Ishant Arora Author

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The anti-mitotic action of plant derived anti-cancer drugs in homoeopathy

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Ishant Arora

Background: Homoeopathy is considered as one of the modalities for cancer therapy. This approach of treatment of diseases is based on the use of ultra-high dilutions majority of which are derived from the plant sources. Plant derived natural products are nontoxic to normal cells due to which they are used widely in cancer treatment. The National Cancer Institute collected about 35,000 plant samples from 20 countries and has screened around 114,000 extracts for anti-cancer activity of which 60% are of natural origin. The fundamental principle behind the development of cancer is the tumour clonality and certain active principles derived from the plants like Vinca Minor, Podophyllum and Taxus baccata which are used in homoeopathy exert their pharmacological action on the tumour cells by in... view more»

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