Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy
Article Title
Holistic treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia with adjuvant homoeopathic therapy: A case report
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.
Recommended Citation
Shaji Kumar R. Holistic treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia with adjuvant homoeopathic therapy: A case report. Indian J Res Homoeopathy [Internet]. 2020 Jan 01; 14(1):Article 5 50-56. Available from: https://www.ijrh.org/journal/vol14/iss1/5. Free full text article.