MUSBA HASHMI speaks with DR KUSHAL BANERJEE about the advancements in homeopathy and how it is effective in curing various diseases

Pollution, stress, hectic lifestyle and unhealthy food — all lead to various diseases in our lives. With various treatments for various diseases, one often gets confused with which way to opt for. This is when Homeopathy comes to the rescue.

With so much advancement in medicine and technology, homeopathy has also come a long way. With treatments for common cough and cold to severe diseases like cancer, homeopathy promise to provide a treatment for all.

Dr Kushal Banerjee of Dr Kalyan Banerjee Clinic says that though many people don’t go for Homeopathy as the first treatment, it is the best on to take.

“Many people are sceptical to go for homeopathy as the first and foremost treatment for any disease. They think that the treatment is very long and the results are very slow. But, if one wants to cure their disease and is looking for a permanent treatment instead of just suppressing it for the time being, then homeopathy is the best treatment. For instance if someone has migraines and he wants to cure and control it instead of just managing it for that particular time that is when homeopathy is helpful,” Banerjee explains and adds that a large number of patients suffering from some major diseases like cancer and brain haemorrhage have responded well to the homeopathic treatment.

“We have seen a large number of patients who were a failure of chemotherapy and they also responded to the treatment, which is very significant. But, not to forget that cancer is not a single disease, there are various types of cancers. So, the treatment can be effective in one and not another,” he tells you.

In a recent study conducted at the Dr Kalyan Banerjee Clinic, it is found that Homeopathy can be beneficial in kidney failure and hypothyroidism too.

The early findings have shown positive impact on patients with kidney failure and hypothyroidism.

Banerjee says that although these two diseases are very common but conventional medicine have no cure for them. “Hypothyroidism and chronic kidney disease or kidney failure are very common diseases and have no resolution in conventional medicine. But, in our study we have found that these two diseases can be cured or atleast prevented from further progression. In hypothyroidism study, the data indicates that specific homeopathic medicines given to patients were able to improve the functioning of the thyroid gland, thereby bringing down the Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) readings. This runs contrary to the fact that says the progression of the disease cannot be controlled. The study was done between 2011 to 2015 and a case records of 2083 patients were studied and analysed. That is when we came up with the results. A total of 35 per cent patients saw positive results in their treatment by the fourth visit to the clinic,” he tells you.

The study for chronic renal failure was done for two months and the records of 61 patients were analysed.

“Through this study we found that serum urea and creatinine readings, two of the most important clinical readings while studying kidney failure, showed reduction in them. Even a slight reduction in these readings is a big thing. No currently available treatment is able to do this. These readings shows whether a patient should undergo dialysis or not and homeopathic treatment may help patients avoid going through dialysis,” Banerjee tells you.

Banerjee says that there are various causes and symptoms of chronic renal failure.

“There are many causes of the disease. Some of them being — if you are an old patient of diabetes, the possibility of kidney failure increases, if you have hypotension from a long time then also the chances of chronic kidney failure increases. Drug toxicity also leads to kidney failure. If someone is using painkillers for a long time then kidney damage is a known side-effect. And one of the emerging cause is auto-immune condition in which the immune system automatically decides to attack the kidney,” he tells you and adds that when the causes of the disease differs, the management and the prevention of the disease also differs.

Banerjee opines that unhealthy lifestyle opens door to many diseases.

“The most common cause for majority of diseases is unhealthy lifestyle. Leading a healthy lifestyle will keep your sugar in place, your blood pressure in place and your immune system in place. Unnecessary and indiscriminated usage of over the counter allopathic medicines should be stopped. Popping painkillers for every small thing is a habit that many of us have, it is very bad for health and  should be stopped immediately,” he tells you.

Banerjee says that taking small significant steps can help to live a healthy lifestyle and eliminate many diseases.

“The basic thing which we advised to our patients is having all the meals at the right time is a must. Skipping meals is the worst thing one can do to their body. The other important thing is to go to bed at the right time and avoid an irregular sleeping pattern. If one follows these two things, they can keep many diseases at bay. Additionally, regular exercise is also important for a healthy lifestyle. Moderate amount of regular exercise also helps to eliminate various diseases from life. If one keeps in mind these basic pointers of a healthy lifestyle then, medicines will work better and diseases will stay away,” he tells you.