Abstract
Cancer is a broad term used to describe the unregulated growth and proliferation of cells. It is one of the world’s most insidious diseases and a major cause of death worldwide, with lung cancer as the leading contributor to cancer fatalities (Brito et al., 2017). Strategies aimed at treating lung cancer include chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Despite treatment advances, the current five-year survival rate is estimated at 15% of all stages combined (Duruisseaux & Esteller, 2018). Homeopathy is currently the most often utilised complementary medicine by patients for the supportive treatment of both cancer and non-cancer related diseases (Gaertner et al., 2018). Active research on the anti-cancer properties of plants has shown promising results. Recent studies have revealed that herbal extracts of Thuja occidentalis Linn (T. occidentalis) shows anti-cancer and anti-proliferative properties (Silva et al., 2017). Several studies have also shown that photodynamic therapy (PDT), a low-intensity laser irradiation therapy that activates a photosensitizing compound to produce cytotoxic reactive oxygen species which induces cell death, has the ability to eradicate cancer by making use of visible light in specific wavelengths (Heiskanen & Hamblin, 2018). Currently, there is no research on the photodynamic effects of T. occidentalis homeopathic mother tincture (Ø) on lung cancer cells...
M.Tech. (Homeopathy)