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eCAM Advance Access published online on October 19, 2005
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/neh124
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© The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
Received April 8, 2005
Accepted August 17, 2005

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Can Homeopathic Arsenic Remedy Combat Arsenic Poisoning in Humans Exposed to Groundwater Arsenic Contamination?: A Preliminary Report on First Human Trial

Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh 1*, Surajit Pathak 1, Bibhas Guha 1, Susanta Roy Karmakar 1, Jayanta Kumar Das 1, Pathikrit Banerjee 1, Surjyo Jyoti Biswas 1, Partha Mukherjee 2, Nandini Bhattacharjee 1, Sandipan Chaki Choudhury 1, Antara Banerjee 1, Suman Bhadra 1, Palash Mallick 1, Jayati Chakrabarti 1, and Biswapati Mandal 2

1 Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, West Bengal, India
2 Directorate of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Kalyani-741235, West Bengal, India

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh, E-mail: khudabukhsh_48{at}rediffmail.com; prof_arkb@yahoo.co.in


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Groundwater arsenic (As) has affected millions of people globally distributed over 20 countries. In parts of West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh alone, over 100 million people are at risk, but supply of As-free water is grossly inadequate. Attempts to remove As by using orthodox medicines have mostly been unsuccessful. A potentized homeopathic remedy, Arsenicum Album-30, was administered to a group of As affected people and thereafter the As contents in their urine and blood were periodically determined. The activities of various toxicity marker enzymes and compounds in the blood, namely aspartate amino transferase, alanine amino transferase, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase, lipid peroxidation and reduced glutathione, were also periodically monitored up to 3 months. The results are highly encouraging and suggest that the drug can alleviate As poisoning in humans.

Keywords: arsenic toxicity; Arsenicum Album-30; enzyme biomarkers; homeopathy; human trial; remedy.
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