How Homeopathy Can Help Someone with Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma symptoms are severe, and most patients choose to treat them in some way. Homeopathy, as well as other complementary and alternative therapies, are gaining popularity – especially among patients who have tried traditional therapies without much avail.
High-dosage therapies such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy are often harsh and can significantly harm the body. Permanent lung scarring from radiation therapy and persistent nausea from chemotherapy are among the toxic side effects that traditional treatments can trigger.
Homeopathy is frequently used by patients who wish to avoid these aggressive therapies and the damage that often accompanies them. Homeopathic remedies are fully natural and often use flowers, herbs or plant derivatives as the ‘active ingredient’. There are around 3,000 different ingredients that can be used as the basis for a homeopathic medicine.
The philosophy of homeopathy is to deliver the lowest possible dose of the medicine to the patient. As a result, the tinctures are often heavily diluted and typically contain less than 10 percent of the original substance. Because they are so heavily watered down, homeopathic remedies are associated with few – if any – side effects, making them popular among patients.
When asked what advice he would give to fellow mesothelioma warriors, pleural mesothelioma patient Sean Rickard recommends that all patients “remain positive, think that a cure is just around the corner…[and] be open to alternative remedies such as homeopathy.”
What Homeopathy can Do
Not all medical professionals agree that homeopathy has a measurable impact on health, and most agree that homeopathy does not cure cancers such as mesothelioma. However, homeopathy is not designed to eliminate disease; instead, it is intended to support the body’s own healing mechanisms and enhance whole-body health, thus eliminating disease from it's core.
Considering its original intent, homeopathy can be successful in improving a patient’s quality of life after prognosis. Some cancer patients have found relief in their symptoms through homeopathic remedies. Common mesothelioma symptoms that homeopathy may help to alleviate include
- Coughing
- Pain
- Fatigue
Homeopathy can also be used in conjunction with traditional medicines. It is often used as a non-pharmaceutical way to counteract the side effects that arise after radiation therapy, chemotherapy or surgery. Side effects that homeopathy might be able to relieve include
- Diarrhea or constipation
- Nausea or vomiting
- Loss of appetite
Some homeopathic practitioners do believe that select remedies can have an impact on cancer. These remedies must be sold with a prescription.
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