"Case Study: Complementary Ayurveda Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Year: 2018

Case Study: Complementary Ayurvedic Therapy for Prostate Carcinoma
Hans H. Rhyner
MD, PhD (Alternative Medicine), Dipl. NHP Ayurveda Medicine

For some time now the old faith struggle between orthodox and alternative medicine has been ignited in an unprecedented aggressiveness. My case study is intended to show how successful a community medicine approach can be. In mid-January 2018, a 62-year-old patient was diagnosed with a poorly differentiated acinar prostate carcinoma Gleason Score 10 on the left in the peripheral zone of the prostate and a well differentiated acinar prostate carcinoma Gleason Score 6 on the right. Prior to the planned primary therapy, I underwent intensive Ayurvedic treatments for almost 6 weeks - dietary, physical and medicinal. During the surgical procedure at the beginning of March 2018, adenocarcinoma of the prostate Gleason Score 7 (previously 10) was detected only on the left side, i.e. less aggressive and differentiated (previously not differentiated). There was no 2nd tumor anymore, although tissue was visible in the bone scintigraphy and ultrasound in January and was removed by biopsy. The course of the classic radical prostatectomy was without problems. No metastases were detected.