tom o'brien's List: Interhomeopathy

• Bowel nosodes: A group of neglected remedies

   

  by Ai-ling Makewell
• Although the bowel nosode were brought into being during the early 1930’s there was not much attention being paid to this group of nosode after the initial experiments by E. Bach and J. Paterson. Not only there was no further investigation of their properties in health and disease since Paterson, they were not well utilized by the homoeopathic profession in our daily practice. The latter issue is much to our own disadvantage as today’s medical scientific inquiries have shown that the bowel flora play an important role in the balance between health and diseased conditions.
• he most common disease conditions include GIT (Gastrointestinal Tract) disorders such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease as well as other conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, chronic hepatitis, food allergies, etc. Therefore, a healthy balance of the bacteria micro-flora is necessary to ensure a robust intestinal system.
• The relationship between homoeopathic remedies and the bowel nosode made by Paterson in his research work up till 1949 is in need of bringing up to date. This is particularly relevant when we take into consideration the vast number of new remedies introduced since. This is especially relevant when we take into consideration Scholten’s contribution through his Element Theory and the remedies obtained from the plant families by both Scholten and Sankaran. In order to do credit to this group of remedies I will first give a brief history of their evolution. Second, how the bowel nosode may be applied in practice and indications for their use and cautions to be considered. Lastly, I will relate my own clinical experience in applying the bowel nosode.
• Essentially, bowel nosode are prepared from cultures of non-lactose fermenting flora of the intestinal tract. The various groups of the nosode are differentiated from each other based on their ability to ferment certain sugars.

• Morgan-pure (Paterson): Alumina; Baryta-c; Calc-c; Calc-sulph; Carbo-veg; Carbo-sulph; Digitalis; Ferr-c; Graphites; Kali-c; Mag-c; Medorrhinum; Nat-c; Petroleum; Psorinum; Sepia; SULPHUR; Tub-bov Calc-c; Calc-fl; Calc-sil; Calc-sulph; Causticum; Graphites; Hep-sulph; Kali-bich; Kali-c; Kali-sulph; Lycopodium; Medorrhinum; Nat-sulph; Nux-v; Petroleum; Psorinum; Pulsatilla; Rhus-t; Sepia; Silicea; S.S.C.; Thuja; Tub. 

   

   Morgan gaertner (Paterson): Chelidonium; Chenopodium; Hellebor-n; Hepar sulph; Lachesis; LYCOPODIUM; Merc-sulph; sanguinaria; Taraxacum; Calc-c; Graphites; Kali-bich; Lycopodium; Nat-m; Nux-v; Pulsatilla; Sepia; Silicea; Sulph. 

   

   Proteus (Bach): Acid-m; Ammon-m; Aurum-m; Apis; Baryta-m; Borax; Conium; Cuprum-met; Calc-m; Ferr-m; Ignatia; Kali-m; Mag-m; NATRUM-M; Secale,Aurum-m; Baryta-m; Calc-m; Cholesterin; Cuprum; Ferr-m; Kali-m; Mag-m; Nat-m; Secale cor; Sepia. 

   

   Gaertner (Bach): Calc-fl; Calc-hypo; Calc-phos; Cal-sil; Kali-phos; MERC-VIV; Nat-phos; Nat-sil-fl; PHOSPHORUS; Phytollacca; Pulsatilla; SILICEA; Syphilinum; Zinc-phos; Bacilinum; Calc-phos; Clac-sil; Ferr-phos; Kali-phos; Nat-phos; Phosphorus; Silicea; Tub. 

   

   Dysentery Co. (Bach): Anacardium; Arg-nit; ARSENIC ALB; Cadmium met; Kalmia; Veratrum-alb; Veratrum-viv; Arg-nit; Ars-alb; China-ars; China-off; Pulsatilla; Tub. 

   

   Dysentery Co. (Dishington): Ammon-c; Arg-nit; Arnica; Ars; Cactus; Carbo-veg; Coffea; Digitalis; Gels; Graph; Kali-c; Kalmia; Lachesis; Ledum; Lycopodium; Mag-m; Nat-c; Phos; Platina; Sanguinaria; Sepia; Tub. 

   

   Sycotic Co.: Acid-nit; Anti-t; Bacillinum; Calc-met; Ferr-met; Nat-sulph; Rhus-t; Thuja; Bacillinum; Clac-c; Kali-bich; Lycopodium; Nat-m; Pulsatilla; Sepia; Silicea; Sulph; Tub. 

   

   Bacillus No. 7: Ars-iod; Bromium; Calc-iod; Ferrum-iod; IODIUM; Kali-bich; Kali-brom; KALI-CARB; Kali-iod; Kali-nit; Merc-iod; Nat-iod; Calc-c; Cal-fl; Causticum; Kali-c; Rhus-t.  

   

   Mutabile: Ferr-phos; Kali-sulph; PULSATILLA. 

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• Paterson often used the nosode in high potency and the related remedy in low (e.g. Sycotic Co. 1M, one dose, and Natrum Sulph 6C, twice a day).

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• Bowel Nosodes, My clinical experiences

   

  by Ai-ling Makewell

• The symptom in all these people described above may differ, but it is very clear to me that an as-if-one-person approach would be very effective in a fast majority of the cases. And this is only Kashmir.
• It seems as if unresolved trauma lies at the basis of many chronic conditions. If we look at the language of Vital Sensation these are all expressions of trauma. These are sensations fitting a traumatic experience to a life form.
• Some ideas on the role of trauma:
• A Collective Disease can follow a Collective Trauma. A good example is cholera following the horror of war. Interesting to see that for instance Cuprum is a remedy fitting both war (the typical Cuprum state is that of a soldier) and cholera. Of course there are also circumstances on the physical level like lack of clean drinking water etc but that doesn’t mean that trauma at the energetic level is not an essential part of the expression of the disease.
• There seems to be a chain reaction:  
       o Trauma ⇒ Miasm  
       o Miasm ⇒ Infection  
       o Infection ⇒ Genetic damage (genetic trauma)  
       o Genetic damage ⇒ Chronic Disease
• Collective trauma ⇐⇒ Epidemic; a collective trauma can be both cause and effect of an epidemic; if for instance due to Avian Flu millions of people die that causes a trauma to many more million survivors. And staying with that example the fear and panic that comes up if such an epidemic is broad-casted is the first symptom of the epidemic, the first way in which the collective shows signs and symptoms before or without the virus itself ever reaching the individual. 
   • Trauma seems to be Primary. So in the chain of diseases and traumatic events - a limited two-dimensional way of cause and effect - it seems with that the wheel starts turning. 
   • Separation, the delusion that we are separated instead of one, the mythological departure from paradise, is the Basic Trauma.

  • remember to give a remedy for the present collective trauma which may include many notions including fear of abandonment, seperation, poverty, war
• Homeopathy Should Take Its Responsibility in Epidemics! 
   The easiest and most practical way of starting to address collective derangements of the vital force is by treating epidemics. There are lots of reasons why this is a more than good idea and why luckily several homeopaths are practicing this, especially in developing countries: 
   • Because it creates no side-effects  
   • Because it is safe for pregnant women, babies and elderly people 
   • Because it is not expensive  
   • Because production, storage and distribution is simple 
   • Because it does not induce therapy resistance 
   • Because it does not create more dangerous viruses and bacteria 
   • Because it has been effective in many epidemics in the past is effective in today’s epidemics

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