Homoeopathy in Cancer Pain Palliation and End of Life with Future Perspectives

Abstract

Pain is a common companion of people receiving palliative care in cancer and at the end of life. Cancer pain is multifactorial and complex. Its impact can be devastating, with increased morbidity and poor quality of life, if not treated adequately. Cancer pain management is a challenging task both due to disease process and due to treatment-related side effects; therefore, it requires a holistic approach which can be covered by homoeopathic remedies. The purpose of this article is to enlighten the scope and future perspective of homoeopathy in pain palliative care and at the end of life. This article summarises the need of multidimensional approach towards the cancer pain palliation and at the end of life in which homoeopathy may play a key role of supportive care. Homoeopathy may become a valuable treatment in palliative care to provide relief and comfort to the dying patient, and therefore the fear of death may reduce and the family may be better prepared for the bereavement. Homoeopathy can well integrate with standard oncologic cares to improve patient outcome including symptom burden, quality of life and end-of-life outcomes, all achieved with low associated costs.

A Case of Oligospermic Male Infertility Successfully Treated with Personalised Homoeopathic Medicine Phosphoricum acidum

“…5,6,11 Other factors less well associated with infertility include semen volume and other seminal markers of epididymal, seminal vesicle function as well as genetic and environmental effects. 6,7,[11][12][13][14] Although the baseline semen quality and sperm functional parameters in fertile Indian men have been documented, the data on declining sperm count in Indian males is limited. 15 According to a study conducted in South India over a period of 13 years, it was found that the decline in sperm count was 30-31%, whereas sperm motility and morphology were reduced by 22.92% and 51.25% respectively.…”

“…5 6 11 Other factors less well associated with infertility include semen volume and other seminal markers of epididymal, seminal vesicle function as well as genetic and environmental effects. 6 7 11 12 13 14…”

Homoeopathy and cancer pain management: A journey from general overview to specific case analysis

“…These gaps in relieving discomfort and the associated side effects of strong pain medications have led several researchers to investigate Homoeopathy's potential. Notably, some recent studies indicate the potential effectiveness of Homoeopathy for cancer pain management [7] . They reinforce the case for using Homoeopathic treatments which prove to be helpful in managing symptoms [4,5] .…”