Energetics

Successful homeopathic treatment of melanoma

Cured without chemotherapy or radiotherapy

Another case study owed to German physician Dr. med. Jens Wurster showing the successful treatment of cancer with homeopathy where Healing can be achieved even in the most hopeless cases.

Reported in Dr Wurster's book "Die homöopathische Behandlung und Heilung von Krebs und metastasierten Tumoren" ("The homeopathic treatment and cure of cancer and metastatic tumors"), the patient in question had a malignant melanoma on his back, tumor height 1.1 cm, which was surgically removed (pT2 Clarke level IV). Three months later, however, metastases were detected in the left axilla (they were palpable and histologically verified after biopsy). While Immediate axillary dissection was recommended, the patient rejected the procedure.

Beginning of translated book excerpt:

Case study: metastatic melanoma with axillary metastases

In 1999, a friendly, obese 50-year-old pastor who sweated profusely presented at my office in the Clinica St. Croce. Following melanoma surgery, a scar of almost 40 cm in length adorned his back, which was covered in spots and pustules.

Shortly after the melanoma had been removed, metastases were found in his left armpit (histologically confirmed via biopsy). Another immediate operation was recommended and an appointment was made for a radical axillary dissection.

But the God-fearing man shocked the orthodox medical world by saying that he didn't want another operation—he feared he would have to have another one every few months. He told his doctors that he was very much aware that the chances of remission for metastasized melanoma were very low. He wanted to take a different path and would choose homeopathy. The attacks and threats from the doctors which followed, predicting he would be dead within three months' time if he didn't submit to surgery, still could not shake his faith in homeopathy.

Due to his fondness of worldly pleasures and his preference for hearty food, his weight had climbed to 145 kg. His blood pressure was elevated to the point of having to regularly take antihypertensive drugs. He continued to suffer from severe acne, which had plagued him since childhood and had already marked his back and face with numerous scars. Antibiotics and facial ointments, which he had been using for most of his life, had never helped. His face, especially around his nose, was covered in pus-filled pimples and had a greasy shine. The acne on his back was considered a surgical risk.

He described every symptom of his in detail while doing his best to find an explanation for them. He had been so warm-blooded all his life that he didn't need heating even in winter. He said It was so cold in his office that his wife wouldn’t even step inside, afraid she might freeze solid the moment she crossed the threshold.

He likes to have all the windows open at night and stretches his feet out of bed when he sleeps since they get uncomfortably warm. He also sweats a lot under his arms, which unfortunately smells somewhat unpleasant. His toenails have been growing ingrown for years, requiring regular podiatric care. His toes have felt numb for six months and he has a heel spur which hurts. There is a ganglion cyst on his wrist, which is surrounded by very rough skin. His eyes are quite red, particularly in the morning, and they water easily with the slightest breeze or draught. He frequently experienced middle ear infections with chronic discharge, requiring him near-constantly to keep absorbent cotton in his ears. He has always been a down-to-earth person who sees the positive side of life and remains resilient in difficult times. However, ongoing arguments with his son over the past year have profoundly shaken him, leaving him feeling helpless and fearful of losing him. Since then, he often struggles to sleep, waking up around 2 in the morning and unable to fall back asleep. He salivates heavily during sleep.

After taking the medical history, we must always consider the type of tumor involved and whether we can identify any triggers that may have caused this patient's cancer.

Melanoma develops as a result of impaired immunological function and a weakness of the liver. Exposure to the sun naturally plays a role, but only a predisposed person will develop melanoma as a result.

Given that nearly 30% of organ transplant patients will develop some form of skin cancer—such as melanoma, spinalioma, or basal cell carcinoma—within ten years, it's important to ask: why is this the case? To prevent organ rejection, all organ transplant patients must take strong immunosuppressive medication. This weakens the immune system in the long term and especially skin cancers are more likely to develop.

There are also interesting studies showing a higher melanoma incidence among Russian submarine crews. These individuals have minimal sun exposure, resulting in insufficient vitamin D production, which deprives them of the protective benefits this vitamin provides for optimal immune function.

Scientists at the John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore (USA) exposed mice to stressful situations and cancer-causing UV radiation. The test animals developed tumors twice as fast as unstressed control mice. Chronic stress also weakens the immune system which can lead to immunological dysfunction.

The key to curing malignant melanoma is the restoration of intact immunological functions. This can be achieved with homeopathy. Conventional medicine has no proven approach yet to put metastasized melanoma into remission. What has been achieved to date is the prolongation of life for the short term. But I will make bold to point the way forward and show how melanoma can be cured. In metastatic melanoma in particular, the disorder is at the immunological level and that is the reason why all chemotherapies have failed, as any of them will weaken the immune system even further.

I would like to share a little anecdote that always comes to mind when talking about melanoma. When I was doing my dermatology course at Munich university, one of the things we were shown were slides of melanoma patients. I remember one case in particular where a patient had a large melanoma on his face and just below it two smaller ones. Then we got to see another slide showing the same patient six months in the future, where the large melanoma had significantly grown, but one of the smaller ones had disappeared. The professor was showing us the slides to demonstrate the rapid growth and malignant character of the melanoma.

I, on the other hand, was simply fascinated to see that one small melanoma had disappeared. I got all excited and asked what had happened to it. Somewhat weary of my frequently offbeat questions, the professor responded that all that mattered here was the fact that the large tumor had grown. Only upon further questioning did he conjecture that the immune system might have succeeded in erasing the melanoma in that area. On that day, I was likely to have been the only student who felt really satisfied. Because from that day onward, I knew that melanoma was curable if the immune system was made to work properly again. If the immune system could erase a small melanoma, then the immune system is the only key to curing melanoma. This means that the malfunctioning immune system must be restored. That's why interferons are also being tried, but of course they don't work enough on an individual basis. Meanwhile, many clinics advise against interferon therapy due to the low response rate of 6% and the disproportionate side effects, not to mention the immense costs. The German Cancer Society confirms: “Cytokine monotherapy (IL-2, interferon-alpha) has disappointed” (German Cancer Society: Kurzgefasste Interdisziplinierte Leitlinien 2002, 3rd edition 2002).

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy should be avoided if the aim is to cure melanoma. Adjuvant chemotherapy is not recommended either and in the case of metastatic melanoma, is purely palliative, with hardly any effect on survival time.

All theoretical constructs don't help much. All theory has to prove its worth in the clinic. If, in our case, we are able to restore this person's immune function using homeopathy, we would have a way to help him.

After taking the patient's medical history, we record his distressing symptoms in a list:

1. numbness of toes
2. oily skin/hair/face
3. acne/pimples on the face/nose
4. severe tiredness
5. awakening at approx. 2:00 a.m./disturbed sleep after 2:00 a.m.
6. painful heel spur
7. tearing of the eyes
8. increased blood pressure
9. obesity
10. ganglion cyst on the wrist
11. toenails growing in (for years, every four weeks).

So we start by making a list of all the symptoms we found during the patient interview, followed by their evaluation.

In terms of disposition, we are looking at a cheerful, optimistic person who theorizes a lot; looking these up in the Repertory^[1], we find Mood: THEORIZING (23); Mood; OPTIMISM (21) (with the numbers in brackets indicating the number of remedies in this category). The patient likes to eat well and eats plenty of nutritious, calorie-rich food. Food cravings and aversions are always very important. General; FOODS and drinks; fatty and rich foods; cravings (30); stomach; THIRST; large quantities (50). A person's stature as well should always be included in the overall assessment. General; ADIPOSITY, OBESITY (138).

The temperature behavior is also an important general symptom. The patient is very hot-blooded, heat aggravates his condition. Temperature regulation is disturbed and he stretches his feet out of bed to cool down. Extremities; FEELING HOT; foot; uncovers the foot (34); general; HEAT; agg.; room (122). He also always needs open windows when sleeping, so use the rubric:

Breathing; DIFFICULT; air; outdoors; better. (34).

It is always very important to take note of the objective signs in the patient. The cyst on the wrist cannot be overlooked and the toenails that have been growing in every four weeks for years are objectively observable signs. Extremities; GANGLION; Wrist, on (15); Extremities; NAILS; Complaints of; ingrown; toenails (27). The oily complexion, the severe acne, the heavy sweating are signs of a malfunctioning skin and detoxification function.

As he has suffered from acne all his life, this disorder is of very long standing and should have been treated homeopathically at an early stage. But unfortunately he had been repeatedly treated with ointments, cortisone and antibiotics. This is very unwise, as this was simply an attempt to spruce up the surface while neglecting the internal cause. Even Hahnemann already warned in "Chronic Diseases Volume 1" of the serious consequences of suppressing skin rashes. With these suppressive treatments, one may have already laid the foundation for his melanoma. This should encourage any dermatologist to first investigate the inner cause of a rash rather than treating it externally, which is tantamount to suppression. Because of the years of skin rashes that were suppressed, we take the rubric: Skin; SKIN RASHES; General; Suppressed (69).

A common consequence of suppressing skin rashes is the body looking for another outlet to alleviate an internal ailment. In our patient, this purpose was served by the ears. Constant ear infections and a continuous discharge from the ears were the result. A homeopathic doctor will recognize these links and try to restore order by administering the "chronic" remedies. Unfortunately, our patient went to an ENT doctor who repeatedly tried to just treat the ears to stop the chronic discharge. After several ear surgeries(!) he finally "succeeded" in stopping the discharge. To this day, our patient is full of praise for this doctor. Unfortunately, this was another suppression of even worse consequences. Another outlet valve had been closed, with which the body had tried to keep the malfunctioning skin metabolism in check. Ear; DISORDERS; chronic (15), Ear; DISORDERS; skin rashes, after suppressed (12).

At this point the disease will move to a deeper level. After years of suppression, the end result will be melanoma. Removing the melanoma did not eliminate its cause so there is little surprise that metastases appeared just a few months later. We have to treat the cause to deprive the melanoma of what allowed it to grow in the first place.

Let's list all the symptoms again:

Extremities; GANGLION CYST; wrist, on (15)
Extremities; HEAT; foot; uncovers foot (34)
Extremities; NAILS; discomfort of; ingrown; toenails (27)
Face; OILY (50)
Mind; THEORETIZING (23)
General; FOOD and drink; fatty and rich foods; cravings (30)
stomach; THIRST; large amounts (50)
skin; skin rashes; general; -suppressed (69)
ear; DISCHARGES; suppressed (20)
sleep; WAKING UP; midnight; after; 2 am (51)
breathing; DIFFICULT; air; outdoors, in; better (34)
general; WARMTH; worsened; room (122)
extremities; NUMBNESS, insensibility; toes (38)
back; SKIN RASHES; pimples; cervical region (46)
mouth; SALIVARY FLOW; sleep; in (41)
ear; DISCHARGES; chronic (15)
ear; DISCHARGES; skin rashes, after suppressed (12)
emotions; COMPLAINTS caused by disagreements between relatives, friends (10)
Eye; DISCOLORING; redness; in the morning (20)
Eye; LACRIMATION; wind, in the (15)
General; ADIPOSITY, FATIGUE (138)

Analyzing the totality of the symptoms pretty clearly pointed to sulfur as the appropriate remedy.

Now, however, we do another Repertory analysis using just the clear and conspicuous symptoms. Here again, results clearly point to sulfur (see the Repertory result on the next page—not available).

Can we end our research here, satisfied with having worked out sulfur?

No, we must ask ourselves whether sulfur would even be able to heal melanoma. In the year 1999—when our patient came to see us—, the Repertory didn't list sulfur for that condition. That is why performing the differential diagnosis against other remedies is so important.

We see in our Repertory that Lachesis, a proven melanoma remedy, appears in third place so we do a differential diagnosis with Lachesis. We see that Lachesis is indeed a remedy for the consequences of suppressed skin rashes, that it lists complaints following chronic ear infections. Lachesis even features the ganglion cyst and the ingrown toenails. If we had just based ourselves on a few symptoms, then certainly Lachesis could have been given, but it's important to consider the totality of the symptoms since then you realize that Lachesis does not list the thirst for the large quantities that Sulfur has and Lachesis does not include craving greasy foods. Lachesis also does not have the oily complexion.

If you add on the entire nature of the patient, you can prescribe sulfur with a good feeling.

When doing the important miasmatic^[2] analysis, we don't find any hereditary blockages or vaccination burdens. The patient has a clear psoric miasm because of the years of acne, the ear discharge and the many symptoms of latent psora. The suppression of the skin rashes is certainly a cause that had to be taken into account.

The patient had already been treated homeopathically by other doctors for 15 years. He had been administered various high potencies of different remedies, each of them for acute conditions. It is important to realize that homeopathy only provides protection if the right remedies are given over a long period of time. Many will claim that homeopathy by its very nature will not work. But this only applies when it has been used incorrectly. If the laws of homeopathy should be true and this person were allowed to beat his cancer, then the remedy that best represents the totality of his symptoms could be his salvation.

He received Sulfur Q3 on 6 December 1999.

We will now be observing the first few days in our clinic with Sulfur Q3 in order to assess the patient's response to the Q-potencies. This response can be used as a basis to determine whether the remedy was correctly chosen or whether there are pointers indicating the need for other remedies.

Here are the patient's experiences on the first days in the clinic with Sulfur—excerpt partially in the patient's own words:

07.12.99
He discontinued his blood pressure medication (which he had taken for two years).
"When lying in bed, I am still sticking my feet out, luckily the blankets are so short here that I don't need to kick them off." Apparently, we have no reaction to the remedy after the first day.

08.12.99
"My toes are hardly numb any more, something is happening. Tonight I left my feet in my bed, that was more pleasant. I can feel my heel spur, it hurts constantly. Yesterday, I walked around Locarno for two hours. I feel much better in terms of energy so I was able to go for a long walk. Think of it—last week just walking up to the second floor was my limit. My right eye didn't water as much as usual yesterday, that's much better than before. I usually had a lot of tearing (70% better). Something else that's good: normally my face is always covered in grease, but last night it was dry, this was really noticeable."

Comment: This is an excellent response, meaning the remedy is working on the whole person and even old chronic complaints are changing quite quickly.

09.12.99
"Blood pressure today 180/110, which is worrying. Eyes no longer watering. Acne on back is less red. I have a strong urge to urinate, I have to go to the toilet nonstop. I no longer HAVE to stretch my feet out of bed. The heel spur is less painful. I have a strong urge to pee every other hour, although I am not taking a water tablet. A lot is coming out, even with the water tablets I didn't have that much."

Dream:
"I was arrested and locked up in prison. I made a phone call and found out something important. Seven years ago, there were problems at work and that's something that is still bothering me. It's something I haven't dealt with yet and I am thinking about it more often now. I'm now trying to reconnect to someone."

Comment:
His blood pressure is rising. That's not surprising after going cold turkey on the blood pressure meds, but should soon become more stable with the right medication. These days when treating patients I do keep the blood pressure meds for the time being and if the blood pressure goes down with the Q-potency, only then discontinue them. The strong urge to urinate shows that detoxification has been stimulated, with the kidneys excreting more. Then come dreams. If under the homeopathic remedy we observe dreams involving central themes or conflicts of the person, the remedy is usually right. My teacher Dr. Spinedi is a specialist in dream interpretation and he taught me to always include the feelings that arise in the dream when determining the appropriate remedy. Now the patient's dream shows a conflict from his job that has been bothering him for years. Often the right homeopathic remedies want to bring these central problems to the surface so that they can be made conscious and processed.

14.12.99
"I am no longer wiping my face all day. It's much less greasy. I'm actually in great shape. I feel so good that I already want to go home. I have less of an urge to urinate."

Dream:
"There was total chaos in my apartment, and I ran out crying because I couldn't stand the disorder any longer. This I didn't understand because I'm actually a very tidy person."

Comment:
In general, the patient is much better, his face is no longer greasy, which means that we were able to achieve a great deal in terms of skin function with the remedy. The dream is really impressive because the patient, who actually is very tidy, had his apartment in a complete mess. In psychoanalysis, the apartment or house is the seat of the ego and the unconscious. In this patient we see a malfunctioning, disordered immune system and he can now feel that he must escape from this disorder. He cries in his dream and runs out of this chaos. A new order is created. The remedy seems to be very good for this patient.

15.12.99
A positive message: "Blood pressure 140/90, I've never had it so low before. Nose is better and no more pimples. Woke up at 2:30 am today, then awake for an hour, then slept until 7:00 am, I haven't been able to sleep that long in a long time."

Comment:
When sleep improves, that's always a very good sign and his blood pressure is now leveling off.

16.12.99
"Today the blood pressure is 145/100. Another plus, the numbness in the extremities is gone. The cyst on the right wrist is getting smaller. I feel mentally and physically in better shape than I have for a long time.

Comment:
The fact that the ganglion has responded so quickly is unusual, one would have expected this to take weeks or months. The remedy must really be his similimum.^[3]

Observation of symptoms after twelve days in hospital:

1. numb toes 90% better
2. oily skin/hair/face almost 100% better
3. acne/pimples on face/nose 70% better
4. severe tiredness gone
5. awakening at approx. 2:00 a.m./disturbed sleep after 2:00 a.m. 20% better
6 painful heel spur 80% better
7. watering of the eyes disappeared
8. blood pressure still fluctuating, but without medication
9. lost a little weight.

It has to be said that this was an unusually quick response to the medication. We would have been happy if all the symptoms had improved by just 10%, as it takes time for the body to adjust.

But based on this excellent response to the remedy, one can safely continue with Sulfur. Nevertheless, it's important to always get feedback on how things are going. After twelve days in our clinic, the patient goes home and is given Sulfur Q4.

I would have to write 100 pages to detail the entire further development, so I will restrict myself to a few important comments including the remedies administered.

06.12.99 Sulfur Q3 in the clinic

17.12.99 Sulfur Q4.
The patient receives precise instructions on how to correctly take the Q-potencies and will start on Sulfur Q4 at home.

His symptoms continue to improve.

10.01.00 Sulfur Q5 every three days.
Sometimes it's better not to give the remedies on a daily basis, especially if you want to avoid overdosing.

29.02.00 Sulfur Q6 every other day.

06.04.00 Sulfur Q7 every other day.

It went so well that after five months I switched to the C-potencies and prescribed them according to Kent's series. Once switching to the high potencies, one can manage the case more deliberately.

One waits 35 days, assesses how the symptoms have changed and then gives the next remedy. If the improvement has continued, one continues with the same one.

22.05.00 Sulfur C200

29.06.00 Sulfur C200

After half a year of sulfur in ascending Q- and C-potencies, the patient reports feeling better than he has for three years. The acne, which had been classified as a surgical risk at the time, has disappeared and he no longer has an oily complexion.

Now, six months later, supposed to almost be dead according to the doctors' prognoses, he is doing so amazingly well that he went back to the clinic for a check-up. The attending doctor looked at his back and incredulously asked where his acne had gone, as he only could find two pimples. The doctor had a look of astonishment on his face like someone who'd just had an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The lymph node metastases had also disappeared! All the lumps in the armpit had gone, as were the feelings of pressure in the area.

The doctors, who had urged him to have all the axillary lymph nodes radically removed, congratulated him and said that an operation was no longer necessary. His sleep is now restful and his feet no longer get hot at night.

He feels an inner satisfaction that he hasn't felt for a long time. The toenails no longer grow in since taking the sulfur and both the ganglion cyst on his wrist and the heel spur have disappeared.

With the help of homeopathy, we have managed to restore order in his organism and build up the immune system to the point where it is able to eliminate all chronic, long-standing disorders on its own. The fertile soil that allowed the cancer to grow has been removed.

Of course, in a metastasized melanoma case 6 months isn't long and we must keep at it to further promote the healing process.

4.07.00 Sulfur M
10.11.00 Sulfur M
23.01.01 Sulfur XM
19.03.01 Sulfur XM
15.05.01 Sulfur CM
09.07.01 (= approx. two months) Saccharum lactis due to CM, a very high potency, having been given.

The CM has a duration of action of at least 3 months, so I gave a placebo in between to let the remedy take effect.

24.07.01 Sulfur CM
05.10.01 Saccharum lactis
25.10.01 Sulfur C200
04.12.01 Sulfur C200
07.12.01 STAPHISAGRIA XM.

Quarrels with a lot of anger and trembling with stomach complaints. When Sulfur gets angry, it often goes into a Staphisagria state and Staphisagria was indeed able to help our patient well in this particular situation.

22.01.02 Sulfur M
Sleep was no longer as restful, with the skin somewhat worsening and his complexion getting more oily.

25.02.02 Sulfur Q8 every other day.
Some symptoms reappeared that did not improve with the C potency, so I tested the Q potency again (the Q, also called LM, potencies are higher than the C potencies).
The reactions again were very pleasing and the symptoms improved.

06.06.02 Sulfur Q9 every other day.
23.07.02 Sulfur Q10, Q11 every other day.
21.10.02 Sulfur Q12 every three days.
14.12.02 Sulfur Q13 every three days.
14.01.03 Sulfur Q14 every five days.
22.01.03 Sulfur XM and three times Saccharum-lactis.
12.03.03 Sulfur XM
14.04.03 Phosphorus C200.

Now this is quite interesting: So far I have been giving the patient his basic remedy Sulfur for years and it went very well and now he develops a few symptoms that are conspicuous and prompt me to give him Phosphorus. He suddenly develops a craving for ice-cold milk. He drinks a liter of ice-cold milk at a time. I think to myself that this is quite striking and considering that he has had type II diabetes for years, which has mostly been stabilized with homeopathy, it could be that he now needs Phosphorus. Phosphorus is a very good remedy for diabetes and has a strong effect on the islet cells of the pancreas. However, Phosphorus is not a good remedy for melanoma, but I think after years of sulfur and the disappearance of the metastases, the cancer process is no longer active in the patient and Phosphorus can now be administered.

I give him Phosphorus with a good feeling.

16.05.03
One month later, he recontacts me to report that the craving for ice-cold milk has quickly subsided and that he actually feels very well with the remedy. He is very grateful since he is doing so well. I think that Phosphorus is still working and give him Saccharum lactis.

So Phosphorus has worked well, with the extreme craving for ice-cold milk subsiding very quickly and the patient satisfied. Can we be satisfied too? No, since we have to look at the entire course of the disease, because unfortunately, even homeopathics can be used to 'treat', i.e. suppress specific symptoms without addressing the entire symptom range. I am writing this so that those reading this can learn from my mistake.

On 29.05.03 he reported that his blood pressure had risen sharply and his sugar levels had deteriorated significantly. He also felt pressure on his heart.
The remedy Phosphorus was given because of a recent conspicuous symptom. There are some schools of homeopathy which select a remedy based for example on the current state of mind and emotions while ignoring the miasmatic^[2] or physical symptoms. When the state of mind and emotions changes, a different remedy is prescribed. By working like this without considering the totality of the symptoms, many symptoms will be suppressed but the disease will progress underneath. On the other hand, I've often been able to bring highly complex cancer cases gradually to healing by using this very approach, i.e. treating each currently prevailing symptomatology in turn.

However, in uncomplicated cases the best method consists in basing the choice of medication upon the totality of the symptoms. In my patient's case, it becomes apparent from the worsening in objective assessment criteria such as blood pressure and blood sugar that I was wrong to give Phosphorus. While I did manage to get rid of an annoying symptom, it was a suppression. You can work with homeopathy in a manner similar to conventional medicine, by prescribing a remedy for every symptom without identifying the cause. The result is usually a suppression of symptoms, which ultimately leads to a progression of the disease. That's why I decided to remember the totality of the symptoms and ruefully returned to Sulfur C200 on May 29, 2003.

His reactions were very pleasing, with blood pressure and sugar levels stabilizing and the feelings of pressure on his heart disappearing. I was really glad that I had returned to the straight and narrow and that my mistake of suppressing the symptoms with Phosphorus had been erased.

09.07.03 Sulfur C200
(sugar levels better, blood pressure better, heart OK)

10.09.03 Sulfur M

10.11.03 Sulfur Q14.
I change back to the Q potency, because I think he needs a stronger version of the remedy as his sleep quality had somewhat worsened and he was a little nervous inside.

06.05.04 Sulfur Q15 every other day.
08.06.04 Sulfur XM
16.07.04 Sulfur XM
09.08.04 Saccharum lactis
15.10.04 Sulfur C200
04.11.04 Saccharum lactis

02.12.04 Saccharum-lactis.
He is doing so well that I believe that the sulfur given in October is still working.

17.12.04 Sulfur C200
09.02.05 Saccharum lactis
29.03.05 Sulfur M
02.05.05 Saccharum lactis.
It becomes apparent that the remedies' effect last a long time, which is a good sign. That's the reason why I will occasionally give placebo in-between, so as not to make the mistake of interfering with a remedy that has not yet fully taken effect.

02.06.05 Sulfur M
20.07.05 Nux-vomica C200.

He is somewhat irritable and feels slightly stressed. Nux vomica and Staphisagria are complementary to sulfur and can often help well in acute phases of stress.

22.08.05
He suddenly has kidney issues, with sudden onset of pain and urine not flowing properly. Immediate improvement with Belladonna C30 and Berberis C30 given alternately. Normally, one should never alternate two remedies so quickly, but in an acute excretion crisis of the kidneys changing Belladonna or Chamomilla with Berberis in succession has proved very successful for me.

11.10.05 Sulfur C200
28.12.05 Sulfur M
01.03.06 Sulfur Q16 every other day.
03.04.06 Sulfur Q17 every other day.

25.04.06 Sulfur Q18 every other day, one dose in the morning.
The patient reported that recently, after taking the remedy in the evening, he felt an increase in energy and alertness and as a result couldn't sleep so well. In such cases, you give the remedy in the morning. This allows the energy to be available in the day and restful sleep to be enjoyed at night. With Sulfur in particular, I have often observed that the remedy should preferably be given in the morning.

07.08.06 Sulfur Q19 every other day.

Sleep was much better. The liver function test results are very good, so are the blood sugar levels, the HbA1c is 6.6. (HbA1c is a long-term blood glucose value and is usually given as a percentage.) That is an optimal value.
The patient continues to be very satisfied.
He has been treated with Sulfur in Q and C potencies for almost seven years now and there has been no recurrence of the metastasized melanoma. Under homeopathic care, even the lymph node metastases have completely disappeared. This man, who defied all the attacks of the medical profession and placed his heart and life in the hands of homeopathy, has been rewarded with health.

Summarizing the course of treatment with sulfur over the last seven years

After three months of sulfur in ascending Q-potencies:

The ganglion cyst on the wrist completely disappeared and so has the acne.
The toenails no longer grow in. Energy and sleep are good.

After six months:

Complete regression of the melanoma metastases. Blood pressure stable without antihypertensives. The blood test results are improved.

After almost seven years:

No acne, toenails no longer grow in, good energy, no recurrence, blood pressure and sugar stable, patient satisfied. The metastasized melanoma is cured.

According to conventional medical statistics, the five-year survival rate for metastatic melanoma is 2%. I am not aware of any cases—and I certainly have spent enormous time looking for them—where metastatic melanoma has been cured with the help of conventional medical treatment applying interferons or chemotherapy. Using homeopathy, I have meanwhile succeeded in curing even metastasized melanomas in several cases. This should encourage all critics of homeopathy to thoroughly study this ingenious system of healing developed by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann.

This case shows that in an uncomplicated case, even a metastazised tumor can be cured applying the patient's basic remedy.

With the best will in the world, I can't resist a small comment on this case. This man, who was laughed at by the doctors because he believed in homeopathy, who had been predicted certain death, is still alive today after almost seven years (now 16 years)—thanks to homeopathy. Oh, how I laughed with the patient the other day when the LANCET study and Stiftung Warentest—a German consumer organisation involved in investigating and comparing goods and services—showed homeopathy to be ineffective. I think we both had tears in our eyes from laughing. But they'll figure it out in time. People used to claim that the earth was flat and anyone who said otherwise was executed...

Homeopathy and complementary medicine have just been removed from basic health insurance in Switzerland, partly on the flimsy grounds that alternative medicine would drive up healthcare costs to unaffordable levels. The fact is, however, that alternative medicine accounts for just 0.136% of healthcare costs in Switzerland. There are other interests behind this that want to prevent homeopathy from being recognized. To illustrate this, consider the cost of interferon treatment, which has a response rate of only 6% and which most patients discontinue after six months because of the side effects. Interferon treatment costs 7,500 euros per month and, naturally, is covered by health insurance. My patient's treatment with homeopathy, which led to a cure, was not covered by health insurance and amounted to 4,500 euros over seven years, or 53 euros a month. It is no wonder that the healthcare system is bound to collapse at some point, so I hope that the health insurance companies will soon realize that homeopathy will lead to a reduction in healthcare costs in the long term.

How did things develop until 2015?

In 2007 the patient continued to receive his Sulfur Q potencies and high potencies, which worked to steadily stabilize him even further.

Our patient also took part in a preliminary study carried out at the Freiburg Tumor Center and the investigator had been following his case for years. When I asked him one day to confirm that this metastasized melanoma case, which was treated exclusively with homeopathy, constituted real proof of the effectiveness of homeopathy, he vehemently replied that this was certainly no real proof since the patient could also have prayed....

At first I was speechless, because one can twist anything around in this way and if one doesn't want to see the truth, one certainly won't see it. But on one point he was actually correct—the patient is a Protestant pastor so it can be assumed that he prayed from time to time...

I told my patient about this encounter and he was really angry because he had felt the effect of homeopathy first hand and had experienced how he was cured of his tumor , He said he wanted to tell his story on camera so that people would believe it. We made a film together with 2 other patients featured in my book who had also been given up on by conventional doctors.

He continued to take sulfur in C and Q potencies until 2010. He stopped taking all the tablets he once needed for his diabetes and his long-term blood sugar level Hba1c is 6.6. His blood pressure is completely normal and he lost 15 kilos, thanks to a change in diet and regular visits to the gym.

Over the next few years I continued to treat him with sulfur and on December 7, 2012 I received this lovely email from him:

"Hello Dr. Wurster,

today is a memorable day for me! We met 13 years ago today—I was ill—today I can be healthy! Thank you for your support as a person and doctor over all these years!"

It is wonderful to experience how grateful people are and how humble they become towards life when they have experienced such a healing.

But in March 2014, his kidney values suddenly deteriorated and he became very weak, his kidneys no longer seemed to be working properly and his creatinine level rose to 1.8. Everyone was very worried. While being given sulfur Q potencies on a continuous basis, still his kidneys were getting worse. What could we do? In cases such as this, we need a remedy that stimulates kidney function. That's why I recommended Solidago mother tincture 5 drops a day plus Serum anguile D6 once a day. He should also drink nettle tea.^[4]

After 3 months of this additional treatment, his kidney values are all back in the normal range and he feels great.

Until July 2015 he would continue to receive Sulfur in Q-potencies.

This case clearly shows that you can keep a patient healthy for years if you have found the right remedy for him. I have been accompanying this patient for 16 years now. The metastasized melanoma is completely cured, he no longer takes any medication and feels very healthy.

Other successful homeopathic treatment cases achieved by Dr Wurster include pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and many more.

Footnotes

1 Dr Wurster is referring to the Repertory here, a reference book that is extracted from the materia medica, i.e. the homeopathic pharmacopoeia, and is used to determine a suitable remedy. In a homeopathic repertory, the various symptoms are listed in rubrics with detailed information on accompanying circumstances, conditions etc., as well as all the appropriate homeopathic remedies for which these symptoms have been described. See more details in the introduction to Successful homeopathic treatment of pancreatic cancer Healing even in the most hopeless cases.

2 The homeopathic miasma theory posits that chronic diseases arise from underlying, sometimes inherited or acquired, miasms which are energetic disturbances or predispositions weakening the vital force (life energy). These miasms—initially three main types described by Hahnemann—are seen as the root causes of chronic illnesses that progress dynamically and stealthily over time. Homeopathic treatment aims to identify and address these miasmatic influences through specific remedies (similimum) to restore balance and cure the patient by peeling away layers of disease suppression. The theory highlights disease as a spiritual or energetic imbalance rather than purely physical infection, differentiating it from conventional germ theories.

The term "sycotic" is part of the homeopathic miasm theory. The sycotic miasm is described as one of the three classic chronic miasms alongside psora and syphilinia. It is characterized by unchecked growth, excessive metabolic situations and subsequent weakness. On a physical level, sycosis manifests itself through skin growths, warts, papillomas and tumors as well as excessive bone growth

Note: Similarly, both naturopathic detoxification approaches and energy healing methods posit that underlying factors, i.e. toxins or emotional-energetic imbalances or blockages disrupt healthy functioning and must be addressed at the root for true healing to occur.

Naturopathy focuses on eliminating physical and biochemical factors as contributors to toxic burden through practical cleansing regimens for "detoxification", diet, lifestyle, and herbal remedies
Energetic approaches such as EFT focus on clearing energetic pathways in the body using tapping while homeopathy identifies invisible miasms as root energetic causes of chronic disease.

All these approaches are founded on the belief that the body’s natural healing ability can re-establish health once these foundational disturbances and obstacles are cleared and balance is restored, rather than merely treating and suppressing symptoms.

3 When a sick patient is healed by a homeopathic remedy, that remedy is considered the similimum for that individual. It means that the chosen remedy effectively matches the specific symptoms and overall state of the patient, thereby promoting healing. This alignment is central to homeopathic treatment, as the similimum is believed to stimulate the body’s vital force to restore health.

4 Stinging nettes are one of the most medicinally active plants we have, see Stinging nettle medicinal effects, Stinging nettle (urtica dioica) cure testimonials, and Urtica membranacea cancer cure.

Energetics

Successful homeopathic treatment of melanoma

Cured without chemotherapy or radiotherapy

Case study: metastatic melanoma with axillary metastases

Summarizing the course of treatment with sulfur over the last seven years

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