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This exciting piece of research is published the very same week that the Government has decided to drop all NHS funding for Homeopathy and the London Homeopathic Hospital!!
Homeopathic Remedies Do Work to Kill Breast Cancer Cells; Breakthrough Research
A new study, just published in the International Journal of Oncology, reveals that homeopathic remedies have a beneficial effect on breast cancer cells.
The study, which was done in Houston, Texas, shows that certain homeopathic remedies have preferentially elevated cytotoxic (killing) effects on breast cancer cells - compared with cells derived from normal breast epithelium.
The team of researchers commented that the homeopathic remedies appeared to have similar activity to the activity of paclitaxel (Taxol), the most commonly used chemotherapeutic drug for breast cancer, without the toxic effect on the normal cells.
The experiments were conducted in triplicate and repeated at least twice for each remedy. The homeopathic medicines tested included: Carcinosin, 30C; Conuim maculatum, 3C; Phytolacca decandra, 200C and Thuja occidentalis, 30C. The most effective remedies were found to be Carcinosin and Phytolacca.
The researchers concluded,
"the ultra-diluted natural homeopathic remedies investigated in this study offer the promise of being effective preventive and/or therapeutic agents for breast cancer and worthy of further study."
This is the first scientific study that investigated the effect of homeopathic remedies on breast cancer cells.
Dana Ullman, one of the best known writers on homeopathy stated:
"This study raises the exciting possibility of a window of therapeutic opportunity for preferentially eliminating breast cancer cells with minimal damage to the surrounding normal mammary tissue by using homeopathic remedies."
Cytoxic effects of ultra-diluted remedies on breast cancer cells; International Journal of Oncology. 2010 February; 36(2): 395-403
YOUR HEALTH IN THE NEW YEAR
After all the Christmas excesses, are you in the midst of a ‘New Year Detox’? Yes, we all need to cleanse our bodies of all those naughty foods that somehow found their way into our diet (and even became a habit), over the festive season. But, just a little advice!
Be careful not to eat too many cold salads and juices at this time of year. Traditional Chinese Medicine warns strongly against putting cold foods into your stomach at any time of year, but especially in winter. The reason? Well the stomach is particularly sensitive to temperature and works at its most efficient when WARM.! Not working efficiently means we can be more prone to what the Chinese term ‘damp’ conditions, which means mucus/phlegm (eg catarrh), loose bowels, thrush, achy muscles and joints to name a few. And unattended, these can lead on to more serious or chronic health conditions.
So if you must have salad take it out of the fridge well in advance and allow it to come up to room temperature, and make sure that you eat something hot at the same time such as soup. And of course warming spices such as cinnamon and ginger are just the ticket at this time of year, so you can’t beat spicy soups alongside your salads. There are also fun additions that you can put in your salads to make them energetically ‘warmer’ such as watercress, radish sprouts, chicory, rocket - they add that little bit of mustardy flavour to give the food some ‘zip’. Not only do they improve your circulation but they also move ‘stagnant or stuck Qi’ on an emotional level as well as physical - in other words they help release uptightness/depression/stress. And that has to be good for all of us!
If you would like to find out more about the ‘energetics of food’ look out for Daverick Leggatt’s book in the waiting area in reception called Healing Ourselves. This is an excellent introduction to the subject, complete with recipes and explanations of what each dish will do for you.
And if you find that your system gets sluggish at this time of year, consider having a massage to invigorate your circulation and energise your muscles back into action. We have several therapists offering different specialities of massage such as Aromatherapy, Tui Na and Holistic Massage. And if you can’t face taking all those layers of clothes off there’s Shiatsu, Indian Head Massage or Thai or Chinese Foot Massages as well. We have leaflets explaining each of these in the Centre.
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