Genus epidemicus
Vergleich: Spenglersan.: Kolloiden.
Siehe: Homöopathie + Terms in Homöopathie + Homöopathische Epidemiebehandlung + Krankheiten + Anhang (David Little) + Anhang 2 (Harry van der Zee)
http://www.hersculaboratoryflu.org/tools/genusEpidemicus.html
A New Source:
In homeopathy until today remedies have been used coming from material
sources. These include the imponderables like Sol and Magnetis
as also these originate from material sources.
Immaterial sources have to my knowledge hardly been used, and if so met
with great skepticism. Their basis is consciousness
and since nobody can see that under a microscope or put it
into a mortar the reserve is understandable. This doesn’t mean though
that this source can and should not be used.
I’m sure there are many ways, either based on spiritual practice or
technology, in which remedies based on conscious purposely design can be made.
My personal experience is limited to
those prepared by Peter Chappell. In his search for a simillimum for AIDS in Africa he couldn’t find a suitable
remedy in the then existing materia medica and found a way to create a
simillimum without the use of material
substance.
He has named his first remedy PC1 and developed many others later, which
together are referred to as PC Resonances.
[Dr. VK Krishnamurty]
Scorpion sting Ledum 200 is a specific. Repeat
every 5 minutes till pain comes down.
Chikungunya Polyp-p. C 1000/Chin.
[Dr. G.H.G. Jahr]
The best remedy for acute parotitis is Merc,
Dios.: das einzige homöopathische Mittel, das eine Paukenhöhlenentzündung des Ohrs heilt.
[Dr. K.N. Mathur]
Near Specifics
Anthrac.: Carbuncles with burning pain
Aur-met.: Atrophy of testicles in boys
Zinc-p.: Brain fog of businessmen – lower potencies
Thymol.: Hookworms
Stict.: Sleeplesness due
to nervousness Tincture to 2x
[John Minz. Canton]
An epidemic of scarlatina not responsive to
the remedies in common use. An excoriating nasal discharge in conjunction with
a few other symptoms peculiar to this individual
epidemic led him to select Arum triphyllum for these cases, which he applied with great
success (= genus epidemicus).
[John Minz, Canton, Ohio, mid-1800's]
Finding the Genus Epidemicus
H. describes the process of determining the genus epidemicus
concisely. in his Organon: aph.
101:
Usually the physician does not immediately perceive the complete picture
of the epidemic in the first case that he treats. since the collective disease
reveals itself in the totality
of signs and symptoms only after several cases have been closely
observed. Nevertheless. an observant physician can often come so close after
seeing only one or two patients
that he becomes aware of the characteristic picture of the epidemic and
can already find its appropriate homoeopathic remedy.
Organon: aph. 102
From writing down the symptoms of several cases of this sort. the outline
of the disease picture becomes more and more complete - not more extensive and
wordy. but more characteristic.
containing more accurately the peculiarity of the particular collective
disease. The ordinary symptoms -loss of appetite. sleeplessness. etc.- become
more precisely qualified. and those
that are more exceptional special and in the circumstances unusual and
belong to only a few diseases. reveal themselves and constitute the
characteristic picture of this epidemic.
All those who catch an epidemic at a particular time have a disease
flowing from the same source and therefore the same disease. But the entire
scope of such an epidemic disease. the
totality of its symptoms (which we need to know in order to grasp the
whole disease picture and choose an appropriate remedy for it) cannot be
perceived in any one patient. but can
be fully distilled and gathered only from the sufferings of several
patients with different physical constitutions.
In subsequent cases either the appropriateness of the remedy chosen in
the first cases will be corroborated or else a more appropriate one. the most
appropriate one. will be revealed.
Examples from a Pertussis Epidemic
As a specific example of this process. in a cluster of cases of Pertussis I treated in November-December of 1996. early
cases I saw yielded the following repertorizations:
Pertussis Case 1 Pertussis
Case 2
Pertussis Case 3 Pertussis
Case 4
Cases 1. 2 and 4 lack sufficiently characterizing symptoms to indicate a
clear remedy choice. Case 3 however reveals a clear picture of Corallium rubrum. with the highly
characterizing symptoms
of copious postnasal discharge and vomiting of stringy mucus.
These 4 cases taken together. "As if of one person". provide a
group anamnesis of this particular epidemic of pertussis:
Corallium rubrum
Cases 1 & 2 were treated when first seen with Drosera
and Kali bichromicum. respectively; but did not
respond to these initial reasonable prescriptions.
After the initial several cases seen confirmed the genus epidemicus to be Corallium rubrum. these early cases were re-treated successfully. and
Coral-r. served to effectively treat 12 of 14 cases
seen in this cluster; and was used with apparent success in the homoeoprophylaxis of numerous siblings and playmates of the
cases seen.
Potency and dosage for prophylactic treatment are guided by the same
issues that guide the treatment of active disease; largely. the dynamic nature
of the illness. the vitality and sensitivity of the
individual patient and most importantly, what you happen to have on hand
at the time. In general. the lower potencies suffice. I'll commonly use 12C or
30C. occasionally 200C. and on rare occasions
have used 1M potencies in prophylaxis.
Single doses in pellet form are clearly effective in prophylaxis.
conferring a good window of protection; but as most epidemic illnesses I
encounter have a drawn-out presence in the community.
I generally prefer to give the remedy in repeated doses of gradually
ascending potency in medicinal solution.
A typical regimen for a highly virulent disease such as scarlatina (for the patient of average vitality and
sensitivity) would be to put 1 pellet of 12C. 30C or 200C in 1 ounce of
distilled water in
a small dropper bottle; and dose 2 drops daily after 4 succussions of the bottle. for the duration of the epidemic
in the community. An alternative is to use 1 pellet in 4 oz distilled water in
a larger
bottle. with a ½ tsp dose after 4 succussions.
Dosing is reduced in patients judged of lower vitality +/o. higher sensitivity.
During the more lengthy 'flu season. I'll often recommend weekly (rather
than daily) repetition in a similar manner. In patients considered particularly
at risk of complications from the 'flu'. I might
anticipate the epidemic -until a genus epidemicus
is clear- by using Anas barabare
8 (the commercial preparations are 200C). 1-2 pellets in 1oz distilled water.
in this same manner. dosed once weekly.
This frequency of repetition has as much to do with the pace of the
disease and the (similar) pace of the remedy as it does with the duration of
the epidemic. Scarlatina generally has a rapid and
furious pace. calling for a simillimum (Bell.) with a
matching pace and more limited duration of action. Influenza more often has a
more indolent pace. calling for a simillimum of
matching slow pace (Bry. Gels.) and longer duration
of action. There are no recipes here which can be followed in cook-book
fashion; rather. consider the dosing directions above as examples. and allow
yourself to be guided more by your clinical experience in homoeopathic
treatment for the cases at hand.
Varicose veins: Ham.
[Torako Yui]
Effects of HPV vaccine: Alum.
[Dr. Schwartz]
Ant-c. Arthritis deformans
a near specific (extreme tenderness of the soles of the feet).
[Peter Alex]
Aur-ars. Is specific for Borreliose
[Dr. Roger Morrison]
Bar-m.: almost a specific for aneurysm of
the aorta (thoracic or abdominal).
Bry.: claimed that in seven out of
every ten cases of typhoid for which Bryonia
was indicated. it would be the only remedy indicated. because the symptoms
of the drug correspond to those of every stage of typhoid.
[E.A. Farrrington]
The remedy to permanently cure billiary calculi is Chin. Unless some symptoms call you
specifically to another drug. put your patient on a course of Chin.
[Dr. Manish Bhatia]
Chin.: almost a specific for Chikungunya
[Dr. med. Helmut B. Retzek]
Am Abend. nach einem Seminar. wenn die Homöopathen so rumsitzen und quatschen. erfährt man viele spannende Anekdoten. irgendeinen aufregenden Fall. irgendeine bemerkenswerte Begebenheit innerhalb eines komplexen Falles. Viele dieser "Kleinigkeiten" sind bemerkenswerte Beobachtungen. die evtl. anderen Kollegen bei einem ähnlich gelagerten Problem oder Fall
helfen könnten oder einfach ein tieferes Arzneimittel-Verständnis geben.
Ein Beispiel aus der EH: "… Dr. Kissel behandelte 93 Fälle rechtsseitiger Pneumonie mit Nasenbluten aus dem rechten Nasenloch. Appetitverlust + verlangt kalte Getränken. Stechen l.
Thorax verhindert das Atmen. Druck hinterm Sternum. muss sich zum Atmen aufsetzen um nicht zu ersticken. kollaptisches Bild mit blassem Gesicht, drohender Lungenlähmung mit Cupr-act.. (Hoyne T.S. Vol II. S. 227)"
Das ist doch tatsächlich eine fantastische Beobachtung! Jedenfalls bemerkenswert. weil uns dieser kurze Beitrag die Arznei als wichtige. weil lebensrettende Arznei bei einer schwersten Epidemie beschreibt. mit ihrem Hauptwirkungsort und wichtigen differenzierenden Nebensymptomen. sie damit also homöopathisch korrekt verschreibbar wird - und er fehlt im Repertorium!
[Dr. P.C. Majumbar]
Cupr-met.: In Asiatic cholera in its
various stages and when given according to indications. cures the patient at
once.
Intermittent Neuralgia of well defined
periodicity. i.e. nervous pains of well defined duration. which come at a
certain time and disappear at a certain time every day.
Chinin-s. is a
specific
of the first degree. which never failed me.
unless the patient had before taken Chinin-s. in
massive doses.
[E.B. Nash]
Cicuta virosa
was tried for cerebro-spinal meningitis
by Dr. Baker. of Moravia. N.Y. who cured. during an epidemic 60 cases of all
degrees of malignancy. without the loss of a single case.
This is a wonderful record and he thinks it is as near a specific for
this disease as can be.
Ant-t. the nearest to a specific for cholera morbus of any remedy. For more than 25 years I have
seldom found it necessary to use any other.
and then only when there were severe cramps in the stomach and bowels
which Cupr-met. relieved.
Ant-c.: diarrhoea # constipation. oftenest found
with old people, the only remedy
[W.A. Dewey]
Chorea: Baehr claims Cupr-met.
will cure most cases of chorea. It is indicated where the choreic
movements start in the muscles of the fingers and toes and ext. limbs.
[Dr. C.G. Jahr]
Bar-c.: For Steatoma (Lipoma) the principal remedy.
[Clarke]
Nose bleed - Ferr-pic. almost a specific for nose bleeding. 3rd trituration is recommended.
[Dr. E.P. Anshutz]
Lap-a.: Scrofulous enlargement of the cervical glands. it is almost specific
where the glands have a certain amount of elasticity and pliability about them.
rather than a stony hardness
[Allyson McQuinn]
Leptospira ictero-hemorrhagica
homeopatical in Cuba: The prophylaxis consisted of 2
single doses about 2 weeks apart. Included in the dose was the Lepto nosode + some Bach flower
remedies to address the mental distress of the disaster situation.
[Dr. W.H. Dickinson]
Lyss. is genus of Borderline Syndrome
[George Royal]
Mag-p.: cured hiccough most frequently.
There are several cases on record where the condition had been of long standing
speedily cured. With one case the hiccoughs at times occurred 30x per minute.
The patient’s life had been in danger for two months. Tab.
[Dr. J.T. Kent]
Naja: Valvular
troubles of the heart. in young persons with cardiac valvular
diseases. If the valvular trouble is congenital it
cannot be cured. In school boys and
girls who have no symptoms. this is
the generic remedy for this kind of complaint. Always prescribe Naja unless guided away from it by some specific symptom
[Dr. G.H.G. Jahr]
The best remedy for acute parotitis is Merc, in most cases a
specific.
[Allen]
"Epidemien. die im Januar und Februar auftreten. verlangen häufig Mezereum."
[C.M.F. Boenninghausen]
Opium in Alcoholism
[Vosloo]
Mastitis: Phytolacca
[Deborah Olenev]
Genus for tennis elbow: Ruta
[Krishnamurti]
Polyp-p. C
10.000 is almost a specific for Chikungunya given in
one single dose.
[Dr. Franz Hartmann]
Puls: the specific remedy in otitis
where the external and internal inflammations run a parallel course. both break
out simultaneously. and equally acute and violent.
[Gawlik]
Sec.: Burning-feet-Syndrom (< Wärme)
[C.M.F. Von Boenninghausen]
Pocken: Thuja is a Specific
[Bayes]
Sol-carolinense: good clinical record in explosive
and spasmodic coughs. and is recommended by eclectic physicians as almost
specific.
Bell. 200 C in preventing Leptospirosis in Cuba
is documented on the PUB-MED website. According to the PUB-MED published in
2010:
“A homeoprophylactic formulation was prepared
from dilutions of four circulating strains of Leptospirosis.
This formulation was administered orally to 2.3 million persons at high
risk in an epidemic in a region affected by natural disasters.
The data from surveillance were used to measure the impact of the
intervention by comparing with historical trends and non-intervention regions.
Karbunkel: Anthraci. = auch präventiv
Xanthium spinosum: specific
for hydrophobia and is recommended for chronic cystitis in women.
[E.A. Farrington]
Zinc-v.: Restless legs: a common symptom of nervous
persons - they cannot sit still. or they must keep the legs in constant motion
[Ulrich Welte]
Grippe 2014 - 2015: Scilla. Hydr-ac.
[Dr. Vickie Menear]
The remedy most closely fitting the symptoms of the 1914 “flu” virus. Crot-h.. also fits the Ebola virus nearly 95% symptom-wise!
Crot-h. Both. Lach. Phos. Merc.
[Astrid Süßmuth]
Helleborus niger als Spezifikum bei Gehirntumor
Pocken: Bell.
In an epidemic in Wavre, Sarracenia
was given to 2000 persons. All who took it escaped the disease. 200 cases were
treated with Sarracenia without a death. Aborts the
disease and arrests
pustules. > in fresh air and out of bed. < midnight and 15
h./trying to walk/cold air (< Bone
pains).
[Will Taylor]
H. suggested Camphora as the homoeoprophylactic simillimum for
the approaching epidemic of Asiatic Cholera.
Boenninghausen had some excellent success in using
Thuja occidentalis in this
manner in the prophylactic treatment of smallpox.
This can only be done for those diseases that H. would class as
"acute miasms" - diseases that "recur
in the same manner and are therefore known by a traditional name".
As an example Scarlatina (scarlet fever) by
Hahnemann in 1799 in Königslutter.
We know that this acute miasmatic disease
-although certainly individually variable to some extent in its individual
presentation- commonly presents with a high. dry, continued fever.
very often with delirium during the fever; with inflammation of the
posterior pharynx with enlarged tonsils and pain on swallowing and hoarseness
of the voice; with anterior cervical adenopathy;
with a characteristic red sandpaper rash; with cracked lips. fissured tongue.
and prominent papillae of the tongue
which may form the characteristic strawberry-tongue appearance; and with
nasal coryza.
From the Synthesis 8.0 Repertory. we were able to select the following
rubrics to represent these common. or generic symptoms of Scarlatina:
FEVER -
CONTINUED fever - eruptive
FEVER -
INTENSE heat
FEVER -
DRY heat
MIND -
DELIRIUM - fever - during
THROAT -
PAIN - swallowing
THROAT -
SWELLING - Tonsils
LARYNX
AND TRACHEA - VOICE - hoarseness
EXTERNAL
THROAT - SWELLING - Cervical Glands
SKIN -
ERUPTIONS - rash
SKIN -
DISCOLORATION - red
SKIN -
ERUPTIONS - desquamating
FACE -
CRACKED - Lips
MOUTH -
CRACKED - Tongue fissured
MOUTH -
PAPILLAE of tongue - erect + strawberry etc...
NOSE -
CORYZA
Analyzing these results in: Scarlatina
analysis
Bell.: The striking similitude of Belladonna to the
generic/undifferentiated picture of Scarlatina stands
out.
Closely following Bell. in this analysis are Apis.
Lach. Merc. Rhus-t.. and Arum triphyllum.
These remedies address the essential characteristics of scarlatina -the genus of the disease- but they do so in
their own varied manners. each differing somewhat from
the generic. undifferentiated similarity of Belladonna to the scarlatina disease-state.
In the mid-1800's. John Minz. Canton. Ohio.
was faced with an epidemic of scarlatina not responsive to the remedies in common use. An
excoriating nasal discharge in conjunction with a few
other symptoms peculiar to this individual epidemic led him to select
Arum triphyllum for this cluster of cases. which he
applied with great success. This individualization to a particular occurrence
of an epidemic will be described below. as the selection of a genus epidemicus.
The success of the two approaches outlined above -the use of the
acute-disease nosode. and the identification of a
genus remedy for the acute miasm- may hinge on the
temporal behavior of acute illnesses. In their
earliest stages. these diseases are often ill defined. or generic in
appearance; in flu. there is a mild poorly-defined malaise with confusion in
temperature regulation; in measles. fever with morbiliform
rash on the forehead and mild coryza; etc. As the
individual case of disease evolves.
differentiating features then appear which further characterize the case
and point to an individually specific simillimum; but
early on. this less-differentiated disharmony
may respond to a remedy bearing more generic similarity.
When the genus epidemicus does not fit the
case
The genus epidemicus may fail to act -prophylactically and in treatment of active epidemic
disease- when the reaction of the patient is dictated more by the pre-existing
chronic disease
of the patient than by the virulence of the acute miasmatic
organism.
We might imagine (somewhat simplistically) that the direction a
disharmony takes in any particular case of disease is a balancing act between
the direction a morbid
influence is trying to push us. and the direction in which we are
naturally inclined to fall.
For most of the population. it seems that the 'flu' virus is a
virulent-enough agent that we mostly fall ill in the same manner. in relative
disregard to our individual
situations. But for those whose dynamis is
occupied with an active chronic disease. the reaction to the 'flu' virus may
have more to do with the disharmony of that
pre-existing disease of the person than it does with the reaction that
the rest of the population experiences to the virus.
Consequently. their 'flu' is unique. and does not bear similitude to the
genus epidemicus that prevails in the larger
community. If their chronic disharmony can in its
own individual manner embrace the disharmony invited by the 'flu virus'.
the 'flu' takes on an individual character in that patient.
If the chronic disharmony of the patient is sufficiently dissimilar to
the demands made by the virus. the patient may even be "protected"
from this acute illness by
their chronic dissimilar disease. We all have seen cases like this.
where our patient is impressed that they have avoided colds and flu for the
past several years.
despite being debilitated by (e.g.) chronic rheumatoid arthritis.
As an example of this. during the '97-98 'flu epidemic. a patient
presented ill with 'flu'. with acute symptoms indicating Bry. and clearly not fitting the
Eupatorium perfoliatum genus epidemicus which at that point had already seemed to be
well-established for that 'flu' season.
She responded nicely to Bryonia. prescribed on
her individual picture. and later returned (inspired by this successful
treatment) for attention to some chronic complaints.
She had long-standing gynecologic symptoms and
premenstrual irritability. and Sepia was found as a clear simillimum
to her chronic case. Bry. a common complementary remedy to
Sepia
(one of the classic pairings of our MM). and it became clear why. when
the 'flu' virus came to town. she more easily fell into this complementary Bryonia state than the Eupatorium state that
was affecting the larger community.
For individuals with active chronic disease. the most effective strategy
for epidemic prophylaxis may be to treat with the simillimum
for the pre-existing chronic disease of the patient. rather
than focusing on the acute disease as it is seen in the remainder of the
community. Kent introduced the notion that all acute disease is predicated on psora (pre-existing chronic disease); though
it is difficult to determine how this belief affected his actual
clinical practice in the treatment of acute disease. Kent's assertion would
suggest that acute diseases do not occur for those in perfect health -
certainly a radical concept. and one that is at clear variance with Hahnemann's
views and observations on the matter. The notion that we can address acute
disease adequately by always focusing exclusively on the chronic is one that
has found its way into contemporary homoeopathy as well as into many
contemporary "new age" medical philosophies. In the prophylaxis of
acute epidemic disease. when are we best to focus on the epidemic and when is
it more appropriate to focus on the chronic?
Some suggest that we should always give the chronic remedy in acute
disease. Is there always a chronic remedy indicated or identifiable for the
person who appears to be in previously good health? When a chronic disease is
present. does it always dictate the direction of acute illness?
It is my impression that simplistic or theoretically derived answers
will not suffice here. Many apparently acute diseases clearly represent the
acute flare-up of pre-existing chronic disease.
sometimes under the influence of an external morbific
influence. such as the 'flu' case described directly above. Others appear to
represent the direct
action of an acute morbific agent on an
otherwise healthy dynamis. or the acute diversion of
the dynamis from a previously existing chronic
disharmony. It appears to me
that. in order to ensure and maintain health. we need to attend equally
to both the chronic and the acute. assessing the needs of our patient on a
case-by-case basis.
When and who to treat prophylactically?
At first glance it might seem appropriate to treat everyone -or anyone
who desires it- prophylactically for such epidemic
acute illnesses as measles. whooping cough. scarlatina.
mumps. influenza. etc. when these visit the neighborhood.
However. on greater reflection. there may be some concerns with doing this. Is
there value to our system in spontaneously going through an acute disease?
Does the immune system benefit from the experience of sustaining us thru
measles?
Will prophylaxis of chickenpox as a child open us to the risk of
contracting this disease as an adult. when it is of much greater concern? Are
some of these acute expressions
of disease opportunities for the system to throw off a chronic miasmatic burden that might otherwise contribute to chronic
degenerative disease? Does homoeoprophylaxis
interfere with the dynamis' response to an
acute morbific influence. or does it assist us in
making a more balanced response. permitting us any benefits of the experience
but tempering the process
so that this is done without disease?
We have only to look at our allopathic colleagues and the evolution of
their acceptance of universal immunization to see how cavalier one can become
with these questions.
From cautious application in such ravaging diseases as smallpox. we are
now being encouraged to immunize against the common inconveniencing diseases of
childhood
in order to minimize lost work days for parents.
Until answers to some of these questions are in. my position is to
provide prophylactic treatment on a case-by-case and epidemic-by-epidemic
basis. always considering
the larger issues raised above.
Table 1 Nosodes for the homoeoprophylaxis
of epidemic and sporadic acute diseases
Influenza A Influenzinum; Anas barbariae hepatis et cardus extractum (= Oscillococcinum)
Whooping cough (pertussis) Pertussin
Measles Morbillinum
Chickenpox Varicellinum
Mumps Parotidinum
Scarlatina Scarletininum. Streptococcinum
Strep pharyngitis Streptococcinum
Lyme disease Lyme nosode/Ericaceae
Lyss
Diphtheria Diptherinum
Propionibacterium acne nosode
und Diptherinum
Rabies/Hydrophobia Lyssin (Hydrophobinum)
Table 2 "Central" remedies to consider for the homoeoprophylaxis of sporadic and epidemic acute diseases
Influenza A Eupatorium
perfoliatum. Gelsemium
Whooping cough (pertussis) Drosera
Measles Pulsatilla
Mumps Phytolacca
Chickenpox Pulsatilla
Scarlatina Belladonna
Strep pharyngitis Mercurius vivus
Rotoviral diarrhea Bismuth*
Travelers' diarrhea
(- coli) Bismuth*
Epidemic conjunctivitis / Pink eye Mercurius vivus (though varies greatly)
Croup Aconite
Epiglottitis Hepar sulphuris
Lyme disease Ledum
Tetanus Ledum
Rabies/Hydrophobia Belladonna
*This very likely explains the effectiveness of Pepto-Bismol®. a
commonly-used and conventionally-recommended preventive and early-treatment
option for these conditions
Xanthium spinosum (=
Cockle/said to be specific for hydrophobia, recommended for chronic cystitis in
women).
|
Dr. Solaiappan Jabalpur India |
Preventive Nosode |
Source |
|
Anthrax |
Anthracinum |
Deman |
|
Chickenpox |
Chickenpox Nosode Ant-c. Puls. Rhus-t. |
McKenzie |
|
Cholera |
Nosode Ars. Sulph. Cupr-act. Verat. |
Farmington Hahnemann |
|
Cold recurrent |
Bacillinum |
Denman |
|
Diphteria |
Apis. Diph.
Lac-c. |
Mackenzie/Hahnemann/Farrington |
|
The Indian government tested the use of
Belladonna to prevent Japanese Encephalitis and noted mortality was greatly
reduced |
|
|
|
Food poisoning |
Ars. |
|
|
Haemophilus influenza type B |
Nosode |
|
|
Hepatitis |
Hepatitis Nosode Chel |
|
|
Hydrophobia |
Bell. Canth. Hyos. Stram. Lyssin. Ars. |
Clarke. Ruddock. Boericke. Allen. Tyler |
|
Influenzinum |
Influenzinum Nosode
(hispanicum) |
|
|
H1N1 = Spanish flue |
Hydr-ac.
(?cyanatum Gruppe?) |
Ulrich Welte |
|
Malaria |
China. Malaria officinalis.
Morbillinum |
Boericke. Allen. Hering |
|
Meningitis |
Bell. Meningococcinum |
|
|
Mumps |
Trif-r. Parotidinum
Arn. Led. Thuj. Arn. Tetano-toxine |
Allen Schmidt |
|
Pneumonia |
Pneumococcinum prevents pneumonia. |
|
|
Poliomyelitis |
Cocc-i. Cur. Gels. Lath-s. Carb-ac. Lath-s. Plb-met. Physos. |
Hahnemann Clarke Boericke Schmidt Ruddoc |
|
Rubella |
Rubellellinum |
|
|
Scarlatina |
Bell. |
Hahnemann |
|
Sepsis puerperal |
Arn |
Foubister |
|
Tetanus |
Led. Thuj. Arn. Tetano-toxine |
Schmidt Grimmer Boericke |
|
Tuberculose |
Tub-b. |
Boericke |
|
Typhoid |
Bapt. Typhoidinum |
Burnett Kent |
|
Typhus |
Bell. Rhus-t. Bry. |
Hahnemann [Dr. W.H. Dickinson] |
|
Yellow Fever |
Crot-h. |
|
|
Whooping cough |
All-s. Puls. |
Grimmer Lehman Clarke Boericke Grimmer Farrington |
When a remedy specific to the individual occurrence of an epidemic -the
genus epidemicus- is identified. this remedy will act
more surely in homoeoprophylaxis and early treatment
of cases. and is to
be preferred to the approaches described above. This genus epidemicus may often become clear following the treatment
of 5-6 cases in a particular epidemic; though it may require additional cases
to
obtain a clear picture. particularly when the situation is complicated
by the presence of more than one viral illness moving through the community.
This remedy will not only be useful in prophylaxis. but will often be
the simillimum to developed cases of the acute
disease.
[Jacqueline Smith]
Finding the Genus Epidemicus of Necrotising
Fasciitis.
[Laning]
No remedy gives such universally good results; it lessens the sugar and
quantity of the urine; he recommended the 3X trituration.
It is when the disease is due to assimilative derangements
that Uranium nitricum is the remedy. and
symptoms such as defective digestion. languor. debility and much sugar in the
urine. enormous appetite and thirst. yet the patient continues to emaciate.
[Hahnemannian Monthly Volume-II Jan - Dec
I917]
Prophylaxis
When we find in a family a case of infectious typhoid fever. the same
remedy. which has been given the patient in accordance with his symptoms. will
also be sure to protect those in the house
from infection. as it destroys the natural disposition thereto.
Pockenvorbeugung: Ant-t. Hydr. Kali-cy. Maland. Sarr. Thuj. Vac. Vario.
[Dr. Lippe]
Hallix valgus =
Bunion
Nit-ac.:for bunions with swelling and with
stinging pains. Almost a specific.
[Farokh Master]
My views on Genus Epidemicus in Homoeopathy
There is an old saying. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure”.
Hahnemann applied a similar maxim to Homeopathy. In the footnote to
aphorism 73 H. says. “Scarlet fever found its preventative and curative means
in Belladonna”.
One of the common surmounted topics in contemporary homoeopathy is the
understanding of the preventive treatment of acute epidemic disease.
Yet a review of homoeopathy's 214 year history reveals that this is a
coliseum in which we have seen some of the greatest examples of the
effectiveness of our science.
At the threshold let me draw a clear cut difference between homoeopathic
vaccination and homoeopathic prophylaxis while homoeopathic vaccination
involves the use of routine combinations
and series of nosodes in an effort to confer
long-term resistance to a variety of diseases.
In contrast. homoeopathic prophylaxis involves the use of individual
remedies. selected according to the laws of similars
and doctrine of individuality in a strictly non-specific manner. to wipe
out the morbidity of epidemic and sporadic contagious acute diseases in
the short term.
(In the language of Hahnemann as mentioned in Organon
the "Organon of the Medical Art" by Samuel
Hahnemann edited by Wenda O'Reilly)
Homoeopathic vaccination one can say is a classical example of
contemporary innovation. borrowing on the notoriety of allopathic vaccination;
whereas homoeopathic prophylaxis
is well rooted in classical homeopathic practice.
We don't have to search far in the historical record to find examples of
the effective use of homoeopathic prophylaxis.
In 1799 3 years after the "nativity" of homoeopathy in
Hahnemann's landmark article Essay on a New Principle which achieved fame
throughout Europe from his exceptionally effective treatment
of a Scarlatina epidemic that was sweeping
Germany. He wrote: “I resolved in this case of scarlet fever just in the act of
breaking out. not to act as usual in reference to individual symptoms. but
if possible (in accordance with my new synthetical
principle) to obtain a remedy whose peculiar mode of action was calculated to
produce in the healthy body most of the morbid symptoms
which I observed combined in this disease.
My memory and my written collection of the peculiar effects of some
medicines. furnished me with no remedy so capable of producing a counterpart of
the symptoms here present. as Bell.”
Hahnemann after an arduous experience of treating the very first
epidemic of his life published a small pamphlet “Cure and Prevention of Scarlet
Fever” in 1801. At the time he promoted
Belladonna as a specific prophylactic remedy for Scarlatina
and accompanying each pamphlet he sold, a vial of Belladonna prepared according
to his technique at that time.
With increased experience observing and treating epidemic illnesses. Hahnemann
recognized the unique nature of each occurrence of an epidemic.
Aconite proved to be the specific for a subsequent Scarlatina
epidemic sweeping Germany between 1800 and 1808.
In 1808 Hahnemann yet wrote another scientific paper “Observations on the
Scarlet Fever”. here he carefully described how the two epidemic of same
disease Scarlet fever needs two
different remedies (Bell./Acon.) he once again
stressed on the principle of art of observation and individualization.
An approach to treat epidemics using homoeopathic prophylaxis:
The main aim of every homoeopathic physician is to select one remedy
what we call in classical homoeopathy as genus epidemicus.
In homeo prophylaxis we see two approaches the
most common which I see being practiced all over the world is the use of
diseased nosode e.g. the use of Coqueluchinum
in whooping
cough prophylaxis or Parotidinum
in a mumps epidemic. Closely related to this would be the use of the sarcode Anas barbare
hepatis et cardus extractum (liver and heart of the Barbary duck)
for flu.
Derived from tissues of the native host of influenza. this remedy is
prepared from tissue containing and reacting to the influenza virus.
The nosode represents the undifferentiated or
generic appearance of an acute miasm. not accounting
for individual variability of persons or individual epidemic occurrences. Its
routine use in active disease would be considered isopathy
rather than homoeopathy; and historical experience reveals the general inadequacy
of this approach.
I personally am not in favour of this method however. this may be a
successful strategy in a pinch. particularly early in the epidemic of an acute miasmatic illness. and before a genus epidemicus
-the specific remedy for the individual epidemic- has been identified.
Following Hering's introduction of nosodes into our Materia Medica. Boenninghausen
experimented early on. with considerable success. at using Variolinum
(smallpox nosode) for the prophylactic treatment of
smallpox.
The second approach is to select a remedy deemed central to the
undifferentiated or generic nature of the epidemic illness. This is done by
taking an anamnesis of the disease -as- named. without specific attention to
the individuality of the prevailing epidemic or the individuality of a specific
case. Examples might include Drosera for whooping
cough or Bromium for Mumps.
Here again the individual nature of the particular epidemic is not taken
into account. and this approach works best with those epidemic illnesses that
can be termed acute miasms-ones in which there is
less variability in individual expression. Hahnemann in this manner suggested Camphora as the homoeoprophylactic
simillimum for the approaching epidemic of Asiatic
cholera.
Boenninghausen had some excellent success in using
Thuja occidentalis in this
manner in the prophylactic treatment of smallpox.
This of course can only be done for those diseases that Hahnemann would
class as "acute miasms" - diseases that
"recur in the same manner and are therefore known by a traditional
name".
As an example. we could look at Swine flu epidemic that hit India very
badly recently.
We know that this acute miasmatic disease
-although certainly individually variable to some extent in its individual
presentation- commonly presents with:
A sudden fever (a high body temperature of 38° C/100.4° F or above).
A sudden cough.
Other symptoms may include:
Aching muscles
Chills
Diarrhoea or stomach upset
Headache
Loss of appetite.
Nose obstruction
Respiratory paralysis
Runny nose
Severe body ache with sore pains all over the body
Sneezing
Sore throat
Throat pain
Tiredness
From the Synthesis10 Repertory. we could select the following rubrics to
represent these common or generic symptoms of Swineflu
epidemic.
HEAD - PAIN < during fever
HEAD - PAIN during influenza
NOSE - CATARRH
NOSE - CORYZA from influenza
NOSE - OBSTRUCTION
THROAT - INFLAMMATION - Nasopharynx
acute
THROAT - INFLAMMATION of Pharynx
THROAT - PAIN < during fever
THROAT - PAIN sore (+ coryza)
RECTUM - DIARRHEA during influenza;
COUGH < during FEVER
CHEST - INFLAMMATION - of bronchial tubes/of
lungs
CHEST - PARALYSed
lung
FEVER + coryza
FEVER with chill
GENERALS - INFLUENZA (+ pain in bones/bruised
pain)
GENERALS - PAIN sore
GENERALS - WEAKNESS excessiv/<
during fever
The striking similitude of Baptisia to the generic undifferentiated picture of Swine flu
stands out. Closely following is Camph. Eupat-per. Gels. and the small remedy Lobelia purpurascens.
These remedies all address the essential characteristics of swine flu
-the genus of the disease- but they do so in their own varied manners. each
differing somewhat from the generic.
undifferentiated similarity of Baptisia to the
scarlatina disease-state.
In the year 1800. John Minz. Canton. Ohio USA.
witnessed an epidemic of scarlatina not responding to
commonly indicated remedies. An excoriating nasal discharge. swelling of the
glands.
boring of the nose to this individual epidemic led him to select Arum triphyllum for this peculiar case. which he applied with
great success. This individualization to a particular occurrence
of an epidemic is key to select genus epidemicus.
The two approaches mentioned above -the use of the acute- disease nosode. and the identification of a genus remedy for the
acute miasm have successfully employed by homoeopaths
all
over the world. In their earliest stages. these diseases are often ill
defined. or generic in appearance; e.g. in flu. there is a mild poorly defined
malaise with fever mild body ache; in mumps.
fever with mild pain near the jaw on eating and mild rash; etc. As the
individual case of disease evolves. differentiating features then appear which
further characterize the case and point
to an individually specific simillimum; but
early on. this less-differentiated disharmony may respond to a remedy bearing
more generic similarity.
When a remedy specific to the individual occurrence of an epidemic -the
genus epidemicus- is identified. this remedy will act
more surely in homoeoprophylaxis.
This genus epidemicus may often become clear
following the treatment of 10 - 15 cases in a particular epidemic; though it
may require additional cases to obtain a clear picture. particularly
when the situation is complicated by the presence of more than one viral
illness moving through the community.
This remedy will not only be useful in prophylaxis. but will often be
the simillimum to developed cases of the acute
disease.
Finding the Genus Epidemicus Hahnemann
describes the process of determining the genus epidemicus
concisely. in his Organon:
Aph. 101:
Usually the physician does not immediately perceive the complete picture
of the epidemic in the first case that he treats. since the collective disease
reveals it self in the totality of signs
and symptoms only after several cases have been closely observed.
Nevertheless. an observant physician can often come so close after seeing only
one or two patients that he becomes
aware of the characteristic picture of the epidemic and can already find
its appropriate homoeopathic remedy.
Aph. 102
From writing down the symptoms of several cases of this sort. the
outline of the disease picture becomes more and more complete -not more
extensive and wordy. but more characteristic.
containing more accurately the peculiarity of the particular collective
disease. The ordinary symptoms -e.g.. loss of appetite. sleeplessness. etc.-
become more precisely qualified. and those
that are more exceptional. special. and. in the circumstances. unusual.
and belong to only a few diseases. reveal themselves and constitute the
characteristic picture of this epidemic.
All those who catch an epidemic at a particular time have a disease
flowing from the same source and therefore the same disease. But the entire
scope of such an epidemic disease. the
totality of its symptoms (which we need to know in order to grasp the
whole disease picture and choose an appropriate remedy for it) cannot be
perceived in any one patient. but can
be fully distilled and gathered only from the sufferings of several
patients with different physical constitutions.
In subsequent cases either the appropriateness of the homoeopathic
remedy chosen in the first cases will be corroborated or else a more
appropriate one. the most appropriate one. will be
revealed to the physician.
Potency and dose
Potency and dosage for prophylactic treatment are guided by the same
issues that guide the treatment of other acute illnesses;
One has consider the susceptibility. the constitution etc.
In general. the lower potencies suffice. I'll commonly use 30C or 200C.
occasionally 1M.
Few doses in pills form diluted with distilled water will confer good
protection.
This frequency of repetition has as much to do with the pace of the
disease and the (similar) pace of the remedy as it does with the duration of
the epidemic.
Plague generally has a rapid and furious pace. calling for a simillimum (e.g.. Pyrogen) with a
matching pace and more limited duration of action. Influenza more often has a
more indolent
pace. calling for a simillimum of matching
slow pace (e.g.. Bry. Gels.) and longer duration of
action.
[Dr. Y.R. Agrawal]
Prophylactics in Homoeopathy
Catheter Fever: Camphoric Acid is recommended as a prophylactic for
catheter fever. (Boericke)
Cerebro-spinal Fever: Meningo-Coccin.
Chicken-Pox: Ant-t. Rhus t.: prophylactic
against chickenpox. (Mackenzie)
Cholera: H. according to the circumstances Camphor. Verat.
Cupr-met. as preventives or prophylactics of cholera.
The selection of the preventive remedy must, to some extent be governed
by the nature of the epidemic and. therefore, the best preventive can
not always be determined until the epidemic has appeared and its peculiar
(specific) nature is ascertained.
The sprinkling of suspected strangers on their arrival, and of suspected
goods and letters with camphor spirit, would most certainly destroy the cholera
miasm in them.
In his treatise of September, 1831, H., "Everyone can use Camphor
with his own people when they fall sick because he himself will be protected by
the vapours of camphor
and so long he continues to use he will remain unharmed."
[Kent]
Cupr-met.: cases of a convulsive
character,
Camph.: cases characterised by extreme coldness, and
more or less dryness,
Verat.: copious sweat, vomiting, and
purging are the features. That is little to remember, but with that you can
enter an epidemic of cholera with confidence.
"The dose must be repeated almost immediately if the treatment
should have any lasting result. In such cases the camphor spirit given every
five minutes, must be continued only so long
as there results from it manifest improvement (which will be known
within a quarter of an hour). If there is no very soon a striking improvement,
we must not hesitate to at once proceed to
the second stage e.g., 2 or 3 pillets of the
medicine of refined Cuprum. If in spite of the use of preventive Cuprum, the
patient should be seized with cholera, he must at once when taken
sick -I mean in the first moments or minutes where always, though it may
be for a short time, the first stage is present- be nevertheless treated with
camphor." (Hahnemann)
Cuprum aceticum 3x to be taken in water (five
drops), night and morning.
Cuprum met: It was noticed that during the epidemic of 1849, in Paris,
workers in brass and copper establishments escaped the disease. It posesses considerable quality as a prophylactic in
the disease. A dose of Cupr-met. should be
taken every third day, on rising in the morning.
The preparations of copper (one or two globules of Cuprum 0,00x)
together with good and moderate diet, and proper attention to cleanliness, is
the most effective preventive and protective
remedy. Those in health should take once every week, a small globule of
it in the morning, fasting and not to drink immediately any liquid afterwards,
but this should not be done until the cholera
is in the locality itself or in the neighbourhood.
Chinin-s.: according to an old German
practitioner (Dr. Aegidi) is to be used for the
precursory stage of cholera. He gave Chinin-s. 0.01
to 0.06. one dose every evening for eight days
and none of the persons thus treated were attacked by cholera.
In some epidemics, Sulphur has been the best prophylactic. It will be
suitable in diarrhoea if it comes on in the night, after midnight, the stool
being yellow, pappy and attended by great
urgency, though the urging is often ineffectual; and if at the same
time, there are cramps in the soles of the feet.
It is especially indicated in hot, damp, stiffling
weather, the exact meteorological condition of sun stroke and it has at least
in my practice, proved itself adequate to the occasion.
[C.G. Raue]
I recommend Glon. 10M as a preventive against
sun stroke. (Pierre Schmidt)
Surgery*
Phosphorus 200 is prophylactic against fear before an operation.
Arn.: prevents the shock of operation.
Arn.: considered as a pyaemic
prophylactic. Dr. Farrington says that some surgeons use Arnica after
operations, applying it locally and give it internally.
Rhus-t.: is the best prophylactic for
cases of surgery. It should be given for 48 hours in 30th dilution every three
hours. It will prevent sepsis.
Calen.: will largely prevent scars, also
gangrene and tetanus when used as a dressing on wound. (Anshutz)
In cases of abdominal surgery, where the conditions are such that sepsis
is feared for; give Rhus-t. C 6 every two hours. This
remedy possesses the power of prevention of sepsis. (A.N. Mukherji)
Tetanus*
Ledum if given before tetanus comes on
will save from tetanus and after the jerking comes on Ledum
will not do but Hypericum must be given. (J.T. Kent)
For trismus from injury to nerves*
Hyper.: considered prophylactic in cases of wounds
of palms or soles, useful in spinal injury - tetanus.
Ledum Palustre is a
preventive medicine if an accident happens to the end of the fingers, if a
patient steps on a nail or sticks a splinter under a finger nail or into the
foot.
Calendula and Sal-ac. useful in preventing excessive
suppuration, and in preventing putridity, both keeping from wounds and sores
septic germs.
The odour of the flowers is disliked by mosquitoes; and the smoke of the burning plant will drive mice and lizards from houses. (Bering's Guiding Symptoms Vol III P-262)
Einen schönen Übersichtsartikel gibt es zum Thema der homöopathischen Prophylaxe von P. Sankaran. Einige Beispiele:
Cholera:
Rubini: Camphora 5 Tropfen Urtinktur dreimal tgl.
Hahnemann: Camphora, Cuprum oder Veratrum album
Hering: Sulfur C1 oder C6 zweimal tgl.
Diphtherie:
Schmidt: Diphtherinum 10M (es gibt einige Erfahrungsberichte über Diphtherinum 30 oder 200 zur Prophylaxe in Epidemien)
Influenza:
Clarke: Arsenicum album C3 alle 8 Stunden
Schmidt: Influenzinum 200 3 Gaben im Abstand von 8 Stunden
Younan: „Wenn es ein prophylaktisches Mittel gegen Grippe gibt, ist es Nux v.“
Masern:
Schmidt: Morbillinum
Parotitis epidemica:
Schmidt: Parotidinum
Poliomyelitis:
Grimmer: Lathyrus sativus („Eines der am meisten konstanten Spezifika ist Lathyrus.
Klinisch war es fast bis zu 100% effektiv. Lathyrus hat sich über einen Zeitraum von 30 Jahren in vielen tausenden von Fällen die der Infektion ausgesetzt waren als vorbeugend erwiesen“).
Oder das vorherrschende epidemische Mittel, wie Cocculus, Curare oder Gelsemium
Pocken:
Schmidt: Variolinum 200, M und XM im Abstand von 24 Stunden
Pertussis:
Grimmer: „Pertussinum, Carb-v. und Cupr-met. in Potenz sind die drei großen Prophylaktika gegen Keuchhusten. Diese Mittel haben eine hervorragende vorbeugende Wirkung.“
Vorwort/Suchen. Zeichen/Abkürzungen. Impressum.