Immunotherapy With Banerji Protocol

Immunotherapy with the

Banerji Protocols

Dr. Prasanta Banerji and Dr. Pratip Banerji

PBH Research Foundation

10/3/1 Elgin Road, Kolkata – 700020, India Email: [email protected]

Immunotherapy

Stimulation of the immune system

Modification of the immune system

Inhibition of the immune system

Homeopathy in General

• Basis of treatment is strengthening the body’s immune system

• Often this is done through a process of exposing the organism to non-toxic doses of an offending or disease-causing agent, which mobilizes the

immune response to resist the actual disease • This is the foundation of immunotherapy in

Classical homeopathy

• Ten cases of a disease may require ten

different remedies

• Ten different disease conditions may

require the same drug if the symptoms are

more or less alike

Hahnemann, Lesser Writings

“…by an infinite number of trials of all

imaginable simple substances used in

domestic practice in a well defined disease,

which shall constantly present the same

characters a true certainly efficacious

specific remedy for the greater number of

individuals suffering from the same disease

Isopathy – research evidence

• Mixed grass pollen, 30c

• Placebo controlled trial (Dr. David Reilly)

• 144 hay fever patients

• Significant reduction in symptoms with

isopathic treatment

• A good example of classical homoepathy

using disease-specific treatment

The Banerji Protocols at PBHRF

The fixed nature of prescription, for specific diseases along with specific potencies, standardizes medicine selection. In this sense our protocol s are used like conventional medicine.

These protocols are easy to learn since the focus is on the medical diagnostic approach thus the case-taking time is shortened.

The Banerji Protocols

• Disease

• Symptom

• Tissue

• Dilution

• Case assessment depends on medical diagnosis and current symptoms

• Shortened time per patient allows more patients to be treated

Banerji Protocols and Immunology

• Hyper-responsive immune system

• Primary immune system diseases

• Auto-immune diseases

• Failures of immune surveillance:

Hyperimmune disorders

• Respiratory allergies:

• Encourage exposure to the allergen

• Improve general resistance to allergies with: • Calcarea carbonica 30CH 2d or 1M q7days

• Treat symptoms:

• Nasal discharge or nose block:

• Sanguinaria can. 200CH, 2d

• Watery eyes:

• Allium cepa 30CH

• Sneezing:

Allergies (cont’d)

 Skin allergies:

• General/constitutional support:

 Rash:

Asthma

• Extrinsic, allergic asthma: – Calcarea carbonica as above

– Ipecahuana 30CH , gagging cough

– Kali iodatum 6CH, wheezing, dyspnea • Chronic, intrinsic asthma in adults:

– Chelidonium majus 6DH alt e3h with – Hepar sulphuris calcarea 6CH

– Kali iodatum 6CH sos wheezing, dyspnea – Kali carbonicum 200CH

Autoimmune diseases – Classical

Homeopathy

• Gibson et al: significantly better results

with homeopathy vs. salicylates, 42% able

to stop all therapies

• Repeat study: patients continued on

anti-inflammatory drugs. Homeopathy safe and

effective as “second line” treatment.

Autoimmune diseases: Banerji

Protocol

• tissue specific and symptom specific • Rheumatoid arthritis:

•Rhus Toxicodendron 30CH e3h alt with Bryonia Alba 200CH for acute joint inflammation

•Symphytum 200CH 2d plus Calcarea Phos 3DH 2d

•Knees, feet: Ledum Palustre 200CH plus Belladonna 3CH 2d •Pleuritis: Kali Carbonicum 200CH liquid every other day

Autoimmune diseases cont’d:

• Systemic lupus erythematosis:

• Renal protection: Thuja Occidentalis 30CH, 2d • Joint inflammation: Rhus Tox. 30CH e3h alt

with Bryonia Alba. 30CH

Case study: Juvenile rheumatoid

arthritis

• 16 year old French girl with recent onset joint pain, inflammation, fevers; difficult to walk

• Symphytum 200CH twice a day plus Calcarea Phos 3DH twice a day

Primary diseases of the immune

system

• Lymphomas:

• Thuja Occidentalis 30 CH 2d (antitumor)

• Hepar Sulph Calcarea 6CH (specific for lymph glands) • HIV disease:

• Syphilinum 200CH

• Symptomatic treatment as needed, for example

• Antimonium Crudum for condylomata • Thuja Occ for Kaposi’s Sarcoma

Cancer: A failure of the immune

system

• Local immune failure: tissue and organ

level

• Regional immune failure: regional

metastasis

• General immune failure: distant

metastasis

• BANERJI PROTOCOLS ADDRESS ALL

THE ABOVE LEVELS

Banerji Protocol for Brain Tumors

• Ruta graveolens 6CH, 2 doses daily

• Calcarea Phosphorica 3DH, 2 doses daily

• Plus symptomatic medicine as needed

Glioma Cases: Last Known Status over 10 Years

Banerji Protocol: Lung Tumors

• Kali Carbonicum 200CH liq. 2 drops on

alternate mornings

• Thuja Occ. 30CH 2 pills size #40, twice

daily

• Kali Mur 3DH + Ferrum Phos 3DH, 2+2

tablets, twice daily

Study

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MTT assay for viability of the cells treated with 5

“… our study demonstrates that the ultra-diluted natural product remedies prescribed in the ‘Banerji Protocol’ induce cell cycle delay/arrest with subsequent apoptosis in breast

adenocarcinoma cells… the preferentially elevated cytotoxic effects on breast adenocarcinoma cells compared with cells derived from normal mammary epithelium 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 the ultra-diluted remedies investigated in this report….

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.”

Tissue-specific medicines

• Ruta Graveolens 6CH is a specific for the brain and eyes.

• Nitricum Acidicum 3CH is specific for mucosal tissue, and is highly effective in treating and preventing recurrences of oropharyngeal and rectal cancers.

• Hepar Sulphuris Calcarea 6CH is effective for benign and malignant tumors of the larynx.

• Kali Carbonicum 200CH confers resistance to many different lung pathologies.

More tissue-specific medicines

• For diseases of the liver, Chelidonium Majus 6DH is a mainstay of our protocols.

• For diseases and cancers of the pancreas and billiary tract, we use Carduus Marianus MT (θ).

• For disorders and diseases of the stomach, Arsenic in the 3C potency is highly effective.

• Thuja Occidentalis 30CH is a first-line agent for diseases of the kidneys, urinary tract, and bladder.

• For all variety of skin disorders and rashes, we usually initiate treatment with Antimonium Crudum 6CH.

Immune support for bacterial

infections

• Hepar Sulphuris Calcarea 6CH or in 200CH

potency, often combined with Arsenicum Album 200CH, for skin and soft tissue infections

• When sepsis is present, Pyrogenicum 200CH is the first line agent

• Micro-organism specific medicines, for example: – Baptisia 200CH 2d and Lycopodium 30CH 2d as the

Immune support for viral infections

• Thuja Occidentalis 30CH or in 1M is effective

against a wide spectrum of viral diseases,

including hepatitis B and C and influenza

prophylaxis.

• For dengue fever, Eupatorium Perf. Q, 5

drops, e 3h alternately with Rhus

Toxicodendron 30CH 2 drops

PBH Research Foundation

M.R.I of Brain dated 10.11.2003

CT Scan of Brain dated 28.08.2007

Biopsy dated 29.01.2004

C.T. Scan of Brain dated 31.12.2008

C.T. Scan of Brain dated 02.09.2009 Biopsy dated 02.01.2009

Case no. 3

Case no. 4

Before

treatment

After treatment