Entamoeba histolytica Nosode in the Homeopathic Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis

Homœopathic Links 2017; 30: 028-034 DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1598095Ulcerative colitis is a severe chronic and invalidating autoimmune disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Conventional medical treatment is based on intestinal local and systemic anti-inflammatory drugs, local and systemic steroids, and systemic immunosuppressant agents with multiple side effects. A case of steroid-dependent immunosuppressant-treated patient is illustrated. Homeopathic treatment rapidly improved the clinical picture and allowed withdrawal of immunosuppressants, but did not prevent long-term relapsing intestinal and extraintestinal inflammation. Subsequent administration of the homeopathic nosode Entamoeba histolytica healed the patient, with long-term normalisation of intestinal immune function. [...] Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. Article in Thieme eJournals: Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Homoeopathic Links - March 23, 2017 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Solerio, Enrico Tags: Materia Medica and Cases Source Type: research