What is Breuss cancer cure?
Rudolph Breuss was born in Austria in 1899. First he worked as an electrician, then as a naturopath. He developed the Breuss Cancer Cure or Breuss Total Cancer Treatment (ref 1-3). Breuss died in 1990 (ref 4).
Theory
Breuss postulated that cancer cells live exclusively on solid foods ("…the only patients that died were patients that were given something to eat." (ref 1-3)). He claimed that cancer cells are not able to feed upon vegetable juices and the cancers will die if patients ingest only vegetable juices and special teas for 42 days. Breuss quoted Bruno Vornarburg who said that the carcinogenic process was fed by proteins and that if there are no proteins in food, the tumor is unable to survive (ref 1-3). Furthermore, Breuss claimed that after a diet free of proteins, the body attacks and destroys the tumor like an "operation without knife". Breuss also believed his intervention was not only a cure but also a protection against cancer (ref 1-3).
Treatment
The treatment is described in three books written by Breuss (ref 1-3), but it is not clear whether the publishers have changed, added or left out original statements. For example, the English translation of Breuss’ book does not mention that he did not allow radiation treatment and injections during his cure (ref 2). Further amendments were written by Thomar (ref 5,6).
Breuss rigidly stipulated that cancer patients are not allowed to drink or eat anything other than his juices and teas for 42 days. Breuss gave strict instructions about the preparation and taking of the juices and teas. Juices include beetroot, carrots, celeriac, black radish and potatoes if the patient has liver cancer. All vegetables used have to be organically grown and sediments of the vegetables must be removed. The maximum ingested amount of juice is 500 ml per day.
""He (Breuss) claimed that cancer cells are not able to feed upon vegetable juices and the cancers will die if patients ingest only vegetable juices and special teas for 42 days"
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Breuss allotted three teas for all types of cancers: sage tea, kidney tea and cranesbill tea. Sage tea includes sage (Salvia officinalis), St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), peppermint (Mentha piperata) and balm (Melissa officinalis) in a special ratio. It could be taken when desired. Kidney tea includes horsetail (Equisetum arvense), stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare) and St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), in a special ratio and must be taken only for the first three weeks. Cranesbill tea includes red cranesbill (Geranium robertianum) and only one half cup of cold tea should be ingested per day. For special types of cancer, additional teas are recommended. All teas have to be taken without sugar.
For leukemia, Breuss stated that the patient had to drink the teas and juices but could eat everything except for meat soup, beef, pork and reheated food (ref 1-3) (the English translation mentions beef soup, pork, chemical food additives, burnt food and fats (ref 2)).
Breuss further stipulated that patients can not start the Breuss Cancer Cure immediately after surgery, but have to wait at least two to five months. No concurrent treatments are allowed during the treatment. He recommended fresh air and exercise and that smoking should be stopped. Furthermore, the patient must not sleep above so-called "water veins" (sources of ground radiation) and should avoid moth powder, insecticides, sprays or air fresheners in the house. Breuss claimed that patients who had completed the Breuss Cancer Cure should never again eat reheated food but should be allowed to gradually start eating salt-reduced, light food and to drink approximately 60 ml of the vegetable juice per day for a further two to four weeks.
Additional instructions were added in 1987 (ref 1, 2): patients should take one or two bowls of onion broth a day (only the liquid). To support the heart, patients should take 20 to 40 drops of hawthorn tincture (Crataegus oxyacantha). People with diabetes should continue insulin treatment.
Additional instructions were added in 1990 (ref 1): for substitution of calcium and potassium, patients should drink a tea made from plantain lance (Plantago lanceolata), broad-leaved plantain (Plantago major), Iceland moss (Cetraria islandica), lungwort (Pulmonaria officinalis), ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), mullein (Verbascum thapsus) and Meum mutellina herb (Ligusticum mutellina). Patients with liver or gall bladder problems should drink a broth of bean pods instead of onion broth.
Claims of efficacy
Breuss claimed, that since 1950 he has treated more than 2,000 patients successfully. He estimates that since 1986, a further 40,000 patients with cancer and other "incurably sick persons" have been healed through his methods. As proof he cited testimonials and letters of thanks from the years 1971 to 1985 (ref 1-3) . Breuss claimed that treatment failures could only occur if his instructions were not followed strictly (ref 1-3) . He believed that about one million people could be healed, "if the so-called cancer research and the orthodox medicine would be with me instead against me" (ref 1).
Prevalence of use
Although the book the "Breuss Cancer Cure" was translated into Chinese, Croatian, English, French, Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Spanish (ref 1, 2), no exact data on prevalence of use have been published. Internet searches located several patients reporting their experiences with the treatment (ref 6-8), and an internet homepage reported 14,820 visitors between August 2004 and the middle of September 2005 (ref 6). The Internet search also found one physician (ref 9) and one spa hotel (ref 10) offering the Breuss treatment.
Costs
The juices are produced and promoted by Biotta INC. (ref 11) and Zwicky GmbH (ref 12). The juices can be bought in health food stores, drugstores and through the internet. The required 21 litres cost between €89 and €122. The costs for the teas are additional. Spa hotels offer the Breuss Cancer Cure for between approximately €900 to €3000.
References
1. Breuss R. Krebs - Leukämie und andere scheinbar unheilbare Krankheiten mit natürlichen Mitteln heilbar. Mebus; 1990.
2. Breuss R. The Breuss Cancer Cure. Alive books Canada; 1995.
3. Moerman C, Breuss R. Krebs - Leukämie und andere scheinbar unheilbare Krankheiten - mit natürlichen Mitteln heilen. 12 ed. Freiburg i. Br.: Aurum in J. Kamphausen Verlag; 2004.
4. Merk J. Wangen im Allgäu. 2005.
5. Thomar, J. H. R. Die Krebskur total nch Rudolph Breuss richtig gemacht. 2005. Eigenverlag J.H.R. Thomar Pullendorf.
6. Mit der Breuss Kur...., http://www.breuss-kur.de, and Keine Operation. Keine chemo. http://www.krebsweghungern.de, (accessed on 2005 Septemer 16). 2005.
7. Krebs und andere Erkrankungen natürlich heilen. http://www.aaaaalternative-krebsheilung.de/wunder.htm, (accessed on 2005 September 16). 2005.
8. butterbach.net, http://www.butterbach.net/prostata.htm, (accessed on 2005 September 16). 2005.
9. Kroiss-Cancer-Center, http:// www.kroisscancercenter.com (accessed on 2005 September 16). 2005.
10. Breuss-Gerson Kurhaus Chattenbuehl, http://www.chattenbuehl.com (accessed on 2005 September 16). 2005.
11. Biotta AG, http://www.biotta.ch, (accessed on 2005 Septemer 16). 2005.
12. Zwicky GmbH, http://www.zwicky.de (accessed on 2005 September 16). 2005.
