Potential of Rasayana Therapy
Till date we have treated thousands of cancer patients using the Rasayana Therapy. Treating each patient was a great experience for us as it constantly made us realize the potentials of Rasayana Therapy. Each patient treated at Rasayu Cancer Clinic is subjected to advanced diagnostics like PET scan, Biopsy and Tumor Markers at regular intervals. This helps us to monitor the patients progress and thus plan the treatment accordingly. We follow guidelines laid down by Indian and International well know organisations. Our clinical database suggests that Rasayana Therapy has unmatched efficacy in personalised therapies and is very safe in treating cancer patients.
Rasayana and its tolerability with other cancer therapies – If taken along with Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy it is observed that Rasayana significantly helped patients to tolerate these therapies and considerably reduced the side effects of Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy etc. We have conducted a series of scientific studies which clearly demonstrated that Rasayana acts as a complimentary to these therapies too. It does not interfere with efficacy of Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy. We have innumerable cases who have taken Chemotherapy along with Rasayana and have shown very favourable tumor response. More importantly, these patients tolerated Chemotherapy/ Radiotherapy very well and were able to comfortably complete the entire prescribed course of Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy cycles without requiring to modify the dose and /or duration. Rasayana also helps achieve the required therapeutic response in less cycles of Radiotherapy/Chemotherapy thereby reducing the requirement of these cytotoxic interventions. Rasayana Therapy also helped these patients to improve their quality of life and control progression of disease and increased overall survival significantly.
Rasayana and Patient Survival – One of the primary objectives of Rasayan Therapy is to increase patient’s life span. The effect of Rasayana can very well be observed even in end stage cancer patients. More than 60% cancer patients approach us in very advanced stage of the disease when the expected survival at that stage is just few months. Rasayana Therapy effectively improves overall quality of life in these patients and increases their lifespan by manifold. Many of our patients with predicted lifespan of just few months have survived for over few years.
Rasayana and Disease Progression – Since Rasayana Therapy strengthens healthy tissues and normal cells it significantly reduces chances of disease spread and progression. Rasayana Therapy helps in reducing chances of relapse or metastasis especially in those patients who have undergone surgical resection of tumors. Number of our patients who took exclusive Rasayana Therapy have showed more than 5 years of disease-free survival. Rasayana is found to be a potential alternative in patients who have a history of a relapse or metastasis..
Rasayana and Tumor Response – Rasayana also helps in reducing tumor burden. It has shown complete tumor response in several patients who took Rasayana as a standalone therapy. Rasayana also shows a very good tumor response even in combination with Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy though this response is very personalised, if the patient shows no progression for about 8-10 months while on Rasayana then there are high chances of tumor regression.
Rasayana and Quality of Life – One of the most important therapeutic benefits in cancer patients is improvement in health related to quality of life. We have documented changes in quality of life of several cancer patients using validated quality of life questionnaire. It has been clearly demonstrated that Rasayana significantly increases functional, emotional and physical domains of quality of life. This outcome is considered very useful in advanced stage cancer patients to whom curative goal is not feasible. For such patients Rasayana helps to lead a near normal quality of life without any side effects or toxicity. Moreover, Rasayana can be taken at home which reduces requirement of hospitalisation.
Rasayana and Caregiver – Caregiver also suffers a lot in cancer patients. It is an arduous task for them right from admitting a patient for chemotherapy, surgery, immunotherapy and also during post-treatment period if quality of life of the patient deteriorates.
Experience of caregivers whose patients receive Rasayana therapy is highly encouraging. Being oral therapy, hospitalization is not required. Quality of life is also significantly good and maintained even in case of advanced stage cancer since patient on Rasayana therapy leads almost independent life which decreases their dependency on caregiver.
Role of Rasayana in Cancer
Ayurveda has explained pathogenesis of disease with an excellent analogy of seed and soil. It believes that mere presence of seed does not give rise to a plant, it needs a suitable environment like the congenial season, water and soil to germinate. If there is no congenial soil, no congenial environment then the seed does not germinate. This is an extremely important principle of Ayurveda. It indicates that a physician should treat a patient so as to make his tissues and his organs healthy and bring them to an optimum level of good health. This arrests the growth and spread of cancer. This is one of the important functions of Rasayana.
Rasayana potentially helps each and every cell of the body healthy and reduces the risk of cancer progression. It also has a favourable effect on tumor micro environment. Thus, Rasayana Therapy works on all body cells as well as tissues and favourably modulates its immune system so that the risk of cancer progression is considerably reduced. Rasayana has no cytotoxic effect on cancer cells, rather it strengthens normal cells and induces programmed cell death of cancerous cells. It also modulates tumor micro environment leading to reduce tumor burden.
Unfortunately, many patients approach us in non-responding stage of Chemotherapy/Radiotherapy with progression of disease. Our primary aim is to prevent further progression and reduce current tumor burden. Rasayana therapy is capable of doing so.
