Can metal-based treatment in ayurveda provide cure for blood cancer (leukemia)?
"The metal-based treatment in ayurveda can do wonders if standard operative procedures (SOPs) are followed and patients show full faith in the practice," said Vaidya Balendu Prakash, the youngest ayurveda practitioner in the country to receive Padmashree award for contribution in medicine.Vaidya was in the city to take part in the three-day international seminar on 'safety and efficacy of ayurvedic formulations' at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Friday was the second day of the seminar, being organised by the rasa shastra of the varsity.He further said, "Contrary to what most people believe, it is the role of so called toxic materials that are giving new lease of life to blood cancer patients."Vaidya is also working as an ayurvedic consultant at VCP Cancer Research Foundation, Dehradun. It may be mentioned here that the ayurvedic practitioner has already used silver bhasma successfully to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, a severe form of blood cancer where excess bleeding is reported and the patient runs the risk of dying during diagnosis. Out of 15 patients with the severe form of blood cancer, 11 patients were treated successfully after completing 90 days of treatment protocol while four patients died. Also, AIIMS, New Delhi, has come forward to start clinical trials for recording the efficacy of this treatment. "There is a strong evidence that indicate that heavy metals like silver and mercury have anti-cancerous properties. Now proper documentation of these evidences is being done," said the cancer specialist citing the initial evidences of use of mercury to treat cancer patients that was started by his father in 1960s. The silver bhasma has made a big foray in the treatment of blood cancer in the last two decades, he added. Comparing the heavy dependence on modern medicine (allopathy) for cancer treatment, he said that while a number of cancer patients show side effects and relapse with nearly 45% surviving three to five years of treatment that accrues huge treatment costs, the metal-based treatment is not only cost-effective but also long lasting. "We have treated more than 90 blood cancer patients in the last 15 years and only 40% of them were fresh cases while others were relapse or defaulters." As many as 71% of relapse cases and 78% of defaulters along with 87% of fresh cases have been successfully treated through this ayurvedic method, he said.
Source:TNN
"The metal-based treatment in ayurveda can do wonders if standard operative procedures (SOPs) are followed and patients show full faith in the practice," said Vaidya Balendu Prakash, the youngest ayurveda practitioner in the country to receive Padmashree award for contribution in medicine.Vaidya was in the city to take part in the three-day international seminar on 'safety and efficacy of ayurvedic formulations' at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Friday was the second day of the seminar, being organised by the rasa shastra of the varsity.He further said, "Contrary to what most people believe, it is the role of so called toxic materials that are giving new lease of life to blood cancer patients."Vaidya is also working as an ayurvedic consultant at VCP Cancer Research Foundation, Dehradun. It may be mentioned here that the ayurvedic practitioner has already used silver bhasma successfully to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia, a severe form of blood cancer where excess bleeding is reported and the patient runs the risk of dying during diagnosis. Out of 15 patients with the severe form of blood cancer, 11 patients were treated successfully after completing 90 days of treatment protocol while four patients died. Also, AIIMS, New Delhi, has come forward to start clinical trials for recording the efficacy of this treatment. "There is a strong evidence that indicate that heavy metals like silver and mercury have anti-cancerous properties. Now proper documentation of these evidences is being done," said the cancer specialist citing the initial evidences of use of mercury to treat cancer patients that was started by his father in 1960s. The silver bhasma has made a big foray in the treatment of blood cancer in the last two decades, he added. Comparing the heavy dependence on modern medicine (allopathy) for cancer treatment, he said that while a number of cancer patients show side effects and relapse with nearly 45% surviving three to five years of treatment that accrues huge treatment costs, the metal-based treatment is not only cost-effective but also long lasting. "We have treated more than 90 blood cancer patients in the last 15 years and only 40% of them were fresh cases while others were relapse or defaulters." As many as 71% of relapse cases and 78% of defaulters along with 87% of fresh cases have been successfully treated through this ayurvedic method, he said.
Source:TNN
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