The universe is adapted to man...

a life-giving factor lies at the centre of the whole

machinery and design of the world.”—The Anthropic

Cosmological Principle,” page vii.

Harmonising with this the Gaia principle presupposes

that organisms interact with their inorganic surroundings

on Earth to form a synergistic, self-regulating, complex

system, that helps to maintain and perpetuate the

conditions for life on the planet.

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What is the point of the above preamble in a book on

cancer? The Earth and our place in the Universe are just

right. This is an indisputable fact, so it is wise to

acknowledge this fact and live in harmony with it, and

utilise this information to promote our wellness.

Research has clearly shown that contact with nature

makes us well. In an article explaining the Biophilia

Hypothesis Howard Frumkin refers to the innately

emotional affiliation of human beings to other living

organisms.7 The Encyclopedia Britannica's article on the

Biophilia hypothesis states the that “qualitative evidence

suggests that humans are innately attracted to nature.”8

In his research Roger S. Ulrich, PhD, director of the

Centre for Health Systems and Design at Texas A&M

University found that nature can also help the body heal.

“His research was the first to document scientifically the

stress reducing and health–related benefits for hospital

patients of viewing nature.”9 He discovered that patients

whose hospital rooms overlooked trees had an easier

time recovering than those whose rooms overlooked

brick walls. Patients able to see nature were able to leave

7 Beyond Toxicity: Human Health and the Natural

Environment the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April

2001 by Howard Frumkin. 8 Encyclopedia Britannica Ultimate Reference Suite.

Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. (2015) 9 http://www.viha.ca/NR/rdonlyres/A2D50DA5-4B97-4D86-

9521-76DF35A21FCC/0/RogerUlrichFullBio.pdf

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the hospital sooner, had fewer complications and

required less pain medication than those forced to stare at

a wall.

What then of the effect of the absence of nature? Let’s

clarify something before we answer that question. The

China Study10 presented evidence to show that there is a

connection between the consumption of animal

products11: meat, fat and dairy, with a higher incidence of

cancer. While it is wise to consider this information, the

fact is societies that had little to no cancer all ate animal

products. Therefore, it is obvious there are much more

significant factors than the consumption of animal

products that have an impact on both the cause and

incidence of cancer.

The book Cancer as an Environmental Disease states;

“Societies whose lifestyles have remained virtually

unchanged for thousands of years show a remarkably

consistent pattern: an almost total absence of cancer ... In

1915 a report entitled 'The Mortality from Cancer

Throughout The World' was authored by Frederick L.

Hoffman the then chairman of the committee on statistics

10 The China Study claimed to be “the most comprehensive

study of nutrition ever.” 11

Three foods that are animal products that are, in numerous

studies, associated with lower rates of cancer than average is: oily

fish such as Spanish Mackerel, yoghurt (unsweetened) and four or

less eggs a week. (Seven eggs or more increases the risk.)

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of the American Society for the Control of Cancer. It

analysed literally thousands of separate reports and all of

the data available at the time. A major conclusion was

'the rarity of cancer among native man suggests that the

disease is primarily induced by the conditions and

methods of living which typify our modern civilisation'.”

The authors quote numerous books, articles and studies

showing that clearly by 1915 “civilisation” or

“environmental change,” was connected with both the

incidence and increase of cancer. The consensus can be

summed up by one author quoted as saying,

“there can be little doubt that the various influences

grouped under the title civilisation play a part in

producing a tendency to cancer.” 12,13

Apart from a few dried foods, native man ate no

processed foods. 14 They ate fresh food that was in season

12 Pages 40-41 Cancer as an Environmental Disease 2004

by C.V. Howard and J.A. Newby Edited by Polyxeni

Nicolopoulou-Stamati, Luc Hens, Vyvyan C. Howard and N. Van

Larebeke

13 In The Miasms page 8, I presented evidence to show that

“miasms come to the fore when the particular circumstances right

for them to develop draw them into activity.” It is unnatural

civilisation which has drawn and continues to draw this miasm into

increased activity. 14 Salt commonly added to food in preparing and preserving

is said by many to be probably the single most harmful substance in

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and used no preservatives or pesticides,15 16 what we

would call organically grown. Their water was not

treated.17 It is clear from so many studies that the more

man touches it, or more specifically, the more man

interferes with it, the worse it becomes, or getting

straight to the point, the more carcinogenic it becomes.

Having contact with the Earth is extremely beneficial.

Grounding to the Earth is the electrically conductive

the food supply. It has been clearly linked to an increase in cancer.

Carcinogenic agents decrease the concentration of potassium and

increase the concentration of sodium in the cells. Anticarcinogenic

agents have the opposite effect. Potassium, sodium, and cancer: a

review. J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 1996;15(2-4):65-73. Jansson

B 15 “More than 2,500 chemical substances are intentionally

added to foods to modify flavor, color, stability, texture, or cost. In

addition, an estimated 12,000 substances are used in such a way that

they may unintentionally enter the food supply. These substances

include components of food-packaging materials, processing aids,

pesticide residues, and drugs given to animals,” many of which are

known carcinogens. Section 8 Food Additives, Contaminants,

Carcinogens, and Mutagens from the book Diet, Nutrition, and

Cancer: Directions for Research. National Research Council (US)

Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer. Washington (DC):

National Academic Press (US); 1983 16 Regarding food additives; testing “shows more than 40%

of these food chemicals to be carcinogenic.” PubMed Environ Mol

Mutagen 2002;39(1):69-80. How many food additives are rodent

carcinogens? Johnson FM 17 Chlorination, chlorination by-products, and cancer: a meta-

analysis. Morris RD, Audet AM, Angelillo IF, Chalmers TC,

Mosteller F.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1535181

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contact of the human body with the surface of the Earth,

which changes our physiology immediately. The more

we ground, the more we are able to benefit; because we

are in our most natural electrical state when connected to

the Earth. “Multi-disciplinary research has revealed that

electrically conductive contact of the human body with

the surface of the Earth (grounding or earthing) produces

intriguing effects on physiology and health. Such effects

relate to inflammation, immune responses, wound

healing, and prevention and treatment of chronic

inflammatory and autoimmune diseases... [grounding] is

an important but usually overlooked factor that can

influence outcomes of studies of inflammation, wound

healing, and tumorigenesis,”18 (the transformation of

normal cells into cancer cells) and “an improvement in

immune response”19. It is to be noted that rubber,

bitumen, wood, rugs, and plastics separate us from this

contact.

As well as contact with the earth daily sun exposure is

essential. The sun lowers blood pressure, produces

vitamin D, kills bad bacteria, has a beneficial effect on

18 “The effects of grounding (earthing) on inflammation, the

immune response, wound healing, and prevention and treatment of

chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.” by Oscham JL,

Chevalier G and Brown R 2015 Mar 24;8:83-96. doi:

10.2147/JIR.S69656. eCollection 2015. 19 Health Effects of Alkaline Diet and Water, Reduction of

Digestive-tract Bacterial Load, and Earthing Alternative therapies

in health and medicine. April 2016 H. Mousa.

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skin disorders, lowers cholesterol, penetrates deep into

the skin to cleanse the blood and blood vessels, can cure

SAD a form of depression and increases the production

of white blood cells which fight cancer. The time we

need in the sun varies according to latitude and season.

But we need to spend time in the sun each day.20

Incredible, we need studies, research, and data to prove

what we know intuitively to be true.

Early in the study of anatomy and physiology we learn

the term homoeostasis21. This term connotes harmony,

balance and stability. The body naturally aims to restore

and maintain this state. Given this fact it is no surprise

that emotional stability has a beneficial effect on our

health.

The longest continuous study of physical and mental

health began in 1942. The results were published in the

late 80s and 90s by the study director, Professor George

Vaillant. Summing up the study he stated “That while

good diet and regular exercise help to promote good

health, longevity depends more on a tendency for

emotional stability.”

20

In Perth and Sydney Australia for example, which are close

to the same latitude, a person with moderately fair skin would

require about six minutes a day in summer and about fifteen minutes

a day in winter. Wearing shorts or a skirt and t-shirt is sufficient

exposure. 21

Homoeo-stasis is made up of two Greek words which mean

"similar to" and "a standing" the central idea is “stability”.

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Although it may seem self-evident that the body and

mind make up one being, in the past Western Medical

theory in the main, ignored this fact and especially the

idea that emotions could affect health.

Professor Susan Greenfield, a leading neuro-scientist

stated, that consciousness, memory, learning, etc. are

connected phenomena, and not located anywhere, but

everywhere. As a systemic whole, the mind-body system

works together and cannot be separated. What we know

is that “mind” is not a thing, but a process. This is true

for our thinking and our emotions. These somatic

movements in our body, that we call "emotions" must

also be re-framed. We must also recognize that they are

processes as well. Summing up the position of the neuro-

sciences Professor Greenfield stated: “That everything is

interconnected and affects everything else is a given in

the neuro-sciences today.”

Western medicine now acknowledges these facts.

Beginning with Psychosomatics in the 1940s and the

more recent neuro-sciences, western medical science has

been obliged to acknowledge this connection. However

there remains some lack of acknowledgement of this

connection in the actual practice of western medicine

today. One of the main reasons is the philosophical

foundations upon which western medicine is based,

which are mechanism and reductionism.

Mechanism is the doctrine that all natural phenomena,

including life and thought, allow for a mechanical

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explanation by physics and chemistry. Reductionism is

the doctrine that when we isolate and reduce living things

to their fundamental parts this provides a satisfactory

explanation of complexities such as life. Therefore, parts

are considered before the whole. According to the

mechanistic reductionist approach, there is no unifying

force governing the organism, hence the body must be

fixed by man the external intelligence. So, the

mechanistic reductionist approach looks at sick parts and

tries to fix the body.

Alternative or natural medicine, including homoeopathy,

is based on the philosophies vitalism and holism.

Vitalism is the idea that the origin and phenomena of life

are dependent on a force or principle distinct from purely

chemical or physical forces and the holistic view would

say, that the person needs to be considered, emotions and

all, and that a living organism is greater than just the sum

of its parts. So, the holistic, vitalistic approach considers

the person as a whole and recognises that the body

normally stays healthy and heals itself and it seeks to

work in harmony with the body’s ability to do this. As we

can see from the above information vitalism and holism

are in harmony with the facts.

In summary, we see that our natural environment is just

right for us and that connection with it; nature, the earth

and the sun, plus activity are necessary for good health.

Eating foods as natural as possible and striving for

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emotional stability are also goals to aim for. If you

choose to eat animal products at least avoid any product

from a pig and animal fats,22(meaning mince, sausages

and hamburgers). Try to eat more of those proteins

mentioned in footnote eleven.

We see that in a human, “everything is interconnected

and affects everything.” The necessity of seeing the

person as a whole is very important as we now consider

the cancer personality and the effect of the diagnosis of

cancer.

22 Toxins are mainly stored in an animal's fat. As an example,

consider the carcinogen in footnote 40.

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Chapter 2 The Cancer Personality and the Trigger

We see that the world we live in produces a tendency to

cancer. In this environment, there are some that are more

susceptible to cancer than others. While writing the book

The Miasms I researched the cancer personality and

found that there are common personality traits that are

indicators that a person is susceptible to cancer. There are

three reasons why I still believe this to be true, they are:

firstly, diseases are a proving23, secondly, the effect that

giving a cancer nosode has, and thirdly, the experience of

those who have dealt with tens of thousands of cancer

cases.

Firstly, considering that there would be a cancer

personality makes sense to homoeopaths familiar with

homoeopathic theory and literature. Prominent

homoeopaths H.C. Allen and J.H. Clarke pointed out that

the symptoms of the disease are a proving of the disease

just as a case of arsenic poisoning is a proving of arsenic

and is part of the remedy picture of arsenic. 24

Secondly, an article on people who benefited from

Carcinosin had a synopsis of how they felt before taking

the remedy: “I let myself be suppressed rather easily.…I

23 In homoeopathy, the administration of a substance to a

group of healthy people and recording all the the physical, mental

and emotional symptoms produced. 24

The Miasms 2004 By Peter D. Drew p.38

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cannot say no otherwise I feel guilty.… I always avoid

conflicts…I easily agree with everything and

everybody.… I cannot stand up for myself.” After having

taken the remedy, “I am more confident …. I can more

easily say no and defend my own space…. I express now

what I think and feel…. I now do what I want to do

myself.”25 This has also been my experience.

Thirdly, I interviewed health professionals who dealt

mainly with cancer patients and it is commonly seen that

they suppress their own individuality. This can be clearly

seen in the description by Dr W. Douglas Brodi, who

observed thousands of cancer patients over a 28-year

period. As his description covered the combined

description that I assembled and he had done it years

before me I quote his description in full:

1. Being highly conscientious, dutiful, responsible,

caring, hardworking, and usually of above average

intelligence.

2. Exhibiting a strong tendency toward carrying other

people’s burdens and toward taking on extra

obligations, often “worrying for others.”

3. Having a deep-seated need to make others happy,

tending to be “people pleasers.”

4. Often having a history of lack of closeness with one

or both parents. Sometimes, later in life, resulting in

lack of closeness with spouse or others who would

normally be close.

25 Inspiring Homeopathy: Carcinosinum Tinus Smits

Homoeopathic Links 1/98

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5. Harboring long-suppressed toxic emotions, such as

anger, resentment and/or hostility. Typically, the

cancer-susceptible individual internalizes such

emotions and has great difficulty expressing them.

6. Reacting adversely to stress, often becoming unable

to cope adequately with such stress.

7. Showing an inability to resolve deep-seated

emotional problems and conflicts, usually arising in

childhood, often being unaware of their presence.”26

What can you do? Therapists recommend that you deal

with, not suppress emotions. Dr Earl Grollman who is a

specialist in emotional health stated; “It is not enough to

recognize your conflicting emotions; you must deal with

them openly.”

Learn to honestly express how you feel and understand

that while it is good to help others you must also look

after yourself. In order to be able to do that properly

develop a balanced view of yourself so that you have a

proper measure of self-esteem. Psychologists tell us that

in order to love others we must love ourself.

The Trigger

Okay, so we live in an environment that produces a

tendency to cancer and some are more susceptible than

26

Quoted in The Miasms 2004 By Peter D. Drew p. 39

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others, but this does not mean they will get cancer. There

needs to be a trigger and that trigger can come in two

ways; being under constant pressure from an ongoing

stress or a major shock on the emotional level. This

shock usually occurs 18-24 months prior to diagnosis.

Major shocks can be treated with homoeopathic remedies

and Bach flowers.

Now considering pressure from ongoing stress; early in

the 20th Century it was noticed that the incidence of

cancer began to rise noticeably and numerous studies

were undertaken as to why. Amongst those studies one

doctor who made a study of the psychology of cancer

wrote; “Cancer is a symbol of something going wrong in

the patient's life. A warning to take another road.”27 This

is just as valid today as the day it was written. I chose an

older comment of authority on this point to emphasise

how long this has been recognised for. If you are under

constant pressure from ongoing stress either change

roads or do something to reduce the stress. If it is not

possible to make changes, homoeopathic remedies and

Bach flowers can help reduce stress.

There is one more thing. We may love life, but, not

want our life to continue the way it is. This can lead to

sending self-destructive messages to our bodies. Above

all make the conscious decision to live. The fact that

thoughts we send out affect us has been conclusively

27 A Psychological Study of Cancer 1926 Dr Elida Evans

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proven. Positive thoughts and emotions boost the

immune system, negative thoughts and emotions

suppress the immune system, so make sure the message

you send is the decision to live.

A change in thought patterns may be necessary and it is

achievable. Neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist, Dr

Nancy Andreasen, stated that, “we can change who and

what we are by what we see, hear, say and do. So, it is

important to choose the right activities … [then we can

set about] reframing emotional and cognitive responses

and approaches [which] can only occur as a consequence

of biological processes in the brain - a form of activity-

dependent learning.”28

28 Brain Based Therapy with Adults: Evidence Based

Treatment for Everyday Practice 2008 p.16 J B Arden and Lloyd

Linford

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Chapter 3 The Diagnosis of Cancer

When lecturing to health professionals I encourage

them to read Abraham Khazam's book to impress upon

them the effect that the diagnosis of cancer has on most

people. I then read to them the following from Dr

Khazam's book: “At the time of the diagnosis the patient

is in a hypnosis like state, brought about by the intense

anxiety, [a] state of high suggestibility. The sentence 'you

have cancer' is heard as a death sentence: 'You must die.'

This is no exaggeration; the behaviour of many patients

expresses this quite clearly... acceptance of the death

sentence as a hypnotic instruction is confirmed by the

question 'how long have I got?' [This state] is hard to

imagine for anyone without psychiatric experience... [it]

is not so far removed from the delusional state.” 29

We understand that every thought and emotion is a

message to our entire body. As professor Greenfield

pointed out, “the mind-body system works together and

cannot be separated … everything is interconnected and

affects everything.” So, if someone was given a message

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE FROM CANCER: Taking

Active Charge 1996 Abraham Khazam p.41

I recommend this book to practitioners, those diagnosed

with cancer and to their family members. It does what its title says; it

helps those diagnosed with cancer to see that they don't have to die

and the need for them to be in control of their treatment and life.

Sadly, this book is out of print but it is still available through second

hand book stores on the internet.

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that they believed because it came from a person who

“knows” and that message said they will be dead in a

certain amount of time is it any wonder that they die

when they are supposed to.

To impress upon us see the effect the mind has, let us

consider the nocebo. The nocebo effect has been clearly

documented. The classic experiment is the lecture given

on the effects of a sedative and the effects of a stimulant

to a group of students. The students were told they were

given either a sedative, (blue pill) or a stimulant (pink

pill). Both were placebo, but every symptom produced:

dizziness, abdominal pain, heart rates, blood pressure etc,

were in harmony with the colour of the pill taken.30

Probably the most dramatic example of the nocebo effect

is the person who dies from the bite of a non-poisonous

snake. There are many documented cases of people dying

from fright, fear, sadness and grief. One doctor has seen

over 200 cases of death caused by emotion.31 So negative

emotions and thoughts can cause discernable symptoms

even death.

The multidisciplinary science Psychoneuroimmunology

has proven conclusively that positive emotions improve

30 The Healing Brain pages 79-80. 1988 Ornstein R. and

Sobel D. 31 Pittsburg Post-Gazette October 31, 2011 Scared to Death:

Fright really can have fatal consequences and broken heart

syndrome is real, too.

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health and boost the immune system. There are things

you can do in this regard such as read positive books

like; YOU CAN'T AFFORD THE LUXURY OF A

NEGATIVE THOUGHT: A Book for People with Any

Life-Threatening Illness-Including Life by John-Roger

and Peter McWilliams and The Healing Brain by

Ornstein R. and Sobel D. A classic is Anatomy of an

Illness by Norman Cousins who became a senior lecturer

at the School of Medicine, University of California at

Los Angeles.

You could also do what Cousins did as he tells us in

Anatomy of an Illness. He explains how he was incurable

and the doctors told him there was nothing more that

could be done for him so he got all the comedies he

could find and began watching them. He also made

alterations to his diet and took vitamin C and he

recovered.

For many people, the first few weeks after being

diagnosed with cancer are very stressful. You may have

trouble thinking clearly, eating or sleeping. Hence it is

necessary that you the person be treated first. Dr Khazam

refers to H. Flanders Dunbar's comment 'that it does not

matter whether the mind or body is the primary seat of

disorder, in either case it is the patient who must be

treated first, then the

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disease itself '.32 Uppermost in the mind of the majority

of those with cancer is just that, having cancer.

Therefore, the effect of the diagnosis on the person and

the resulting state are the first thing to be treated.

You the patient must decide to fight and you the

practitioner must encourage them to fight. Maurice

Finkel in Fresh Hope in Cancer states “the quitter always

dies; the fighter has a chance of surviving.” In a similar

vein William Osler, a famous physician from the late 19th

and early 20th centuries, said that 'what happens to a

patient with TB depends more on what he has in his mind

than what is in his chest'.

If you are going to assist those with cancer you must be

prepared to give emotional support.33 The cancer patient

will look to you for hope. Maurice Finkel in Fresh Hope

in Cancer wrote: “Above all, what the cancer patient

needs is hope. Hope to give him the energy to struggle

with his illness.” Francis Peabody in the famous essay

The Care of the Patient stated: "The secret of the care of

the patient is in caring for the patient." Therefore, if you

the cancer patient find your health practitioner to be

uncaring protect yourself and find someone else.

32 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DIE FROM CANCER: Taking

Active Charge 1996 Abraham Khazam p.17 33 Holistic Medicine stated, “at the heart of any clinical

practice is the necessity for the practitioner to convey a sense of

empathy.”

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Emphasising the importance of confidence in the

practitioner “On repeated occasions, [William Osler]

expressed the view that the cures of organic diseases he

had brought about were due essentially, not to the

treatment he used, but to the patient's faith in the

effectiveness of the treatment and to the comfort

provided by good nursing care.34”

The first thing then is to treat the person's reaction to the

diagnosis. I treat the diagnosis and its effects with Bach

Flowers and sometimes homoeopathics. I have found

Bach flowers to be very effective, they induce positive

emotions and the needed flowers can be repertorised by a

homoeopath very easily.35

By inducing positive emotions and weeding out harmful

emotions, a healing trend can be initiated. Once there is a

reduction in negative emotions there is a reduction in

stress which has a positive effect on the endocrine and

nervous systems and the person notices their health has

improved. Healthier behavior patterns are now more

easily adopted which all contribute to a return to health.

There are certain important things which are very

simple, that you the patient can do each day, such as

34 Anatomy of an Illness p17 1979 Norman Cousins (Edition

by WW Norton and co New York) 35 The Bach Remedies Repertory 1996 by F.J. Wheeler is a

useful book.

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making sure you drink at least 2 liters of water, get the

necessary amount of sun, have contact with the earth and

nature, do 20-30 minutes of aerobic exercise. All these

will contribute to your health and they are the positive

act of you deciding to fight against the cancer. As you

feel better this will encourage you to continue the fight.

There are only two sides. You are either for your cancer

or against it. Passiveness must be avoided. You must do

something. Once you do, that is you making the decision

to fight. It is essential that you hate this cancer and want

to eliminate it. It is now a part of you. It is warring

against you and you must fight to get rid of it.

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Chapter 4 The “War” on Cancer

The National Cancer Act of 1971 signed by the then

U.S. President, Richard Nixon is generally viewed as the

beginning of the war on cancer. In the last 46 years

health, related technology and our understanding of the

human body have dramatically increased. We would

expect such increases and a declaration of war to be

reflected in decreases both in the number of cancer cases

and cancer related deaths.

Looking at Australia over the last 160 years we see that

in NSW in the five-year period from 1856–1860 cancer

mortality rates among males rose from 16 deaths per

100,000 to 57 per 100,000 in 1896–1900. In the same

period female’s rates were similar they rose from 16 to

54 per 100,000.36 For the population that means 6 deaths

a year per 100,000 in 1856 and nearly 12 a year in 1900.

In Australia from 1907 to 1947 there was a steady

increase in cancer related deaths. In 1907 there were 74

deaths per 100,00 and in 1947 there were 135.9 per

100,000. The numbers remained relatively stable for the

next 15 years from 1947 (135.9 per 100,000) to 1962

(133.5). Then in 1963 (137.5) there was again a steady

increase that continued to the beginning of the 21st

36

The Medical Journal of Australia Medicine in colonial

Australia, 1788–1900 Milton J Lewis, BA(Hons), MA, PhD,

Honorary Senior Research Fellow Menzies Centre for Health Policy,

University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

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Century. In 2000 the figure was 191.2 and it has

remained stable to 2013 (193.2).

Although the death rate per 100,000 has been relatively

stable throughout the 21st century there has been an

increase in the incidence of cancer. In Australia for

example the number of new cases of cancer diagnosed

increased from 47,445 in 1982 to 122,093 in 2012. This

meant that the age-standardised incidence rate increased

from 383 cases per 100,000 persons in 1982 to 485

cases per 100,000 persons in 201237. In 2013 cancer was

37 https://canceraustralia.gov.au/affected-cancer/what-

cancer/cancer-australia-statistics

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the leading cause of death in Australia.38

Cancer Orange, Circulatory Red, Infectious

Green, Respiratory Blue.

The above chart shows the death rates per 100,000 in

Australia from 1907-2013.

Graphic: Inga Ting | Source: Australian Institute of

Health and Welfare.

38 It is getting harder to get statistics on cancer related deaths

as different types of cancer are now being viewed as different

diseases. It is becoming accepted practice to give the number of

deaths from colon cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer and breast

cancer but not the number of deaths from cancer.

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Chapter 5 How Cancer Develops

We see that cancer caused approximately 6 deaths per

100,000 in 1856 and 193.2 per 100,000 in 2013. This

was more than a 3,000% increase. Although cancer is an

ancient disease this “tendency to cancer” is caused by

modern civilisation or environmental change. That is, the

way we live produces this tendency to cancer. We saw in

Chapter 2 there are certain personalities that are more

susceptible to cancer, but what are the main determiners

as to whether someone will develop cancer? To simplify

there are three ways that cancer can develop in people:

aging, an active Miasm and carcinogens.

First, breaking down with age. “Cancer is primarily a

disease of older people, with incidence rates increasing

with age for most cancers.”39 More than three-quarters

(78% in the UK in 2010-2012) of cancer deaths occur in

people aged 65 years and over. It is easy to see this same

trend regarding age in Australia in the chart below.

39 Cancer Research UK: Cancer incidence by age (based on

2013 statistics)

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Age specific rates Australia 2015 40

It has been said that the number of new cancer cases

drops after a certain age. However, what has dropped

with age is the number of people in the higher age

brackets. The above graph from 2015 shows the number

of new age-related cases in relation to the actual numbers

of people of that age, and it is obvious the number of

cancer cases continues to increase with age.

Second by having an active cancer miasm. When we see

children of 1 and 2 years old developing neuro-blastomas

and retino-blastomas we recognise the influence of an

40 Age specific rates Australia 2015 Australian Institute of

Health and Welfare

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active miasm. Let us be clear and distinguish between an

active Cancer Miasm and a gene mutation which may

make someone more susceptible to cancer. For example,

every woman with a mutation in BRCA1 or BRCA2

does not develop breast cancer. A woman with these

mutant genes may have a higher risk of developing breast

or ovarian cancer but it is not certain that she will. Age,

carcinogens and lifestyle are still the most significant

factors affecting the outcome, and if preventative

measures are taken the risk is further reduced.

Carcinogens as a third possible cause. What is a

carcinogen? Anything that can cause inflammation or

cause an increase in sodium and decrease in potassium is

a potential carcinogen. One of the first studies of a

carcinogen was in 1892. It was proposed that chimney

sweeps were getting cancer from frequent exposure to

coal tar. In an effort to prove this coal tar was applied to

the skin of rabbits and sure enough the rabbits developed

cancer.

In 1926 Dr J.H. Tilden, in Toxemia Explained, stated

that “All diseases are the same fundamentally. The cause

travels back to Toxemia.” [toxic accumulation in the

body]. “Every chronic disease starts with Toxemia and a

toxic crisis.” In explanation, he said “any influence that

lowers nerve-energy becomes disease producing

[because] enervation [causes] a checking of elimination”

which means the accumulation of toxins, and retention of

toxins causes disease. Tilden then described disease

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progress. “A catarrh of the stomach presents first

irritation, then inflammation, then ulceration, and finally

induration and cancer… Every so-called disease has the

same inception, evolution, and maturity, differing only as

to the organic structure involved.” The Heel six phase

table, is based on the same insightful description of the

progress of disease from inflammation to cancer.

Worldwide in order, the most common types of cancer

are: lung, breast, colo-rectal and prostate. This order is

not the same the world over. Differing levels of

carcinogens is a major factor affecting which cancers are

prominent where.

For example, there is an undisputed relationship

between excessive sun exposure and the incidence of

melanoma. Australia and New Zealand have the highest

incidence of melanoma in the world. In Australia and

New Zealand melanoma is the fourth leading type of

cancer, whereas worldwide it is number 19. Over 80% of

Australia's population lives less than an hour from the

ocean and many people frequent the beach. What about

New Zealand? Courtesy of nuclear testing there is a hole

in the ozone layer above New Zealand.

Today we are in daily contact with carcinogens. Many

substances and conditions are confirmed carcinogens.

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Examples that we can reduce or remove are: trans fats41,

ionising radiation, pesticides, cadmium, substances that

increase sodium and lower potassium42, water

chlorination, tobacco, aflatoxin, plastics, dioxins,43

excessive alcohol consumption, and processed meats.

However, it is not always clear what is and what is not a

carcinogen. Just when one study establishes something as

carcinogenic another study will claim it is not. Certain

food additives, water fluoridation, cell phones, dental

root canals and the list of disputed carcinogens goes on.

Suffice it to say that while something may not cause

cancer in everyone, in a susceptible individual it could.

Hence it would be wise for a person with cancer, or one

wanting to avoid cancer to avoid these potential risks.

41 Artificial fats found in margarine, snack foods, fried fast

foods and packaged baked goods. 42 Carcinogenic agents decrease the concentration of

potassium and increase the concentration of sodium in the cells.

Anti-carcinogenic agents have the opposite effect. See footnote 10. 43 The carcinogens called dioxins are “mainly in the fatty

tissue of animals. More than 90% of human exposure [to dioxins] is

through [animal products]” Dioxins and their effects on human

health Oct 2016 World Health Organisation

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Chapter 6 Conventional Treatments

While it is not our role to advise people as to what

treatments they should or should not have we can point

out statistics regarding these treatments. The three main

conventional cancer treatments are: surgery,

chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

First, let us look at surgery. If we consider that tumours

double in size anywhere from 25 – 1000 days. The

growth rate is irregular but the median is 100 days. Using

the median then, a cancer starting from a single cell,

would take 1000 days to have ten divisions and then

become approximately 1,000 cells. After 2,000 days, now

up to 20 divisions, it is now approximately 1,000,000

cells. After 30 divisions and 3,000 days it is now

approximately 1 billion cells and is roughly 1 millimetre

in diameter. It is at this point that angiogenesis (the

formation of blood vessels) usually occurs.

When the average diagnosis takes place the tumour's

diameter is approximately 3 centimetres which is 35

divisions. At 40 divisions it is now about a 1 litre mass

and at this size is typically lethal. At this size cachexia

occurs (malnourishment and wasting) and this in fact is

what causes most cancer related deaths. So, if surgery

could remove or even reduce the mass it would be wise

to consider this.

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If there is any remaining tumour after surgery it may

grow more rapidly because it now has a larger supply of

nutrients and more space. In addition, the surgery itself

causes inflammation.

Henry Osiecki refers to a study on 10-year survival in

woman regarding the timing of surgery.44 The study

reveals that women who have surgery after day 21 in

their menstrual cycle as opposed to those who have

surgery between days 7-14 (the proliferative phase which

begins seven days prior to ovulation) had a 5-6 times

survival increase. Also, it is better to always have surgery

before having chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

Regarding chemotherapy, the article entitled; "The

Contribution of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy to 5-year

Survival in Adult Malignancies” in the Journal Clinical

Oncology of December 2004 was written to accurately

assess the actual benefit conferred by chemotherapy in

the treatment of adults with the commonest types of

cancer.45 The study concluded that overall, chemotherapy

44 Cancer A Nutritional/Biochemical Approach. Seminar

Series 2002 Henry Osiecki. 45

At the time of the study lead author Associate Professor

Graeme Morgan was a radiation oncologist at Royal North Shore

Hospital in Sydney; Professor Robyn Ward was a medical oncologist

at University of New South Wales/St. Vincent's Hospital. Dr Michael

Barton, was a radiation oncologist and a member of the

Collaboration for Cancer Outcomes Research and Evaluation,

Liverpool Health Service, Sydney.

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contributes just over 2 percent to improved survival in

cancer patients. An editorial on this landmark paper also

appeared in the Australian Prescriber in 2006.

To be clear the statement “chemotherapy contributes just

over 2 percent to improved survival” is not to be

misinterpreted (as it has been) to mean over 97% of those

who have chemotherapy die within five years. No,

according to this study chemotherapy gives just over 2%

increase in survival. This may not appeal to many, as

quality of life is certainly a consideration. Also,

chemotherapy negates homoeopathic treatment which we

will consider later.

There are specific nutrients that enhance the

effectiveness of the different chemotherapeutic agents.

Henry Osiecki has included a comprehensive list of these

in his book on cancer and nutrition.46 He has also given

a nutritional protocol to support those having

chemotherapy. Those who receive appropriate nutritional

support have better outcomes and tolerate chemotherapy

better.

As well as nutritional support, the following

homoeopathics can be prescribed. After chemotherapy;

Traumeel and Cadmium Sulphate 200 C three times a

46 Cancer: The Importance of Clinical Nutrition in Prevention and

Treatment 2012 Henry Osiecki This book also has nutritional advice

with regard to surgery and radiation therapy.

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day for one week. After radiation treatment; Traumeel

and Radium Bromide 200 C three times a day for one

week. After surgery Traumeel and Staphysagria 200 C

three times a day until healed.

Although radiation therapy can cause burns, its aim is

not to burn the cancer, but to damage the DNA of cancer

cells4477. Given that the majority of people use surgery,

chemotherapy and radiation therapy, the following gives

an idea of survival rates for the combined efforts of the

three main treatment methods. The figures below are

from CA: A Cancer Journal For Clinicians July/August

2012 article; Cancer Treatment and Survivorship

Statistics.

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47“The two major cell deaths induced by radiation” therapy are

“apoptosis and mitotic catastrophe [untimely cell division that

causes cell death]”, Tumour Biol. 2010 Aug;31(4):363-72. doi:

10.1007/s13277-010-0042-8. Epub 2010 May 20. Radiation-induced

cell death mechanisms. Eriksson D, Stigband T.

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Chapter 7 What Causes a Cell to Become Malignant?

Here we are looking at the cellular level. What causes a

cell to change from being non-malignant to malignant.

We are not considering what leads to a person developing

cancer. There are many reasons why an individual

develops cancer but what is the actual turning point in

the cell?

Understanding this is extremely important in order to

know what are the best cancer treatments. As anyone

who has investigated cancer treatments will know there

is a labyrinth of information on how to treat cancer. If we

understand the answer to the question; “What causes a

cell to become malignant?” this will help us determine

the most effective treatments.

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tthhee CCaannaaddiiaann CCaanncceerr SSoocciieettyy.. “Cancer is a genetic

disease—that is, cancer is caused by certain changes to

genes that control the way our cells function.” The

National Cancer Institute (US). ““CCaanncceerr ssttaarrttss [[wwhheenn]]

certain changes take place within the genes ... called a

mutation.” CCaanncceerr RReesseeaarrcchh UUKK.. We would think that

such definitive statements as these must be correct.

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However, many noted scientists have presented the loss

of aerobic respiration as the cause of cancer. When we

consider the evidence we clearly see that cancer is not

caused by mutated genes but by a breakdown in the

process of aerobic respiration. To be able to assess the

evidence we need to have a basic understanding of how a

cell produces energy.

Every function in the body from building molecules to

cellular reproduction requires energy. This energy is

stored in a molecule called ATP. The two principal means

by which ATP is produced in the cell are aerobic (with

oxygen) respiration, and anaerobic (without oxygen)

respiration. A normal cell's main energy source is from

aerobic respiration. A cancer cell's main energy source is

from anaerobic respiration.48 We will now look at a

simplified overview of cellular respiration.

Anaerobic Respiration

In anaerobic respiration one molecule of glucose enters

the cell and is split (gyco-lysis - literally sugar breaking)

into two molecules of pyruvate, and two (energy)

molecules of ATP are produced. Pyruvate is then

48 Cancer cells average about 90% anaerobic and 10%

aerobic respiration, whereas healthy cell is the opposite. What is

clear is that greater malignancy is directly proportionate to the loss

of aerobic respiration. Cancer A Nutritional/Biochemical Approach.

Seminar Series 2002 Henry Osiecki.

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converted to lactate before it leaves the cell. An electron

carrier called NADH is also formed from this reaction.

1 Glucose → 2 ATP + (2 pyruvate → 2 lactate).

→ 2NADH

Aerobic Respiration

Aerobic respiration is described as follows: One glucose

molecule plus 6 oxygen molecules yields 36 energy49

molecules plus 6 carbon dioxide molecules and 6 water

molecules.

The formula for aerobic respiration is: C6H12O6 + 6 O2

→36 ATP + 6 CO2 +6 H2O.

Aerobic respiration is usually broken down into three

processes: glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and the electron

transport system. Inside the cell there are two main

components the cytoplasm and the nucleus (see page 53).

The mitochondria and cytosol (a liquid) are among the

various parts of the cytoplasm. In the diagram below we

see glycolysis takes place in the cytosol. Then pyruvate

from that reaction enters a mitochondrion and is involved

in the Krebs cycle. Electrons from these two reactions

are carried to the electron transport chain.

49 The maximum net yield is close to 32 ATP and figures

given vary.

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Glycolysis

Glycolysis is similar to anaerobic respiration. The

difference is what happens to the products of the

reaction. To keep it simple we will focus on the main

components. Pyruvate, instead of leaving the cell after

being converted to lactate enters the mitochondrion and

provides fuel for the krebs cycle. The NADH transports

electrons to the electron transport chain.

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1 Glucose → 2 ATP + 2 pyruvate

→ 2NADH

Krebs cycle

2 Pyruvate → 2 ATP + 6 CO2.

→ 8 NADH + 2 FADH2

From two pyruvate, the Krebs cycle50 produces 2ATP

and 6 Carbon Dioxide. Electrons from this reaction are

picked up and form NADH and FADH2.

Electron Transport System

The electron transport system51 produces the greatest

energy yield. It uses oxygen and produces 32 ATP and

water. The electron carriers, NADH and FADH2, provide

the electrons for the electron transport system. The

electrons are transported to molecules built in to the inner

membrane of the mitochondrion. Co Q and a series of

cytochromes are involved in the use of the energy of

these electrons to make ATP. The electron transport

system becomes our focus, because the damaged

50 The Krebs cycle is also called the citric acid cycle and the

tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) cycle. 51 The electron transport system is also called the respiratory

chain and oxidative phosphorylation.

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respiratory chain “is the single most common

[characteristic] found in cancer.52”

Dr Otto Warburg investigated the metabolism of tumors

and the respiration of cells, particularly cancer cells. In

1931, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Medicine for his "discovery of the nature and mode of

action of the respiratory enzyme, [cytochrome c

oxidase].”53 He later stated that “the prime cause of

cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen

[aerobic respiration] in normal body cells by

fermentation of sugars [anaerobic respiration].54”

In 1938, Dr Paul G. Seeger a Nobel nominee, showed

that on the cellular level cancer starts in the cytoplasm,

not in the nucleus (where the genetic information is

stored). He found the respiratory chain was blocked by

the destruction of important enzymes (cytochrome c

oxidase). His finding was that ‘the virulence of cancer

cells is directly proportionate to their loss of oxygen

utilisation.’

In 1957 Seeger transformed normal cells into cancer

cells within a few days by introducing chemicals that

52 Cancer: The Importance of Clinical Nutrition in

Prevention and Treatment p.60, 2012 Henry Osiecki 53 From Nobel Lectures, Physiology or Medicine 1922-1941,

Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1965 54 The Prime Cause and Prevention of Cancer Lecture

delivered to Nobel Laureates on June 30, 1966 Dr Otto Warburg

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blocked the mitochondrial respiratory chain. He then

restored cellular respiration and transformed them back

into normal cells.

Dr Johanna Budwig was a noted research scientist. She

alerted us to the danger of trans fatty acids as being

carcinogens. She also found that certain fats are pro-

inflammatory (omega 6 fatty acids) and the beneficial

effect of anti-inflammatory fats (omega 3 fatty acids).

Budwig also confirmed the work of Seeger on a practical

level.

Using Chromatography, she could observe the blocked

mitochondrial respiratory chain in cancer cells. Using a

mixture of flax seed oil and cottage cheese she

reactivated the respiratory chain and the cancer cells

normalised. Her discovery led to what is now called the

Budwig diet as a successful treatment for cancer.

When I see a car crash I also see that there are dents in

the car. What if I was to assert that the dents caused the

car crash? My argument is simple, “every time there is a

car crash there are dents in the car so the dents must

cause the crash. The worse the car crash the more severe

the dents.”

In cancer cells, there are gene mutations and genes that

are not initiated, principally the genes that signal

apoptosis and halt cell division. It is true there are

mutations and ineffective genes in every cancer cell, just

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as there are dents in every crashed car. However, like

dents in a car crash, these are simply the result and not

the cause.

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mmaalliiggnnaannccyy iiss ““eexxttiinngguuiisshheedd”” wwhheenn iinnsseerrtteedd iinnttoo aa

hheeaalltthhyy cceellll''ss ccyyttooppllaassmm.. MMaalliiggnnaannccyy iiss ccaarrrriieedd iinn tthhee

ccyyttooppllaassmm wwhhiicchh wwaass sshhoowwnn wwhheenn hheeaalltthhyy

nnuucclleeii wweerree iinnsseerrtteedd iinnttoo tthhee ccyyttooppllaassmm ffrroomm mmaalliiggnnaanntt

cceellllss aanndd tthhoossee cceellllss bbeeccaammee mmaalliiggnnaanntt.. Swapping the

nuclei of healthy cells and malignant cells clearly shows

that mutant genes are not the prime cause of cancer.

The study reported in the article Cytoplasmic

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Suppression of Malignancy55 showed that “when

reconstituted cells were prepared by fusing cytoplasts

[cells without nuclei] from normal cells with karyoplasts

[nuclei] from malignantly transformed cells, a situation

in which essentially all of the cytoplasm of the

reconstituted cell is derived from normal cells, the

tumorigenic phenotype was extinguished.”

Commenting further on this “it has been shown that

fusion of cytoplasts from malignant cells with

karyoplasts of normal cells resulted in a 97% incidence

of tumours, while the opposite combination (normal

cytoplasts and malignant karyoplasts) yielded 0%

tumours.56”

A major increase in understanding of the the various

roles of the mitochondria has been gained in the last

twenty years.57 As previously stated the single most

common characteristic of cancer cells is damage to the

electron transport chain which takes place in the

mitochondria. Also causing us to focus on the

mitochondria is the fact that when healthy mitochondria

55 Cytoplasmic Suppression of Malignancy 1987 by B. A.

Israel, & W. L. Schaeffer 56 CCaarrcciinnooggeenneessiiss aanndd tthhee PPllaassmmaa MMeemmbbrraannee 11998888 SStteerrnn eett

aall.. 57 Mitochondria as signaling organelles 2014 Navdeep S

Chandel

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were inserted into malignant cells they normalised58. (For

a thorough discussion of this, and the swapping and

insertion of malignant nuclei in cells please see ““CCaanncceerr

aass aa MMeettaabboolliiccDDiisseeaassee””5599))..

AAggaaiinn,, ppointing to the mitochondria is the fact that

cancer remissions were achieved with CoQ10. “Co

Enzyme Q 10 improves mitochondrial function … which

normalises cellar function. It normalises cancer cell

energetics and thus converts an abnormal cell back into a

normal cell.”60 Coenzyme Q acts as an electron carrier in

the electron transport chain which takes place in the

mitochondria and is the major source of energy

production. This brings us back to what Paul Seeger

pointed to nearly 80 years ago; the main energy reaction

in the mitochondria. For some reason the real

implications of what Warburg, Seeger and Budwig

discovered has been glossed over.

In the past truth was suppressed now it is buried in

misinformation.

Why is it that malignant nuclei inserted into healthy

cytoplasts results in cells normalising? Why is it that

58 “Crosstalk from Non-Cancerous Mitochondria” 2013 B.A

Kaipparettu et al. 59

CCaanncceerr aass aa MMeettaabboolliicc DDiisseeaassee 22001122 TThhoommaass SSeeyyffrriieedd 60 Cancer: The Importance of Clinical Nutrition in

Prevention and Treatment p.146 2012 Henry Osiecki

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improving the function of mitochondria causes

remissions? And why does the insertion of healthy

mitochondria into malignant cells cause cancer cells to

normalise? Mitochondria have “a central role in the

regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis61”. These

two functions not being regulated are what define a cell

as being malignant: that is a cell that continues to divide

and doesn't die. So once the mitochondria begin to

function normally they can activate the genes that halt

division and cause apoptosis,62 extinguishing malignancy

and converting aa ccaanncceerr cceellll ttoo aa nnoorrmmaall cceellll..

AA mmaajjoorr ccaauussee ooff ccaanncceerr iiss aaggiinngg.. AAlltthhoouugghh aaggiinngg

ccaauusseess aa ggeenneerraall ddeecclliinnee iitt iiss iinntteerreessttiinngg ttoo nnoottee tthhaatt wwiitthh

aaggiinngg ccoommeess aa ddeecclliinnee iinn mmiittoocchhoonnddrriiaall iinntteeggrriittyy

eessppeecciiaallllyy wwiitthh rreeggaarrdd ttoo tthhee eelleeccttrroonn ttrraannssppoorrtt ssyysstteemm oorr

““mmiittoocchhoonnddrriiaall ooxxiiddaattiivvee pphhoosspphhoorryyllaattiioonn ((OOXXPPHHOOSS))

ffuunnccttiioonn,,””6633 tthhee mmaaiinn eenneerrggyy pprroodduucciinngg ssttaaggee..

TToo ssuummmmaarriissee wwee sseeee tthheerree iiss aa loss of aerobic

respiration because there is a disruption in the respiratory

chain, that is the electron transport chain. The ccaanncceerr cceellll

61 Mitochondrial Regulation of Cell Cycle and Proliferation

2012 V. Arciuch, M. Elgero, J. Poderosa and M Carreras. 62 P53 Induces Apoptosis by Caspase Activation through

Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Release THE JOURNAL OF

BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY Vol. 275, No. 10, Issue of March 10,

pp. 7337–7342, 2000 M. Schuler et al. 63 Mitochondria and aging Adv Exp Med Biol 2012;942:311-

27. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-2869-1_14. Lee HC, Wei YH.

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iiss rruunnnniinngg mmaaiinnllyy oonn aannaaeerroobbiicc rreessppiirraattiioonn.. AAnnaaeerroobbiicc

rreessppiirraattiioonn pprroodduucceess aapppprrooxxiimmaatteellyy 66%% ooff tthhee eenneerrggyy ooff

aaeerroobbiicc rreessppiirraattiioonn.. HHoowweevveerr,, tthhee ccaanncceerr cceellll uunnddeerrggooeess

tthhiiss pprroocceessss aatt aa mmuucchh ffaasstteerr rraattee aanndd tthhuuss uusseess aa lloott mmoorree

gglluuccoossee tthhaann aa hheeaalltthhyy cceellll ssoo tthhaatt iitt aaccttuuaallllyy pprroodduucceess

AATTPP qquuiicckkeerr tthhaann aa hheeaalltthhyy cceellll.. HHoowweevveerr,, aass aa

ccoonnsseeqquueennccee ooff tthhiiss tthheerree iiss aa bbuuiilldd--uupp ooff tthhee bbyy--pprroodduucctt

llaaccttiicc aacciidd.. TThhiiss ccaauusseess tthhee eennvviirroonnmmeenntt aarroouunndd

ccaanncceerroouuss ttiissssuuee ttoo hhaavvee aa ppHH ooff bbeellooww 77..0000 pprroodduucciinngg

aann eennvviirroonnmmeenntt mmaannyy ttiimmeess mmoorree aacciiddiicc6644 tthhaann tthhaatt

aarroouunndd hheeaalltthhyy ttiissssuuee.. TThhiiss iinn ttuurrnn pprroodduucceess hhyyppooxxiicc

ccoonnddiittiioonnss ((ooxxyyggeenn ddeeffiicciieennccyy)) wwhheenn tthhee aapppprrooaacchhiinngg

ooxxyyggeenn rreeaaccttss wwiitthh tthhee llaaccttiicc aacciidd aanndd ooff ccoouurrssee aaeerroobbiicc

rreessppiirraattiioonn ccaannnnoott ttaakkee ppllaaccee wwiitthhoouutt ooxxyyggeenn..

64 Acidic extracellular microenvironment and cancer

Yasumasa K et al Cancer Cell Int. 2013: 13:89

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Chapter 8 Using Knowledge of Cancer

We saw malignancy was extinguished once aerobic

respiration was re-established in a cancer cell. We also

see the cancer cell's energy is produced mainly from

glucose (sugar), which produces an acidic environment.

An acidic environment is favourable to cancer cells as it

produces a hypoxic (oxygen deficient) environment

which is also favourable to the cancer cell.

How can the preceding information benefit you the

cancer patient? As already mentioned it is essential for

you the patient to be as actively involved in your

treatment as possible. There are three simple ways you

can do this: Firstly, reduce sugar and carbohydrate

intake. Secondly alkalise your body. An alkaline diet and

drinking alkaline water is seen to “reduce tumour

incidence” and “reduce tumour invasiveness and

metastasis”.65 You can alkalise by eating 80% vegetables

and fruit and 20% protein and carbohydrate, or you can

drink vegetable juices or use an alkalising powder such

as Alkala.66 Thirdly begin aerobic exercise. Something as

simple as walking 30 minutes day is very beneficial. Of

65

Health Effects of Alkaline Diet and Water, Reduction of

Digestive-tract Bacterial Load, and Earthing Alternative therapies

in health and medicine. April 2016 H. Mousa 66 Alkalinity should be monitored by testing urine.

Understanding and Testing the pH of Urine and Saliva by Dr. Robert

O Young 2006 www.phmiracleliving.com/Articles/2006-10-28-

testingpH.html

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course, according to your health and fitness level you can

gradually increase under the advice of your health

practitioner.

BBaasseedd oonn oouurr kknnoowwlleeddggee ooff ccaanncceerr wwhhaatt nnuuttrriieennttss

sshhoouulldd wwee iinncclluuddee?? DDrr.. LLeesstteerr PPaacckkeerr wwhhoo wwaass rreeggaarrddeedd

aass tthhee wwoorrlldd''ss ffoorreemmoosstt aannttiiooxxiiddaanntt rreesseeaarrcchh sscciieennttiisstt

ffoouunndd tthhaatt ffoouurr nnuuttrriieennttss wwoorrkk ttooggeetthheerr ttoo pprroodduuccee wwhhaatt

hhee hhaass dduubbbbeedd ““tthhee aannttiiooxxiiddaanntt mmiirraaccllee..”” TThhee ffoouurr

nnuuttrriieennttss aarree VViittaammiinn EE,, VViittaammiinn CC,, CCoo QQ1100 aanndd AAllpphhaa

LLiippooiicc AAcciidd.. DDrr.. PPaacckkeerr ffoouunndd tthhaatt wwhheenn ccoommbbiinneedd tthheessee

nnuuttrriieennttss ““ggrreeaattllyy eennhhaannccee tthhee ppoowweerr ooff oonnee aannootthheerr..””6677

CCooeennzzyymmee QQ 1100 ((CCooQQ1100)) iiss aann eexxcceelllleenntt aannttiiooxxiiddaanntt..

WWee hhaavvee aallrreeaaddyy llooookkeedd aatt iitt oonn ppaaggee 1188.. RRemissions

have been achieved with CoQ10 because it normalizes

cellar function converting an abnormal cell back into a

normal cell. Coenzyme Q acts as electron carrier in the

electron transport chain and it also increases oxygen to

the mitochondria.

Remissions have also been achieved with Vitamin C.

Vitamin C transports oxygen within the cell. It repairs

damage to the mitochondria of cells. Vitamin C is

selectively toxic to cancer cells.

67 The Antioxidant Miracle 1999 Lester Packer and Carol

Colman

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Vitamin E transports oxygen into the cell. It is

considered the most powerful fat-soluble antioxidant.

Alpha Lipoic Acid increases mitochondrial respiration

along with oxygen generation. It repairs damage to the

mitochondria as well as recycling other antioxidants.

Alpha-Lipoic acid induces apoptosis in cancer cells.

These four nutrients work together synergistically.

Dosages that have been used by many cancer patients are

as follows. However, your practitioner should guide you

individually as to dosages.

Vitamin C 2,000 mgs 3 x day.

CoQ10 150 mgs 2 x day (Ubiquinol form)

Alpha lipoic 100-150 mgs 2x day R form. If you use RS

form 200-300mgs 2 x day

Vit E 400 IUs 2 x day mixed tocopherals and

tocotrienols

Are there other important nutrients? Henry Osiecki is a

Clinical Nutritionist and Biochemist who specializes in

cancer. He has produced a comprehensive text which

looks at cancer and the impact of clinical nutrition on

cancer.68 It includes an individual protocol for the main

cancers and a general cancer protocol. This book is an

extremely valuable resource for nutritional advice on

68 Cancer: The Importance of Clinical Nutrition in

Prevention and Treatment (2012) Henry Osiecki

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individual cancers.

The primary factors that have been highlighted are

that the cancer cell continues to divide and that it does

not die. Homoeopathic remedies in studies and in

practice have been proven to alter these two factors.

Four homoeopathic remedies were studied for their

effect on breast cancer. They were Carcinosin,

Phytolacca, Conium and Thuja. “The remedies exerted

preferential cytotoxic effects against the two breast

cancer cell lines, causing cell cycle delay/arrest and

apoptosis.”69

The tumour behaves like an acute manifestation of a

miasm, therefore both the miasm and the manifestation

need to be treated70. We also need to keep pace with the

disease. Theoretically therefore the Ramakrishnan

method is sound.

In actual practice, successful treatment statistics for the

Ramakrishnan method of treating cancer patients speak

for themselves. Some of the successful treatment

69

Int J Oncol. 2010 Feb;36(2):395-403.Cytotoxic

effects of ultra-diluted remedies on breast cancer cells.Frenkel M,

Mishra BM, Sen S, Yang P, Pawlus A, Vence L, Leblanc A, Cohen L,

Banerji P Banerji P 70 For a discussion of this see The Miasms 2004 By Peter D.

Drew

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statistics71 are given below so that a comparison can be

made with the figures presented on page 44

PPrroossttaattee 8844%% BBrreeaasstt 8866%%

CCoolloonn 6677%% UUtteerriinnee 5522%%

MMeellaannoommaa 7788%% UUrriinnaarryy BBllaaddddeerr 7788%%

TThhyyrrooiidd aanndd PPaarroottiidd 7788%% LLuunngg 6666%%

CCeerrvviixx 7766%% LLeeuukkeemmiiaa 7744%%

RReeccttaall 8844%%

In the next chapter, we will look at choosing the

appropriate homoeopathic remedy

71 Cancer My Homoeopathic Method 2015 pages 181-182 Dr

AU Ramakrishnan

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Chapter 9 Choosing the Remedy and Cancer Cases

The focus is THE CANCER SITE OF CONCERN.

In the Ramakrishnan method two remedies are chosen:

one for the site of concern; remedy A.

and the other a cancer nosode; remedy B.

When there are multiple sites remedy A is chosen based

on the greatest threat.

Remedy A is for the type of cancer. Two pills are put into

the 25ml bottle and then topped with distilled water.

I give the client two empty 25ml bottles (they could be

any size) with eye droppers, labelled remedy A and

remedy B and a vial of remedy A and a vial of Remedy

B. Initially two pillules of remedy A are put into the 25-

ml bottle marked remedy A and it is then topped with

distilled water. (I use a bottle, rather than a glass because

it is more practical and it works just as well.) Remedy A

is taken one dose every 15 minutes for 10 doses every

day for one week. After every dose, the bottle is

succussed. When the bottle gets to one quarter full it is

simply refilled. At the end of the first week the bottle of

remedy A is tipped out and the eye dropper and bottle are

shaken dry and both are left in the sun for half an hour.

This is called the plussing method. As a general rule, I

increase potency every 5 months until the person is clear

of cancer.

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Once the person is clear of cancer the split dose method

is used. The split dose method involves taking one pill

four times in one day, weekly, fortnight or monthly.

As with the plussing method remedy A and remedy B are

alternated.

Change of potency and change to the split dose method

is done according to progress, which can be seen by:

1. standard medical tests

2. weight loss/gain (when underweight)

3. energy increase/decrease

4. increase/decrease in pain

5. The patient's intuition

If you have chosen the wrong remedy retake/reconsider

the case.

To gain a clear understanding of when to change from

the plussing method to the split dose method and when to

change potency it is best to read through Ramakrishnan's

cases.

Regarding the cancer nosode, carcinosin72 is used in the

vast majority of cases. This is very clearly the remedy

when there is family history of cancer. Scirrhinum is

used “when the affected part (gland, tumour or lump) is

72 I have used Carcinosin Co (15 Cancer Mix) for more than

ten years now with excellent results but when the tumour is clearly

of a stony hardness I use Scirrhinum.

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stony hard. Cancers of the breast, lungs, liver, rectum or

prostate frequently display this hardness.”73

To choose the remedy for the particular cancer you will

need one of Dr Ramakrishnan's books74 and a modern

repertory. I mainly use Synthesis and Murphy together in

Radar.

Let us say we are choosing a remedy for a particular

cancer. The first thing to do is read Dr Ramakrishnan's

cases on the cancer your client has. Let us say we are

treating a person with skin cancer. The most important

rubric will be the cancer site, in this case skin cancer. If it

is not a skin cancer remedy then it is not to be

considered.

Robin Murphy says it well: “The first general

principle when treating cancer is that you want a

remedy that is similar to the cancer they have, not

similar to their general symptoms. It must fit their

cancer first.”

If aetiology is clearly known then it is the next most

important consideration. You need to use good

73 Cancer My Homoeopathic Method 2015 by Dr AU

Ramakrishnan 74 Cancer My Homoeopathic Method 2015 by Dr AU

Ramakrishnan or A Homoeopathic Approach to Cancer 2001 by C.

Coulter and Dr A.U Ramakrishnan

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judgement here. How strong is the symptom? Is it clearly

connected to the cancer? Is it recent or a long time ago?

Because of its importance in remedy choice we will look

at cases that illustrate these points.

Then particulars relating specifically to the cancer and

the site, which we will also discuss.

Usually a remedy is clear with the above information

but the Generals and the Mentals are still considered and

an often-repeated dream is also confirmatory.

Considerations then in order of importance are:

1. Cancer site remedy (The remedy MUST appear

here)

2. Aetiology if clear.

3. Particulars relating to the tumour

4. Then the Generals.

5. Then the Mentals.

As a general guide Robin Murphy said, in his cancer

seminar, remedy choice is the reverse order of Kent's

hierarchy. In Kent's hierarchy Mentals are the most

important followed by Generals etc, but here it is the

opposite. Although it useful to know it, we are not

primarily looking for the constitutional remedy. In Dr

Ramakrishnan’s book A Homoeopathic Approach to

Cancer in discussing over 100 cancer cases, in two out of

three of the cases, constitution is not even mentioned.

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I use vitamins, herbs, drainage and other homoeopathic

treatment concurrently but in low potencies. Stop

homoeopathic treatment during Chemotherapy and

Radiation Therapy. Then antidote the effects as suggested

on page 43-44 and start the Ramakrishnan again as soon

as possible.

It must be stressed that treatment must continue for at

least five years. Some people cannot be bothered doing

the plussing method therefore I show them a comparison

of the statistics between plussing and split dose in Dr.

Ramakrishnan's first book and leave the choice to them.

Cancer of the cervix, uterus and ovaries tend to

individualise more therefore needing the classical female

remedies. Many times, the constitutional remedy is the

chosen remedy.

Once treatment begins no other treatment is used during

these ten plussing doses. It is best to not eat during the

ten doses. Unless it is necessary it is best only to drink

water during the plussing procedure.

As we are only considering remedy choice we will only

look at cases where it is certain that the remedy was

correct. Ramakrishnan's book should be studied as to

how to proceed once the remedies have been chosen. For

Example, 1 the explanation is given immediately. The

explanations of the other cases appear later so that you

can practice remedy selection.

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Example 1, 2001: Skin cancer: Woman 41 basal cell

carcinoma, painless ulcer on right forearm. She was

fastidious. Ramakrishnan has Ars brom, Ars Alb, Sulph

top remedies for skin cancer. In order of importance the

first rubric is SKIN - Cancer (Synthesis), Cancer - SKIN,

cancer (Murphy). Skin cancer was included twice as

Murphy had 15 remedies for skin cancer and Synthesis

had only 8. We see the cancer is ulcerous so; Cancer -

ULCERS, cancerous (Synthesis). We also see the ulcer is

painless so; SKIN - ULCERS – painless (Synthesis). The

first three considerations are covered and Arsenicum is

11 with all 4 symptoms. The next closest score was 6

with 3 symptoms. Mind – Fastidious is a well-known

Arsenicum symptom Mind – Fastidious was only

confirmatory making it 15 with 5 symptoms. Van

Zanvoort is good for locations which is sometimes

helpful and sometimes confirmatory. There are 404

remedies for Extremities – location – upper limb-

forearm. Arsenicum is a 4. The remedy was clear and the

cancer disappeared rapidly.

Example 2, 2003. A 45-year-old man presents with a

brain tumour. He had begun having convulsions and

upon investigation a brain tumour was diagnosed. As he

spoke there was a real weariness about him. He was not

enjoying life. He felt he was being treated with

disrespect. These symptoms were very strong and he said

he had felt like this for a long time. This man fitted the

Cancer personality.

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Example 3, 2004. Man 23 Chronic myelogenous

leukemia. His Doctor advised him “find an alternative

health practitioner who will treat you and I will monitor

your progress.”

He was sensitive and closed. I ask had anything major

happened in the last two years and the reply was no.

When I take the case I also do a time-line and I ask about

any physical or emotional traumas or any serious

illnesses from birth till now. This time he said that 2

years before his mother had belted him in the head with a

cricket bat. He woke up in hospital two days later. This

ended their relationship.

Example 4, 2014. Woman 26 with Acute Lymphoid

Leukemia. Cancer was also present in her lymph nodes.

She had an enlarged spleen. She was told she could

tolerate no more chemotherapy and that she would be

“dead in two weeks.” She also had been having a build-

up of fluid in her meninges since she was 12 and now it

had to be drained every two weeks. She had lost sight in

one eye from the pressure build up. She had lived next

door to a power station for many years as a child. Both

her leukemia and the build-up of spinal fluid in her

meninges are conditions traceable to electromagnetic

fields from high voltage power lines or power stations.

Example 5 2002. Bladder cancer. Man, eighty-one,

painless growth out of bladder wall. The description

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given was fungus like. He had the bladder wall scraped

and most of the growth was removed.

This next case although quite simple in remedy choice

illustrates an interesting lesson.

Example 6 2005. Man 59 Lymphoma axilla aggressive.

Gland still soft. Unknown primary site. He had a fearful

disposition. He was fastidious. He was possessive.

Example 7 2006. Man 52 prostate cancer. Elevated PSA

14. (Hardness unknown75) Metastasis to left shoulder.

Shoulder was breaking down.

Example 8 2013. Man 61 Had cancerous right kidney

removed.

Small lesions in RIGHT and left lung.

The man was clearly an Arsenicum. I have not reported

this case for you to repertorise but be for you to aware of

a statement Kent made. “When the patient is cured the

tumour will cease to grow, often it persists and must be

removed by the knife.” This is what happened in this

case the tumour ceased to grow and it hasn't changed size

in four years. However, it is in an inoperable position. He

takes the split dose just to be safe with no ill effects.

It does not happen often but it is not rare either.

75 In Australia, it is rare for a homoeopath to be a medical

doctor.

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Rubrics used and remedies chosen for cases 2-7

Example 2

The ongoing stress was clearly the aetiology.

HEAD-CANCER- Brain; of. Synthesis.

Cancer - BRAIN, tumours, encephaloma. Murphy.

Mind - SCORNED, general - ailments, from being

Mind - WEARY, of life.

Clinical - convulsions, general.

A Repertorisation was done and then compared with A

Homoeopathic Approach to Cancer, Brain. Phosphorus

only appeared in Murphy is correct. Cancer - BRAIN,

tumours, encephaloma.

This was one of the first cases I did where I did not

choose a remedy from Ramakrishnan's list. (Although it

is in his 2015 book).

This man was not a Phosphorus. But it was very clear

that this was the remedy. He was operated on and only

half the tumor could be removed. He was scanned after

the operation. He was to begin very aggressive

chemotherapy and radiation therapy in twelve weeks

after he had time to recover from the operation. He began

homoeopathic treatment a week after the operation.

Phosphorus alternated with Carcinosin. He was

rescanned about 9 weeks after the operation and the

tumour was clearly seen to be shrinking which of course

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is extremely rare76. However, he began chemotherapy

and radiation therapy and the tumour started growing

rapidly and he died. As I mentioned before chemotherapy

and radiation therapy antidote homoeopathic remedies.

Example 3

This was another case that I didn't use one of

Ramakrishnan's remedies. The remedy was Nat Sulph.

Clinical - LEUKEMIA, blood (Synthesis Nat Sulph 3,

Murpy 2)

Head - INJURIES, head, blows, etc. - ailments, after

Mind - ESTRANGED, feels - family, from

Confirmatory Keynotes of Nat Sulph; Closed and

sensitive.

After two months, his doctor told him from blood test

results that he was 100% behind his treatment and to

continue.

Example 4

The symptoms I used were:

Clinical - LEUKEMIA, blood,

Cancer - LYMPHOMA, lymphatic glands,

cancer - lymphoid leukemia

76 Tumours usually grow faster after being operated on

because there is now more space, comparatively more nutrients and

inflammation from the operation which promotes cancer.

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Clinical - LEUKEMIA, blood - spleen, involvement.

From the repertorisation of these rubrics Ceanothus

scored highest. Then I read A Homoeopathic Approach to

Cancer on Leukemia and the first case was acute

lymphoid leukemia and Hekla was used. Murphy did not

have Hekla as a remedy in acute lymphoid leukemia. At

that time Hekla was Ramakrishnan's top remedy for

Leukemia. With this added to the picture Hekla was

clearly the remedy. Six weeks later she said she had

never felt better in her life. This young woman got

engaged and the following year went on her honeymoon.

As it was over a decade prior to her diagnosis of

leukemia that she lived next door to the power station I

did not use the rubric in Murphy:

Generals - ELECTROMAGNETIC, fields, ailments from

Hekla does not appear in this rubric.77

I did treat her build-up of spinal fluid with low potency

remedies and she no longer had to have the spinal fluid

drained. She would simply take the remedy a few times

when she felt the pressure building. Other issues can be

treated with low potency remedies while the cancer

remedies continue.

77 Hekla is still really a new remedy. It only is only listed in

239 rubrics in Synthesis 9 in contrast Arsenicum Alb is listed in

12,778 rubrics. This would a great service to homoeopathy to have

provings and case information collected on this deep acting remedy.

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Example 5

The three main remedies in Ramakrishnan's first book

are: Terebinthina, Thuja and Conium I chose Thuja and

Carcinosinum. Thuja is a main remedy for fungoid

growths. It began to bleed slightly but his energy was up

and he felt well and he was happy to continue.

After four months, he got the all clear. He continued for

another month. Then we went up to a 1M and split dose

method. He lived to 88 with no return. (Bladder cancer

has over an 80% return rate.)

Notice a few things: His energy went up, he felt well.

Major bleeding that needs to be treated use Phosphorus

or Sanguinaria plussing method. Stop Cancer remedies

until it is controlled.

Example 6

Because of the unknown primary site, I chose a wide

spectrum cancer remedy (this is the term Ramakrishnan

used in his first book) The wide spectrum cancer

remedies are Conium, Arsenicum and Thuja.

Cancer - LYMPHOMA, lymphatic glands, cancer

Glands - Axilla, axillary, glands - cancer, axilla

Mind - FEARS, phobias, general

Mind – FASTIDIOUS

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Arsenicum was chosen. The node went down but after

two months the patient felt it “needs something more,” so

we went up to 1M. , the patient told me to up the potency

and he was right. This is possibly because it was his

constitutional remedy and had made other obvious

changes as well. He continued to respond very well.

After six months, he returned to an actual inflammation.

(which as we know can precede cancer). Then we

changed to the split dose.

Example 7

The remedy choice was simple based on Ramakrishnan's

comments on Conium. PSA elevated above 7 along with

metastasis to the bones. It was used along with

Carcinosin. After two months, his PSA came down and

his energy went up. His pain levels were down. After

four months shoulder was clearly regrowing. The

treatment continued and he became clear of cancer.