Sun Therapy


Anshutz gives a useful therapeutic differential diagnosis of the condition Sun Therapy, with the most useful homeopathic remedies. Therapeutic byways by E.P. Anshutz, published in 1900….


Sun rays

In 1893 Dr. V.O. Thayer had a paper in the Southern California Practitioner on Solar Therapy. The treatment consists in concentrating the sun’s rays by means of burning glasses on the diseased part until it is slightly burnt or charred. When healed, which soon follows, repeat until cured. He claimed to have cured, by this means, varicose veins, all sorts of ulcers, cancers, removed birth marks, India ink and powder marks, warts, wens and other morbid growths on the skin. Unlike other caustics, it can be applied with perfect safety upon the most delicate tissues. The irritation and inflammation following its application is surprisingly slight and of short duration. Pain subsides immediately. There is a curative power in the rays of the sun yet unexplained.

E.P. Anshutz
Edward Pollock Anshutz – 1846-1918. Editor - Homeopathic Recorder and author of New Old and Forgotten Remedies. Held an Hon. Doctor of Medicine from Hering Medical College.