Efficacy of Homoeopathy in Treatment of Sarcoidosis – An Evidence Based Report, Based on 50 cases

To ascertain efficacy of Homoeopathy in treatment of sarcoidosis, 50 cases during the period since 2007-2013 were selected for study at Homoeo Cure and Research Institute., Kashipur (INDIA). The efficiency of homoeopathic treatment was miraculously seen in all the cases. Almost all were either cured or much relieved.

• To study scope of Homoeopathy in treatment of ‘Sarcoidosis’ with its miasmatic analysis.
• To analyze the results of Homoeopathic medicines when prescribed on the basis of Miasms and on totality of symptoms.
• To prepare an evidence based report on the treatment of Sarcoidosis with Homoeopathy.

‘Sarcoidosis’ is a ‘not well understood’ complex multisystem, commonplace inflammatory disease, characterized by the formation of noncaseating granulomas. The granuloma is a battle clashed on a genetically susceptible ground between an unrecognized antigen(s) and a highly organized squad of lymphocytes and macrophages. The lungs are the most commonly involved organs, but no structure of the body is known to be immune to its wrecks.

The cause of sarcoidosis is not known. Though not common, it often leads to permanent failure or disabilities of the organs ultimately leading to the end of vital functions.

‘Sarcoidosis’, like other disease, affects the person as a whole irrespective of the cause. The whole economy of the patient is altered producing the signs of ‘Sarcoidosis’ as well as a characteristic picture of sick individual including mental and physicals specific to his personality. This disease picture specific to that particular patient is always different from that in another one, due to his particular identity proving him to be an ‘Individual’. The totality of symptoms depends upon the Miasms under-running the disease process in that individual.

The Psora being the fundamental miasm plays a maximum role in altering the physiology and rendering the entire imbalance. While in combination with other miasms, it produces the worst stage of the sickness. The syphilis produces destruction of tissues. To combat it, Sycosis and Psora play their vital part. This combination in turn increases the destruction as well as new tissue formation too, producing granulomas and fibromas publishing the complete portrait of Sarcoidosis.

This article examines the current understanding of sarcoidosis in terms of Homoeopathy.

“Sarcoidosis is a disease characterized by the formation in all of several affected tissues of epithelioid-cell tubercles without caseation though fibrinoid necrosis may be present at the centre of a few, proceeding either to resolution or to conversion into hyaline fibrous tissue”.

• Age at presentation 20–40 years
• More common in females and black people
• Present throughout the world, but more common in temperate climates

Possible Causes of Sarcoidosis
Mycobacteria	Bacteria	Fungi	Viruses	Dusts	Metals
Tuberculous	Corynebacterium spp.	Cryptococcus spp.	Cytomegalovirus	Clay	Aluminum
Non-tuberculous	Propionibacterium	Endemic fungi	Epstein-Barr virus	Pine	Beryllium
Cell-wall deficient(L-forms)	acnes		Herpes simplex virus	Pollen	Zirconium
	Tropheryma whippleii			Talc
				Mixed

• Up to one-third are asymptomatic
• Acute presentation (Lofgren’s syndrome) with fever, malaise, arthralgia, erythema nodosum and uveitis
• Chronic presentation with fever, weight loss, dry cough or SOB
• Symptoms are usually mild if thoracic disease only

Rarer presentations include-

• Hypercalcaemia (renal stones, constipation and dehydration)
• Red eyes
• Skin rashes
• Central and peripheral nerve palsies
• Hypothalamic deficiency
• Bilateral salivary gland enlargement
• Cardiomyopathy or arrhythmias

• May be normal.
• Stage 1 – bilateral hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy (particularly right paratracheal and aortopulmonary window nodes).
• Stage 2 – lymphadenopathy and parenchymal disease.
• Stage 3 – diffuse parenchyma disease only.
• Stage 4 – pulmonary fibrosis.

 

The parenchymal disease involves reticulonodular shadowing in a perihilar, mid zone distribution. There is bronchovascular and fissural nodularity. Rarely air space consolidation or parenchymal bands may also be present. Fibros is affects the upper zones where the hilar are pulled superiorly and posteriorly. Lymph nodes can demonstrate egg shell calcification.

Very good at confirming irregular septal, bronchovascular and fissural nodularity. Traction bronchiectasis, fibrosis and ground glass change may be present. There may also be tracheobronchial stenosis. Also may be seen subdiaphragmatic, cardiac, bone, hepatic and splenic involvement on the same scan.

 

A: CT shows ill-defined nodules in a bronchovascular distribution (arrow) in the right upper lobe

B: CT with mediastinal windowing shows right hilar lymphadenopathy (arrow)

C: CT at the level of the inferior pulmonary veins shows left hilar lymphadenopathy (arrow)

D: CT at the level of the lower lobe pulmonary arteries shows subcarinal lymphadenopathy (arrow
)

• Lymphoma
• Infection – TB
• Lymphangitis carcinomatosis
• Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis

• Histological evidence of granulomatous inflammation.
• The exclusion of the known causes of granulomatous inflammation other than sarcoidosis.
• Evidence of at least two separate organs involved with the disease.

• CBC, Chem-7 or Chem-20, ACE levels
• Chest x-ray to see if the lungs are involved or lymph nodes are enlarged and CT scan
• Biopsy of  Lymph node, Skin lesion biopsy, lung, Liver, Kidney
• Bronchoscopy and PFT
• EKG to see if the heart is involved

• Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and / or Pulmonary hypertension
• Anterior uveitis and / or Glaucoma and blindness (rare)
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Cranial or peripheral nerve palsies
• Kidney stones
• Organ failure, leading to the need for a transplant

Treatment of Sarcoidosis
Main Goals of treatment	The treatment depends on
To improve how the organs affected by sarcoidosis work	Involvement of vital organs (e.g., lungs, eyes, heart, or brain)
To relieve symptoms	Severity of symptoms
To shrink the granulomas	Extent of affection of the organs.

In clinical study carried out at Homoeo Cure and Research Institute, Kashipur, a total 50 cases of Sarcoidosis were considered. The following results were observed in the research.

S. No.	1	2	3	4		5	Legends
Case no.	13196	13672	14015	14063		14126
Date of Reg.	02-09-2007	22-07-2008	01-04-2009	27-04-2009		14-06-2009	Male= MaleF= Female H= Hindu Ml= Muslim SK= Sikh CH= Christian SD= Student HW= House wife W= Working NW= Not Working M= Married MW= Widow S= Unmarried OB= Obese TH= Thin MD= Moderate Pulmo = Pulmonary Cardio= Cardiological Nephro= Nephrological Neuro= Neurological Arthro= Arthrological Dermo= Dermatological Ophth= Ophthalmological EN= Erythema nodosum
Name	GSG	KM	NK	NS		AA
Sex	M	F	F	F		F
Age	24	18	41	29		45
Occupation	SD	SD	W	HW		W
Marital status	S	S	M	M		M
Caste	SK	H	H	H		H
Built	TH	TH	OB	MD		MD
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro- ophth)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro)		Sarcoidosis (Arthro- EN)
Miasm	Sycosis	Pseudo-psora	Sycosis	Psora		Psora
Normal Menses			+			+
Scanty Menses		+		+
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal
Sterility
Family income	Average	Poor	Good	Good		Good
Remedy 1	Ars iod	Tuberculinum	Pulsatilla	Rhus Tox		Rhus Tox
Remedy2		Iodium	Rhus Tox	Nat mur		Pulsatilla
Remedy3
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional		Constitutional
Result	Cured	Cured	Cured	Relieved		Relieved
S. No.	6	7	8	9		10	11
Case no.	14136	14165	14180	14252		14369	16658
Date of Reg.	22-06-2009	10-07-2009	21-08-2009	26-10-2009		11-11-2009	14-12-2009
Name	SP	AG	SM	SB		PC	UM
Sex	F	M	M	F		M	F
Age	56	38	34	32		48	57
Occupation	HW	W	W	NW		W	HW
Marital status	M	M	M	M		M	M
Caste	H	H	H	ML		H	H
Built	OB	OB	MD	MD		MD	TH
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmo-arthro)	Sarcoidosis (Neuro)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmo-Lymphatic)	Sarcoidosis (Neuro)		Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Cardio- Nephro-Pulmonary)
Miasm	Sycosis	Pseudo-psora	Sycosis	Psora		Psora	Pseudo-psora
Normal Menses
Scanty Menses				+
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal	+						+
Sterility				+
Family income	Average	Good	Average	Poor		Average	Good
Remedy 1	Pulsatilla	Beryl met	Lycopodium	Pulsatilla		Phosphorus	Pulsatilla
Remedy2	Beryl  met	Plumb met	Beryl  met	Thuja		Pulsatilla	Digitalis
Remedy3
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Pathological	Pathological	Pathological		Constitutional	Constitutional
Result	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved		Relieved	Relieved
S. No.	12	13	14	15		16	Legends
Case no.	16458	16921	16868	17319		14476
Date of Reg.	24-11-2009	01-05-2010	29-03-2010	03-12-2010		20-02-2010	Male= MaleF= Female H= Hindu Ml= Muslim SK= Sikh CH= Christian SD= Student HW= House wife W= Working NW= Not Working M= Married MW= Widow S= Unmarried OB= Obese TH= Thin MD= Moderate Pulmo = Pulmonary Cardio= Cardiological Nephro= Nephrological Neuro= Neurological Arthro= Arthrological Dermo= Dermatological Ophth= Ophthalmological EN= Erythema nodosum
Name	JS	KS	AK	DA		PK
Sex	F	M	F	F		F
Age	22	42	41	30		49
Occupation	SD	SD	W	HW		W
Marital status	S	S	M	M		M
Caste	SK	H	M	H		H
Built	TH	TH	OB	MD		MD
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro- ophth)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro)		Sarcoidosis (Arthro- EN)
Miasm	Sycosis	Pseudo-psora	Sycosis	Psora		Psora
Normal Menses			+			+
Scanty Menses
Profuse menses	+			+
Postmenopausal
Sterility
Family income	Average	Poor	Good	Good		Good
Remedy 1	Ars iod	Tuberculinum	Pulsatilla	Rhus Tox		Rhus Tox
Remedy2		Iodium	Rhus Tox	Nat mur		Pulsatilla
Remedy3
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional		Constitutional
Result	Cured	Cured	Cured	Relieved		Relieved
S. No.	17	18	19	20		21	22
Case no.	14918	14922	15069	14801		14733	14847
Date of Reg.	21-09-2010	22-09-2010	10-12-2010	24-07-2010		12-06-2010	21-08-2010
Name	KM	MF	AP	PS		VG	GB
Sex	F	M	M	F		M	F
Age	36	31	32	54		47	40
Occupation	HW	W	W	NW		W	HW
Marital status	M	M	M	M		M	M
Caste	H	M	H	ML		H	H
Built	OB	OB	MD	MD		MD	TH
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmo-arthro)	Sarcoidosis (Neuro)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmo-Lymphatic)	Sarcoidosis (Neuro)		Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Cardio- Nephro-Pulmonary)
Miasm	Sycosis	Pseudo-psora	Sycosis	Psora		Psora	Pseudo-psora
Normal Menses
Scanty Menses				+
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal	+						+
Sterility
Family income	Average	Good	Average	Poor		Average	Good
Remedy 1	Pulsatilla	Beryl met	Lycopodium	Pulsatilla		Phosphorus	Pulsatilla
Remedy2	Beryl  met	Plumb met	Beryl  met	Thuja		Pulsatilla	Digitalis
Remedy3
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Pathological	Pathological	Pathological		Constitutional	Constitutional
Result	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved		Relieved	Relieved
S. No.	23	24	25	26	27		Legends
Case no.	16359	14318	28-05-2011	14643	14946
Date of Reg.	13-06-2011	09-10-2009	16316	03-05-2010	02-10-2010		Male= MaleF= Female H= Hindu Ml= Muslim SK= Sikh CH= Christian SD= Student HW= House wife W= Working NW= Not Working M= Married MW= Widow S= Unmarried OB= Obese TH= Thin MD= Moderate Pulmo = Pulmonary Cardio= Cardiological Nephro= Nephrological Neuro= Neurological Arthro= Arthrological Dermo= Dermatological Ophth= Ophthalmological EN= Erythema nodosum
Name	AK	P	NG	SR	MM
Sex	M	F	F	F	F
Age	28	4	25	29	41
Occupation	SD	SD	W	HW	W
Marital status	M	S	S	M	M
Caste	SK	H	H	H	H
Built	TH	TH	OB	MD	MD
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro- ophth)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro)	Sarcoidosis (Arthro- EN)
Miasm	Sycosis	Pseudo-psora	Sycosis	Psora	Psora
Normal Menses			+		+
Scanty Menses				+
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal
Sterility
Family income	Average	Poor	Good	Good	Good
Remedy 1	Ars iod	Tuberculinum	Pulsatilla	Rhus Tox	Rhus Tox
Remedy2		Iodium	Rhus Tox	Nat mur	Pulsatilla
Remedy3
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional
Result	Cured	Cured	Cured	Relieved	Relieved
S. No.	28	29	30	31	32		33
Case no.	16784	16225	16434	16289	16432		16224
Date of Reg.	11-02-2010	15-04-2011	05-01-2011	09-05-2011	19-07-2011		15-04-2011
Name	K	VK	BG	RB	SM		AK
Sex	M	M	M	M	M		M
Age	48	62	34	37	58		53
Occupation	W	W	W	NW	W		HW
Marital status	M	M	M	M	M		M
Caste	H	H	H	ML	H		H
Built	OB	OB	MD	MD	MD		TH
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmo-arthro)	Sarcoidosis (Neuro)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmo-Lymphatic)	Sarcoidosis (Cardio)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)		Sarcoidosis (Nephro-Pulmonary)
Miasm	Sycosis	Pseudo-psora	Sycosis	Psora	Psora		Pseudo-psora
Normal Menses
Scanty Menses
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal
Sterility
Family income	Average	Good	Average	Poor	Average		Good
Remedy 1	Pulsatilla	Beryl met	Lycopodium	Pulsatilla	Phosphorus		Pulsatilla
Remedy2	Beryl  met	Plumb met	Beryl  met	Thuja	Pulsatilla		Digitalis
Remedy3
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Pathological	Pathological	Pathological	Constitutional		Constitutional
Result	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved	Relieved		Relieved
S. No.	34	35	36	37	38
Case no.	16571	16617	16682	16714	16757
Date of Reg.	18-09-2011	13-10-2011	31-10-2011	20-11-2011	13-12-2011		Male= MaleF= Female H= Hindu Ml= Muslim SK= Sikh CH= Christian SD= Student HW= House wife W= Working NW= Not Working M= Married MW= Widow S= Unmarried OB= Obese TH= Thin MD= Moderate Pulmo = Pulmonary Cardio= Cardiological Nephro= Nephrological Neuro= Neurological Arthro= Arthrological Dermo= Dermatological Ophth= Ophthalmological EN= Erythema nodosum
Name	RS	SJ	R	US	UJ
Sex	M	M	M	F	F
Age	51	47	42	49	56
Occupation	W	W	W	W	HW
Marital status	M	M	M	M	M
Caste	H	H	H	H	H
Built	TH	MD	TH	TH	OB
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis(Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis(Ophth)	Sarcoidosis(Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis(Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis(Pulmonary- Artho)
Miasm	Pseudopsora/ Sycosis	Psora/ Syphilis	Sycosis	Psora/ Syphilis	Psora/ sycosis
Normal Menses
Scanty Menses
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal				+	+
Sterility
Family income	Average	Good	Average	Good	Good
Remedy 1	Thuja	Aur met	Pulsatilla	Pulsatilla	Argentum nit
Remedy2	Pulsatilla	Gelsemium	Sulphur	Lycopodium	Causticum
Remedy3	Bryonia		Colchicum		Oleander
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional
Result	Cured	Cured	Cured	Cured	Relieved
S. No.	39	40	41	42	43		44
Case no.	16830	16932	17103	17363	17408		17448
Date of Reg.	23-09-2012	17-03-2012	30-05-2012	09-09-2012	23-09-2012		12-10-2012
Name	SR	SH	SS	AG	AG		NS
Sex	F	M	M	F	F		M
Age	52	32	46	37	36		56
Occupation	HW	W	W	HW	W		W
Marital status	M	M	M	M	M		M
Caste	H	MI	H	H	H		CH
Built	MD	MD	MD	TH	TH		MD
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis(ARTHR))	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)		Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)
Miasm	Sycosis/ Syphilis	Psoa/ Sycosis	Sycosis/ Syphilis	Psoa/ Sycosis	Psora/ Syphilis		Pseudo-psora
Normal Menses				+
Scanty Menses					+
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal	+
Sterility
Family income	Average	Average	Good	Good	Good		Good
Remedy 1	Tuberculinum	Lycopodium	Medorrhinum	Pulsatilla	Tuberculinum		Carcinosin
Remedy2	Dulcamara	Causticum	Pulsatilla	Arnica	Sulphur		Phosphorus
Remedy3	Bryonia		Carcinosin		Pulsatilla
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional		Constitutional
Result	Cured	Cured	Relieved	Relieved	Cured		Relieved
S. No.	45	46	47	48	49		50
Case no.	17450	17453	17460	17464	17672		17993
Date of Reg.	13-10-2012	15-10-2012	17-10-2012	20-10-2012	25-12-2012		05-04-2013
Name	JM	RNS	SPA	JB	NPS		MV
Sex	M	M	F	F	M		F
Age	41	46	49	28	55		27
Occupation	W	W	W	W	W		HW
Marital status	M	M	M	M	M		M
Caste	CH	H	SK	H	H		H
Built	MD	TH	Th	TH	OB		TH
Diagnosis	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis(Arhtro)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)	Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)		Sarcoidosis (Pulmonary)
Miasm	Sycosis/ Psora	Psora/ Sycosis	Sycosis/ Psora	Sycosis	Psora/ Syphilis		Sycosis/ Pseudopsora
Normal Menses				+
Scanty Menses							+
Profuse menses
Postmenopausal			+
Sterility
Family income	Good	Poor	Good	Average	Good		Average
Remedy 1	Tuberculinum	Ignatia	Beryllium met	Carcinosin	Tuberculinum		Thuja
Remedy2	Natrum mur	Ammonium mur	Ruta grav	Argentum nit	Cicuta verosa		Pusatilla
Remedy3					Arnica
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional	Constitutional		Constitutional
Result	Relieved	Relieved	Cured	Relieved	Cured		Relieved

On analyzing the master chart, the following observations are found-

Sex	Male	24
	Female	26
Age in years	0-10	1
	11–20	1
	21–30	11
	31–40	11
	41–50	15
	51–60	10
	61–70	1
Occupation	Working	28
	Nonworking	3
	Housewife	13
	Student	6
Marital status	Married	44
	Single	6
	Separated	0
Caste	Hindu	38
	Muslim	6
	Christian	2
	Sikh	4
Built	Thin	16
	Moderate	23
	Obese	11
Diagnosis	Pulmonary	32
	Arthropathy	14
	Cardio	4
	Nephro	3
	Ophthalmic	4
	Dermo	3
	Neuro	5
Miasm	Psora	18
	Pseudopsora	9
	Sycosis	20
	Syphilis	6
With Menses	Normal Menses	8
	Scanty Menses	7
	Profuse menses	2
Without Menses	Postmenopausal	8
	Sterility	1
Family income	Good	24
	Average	19
	Poor	7
Remedies with	First Remedy		Second Remedy		Third Remedy
Frequency of Use	Ars iod	3	Iodium	3	Bryonia	2
	Tuberculinum	7	Rhus tox	3	Colchicum	1
	Pulsatilla	15	Natrum mur	4	Oleander	1
	Rhus tox	6	Pulsatilla	9	Carcinosin	1
	Beryllium met	4	Beryllium met	6	Pulsatilla	1
	Lycopodium	4	Plumbum met	3	Arnica	1
	Phosphorus	3	Thuja	3
	Thuja	2	Digitalis	3
	Aur met	1	Gelsemium	1
	Argentum nit	1	Sulphur	2
	Medorrhinum	1	Lycopodium	1
	Carcinosin	2	Causticum	2
	Ignatia	1	Dulcamara	1
			Arnica	1
			Phosphorus	1
			Argentum nit	1
			Cicuta verosa	1
			Ammonium mur	1
			Ruta	1
Basis of Prescription	Constitutional	41
	Pathological	9
Result	Cured	19
	Relieved	31

 

Sarcoidosis was found more prevalent in Male patients (52%) than Females (48%).

Sarcoidosis was found most prevalent in age group 41-50 years (30%) and least in below 20 and above 60 years of ages (all 2%). Age groups 21-30, 31-40 and 51-60 showed almost equal prevalence (20-22 %).

 

Prevalance of Sarcoidosis on basis of Occupation

The prevalence of Sarcoidosis was mostly in working patients (56%), house wives (26%), Students (12%) and non-working ones (06%).

 

 

Prevalance of Sarcoidosis on basis of Caste

Sarcoidosis was found in mostly in Hindus (76%) and least in Christians (4%), in Muslims 12% and in Sikhs 8%. (As per Indian Population).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The highiest percentage of cure was in Sycosis (22%) with 22% relieved, Psora 12% cured and 32% relieved, Syhilis 10% cured with 2% relieved and Pseudopsora 8% curedwith 16% relieved.

Miasm	Cure	Relief
Psora	6	16
Pseudopsora	4	8
Sycosis	11	11
Syphilis	5	1

Remedies used	Cure	Relief	Score (10 for Cure + 5 for Relief)
Pulsatilla	7	18	160
Tuberculinum	6	1	65
Rhus tox	3	6	60
Beryllium met	1	9	55
Lycopodium	2	3	35
Thuja	1	5	35
Ars iod	3		30
Iodium	3		30
Bryonia	2		20
Natrum mur		4	20
Phosphorus		4	20
Sulphur	2		20
Arnica	1	1	15
Carcinosin		3	15
Causticum	1	1	15
Plumbum met		3	15
Argentum nit		2	10
Aur met	1		10
Cicuta verosa	1		10
Colchicum	1		10
Digitalis		2	10
Dulcamara	1		10
Gelsemium	1		10
Ruta	1		10
Ammonium mur		1	5
Ignatia		1	5
Medorrhinum		1	5
Oleander		1	5

Grades of the remedies as per frequency of indication in this study were Pulsatilla > Tuberculinum > Rhus tox > Beryllium met > Lycopodium > Thuja > Ars iod > Iodium > Bryonia > Natrum mur > Phosphorus > Sulphur > Arnica > Carcinosin > Causticum > Plumbum met > Argentum nit > Aur met > Cicuta verosa > Colchicum > Digitalis > Dulcamara > Gelsemium > Ruta > Ammonium mur > Ignatia > Medorrhinum > Oleander.

Thus, we can see that Pulsatilla was the most important and most indicated remedy in Sarcoidosis.

Remedies used	Cure	Relief	Score = {(10 for Cure + 5 for Relief)/ no. of cases}
Ars iod	3		10
Iodium	3		10
Bryonia	2		10
Sulphur	2		10
Aur met	1		10
Cicuta verosa	1		10
Colchicum	1		10
Dulcamara	1		10
Gelsemium	1		10
Ruta	1		10
Tuberculinum	6	1	9.28
Arnica	1	1	7.5
Causticum	1	1	7.5
Lycopodium	2	3	7
Rhus tox	3	6	6.66
Pulsatilla	7	18	6.4
Thuja	1	5	5.83
Beryllium met	1	9	5.5
Natrum mur		4	5
Phosphorus		4	5
Carcinosin		3	5
Plumbum met		3	5
Argentum nit		2	5
Digitalis		2	5
Ammonium mur		1	5
Ignatia		1	5
Medorrhinum		1	5
Oleander		1	5

Thus we can clearly see that the most effective cures are met with Ars iod, Iodium, Bryonia, Sulphur, Aur met, Cicuta verosa, Colchicum, Dulcamara, Gelsemium and Ruta.

The next important remedies are Tuberculinum, Arnica, Causticum, Lycopodium, Rhus tox, Pulsatilla, Thuja, Beryllium met.

Other ones are Natrum mur, Phosphorus, Carcinosin, Plumbum met, Argentum nit, Digitalis, Ammonium mur, Ignatia, Medorrhinum, Oleander.

The above study confirms the efficacy of Homoeopathy in treatment of Sarcoidosis in all stages and all types, with amazing success when applied as per laws of similia and proves its superiority among all the existing streams of treatment.

All the reports and details of every patient are kept secret to avoid disclosure of their identity and can be seen in our records if needed.

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