Holistic treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia with adjuvant homoeopathic therapy: A case report

Authors

R Shaji Kumar, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi

Keywords

Cancer, Chronic myeloid leukaemia, Homoeopathy, Imatinib, Platinum metallicum

Article Type

Case Report

Abstract

Introduction: Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder of haematopoietic stem cell. Case Summary: This is a case of a 28-year-old female having CML for 1½ years, on regular allopathic medication. The patient was suffering from ulceration in the oral cavity, frequent offensive loose stools with melena and prolonged menstrual cycle with heavy bleeding for 3 weeks. After analysing the constitutional make-up of the patient, Platinum metallicum 200C was prescribed. Over a period of 3 months, the patient reported improvement in weakness, nausea, sleeplessness, irritability, heavy menstruation, loose black stools and backache. Until the last follow-up while submitting this report, the patient was on the maintenance dose of Imatinib along with homoeopathic medication.

Digital Object Identifier

10.4103/ijrh.ijrh_49_19

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd.

How to cite this article

Shaji Kumar R. Holistic treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia with adjuvant homoeopathic therapy: A case report. Indian J Res Homoeopathy 2020;14(1):50-56. doi: 10.4103/ijrh.ijrh_49_19