The Banerji Protocols - Book Corrections - Part 2

Plus, which sources of 'Banerji Protocols' can be trusted?

Dr. Prasanta Banerji

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For some time now there has been chatter about the Banerji Protocols book, particularly around the quality of the copies that we can buy on online, whether the book that is sold on Amazon is a knockoff, and so on.

Someone new to the Banerji Protocols book who is reading the feedback on Amazon might be deterred from buying it. 

Which would be a shame.

And that’s the reason I am writing this. The Banerji Protocols book absolutely transformed my relationship to homeopathy. It also led me to the Academy of Practical Homeopathy, which greatly deepened my understanding of how to implement the protocols, especially with regards to how long we can (and often must) take the medicines.

Because it is such an amazing resource— that has helped me immeasurably with the results I get from homeopathy— it seemed important to find out what the scoop really is. 

[A great lesson of this era is to ALWAYS look to the source material, and be wary of anything you hear online or in the media, or any source that is secondhand. So much of what I look into nowadays turns out to be misleading or downright wrong.]

In order to verify the status of The Banerji Protocols book (and to report back to all of you), I recently bought a second copy The Banerji Protocols book from Amazon. 

The original copy I purchased was back in July 2021 (also from Amazon).

(You can find the corrections to that edition here.)

This new copy I just purchased in September 2024.

Apart from some fading and wear and tear on my original copy, they look the same, and have the same publisher info (Pratip Banerji, etc).

I do not know where these prints of the book are coming from. They are no longer available directly from PBHRF India, and the Drs Prasanta and Pratip Banerji are both deceased. Because their original organization is no longer in operation, I have no idea who is publishing this book. However, whoever is doing it, IS clearly making edits. 

I have now gone through my original copy and the newly purchased copy side-by-side and page-by-page, and probably 90% of the original errors have been corrected in the newer edition.

There are also some NEW typos, but they are mostly spelling errors, with nothing that affects the accuracy of the protocols. (And which I will outline below.)

In Summary-

The newer edition of the book that is available on Amazon is of better quality than the one I purchased in 2021.

[Note: As of this article, the only places I can find to order the book at all are on Amazon and eBay.]

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The corrections that I wrote into to my first copy of the Banerji Protocols book (the one I purchased in 2021) were based on Joette Calabrese and her team having gone through it, not only for typos but also for factual errors. 

Joette is one of the few who studied directly under the Banerjis in India (annually for 9 years), and who agreed to spread this new paradigm of homeopathy to the US. She is the founder of Practical Homeopathy®. 

During the year I spent completing the Academy of Practical Homeopathy (Joette’s school), my original Banerji Protocols book was used extensively, and the protocols were referenced constantly, so I feel very confident that the information in it is accurate to how the Banerjis practiced in their clinics and what they published to share with homeopaths around the world.

I definitely trust the book.

However, I also know that the internet is full of fraudsters, and lists of *NEW* Banerji Protocols (and similar) are being promoted.

So which sources can be trusted for the Banerji Protocols? 

There are only a few:

• The original book: The Banerji Protocols- A New Method of Treatment with Homeopathic Medicines by Prasanta Banerji and Pratip Banerji

• The additional protocols book: Additional Banerji Protocols from the Clinic by Nimisha Parekh

• Joette Calabrese:

1. Her website includes a long-running, free blog, and she offers many courses as well.

2. Her Academy of Practical Homeopathy. (I have an additional ~400 PDF pages of notes with many more protocols that Joette observed being used in the clinics in India that are not in the books.)

[Therefore the increasing numbers of alumni graduating from Joette’s school will also have these protocols to use and share. (Of course quality of homeopathic help will vary!)]

• I would think Nimisha Parekh’s additional info might be useful (she teaches classes and so on as well). She spent some time with the Banerjis in the clinics, although my understanding is not nearly as much as Joette. The Additional Banerji Protocols book is very useful— but I can’t personally vouch for anything beyond that.

• Patients who are receiving care from the remaining Banerji Clinic in India, which is run by Dr. Pratip’s widow, are most certainly going to be receiving the protocols. I assume these doctors that worked with and trained under the Drs Banerji will continue to expand knowledge and treatments clinically. But I have no direct knowledge of this, and once the original founders of an organization are gone, many times things change.

There are others working with and teaching the protocols. Joette has mentioned a woman in Japan a couple of times. (I don’t know her name.) And there are those such as Christina Villacorta who appear to be using the Banerji Protocols in practice, though I don’t know what her training is.

In short, if you want to be absolutely sure, you need to reference the two books (above) or learn from those who studied directly under the Banerjis while they were alive and practicing in India.

And there are no new protocols coming out!

A ‘protocol’ is not something you have used with a couple of people that was helpful.

This doesn’t mean that a recommendation won’t be helpful, but quite literally the Banerji Protocols were clinically developed with thousands and thousands of patients— 20,000, 40,000, huge numbers.

The Banerji Protocols were tested and tested in the Banerji clinics in India before they were offered to the world.

From the Academy of Practical Homeopathy:

What is a “Protocol”? 

In Practical Homeopathy® we use the term “protocol” in a specific way. 

• A “protocol” is a recommendation of homeopathic medicines (including the potency and frequency) specific to a condition. Protocols are developed based on clinical evidence, and experience over time, by experts with a long history of practice. 

• What is NOT a protocol: when a homeopathic medicine or combination of medicines are chosen to treat a condition but not explicitly defined as a protocol. For example medicines chosen from Repertorizing, from word of mouth that someone else had success with, even from a professional. 

True protocols carry the greatest weight; then suggestions; then the repertory.

Protocols are easy, formulaic, reproducible with a proven track record— Like recipes!

[Also remember that Banerji is a very common surname in India. Like Smith. The Drs Banerji are now gone. See their photos above. And the only legitimate remaining clinic, is run by the widow of Pratip Banerji.]

The more you get to know the original Banerji Protocols, the more you’ll be able to tell what’s legit and not.

Can new protocols ever be discovered and tested and utilized and passed down? Absolutely. But not from Prasanta and Pratip Banerji, the creators of The Banerji Protocols and this revolutionary method of utilizing homeopathy. 

[We have a LOT of legitimate protocols. See the searchable index I created here.]

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The following are the corrections to the most recent version of the Banerji Protocols book, which I purchased from Amazon in September 2024.

A few reminders about the protocols— 

•1000C = 1M potency

•Although they often used 3X and 3C potencies, we might substitute 6X and 6C, which are much easier to find in the US.

•The notes regarding taking the remedies ‘in liquid’, ‘trituration’, ‘ two tablets of each’, number of drops, etc., were specific to the Banerji’s pharmacy in India. You will use the remedies according the pharmacy instructions according to the brand you purchase.

[Note: I have heard, through the grapevine, of women who weren’t responding to Sepia 200C (particularly for low sex drive) doing better with the Sepia 200 in liquid form from the pharmacy. Which is how it is specified in the book. I have not tested this with anyone, and many do respond to Sepia 200 in pill form. For those that don’t I usually have other options that work for them.]

•If you have a very sobering condition, you probably want to buy the remedies as close as possible to how they are specified, so there’s no room for doubt. However, in my practice, I use Boiron and Helios and other brands, with the pills made into wet doses, for virtually everything, and with great action.

Now onto the book corrections!

The new copy of the Banerji Protocols book still has the same locations where Aconitum θ (Mother Tincture) is used. (That is because it’s not a typo, this is what the Banerjis used. However, we should NOT mess with Aconitum in gross form, and the 200C has now been tested extensively and works beautifully.)

So, we still need to change Aconitum θ to Aconitum 200, in all instances. (See pg. 56, 101, 135 (in two places), and 139.) These corrections are also included in the list below.

I also discovered a location (in both books) where Stramonium θ (Mother Tincture) is recommended.

I would not use Stramonium in gross form either. I would choose Stramonium 6C—  or possibly 200C if the 6C helped but not enough. (I will add this correction to the original corrections article as well as including it below.)

Depending on which edition (of probably many) of the Banerji Protocols book you own, you may want to check through both my original corrections article and the new corrections below, as they are quite different.

Many of these are intuitive changes, but for beginners it may be confusing to know if the typos are a different medicine altogether or just an error.

Edits are in bold.

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pg. 38 in the first line of the 8th paragraph

should read 3 1/2 years (not 3%)

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pg. 56 under Cerebral Vascular Accidents, First Line Medicines

change to Aconitum Napelles 200C (not θ, aka Mother Tincture)

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pg. 60 under Complications After Blood Transfusion

You can change the headlines to:

FIRST LINE MEDICINES —> FOR FEVER

SECOND LINE MEDICINES —> FOR ALLERGIC RASHES

THIRD LINE MEDICINES —> FOR FEVER & CHILL

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pg. 75 under Esophageal Motility Disorders, Third Line Medicines

should read Cuprum Metallicum (not Cupra)

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pg. 80 under First Line Medicines

should read 15-20 minutes (not 15/20)

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pg. 83 under Hemorrhoids, First Line Medicines

should read Nux Vomica 30C

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pg. 87 under Hypothyroidism, Second Line Medicines

should read Calcarea Carbonica

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pg. 88 under Impetigo, Second Line Medicines

should read Antimonium Crudum

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pg. 93 under Lichen Simplex Chronicus, First Line Medicines

should read Arsenicum Album

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pg. 96 the second Meningitis (Different Types)

should read MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME

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pg. 100 at the top under Second Line Medicines (which is under Osteoporosis continued from the previous page)

should ALSO include—

• Hypericum Perforatum 200C, one dose every one hour (SOS) for pain, if any. 

This is the same as in Line One, and may used in addition to the Line 2 medicines as well.

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pg. 101 under Paralysis, First Line Medicines

change to Aconitum Napelles 200C (not θ, aka Mother Tincture)

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pg. 103 under Peptic Ulcers, Second Line Medicines

should read Anacardium Orientale

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pg. 107 under Premenstrual Tension Syndrome, Third Line Medicines

change Stramonium 6C (or 200C) (not θ, aka Mother Tincture)

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pg. 110 correct the first headline to read MYCOBACTERIAL (not Mycrobacterial)

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pg. 112 under Rheumatoid Arthritis, first sentence

should read collagen (not colagean)

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pg. 118 under Spinal Tumors…, First Line Medicines

should read Carcinosinum (also known as Carcinosin)

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pg. 122 under Travel Sickness, Second Line Medicines

should read Cocculus

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pg. 124 under Third Line Medicines

should read Arnica Montana

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pg. 128 in the top left box, under the second bullet point

should read Urtica Urens

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pg. 135 under First Line Medicines

change to Aconitum Napelles 200C (not θ, aka Mother Tincture)

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pg. 135 under Second Line Medicines

change to Aconitum Napelles 200C (not θ, aka Mother Tincture)

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pg. 135 under Second Line Medicines,

bullet points 2 and 3 should be combined into one line:

Lycopodium Clavatum 30C, and Cantharis 200C, every three hours alternately. 

(To be the same as under First Line Medicines.)

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pg. 139 under 2. at the top of the page (in the Blood Pressure section)

change to Aconitum Napelles 200C (not θ, aka Mother Tincture)

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pg. 154 under Table 2, Post-return back pain, 1st line medicines

should read Rhus Toxicodendrom 30C (only)

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pg. 154 under Table 2, Psychological Stress, 3rd line medicines

should read Hyoscyamus Niger 6C

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A couple of additional notes—

-Anywhere you see Glonoine, we may also know it as Glonoinum.

-Vitex Negundo (aka Vitron) is very hard to find. I only know of this one place that it can be purchased. (Fortunately it isn’t called for in many protocols— and only in one protocol as part of Line 1/First Line Medicines. See pgs. 60, 95, and 120 in the original Banerji Protocols book. There are no appearances of this remedy in the Additional Protocols book.)

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There may be other small typos, but nothing that materially affects the content, to my knowledge.

So check your books and write in the applicable corrections!

If you notice anything else that seems important or that you have questions about, I’ll leave the comments open below so that all may ask or share. (Usually only subscribers can comment.)

As always, please use your own common sense and get help, medical or otherwise, as needed. I am here to share what I know for educational purposes, but I have no idea what your specific situation may be!

Until next time— thank you for reading, sharing and subscribing! :)