Viscum album Anhang 2
[Madaus]
Lektinol
Ein Nachfolgepräparate von Plenosol N, das als homöopathischer Mistelextrakt bei Gelenkbeschwerden eingesetzt wird.
Für die Herstellung werden überwiegend im Januar geerntete Pappelmisteln verwendet (dann sind die Mistelbüschel nicht von Laub verdeckt und können gut geerntet werden). Aus Blättern und jungen Stengeln wird ein wässriger Auszug gewonnen. Um im daraus produzierten Arzneimittel einen stets gleichbleibenden Gehalt an Lektinen zu gewährleisten, werden verschiedene Auszüge miteinander vermischt, bis die erwünschte Konzentration dieses Inhaltsstoffs erreicht ist. Auf diese Weise sind alle Lektinol-Ampullen auf 15 Nanogramm “aktives Mistellektin” normiert, bestimmt als Mistellektin I. Da das Präparat aber ein Gesamtextrakt aus der Mistelpflanze ist, sind auch weiterhin noch andere Inhaltsstoffe enthalten. Es handelt sich nicht um ein Präparat, das ausschließlich Mistellektiin I enthält.
Ein derart auf Mistellektin I normiertes Präparat ist nicht wirksamer als ein nicht normiertes. Ob es zur Behandlung im Einzelfall sinnvoll scheint, einen stets gleichbleibenden Gehalt an Mistellektin gewährleisten zu können, hängt von der individuellen Situation ab. Bei bestimmten Krebsarten kann es ratsam sein, Präparate mit einem besonders hohen Lektingehalt zu geben, oder es ist sinnvoll, dass das Präparat wenig Mistellektin I, dafür viel Mistellektin III enthält (zum Beispiel bei Hautkrebs).
Da die eiweißhaltigen Mistellektine in wässriger Lösung normalerweise nicht lange haltbar sind, wird der Mistelextrakt mit speziellen Zusatzstoffen versehen, die die Mischung stabilisieren. Auch sind dem Präparat weitere Hilfsstoffe zugesetzt, mit denen die Lektine besser in Lösung gehalten werden, weil sie leicht am Glas der Ampulle bzw. im Spritzkanal der Kanüle hängenbleiben (bei den anthroposophischen Präparaten ist das unnötig, weil sich die Inhaltsstoffe im Gesamtextrakt gegenseitig stabilisieren).
Lektinol gibt es nur in einer Wirkstärke. Die Dosis richtet sich nach dem Körpergewicht. Zu Beginn werden die Lösungen aus der Ampulle mit physiologischer Kochsalzlösung verdünnt, um die Verträglichkeit zu testen. Anschließend wird die Konzentration nach und nach gesteigert, bis der Ampulleninhalt unverdünnt gespritzt werden kann, ohne dass an der Einstichstelle eine übermäßige Rötung (größer als drei bis vier Zentimeter) auftritt. Fällt die Reaktion stärker aus, sollte die Ampullenlösung noch weiter verdünnt werden oder der Arzt ein anderes Mistelpräparat verordnen.
Lektinol wird in aller Regel in gleichbleibender Dosierung zweimal wöchentlich unter die Haut gespritzt. Es ist lediglich darauf zu achten, dass eine möglicherweise auftretende Rötung an der Einstichstelle nicht mehr als drei bis vier Zentimeter im Durchmesser misst. Bleibt diese Reaktion aus, wird das von vielen Ärzten als Zeichen einer besonders guten Verträglichkeit betrachtet. Allerdings ist die Hautrötung ja gerade ein Hinweis darauf, dass der Organismus – und speziell das Immunsystem – reagiert. Geschieht dies nicht, müsste die Dosis eigentlich immer weiter gesteigert werden, bis die Rötung auftritt.
Da Lektinol relativ gering dosiert sind, können dafür dann unvertretbar große Flüssigkeitsmengen nötig sein – wodurch sich die Einsatzmöglichkeiten dieses Präparats selbst begrenzet. Es erlaubt nur eine vergleichsweise geringe Flexibilität bei der Anpassung an die individuellen Gegebenheiten. Es ist zwar leicht, die Dosis durch Verdünnen mit Kochsalzlösung zu verringern, eine Steigerung jedoch ist so gut wie ausgeschlossen: Mehr als 1 Milliliter Flüssigkeit lässt sich kaum gut unter die Haut spritzen, ohne dass große, teilweise schmerzhafte Knubbel entstehen, die nur sehr langsam abgebaut werden.
[J.H. Clarke]
Viscum album. Mistletoe. *N. O. Loranthaceae. Tincture of ripe berries.
Tincture of bruised leaves. Tincture of whole plant.
Aura epileptica. Chorea. Deafness. Dysphagia. Endometritis. Epilepsy.
Labour, slow. Levitation. Lumbago. Menorrhagia. Metrorrhagia. Orchitis.
Otalgia. Otorrhoea. Ovaritis. Retained placenta. Sciatica. Spleen pain in.
Struma. Throat, sore. Whooping-cough.
In a pamphlet on *”Viscum Album” Dr. George Black, of Torquay, has put
together most of the facts relating to this plant, including four new provings,
by himself and three female provers. The symptoms of these provings I have
marked in the Schema (B) Dr. Black, 43, from 3x and, O (1B) Miss F., 20, from
2x and O, (B2) Mrs. X., 37 from 3, (B3) Miss S., 27, from 3x, 2x, 1X, and O.
Proell made a proving of the tincture, and developed symptoms resembling
epileptic aura and petit mal, which had the additional epileptic feature of
recurrence they recurred frequently for two years. Belcher gave to a girl, 17,
suffering from chorea, 5-drop doses of a tincture of leaves and berries. On the
second day he was called to see her, and found her suffering as if under the
influence of an opiate. Two women took *Visc. to procure abortion. Every muscle
save those of the eyes became paralysed, as did also the intestinal tract. They
could not swallow, and died of starvation in consequence, the bowels being
obstinately constipated. The muscles of speech were also paralysed. A boy, 14,
ate some berries, soon after began to feel giddy, and then became insensible.
He was found with suffused countenance, lips livid, conjunctiva injected,
pupils slightly dilated and fixed, pulse slow and full, bounding, breathing
slow, stertorous. On pricking the soles the feet were quickly drawn up. Cold
affusions roused him, when he began to talk incoherently, had spectral
illusions, and was inclined to be violent. Laville (*Epilepsy and Mania in Men
and the Lower Animals) isolated (1) *Viscine, a soft substance, yellowish blue,
of poisonous odour and bitter taste, (2) *Visco-resin, a bluish resin, pitchy,
saccharine, odour at first agreeable, then fetid. *Viscine is most abundant in
the mistletoe of the apple-tree, *Visco-resin in that of the oak and acacia,
which last excites the sexual appetite. The mistletoe of the hawthorn
possesses, like all the rest, but in a higher degree, the contractile
properties of
*Secale on the uterus in uterine inertia. That of the oak has a
remarkable anti epileptic power on horses. A breeder had a very fine stock
which became epileptic at four or five years old. He cured them with a tincture
of the fresh leaves bruised in a mortar. According to Laville, all mistletoes
are useful in epilepsy and rabies (Ozanam’s account of Laville’s work, *B. J.
H., xxv.). Black also quotes from *B. J. H., xxii. 637, William Huber’s
experience with *Visc. a.: (1) Case of retained placenta with constitutional
symptoms after miscarriage at sixth month. Expulsion rapidly effected by *Visc.
a. 3. (2) Man, 22, robust, fair, took a chill from travelling in ice-cold wind.
Got a drawing-tearing pain in left lower jaw, lasting some hours, succeeded by
loud buzzing, and stopped-up feeling, ending in complete deafness of that ear.
*Visc. 3 cured. (4) Metrorrhagia following suppression from working in water.
(5) Sciatica left side. *Visc. 3 cured. Rheumatism from wading ill-shod through
great tracts of snow. *Visc. 3 cured. (7) Hydrothorax (right) from chill, with
shooting in spleen. *Visc. 4 and 3 cured. John Wilde (*M. H. R., xii. 144) made
a tincture of the bruised leaves, and gave 5-drop doses to a boy, 14, who had
chorea affecting face and limbs. There was improvement in two days, and in a
few weeks a complete cure. A boy, nine, strumous, with tendency to skin
disease, was affected with chorea after a fright. He was completely changed in
expression, speech quite inarticulate, look idiotic. The movements continued at
night, and the boy was worn out for want of sleep. *Visc., O 1 to 2- drop
doses, did no good. The dose was then increased to 15 drops. Improvement set in
at once, and a perfect cure was effected, the doses being diminished after a
time because soreness of the tongue and redness of the conjunctiva were set up.
Black removed with *Visc. 3 the following: (1) Lumbago, from chill, tearing
pain, wants something to press against it. (2) Lumbago, right, extending to
right buttock, worse by slightest movement. (3) Pain in sacral region, unable
to turn either side, worse slightest movement, “pain of a terrible clutching
nature, as if her vitals were affected.” [Cooper has given great relief with
*Visc. in “old spinal irritation pains.” He names also “spinal symptoms due to
uterine causes” as indicating it.] (4) Rheumatism, “the weight of my body on
the joint causes it to be very sore,” excessive perspiration. (5) Sciatica
associated with otorrhoea. Burning pain from center of left buttock to inner
ankle, heel as if red-hot coal applied, leg feels heavy as lead. In addition a
number of cases of catarrhal deafness with noises in the ears were cured or
greatly improved. ***C. M. Boger (*Med. Couns., xvi. 266) relates this case:
Persistent vertigo after epileptic seizures, lasting a month at a time. *Visc.
cm cured. Huber (*H. R., ii. 74) used the 3x and 6x. He considered it
applicable to all kinds of rheumatism, acute and chronic, especially when
characterized by *tearing pains, in cases occurring in winter, the result of
exposure to sharp winds, and in cases of rheumatic deafness. The symptoms are
worse By movement, by slightest movement. The lumbago cured in one case was
better by pressure.
*Antidoted by: Camph., Chin.
*Follows well: Acon. (rheuma).
*DD.: Epilepsy: Bell. Stram. Plb-met.;
Effects of working in water: Calc.; Chill, fright: Acon.;
Uterine action; Sec.: Rheuma: Acon. Bry. Puls. Rhod. Rhus-t. Spig.
Causes: Chill, Wetting. Fright. Suppression of menses.
SYMPTOMS.
Mind: Incoherent talk and spectral illusions,
inclined to be violent.- Insensibility.- Stupor, succeeded by almost entire
insensibility, lying motionless, with her eyes
closed, as if in a sound sleep, but easily roused by a loud noise, and
then would answer any question, but when she relapsed into her former condition
there was
a slight disposition to stertorous breathing (2nd day).-
Feels as if going to do something dreadful while the tremblings are on (B1).-
Keeps a wake at night thinking
the most horrible things imaginable (B1).- If awake seemed to be
dreaming, if asleep she was dreaming (B3).- Felt in bad temper when pain in
chest was on (B3).-
Great depression (B).
Head: Giddiness.- Intense throbbing headache (B1).-
Sharp pain in head and face, leaving them sore (B1).- Numb feeling in head
(B).- Tightening sensation of the brain once or twice (B).- Sharp shooting in
left occipital bone (B).- Twinges of pain in left supraorbital region and right
thigh (B).
Eyes: Conjunctiva injected.- Pupil slightly dilated
and fixed.- Pupils contracted, and at first insensible to light (2nd
day).- Spectral illusions.- Eyes sleepy, difficult to open, lids heavy (B3).-
Neuralgic pain lower part right orbit (B).
Ears: (Deafness in left ear.)- Hearing in left ear
impaired, sounds muffled (B).- Dullness of hearing, left ear, sharp twinges of
pain in right ear, later in left (B).-
Sound as of wind in trees (B).- Singing in right ear, crackling in left
(B).
Nose: Dryness back of nose, ext. larynx (B).
Face: Countenance suffused.- Lips livid.- Face
flushed (after palpitation, B1) Face hot and flushed (B).
Mouth: Teeth have bled (B1).- Teeth chattered.-
Mouth suddenly fills with saliva (B).- Unpleasant taste on waking, tongue
coated to tip with ochre-yellow fur (B).- Tongue sore.- Felt starving at
supper-time (1B).- Appetite ravenous (B1).
Stomach: Squeamish before breakfast and dinner (1B).
Abdomen: Whole alimentary canal paralysed.- When out
at times feels as if some one were dragging her down from the waist and directly
after as if upper part of body floating in air (B1).- Hot feeling and constant
ache in left groin, followed by sick feeling and shivering (B3).- Aching in
hypogastrium as if menses coming on (B3).- Sharp twinges of pain about right
Poupart’s ligament, inner aspect, shooting along spermatic cord (B).
Stool & Anus: Bowels obstinately constipated.- Copious
action of bowels and very offensive (cadaverous) flatus (B).- Stinging,
stitching pains left side of rectum near anus, on lying down soon after midnight,
coming and going (B).- Constipated stool following itching of anus (after
leaving off *Visc-a.-B.).- Acute aching left side of anus for hours, <
evening (B).
Urinary Organs: Frequent urination, urine pale, increased in
quantity (B1).- Urine milky-white after standing (B3).- Urine turbid after
standing, pink deposit (B).
Male Sexual Organs: Erotic dreams and seminal emissions (B).-
Sharp twinges of pain along right cord to testicle, which was drawn up close to
inguinal ring.- During coitus rather severe palpitation of the heart (B).- Pain
in right testicle (B).
Female Sexual Organs: Sharp pains in ovarian region
coming and going for two weeks, worse morning in bed (B1).- Shooting pains in
left ovarian region, and on movement lumbar pain and stiffness (B2).- Shooting
pains in left ovarian region, worse lying on left side, with dead ache after
(B3).- Felt faint, and actually fainted before menses (B3).- (Numerous cases of
retained placenta.)- Metrorrhagia, partly bright, partly clotted and dark, with
dull headache, stitches in temples, numbness of extremities, blue rings round
eyes, sunken eyes.- It causes uterine contractions and stops haemorrhages.
(Chronic (granular) endometritis characterized by enlargement, either
subinvolution, alveolar hyperplasia or hypertrophy.).
Respiratory Organs: Spasm of glottis, came with dry sensation in
throat, followed by efforts to swallow, then a sort of complete block, causing
efforts to swallow and eyes to fill with tears (B).- Breathing slow and
stertorous.- Slight disposition to stertorous breathing (2nd day).-
(A case of whooping-cough was cured in two days.).
Chest: Pain across sternal region, below breasts,
coming and going worse by deep breath or lying on left side (B3).- Stitching
pain at upper part of left breast (B3).- Stabs under left false ribs and
constriction upper part of left lung,- < taking deep breath.- Stitch in
chest below l. breast, again above right knee (B).- Creepy, chilly feeling left
side of lower outer chest (B).
Heart: Just when going off to sleep heart gave two severe thumps, then
want off beating at a great rate (B1).- Heart gave a throb and then a pause
(B).- Palpitation during coitus (B).- Pulse small, quick, and very irregular.
Pulse slow, full, and bounding.
Neck and Back: Sudden, momentary pain right side of neck,
two inches above clavicle (B).- Pain in left side of neck on turning head to
left (B).- Aching between shoulders (B1).- Aching and burning in sacral region
(B1).- Lumbar pain and stiffness < movement (B).- Creepy shivering lumbar
region (B).
Limbs: Twitching in hands and legs like chorea (B3).
Severe pain in right shoulder-joint while sitting thinking, 21 h., <
raising arm.- Felt in dorsum of left hand as if a large spider were crawling
over it, soon afterwards felt same sensation in dorsum of the right hand
(Proell, after 40 drops).
(Several cases of sciatica.) In same winter suddenly felt in right foot
a violent aching pain from within outwards, that compelled him to take off his
boot, as it felt too *tight, this sensation went off in an hour (Proell).-
Sharp pain in right buttock (B).- Unable to sleep till 4 a.m. for pain in right
leg, in popliteal space and edge of tibia, as during catamenia, better moving
leg about (B3).- Burning in center of calf, changing position of limb better
but does not remove the pain (B3).- Aching at upper and outer aspect of both
calves, must keep moving them (B3).- Sharp shoot center right thigh at back
(B).- Sharp twinge of pain in left tibia (B). Sharp twinge of pain in ball of left
great toe (B).- Stitch above r. knee (B).- Sudden twinges of pain in lower r.
thigh and left supraorbital region (B).
Generalities: About 10 h., when he was going to see a
patient, he felt very queer, as if he must fall down, he felt a glow that rose
up from the feet to the head, and it seemed to him as if he were on fire, at
same time his face became very pale, this kind of aura epileptica recurred
three times during the winter (Proell, after 40 drops).- Every muscle of body,
except those of eyes, were paralysed, could not speak or swallow, and both died
about eighth or ninth day, literally starved.- Frequent recurrence of the
symptoms during two years.- (Chorea from fright.)- Trembling in limbs, teeth
chattered, got generally shaky (B1).- Unable to keep any part of body quiet at
night, jerking first in one part then in another (B1).- Jerking and twitching
of muscles (B2). Fearfully tired as after hard work, evenings (B3).- Shooting
pain in various parts of body (B).- Tremor through body as if all muscles in
fibrillary contraction (B).
Skin: Warm and moist.- Skin felt dry and burning
(B3).- Red spots on neck and chest (B3).- Left side of neck large papule or
small blood-boil (B).
Sleep: Drowsiness (2nd day).- Wakes
thinking of horrible things, gets to sleep again soon by changing thoughts
(B1).- Sleep dreamful, worrying dreams of affairs of day (B3).
Fever: Chilly even near a stove, cold, chilly
feeling creeps over him frequently (B).- Skin warm and very moist (2nd
day). First cold and then hot feeling without being actually hot (B1).- On
waking always very hot except on knees, legs, and feet, which are very cold.-
Hot feeling at night during micturition (B).
[Dr. rer. nat. Frank Herfurth]
Der botanische Name der artenreichen Gattung ist Viscum (lat. für Leim oder Klebstoff). Von den Römern wurde aus den klebrigen Beeren ein Leim hergestellt, der für das Fangen von Vögeln verwendet wurde. Von diesem lateinischen Wort leitet sich auch der Begriff „Viskosität“ als ein Maß für die Zähflüssigkeit einer Flüssigkeit her. Er geht auf den klebrigen Schleim der Mistelbeeren (Mistelleim) zurück und bedeutet also wörtlich „Misteligkeit“ oder „Leimigkeit“.
Nach dem Vorkommen auf unterschiedlichen Wirtsbäumen werden innerhalb der Art Viscum album (Weißbeerige Mistel) mehrere Unterarten unterschieden:
Laubholz-Mistel - z.B. auf Pappeln, Weiden, Apfelbäumen, Weißdorn, Birken, Haseln, Robinien, Linden, Ahornbäumen, Hainbuche u.a. (nicht auf Rotbuche)
Tannen-Mistel - auf Weißtannen
Kiefern-Mistel - auf Kiefern, selten auf Fichten
Die Weißbeerige Mistel ist ein immergrüner Halbschmarotzer, der auf den Ästen von Laubbäumen sitzt und Wasser und darin gelöste Mineralsalze aus deren Holzteil entzieht. Im Laufe der Jahre wachsen Misteln häufig zu kugeligen Büscheln heran, die bis zu einem Meter Durchmesser erreichen können. An den Enden der gleichmäßig gabelig verzweigten Sprosse der Mistel sitzen die lederigen Blätter, die mehr- oder einjährig sein können. Die eingeschlechtlichen unscheinbaren Blüten sitzen in der Gabel zwischen den Zweigen. Die Früchte der Weißen Mistel sind weiße, ein- bis zweisamige runde Scheinbeeren. Je Samen bilden sich bis zu vier grüne Embryonen aus. Die Samen sind von einem zähen, schleimig klebrigen Fruchtfleisch umgeben, wodurch die Verbreitung der Mistel durch Vögel (Verdauungsverbreitung) ermöglicht wird. Die Blütezeit der Weißen Mistel ist von Juni bis September.
Sie ist ein Halbschmarotzer, der auf Bäumen wächst, wobei er bestimmte Arten bevorzugt.
Bäume, die von vielen Misteln bewachsen sind, leiden darunter und sterben schließlich ab. Aber die Misteln wachsen langsam und vereinzelte Misteln können einem großen Baum nicht viel anhaben.
Man findet sie weltweit in den tropischen, subtropischen und gemäßigten Zonen. Die Anzahl ihrer anerkannten Arten ist umstritten und schwankt je nach botanischer Familienabgrenzung zwischen 400 und 1400.
Achtung!
Die Mistel ist in Deutschland geschützt und darf nicht gesammelt werden!
In der modernen Pflanzenheilkunde wird sie gegen Bluthochdruck und Krebs eingesetzt. In der alternativen Medizin wird der Mistel eine antikanzerogene Wirkung nachgesagt, es gibt allerdings auch zahlreiche Studien, in denen dies nicht bestätigt werden konnte. In niedriger Konzentration injizierte Mistelzubereitungen (insbesondere die Lektine und Viscotoxine) zeigen immunstimulierende Effekte, bei höheren Konzentrationen überwiegen die zytotoxischen Antitumoraktivitäten. In einigen klinischen Studien konnte ein statistisch signifikanter Nutzen bei der Behandlung von malignen metastasierenden Tumoren gezeigt werden. Die blutdrucksenkenden Eigenschaften werden kontrovers diskutiert; die Beweise für den Nutzen einer oralen Misteltherapie sind nicht überzeugend.
Wissenschaftlich belegt ist die Anwendung bei degenerativ-entzündlichen Gelenkserkrankungen (durch Auslösung kutivisceraler Reflexe nach Setzen lokaler Entzündungen durch intrakutane Injektionen [Quaddelung]) und als Palliativtherapie im Sinne einer unspezifischen Reiztherapie bei malignen (bösartigen) Tumoren. In der Regel gilt dabei, dass niedrige Konzentrationen per Injektion verabreichter Mistelzubereitungen eher unspezifisch immunstimulierend wirken und bei höheren Konzentrationen eine Antitumoraktivität überwiegt.
Anwendungsgebiete
zur Langzeitbehandlung von Hypertonie
Prophylaxe der Arteriosklerose
in der Volksheilkunde auch bei Epilepsie, Keuchhusten, Asthma, Schwindelanfällen, Amenorrhö, Durchfällen, Chorea, Hysterie und Nervosität
zur Segmenttherapie bei degenerativ entzündlichen Gelenkerkrankungen
zur Palliativtherapie bei malignen Tumoren
in der anthroposophisch orientierten Medizin werden Mistelpräparate bei gut- und bösartigen Geschwulsterkrankungen, bei gut- und bösartigen Erkrankungen und begleitenden Störungen der blutbildenden Organe, zur Anregung der Knochenmarksfunktion, zur Vorbeugung gegen Tumorrezidive, bei definierten Präcancerosen sowie chronischen Erkrankungen wie Morbus Crohn und chronischen Gelenkentzündungen verwendet
Vorsicht!
Vor allem die Beeren der Mistel sind leicht giftig. Kinder sollten vor deren Verzehr gewarnt werden.
Unerwünschte Wirkungen bei der Anwendung der Mistel können sein:
Schüttelfrost, hohes Fieber, Kopfschmerzen, pektanginöse Beschwerden, orthostatische Kreislaufstörungen, allergische Reaktionen
Zu den wichtigsten wirksamkeitsbestimmenden Inhaltsstoffen in Mistelkraut zählen die sogenannten Lektine, genauer gesagt die Mistellektine I-III. Es handelt sich dabei um Glykoproteine, die spezifisch an Zucker und verschiedene Zelloberflächen binden können. Daneben kommen stark basische Viscotoxine in sechs Isoformen vor sowie Flavonoide, Lignane, biogene Amine (Tyramin), Polysaccharide und kleine Mengen an Triterpenen wie Amyrin, Betulinsäure, Oleanolsäure und Ursolsäure. Weitere Inhaltsstoffe sind Bitterstoffe, Harz, Histamin, Inosit, Pyridin, Saponine, Schleimstoffe, Viscalbin, Viscin, Xanthophyll und Zink.
Misteltee zur innerlichen Anwendung wird immer als Kaltauszug angesetzt. Dabei werden 2 Esslöffel getrocknetes Mistelkraut in einem Liter kaltem Wasser angesetzt. Im kalten Wasser lösen sich die schwach giftigen Stoffe (z.B. die Glykoside Viscalbin und Viscotoxin) nicht auf und daher ist der Kaltauszug der Mistel ungiftig. Auch kann man davon ausgehen, dass die Heilwirkung der Mistel durch Erwärmen gemindert wird.
Derselbe Tee kann auch zur äußerlichen Anwendung benutzt werden für Umschläge bei Krampfadern und Geschwüren der Beine.
[Eric Lindblad]
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Periodical for Current Medicine
Official Publication of the Central Organization of Natural-cure
Procedures Doctors
[R. Voll]
The subcutaneous use of the various viscum preparations with tested
accompanying therapy of quinones and anti-degenerative working homeopathic
medications.
Summary
The Viscum-preparations of the same potency have different effects.
Therefore they are not suitable to every organ. By thousands of measurements of
my colleagues and myself indications could be established for the treatment of
certain organ systems (stomach, intestine, rectum, urogenital organs, respiratory
tract, bile ducts and pancreas).
Mistletoe is an old folk remedy against cancer. Its use was
systematically introduced to cancer therapy by R.S. and the medical scientist
Kaelin. In incidents of cancer the action of the medicine is only achieved via
injection, when mistletoe is administered orally it has the effect rather of
reducing the blood pressure. Mistletoe preparations therefore play an important
role administered orally in the treatment of arteriosclerosis and hypertonia.
In the following will be presented the 12 different mistletoe
preparations and their accompanying therapy of quinones, together with
anti-degenerative working homeopathic medications. This therapy was developed
from over 20 years of experience by myself and my colleagues from a working
group for early cancer diagnosis and early cancer therapy. The group of
electro-acupuncture doctors has shown the effectiveness of this combination
therapy especially in the treatment of the pre-cancerous stages and also of
micro-carcinoma.
In cases of clinically diagnosed cancer then surgery is required, and
the following can be established as a post-operative therapy.
Mistletoe from deciduous and conifers
In the homeopathic drug catalogues it is written about the genus Viscum
album, among other information, that the plant grows on leaf (deciduous) trees
as the sub-species viscum album, on fir [abies] as the sub-species Viscum
abieticum, and on pine [pinus] as Viscum austriacum. The oak mistletoe* is not
used for the preparation of the homeopathic remedy Viscum album.
* [„oak mistletoel“ refers to Loranthus europaeus, not Viscum [album]
quercus below mentioned - Editor]
In my practice I use the following potentised mistletoe preparations as
subcutaneous injections, from the 12 mentioned trees:
Abies alba - silver fir
Acer campestre - common (small leafed) maple
Acer pseudoplantinus - false plane tree (an Eurasian
maple)
Betula alba - birch
Fraxinus excelsior - ash
Malus communis - apple tree
Phytolacca decandra - red ink plant
Pinus silvestris - scotch pine
Populus nigra - black poplar
Populus tremuloides - aspen
Quercus
robur - oak
Tilia grandiflora – lime
The company Staufen Pharma in Göppingen has produced these preparations
for me, with the exception of viscum pinus. This latter remedy comes from the
company Wala in Eckwälden.
Over the course of 20 years I have experienced via the EAV - medicine
test that the various viscum preparations of the same potency have different
effects. The reason behind this might be that through the interaction of the
mistletoe and the tree, that the mistletoe takes on some of the health giving
attributes of the host tree.
The leaves, buds, flowers and fruit, in part also the needles, roots,
and bark of the listed trees are all used in herbal medicine. As an infusion in
a partial bath, or an invigorating full bath, in alcoholic extraction as in a
liniment, the leaves, mostly used as teas, crushed root bark as enemas and
rectal injections, but also as a powder
for oral use; the bark is also often used as an ingredient in teas. The
pulverised charcoal of the mistletoe itself is furthermore used internally.
These plant parts in the mentioned trees are used as a diaphoretic, as a
counter-irritant for the skin, as an astringent both externally and internally,
as diuretic, expectorant, anti-rheumatic and anti-arthritic remedies, and as
antiseptic working medications.
In the following section will be described the mentioned trees, from
which are produced the respective remedies.
Abies alba - silver fir, also known as pinus picea: concentrates of the buds
or needles are used for a partial bath or in a stronger full bath. Internally
for excessive mucous in the lungs, skin rashes, and rheumatism. From the resin
of the bark is made oil of turpentine. Fir needle baths are among other
purposes also strengthening to the nerves. A distillate made from the cones is
used
as a liniment for gout and rheuma.
Viscum abies alba is used for all
pre-cancerous stages of the respiratory pathways.
Acer campestre - also known as common or small leafed
maple: a medicinal use of parts of this tree is unknown.
Of all the viscum preparations I now
know that the common maple mistletoe is the strongest acting among the
mistletoe preparations.
Acer pseudoplantinus - false plane tree: a medicinal
use is not known. The leaf is given to sheep, the wood is used technically by
wagon makers, carpenters, and in cabinet making. Furthermore the wood is one of
the finest for heating.
Viscum acer pseudoplantinus is use
for all pre-cancerous stages of the stomach.
Betula alba. The leaves as tea are a
good diuretic, also used against gout, arthritis urica, rheuma, kidney gravel
and stones.
Viscum betula alba is tested for all
pre-cancerous stages of the kidney, if patients at the same time exhibit pain
in the joints.
Fraxinus excelsior - ash: the leaves
are used as a tea for joints, gall bladder, liver, and kidney sufferings.
Viscum fraxinus has been proven for
all pre-cancerous conditions accompanying joint sufferings.
Malus communis - apple tree: the root bark contains
the glycocide phlorizin, the same which is involved in renal phlorizin
diabetes, which means a glycosurea in nearly the lowest possible quantity.
Pectin in the bark and fruits acts as a tannic (type) substance, for example to
use a shredded raw apple diet for suffering of diarrhoea, according to Heisler.
Viscum malus is used, and repeatedly
tested for all pre-cancerous stages of the stomach and intestinal canal, except
the rectum and anal canal.
Phytolacca decandra. The leaves are used and given crushed
as a poultice, “a trusted force against cancer”, according to the old writings.
The fruits serve as a vermifuge, especially in taenia. Fresh roots are used in
a mother tincture, it is given also potentised for focal infections, infectious
arthritis, glandular illness, and for lumps in the breast.
Viscum phytolacca is tested for all
pre-leukemic conditions, and pre-stages if tumours of the nasal pathways.
Pinus silvestris. The fresh sprouts are used to make a
concentrate. As a decoction are the young pine sprouts used for chronic
bronchitis, gout, and rheumatism, furthermore for inflammatory illnesses of the
urinary pathways due to their antiseptic action. Externally as a dressing or
bath for various skin diseases.
Viscum pinea, planta tota from the
company Wala, used for all pre-cancerous stages of the lower respiratory
pathways and lungs.
Populus nigra - black poplar: black poplar buds for
internal usage. The glycoside-complex of the black poplar has the effect of
lowering the uric acid level in the blood, through an improved uric acid
excretion. Used as a diuretic and expectorant, and for illnesses of the urinary
pathways.
Viscum populus nigra is proven for
all pre-cancerous stages of the urological and urogenital organs, and
furthermore also for pre-cancerous stages of the pancreas.
Populus tremuloides - aspen: the bark and leaves are
used for bladder sufferings, enuresis of the elderly; prostate hypertrophy with
mild cystitis and irritation of the neck of the bladder.
Viscum populus tremuloides has the
same indications as those for viscum populus nigra.
Quercus
robur - oak:
the parts used are the bark, and the fruit with the shell. Oak bark pulverised
as an astringent, internally and externally, for tissue weakness in different
branches of medicine, for example as rectal injections for rectal prolapse,
anal fistulae and haemorrhoids, vaginal douches prescribed for fluor albus, and
oak bark baths for gout.
Enemas furthermore for intestinal bleeding and diarrhoea.
Viscum quercus for all pre-cancerous
stages of the rectum and anal canal.
Tilia europaea - linden: the flowers are used for tea.
This tea acts as a diaphoretic and antispasmodic, is a counter-irritant to the
skin for people with excess perspiration, and is used for all types of colds.
Further action as a diuretic. The linden charcoal, carbo tilia: is used against
lung-Tb, haemoptysis, gall bladder and liver illnesses and carcinoma.
Viscum tilia finds use for all
pre-leukemic and pre-cancerous stages, where there is a tendency for the body
to perspire, but also for a partial sweating of the neck.
Quinones as complementary therapy for the various mistletoe preparations
A special quality of the quinone is its ability to absorb up to 4x more
oxygen than other substances. It is by this a strong potential oxidation
substance, and necessary for freeing up tissues from toxins retained in the
cells of the mesenchyme. The quinones release such toxins through oxidation
which are then transported out via the lymph system. Through poor utilisation
of oxygen of partially or totally blocked mesenchyme(s), comes to our patients
a partial oxygen deficiency to the tissues.
Through the administration of the quinones in various contexts, it is
possible to increase the oxygen utilisation in the cells. According to prof.
Domagk, quinone therapy has a very good influence against the mutation of
cells. What occurs is an improved cellular respiration, and a breaking up of
mutagenic alterations within the cells.
Through the action of the quinone almost all excretion mechanisms are
used with increased quantity of urea, by increased specific gravity of the
urine, which means making the urine colour more golden-yellow, by more faeces,
and also more perspiration. Therefore when you use a quinone cure you are
assisting the function of the elimination organs. The quinones further are
respiratory catalysers.
The strongest acting quinone is ubiquinone in potentised form. It exerts
a powerful regeneration effect on blocked cellular respiration. Ubiquinone is
used to treat hyperlipemia and for people who are overweight. It is very useful
for these people to combine the treatment with potentised intermediary
preparations of the lipid metabolism, cholesterin, acetone, diacetic
ethylester, glycerin, cystine and cysteine, used for cholecystectomy patients
or for patients with chronic cholangitis and cholangiolitis, for patients with
xanthelasma or xantomas on the elbows, small finger joints, on the knee, heel
and toe joints.
Naphthaquinone
Comes in green leaves and vegetables, in spinach, brussels sprouts,
cauliflower, also in tomatoes. Naphthaquinone is used for neoplasm phases of
the stomach and intestinal canal, but also for the sexual organs of women, and
the prostate in men. In combination with quinhydrone and benzoquinone can
highly toxic deposits be released and burned off. An important part of
naphthoquinone is phylloquinone, which the anti-haemorrhagic vitamin K1 is
representing, this is important in neoplasm phases with a tendency towards
bleeding.
Naphthoquinone in potentised form is a powerful adjuvant for blocked
respiratory enzymes.
Triquinoyl
Triquinoyl is furthermore a dehydrating substance, which means it acts
as a detoxification substance, it is chemically an alpha-keto aldehyde, a
carbonyl-binder.
Anthraquinone
The main action of anthraquinone is on the gastro-intestinal tract and
rectum. From plant sources anthraquinone is found in aloe, common buckthorn
bark (Rhamnus cathartica), in senna leaves, legumes, and in rhubarb, all of
these substances stimulate the large intestine peristalsis. Potentised
anthraquinone is used to normalise, including respectively re-establishing
immune function(s), as according to Koch the blocked cellular respiration is
improved; through the burning off of accumulated toxins a regeneration of the
tissues is possible.
Viscum quercus and anthraquinone for the rectum and anus, viscum malus
and anthraquinone for the intestinal canal.
Quinhydrone
is not a hydrogen acceptor, it is not used to dehydrate, but it serves
as a carrying substance for carbonyl binding, among others aldehydes and
ketones; both are in the CO-group, and can cause a series of reactions. With
potentised quinhydrone you have the possibility, via the carbonyl, of a
liberating oxidation, as a therapeutic action. Quinhydrone works as an
intermediary catalyst, and is indicated in enzymatic disturbances or blocking
of the cellular respiration, in neoplasm phases or in viral illnesses.
Quinhydrone is also an activator for parts of the citric acid cycle. The citric
acid cycle is a large pool for intermediary products, which are used for the
building up of new cell materials or the breakdown thereof. So writes prof.
Karlsson in his book ”Biochemie” (Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart).
In classical homeopathy for the release and following oxidation of
toxins, mostly the metals are used, Argentum, Aurum, Mercurius, Ferrum, and
Cuprum. The deep going action of these potentised metals is known. This is why
I give along with quinhydrone, according to the test, one or two of the just
named homeopathic remedies.
Benzoquinone
Benzoquinone is found in the red pigment of the
mushroom amanita muscaria. From this mushroom also is made the homeopathic
remedy Agaricus muscarius.
It is indicated for the treatment of disturbances of the cellular
respiration in degeneration phases. And is necessary to use as an
anti-spasmodic for the vascular system and biliary passages.
Together with Viscum abies for chronic inflammation of the respiratory
organs, therefore it is used in the pre-cancerous stages of lung and
respiratory passages. For easily disturbed patients with general nerve pain, in
chronic spasmodic stomach illnesses, and especially for smokers, but also for
inflammation of the kidneys, urinary passages, and bladder, including also
polyp formation in the bladder with the below mentioned viscum preparation.
Viscum-malus for the stomach, Viscum-populus tremuloides or populus nigra for the
urinary organs, Viscum-fraxinus for the gall bladder and biliary pathways,
always in combination with a quinone preparation.
Methylene blue is an important hydrogen donor, and therefore causes
oxygen release, e.g. “oxidation”. I use the potentised methylele blue for
degenerative illnesses of the nerve system. I often give this together with the
remedy Struthantus syringifolius, which comes from a parasite that grows on the
coffee tree.
Methylene blue can however also be given for illnesses in the urogenital
sector in combination with other quinones.
Mistletoe on Amyema cambagei = sheoak mistletoe
(flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant Loranthaceae Australia on
Casuarinaceae
Anti-degenerative working homeopathy as accompanying therapy to the
mistletoe preparations and quinones
In general are the following 12 homeopathic remedies the ones most
typically needed:
1. Acidum
aceticum. In the homeopathic textbook of Mezger “Gesichtete
homöopathische Arnzneimittellehre” (Haug Verlag), is this remedy among others
used for cachexia and the final stages of Tb. In the test it has been shown
useful for all pre-cancerous stages of the stomach.
2. Argentum
nitricum for stomach and uterus cancer. In tests as a mucous membrane
remedy for the gastro-intestinal tract and bladder.
3. Asterias
rubens - starfish, for illnesses of the mammary glands and female
reproductive organs. Same experience with the test.
4. Causticum
- Mezger lists the main action of this remedy on the locomotor system, the
congestion of the respiratory pathways, the peristalsis, the female
reproductive organs and in skin cancer. The testing of causticum has been
proven by me in illnesses of the rectum and anal canal.
5. Cetraria islandica, Icelandic moss, as
expectorant in chronic bronchial catarrh, and in tubercular conditions. In the
test for pre-cancerous stages of the hypopharnyx and larynx.
6. Calamus
aromaticus in weakness of the peristalsis, dyspepsia, in joint illnesses, and
in illnesses of the skin, scrofulae.
7. Kreosotum
in stomach, rectum, and uterus cancer. In the test for all pre-cancerous stages
of the respiratory pathways.
8. Ornithogalum, Star of Bethlehem, for
illness and cancer of the stomach and intestine, according to Mezger. In my
tests for all pre-cancerous stages for the gall bladder and biliary pathways.
9. Stellaria
media - chickweed, for lung catarrh, tuberculosis, vomiting of blood, and for
haemorrhoids. In the test I have shown for all pre-cancerous stages of the
uterus.
10. Silicea
- Mezger reports the case of Stiegele, who healed intestinal cancer alone
through the use of silicea. To reflect upon this, one may note that the
pancreas organ is the richest in silicic acid, and therefore most reactive to a
silicic acid deficiency.
11. Sedum
acre - stonecrop. This remedy is used for painful haemorrhoids, anal
fissure, and spasmodic pain in the rectum. The juice of this plant is given
especially for skin cancer. In the test I have proven for all pre-cancerous
stages of the intestinal canal.
12. Senecio vulgaris - English groundsel
has in homeopathy the indications for amenorrhea and Dysmenorrhea during the EAV-test
this preparation has been proven as a complementary remedy for all
pre-cancerous stages of afflicted organs.
The use of degeneration nosodes in combination with mistletoe
preparations, quinones and the anti-degenerative working homeopathic
medications.
To pursue the goal directed pre-cancerous diagnostics and therapy of
EAV, specific degeneration nosodes for the organs are tested and used in
connection with a mistletoe preparation, a quinone, and anti-degenerative
working homeopathic medications.