Monera Kingdom Bacteria & Viruses Anhang
Vergleich: ‡ Algae (light + water) ↔ Fungi (cold + dark) ↔ Bacteria (warmth) ‡
Siehe: Nosoden allgemein + Nosode Anhang + Reiche/Kingdoms. + Infektion + Immunsystem
[Melanie Grimes]
Monera are bacteria, a life form divided into two kingdoms, the
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. This book investigates both of these groups as
well as viruses. The materia medica of over 100 remedies is discussed in 848
pages. Bacteria are the most numerous organisms on earth. Originating over 3.5
billion years ago, the only life form on earth until 1.5 billion years ago.
They are also the most numerous of life forms.
Vermeulen points out that a gram of garden soil contains 2.5 billion
bacteria. To further elucidate the importance of this kingdom, he mentions that
a human body contains
approximately 100 trillion cells, 10 trillion of which are human and the
other 90 trillion of which are bacteria. Since 9/10 of our bodies are made up
of this other life form, perhaps this kingdom does bear investigation!
Bacteria are usually considered to be part of the animal kingdom but
Vermeulen makes a case for classifying them in a separate kingdom, that of
Monera. He also suggests a six kingdom system, which is the generally accepted
classification system, including Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia, Mineralia. Protista are unicellular
nucleated organisms, on the borderline between plants and animals (algae,
molds, amoebae, Plasmodium, etc.). Fungi, which most homeopathic literature
considers as part of the plant kingdom, are now classified in their own
separate kingdom in many other fields of science.
Hence the title of this book, “Monera”, a work dedicated to the
homeopathic understanding of this diverse kingdoms. There are 80 remedies
listed in our material medica,
most of them not well documented. Only a few have thousands of symptoms,
mostly the nosodes associated with bacterial diseases
(Medorrhinum, Syphilinum, Tuberculinum etc.).
The remedy names used in the book are taken from the International Code
of Nomenclature of Bacteria, based on the Approved List of Bacteria Names
(Skerman, et al, 1980). Vermeulen points out that the current homeopathic
abbreviation system doesn’t follow clear rules, sometimes referring to a genus,
sometimes a species. He recommends the use of the Latin binominal name first,
then the genus. For instance, Belladonna would become Atropa belladonna.
The scope of this book, and the new information it covers, are enormous.
The table of contents alone is 24 pages; the bibliography is 4, the glossary 7,
and the index 13.
The taxonomy map on the inside front cover is a good guide to the
Bacteria phylum, order, family, genus, species and remedy name. The back cover does
the same for the Virus family. This book is the first in a new series that
Vermeulen is working on, called Spectrum.
Future books will cover the other kingdoms, from the single-celled to
the complex animal kingdom, the periodic table, plants, as well as manmade
substances, the imponderable, and the unclassified. Vermeulen aims to group
comprehensive information on these substances into one series of books.
Information has been gleaned from websites, encyclopedias, cases, provings, old
homeopathic texts, lectures, and libraries, including previously unpublished
articles from Pierre Schmidt’s collection.
The book also includes a discussion of the history of disease, vaccines,
medicine, and religion. It provides answers, as well as demanding that we ask
questions, about the origin of life and what it means to be human.
This is a fascinating and complex book, an important reference tool
covering a list of remedies that has not been previously collected and
organized as such.
Examples:
Phthisis or tuberculosis,
caused by the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Leprosy, caused by the
Mycobacterium leprae.
Cancer of the uterus; cancer
of the cervix is caused by a kind of human papillomavirus.
Pian, caused by the Treponema
pallidum pertenue. Here we need to remember that syphilis is also caused by a
treponema, the Treponema pallidum.
Ulcer of the stomach, caused
by Helicobacter pylori.
Tetanus caused by Clostridium
tetani.
Vitus´ dance or chorea, caused
by a group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus.
Leucorrhea, which can be
caused by Candida albicans, trichomonas, gonococcus, etc.
Malaria, tertian and quartan
intermittent fevers, caused by some kinds of Plasmodium. (In order to know the
degree of microbiological unknowing of Hahnemann’s times,
please read the following
quotation referring to intermittent fevers, which Hahnemann considered to be of
psoric origin since he was not aware of the existence of the
Plasmodium: “The exhalation
from swamps seems to be one of the strongest physical causes of the development
of the psora latent within with so many persons.
Presumably these exhalations possess a quality which as it were,
paralyzes the vital force of the organism (which in the ordinary state of
health is able to keep down the internal psora which always endeavors to
manifest itself) and thus predisposes to putrid and nervous fevers.”)
Swelling of the parotid
glands[31]; probably, here Hahnemann does not refer to mumps but to other kinds
of inflammation of the parotids due to other bacteria or viruses.
Empyema[32], caused by
Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, etc.
Pleuresy and Pneumonia[33],
caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, virus, fungi.
[Anne Vervarcke]
The Australian Journal of Homœopathic Medicine
December 2011—Volume 23 Number 2
Traditionally we used to give nosodes as an intercurrent remedy to our
patients in case the healing process stagnated, to make an unclear remedy
picture clear or to ‘finish’
a case. All this is still valid. We have been able to expand the
knowledge and use of nosodes dramatically in the last decades. First there was
the understanding that remedies could be recognized by their group
characteristics, which increased our catalogue of remedies enormously, at the
same time simplifying our analysis. At about the same time publications on the
Monera kingdom by Frans Vermeulen, Louis Klein, the Joshis and Filip Degroote
and others, allowed us to know and use species until then unknown.
Working with the Vital Approach, a method that is a blend of classical
and contemporary homœopathic knowledge and my own clinical experience, I can
add some of
what I consider useful information to aid the recognition of these
remedies in patients.
I have explained The Vital Approach in several books but it comes down
to the idea that there is a vital disturbance in each patient, expressed with
signs and symptoms in mind and body. This is the simplified reading of the
elaborate and sometimes obscure language of the Organon aphorisms. H.
considered disease as originating in a disturbed dynamis and my interpretation
is that this means a disturbance on level five, the other four: physical,
energetic, emotional and mental levels.
The vital level is beyond those four and expresses itself in the same,
though encoded, way on all levels. The concept of the vital level is similar to
the sensation level of Sankaran but my ‘good news’ is that the patient doesn’t
have to be taken to the fifth level to have a sure prescription. If one is able
to discern the vital expression on all levels and to spot the coherent pattern
in it, the prescription is just as solid.
How to do this is explained in my books and seminars with live cases.
Looking for this vital disturbance in every patient, the picture emerged
of the vital sensation of remedies from the bacteria and virus kingdom, hence
the Monera. Since these remedies are under-represented or even completely
absent from our repertories so far, we have to rely on general features of the
group. This means that the kingdom features are, for the time being, the most
important help in finding the Monera your patient needs.
Often these remedies were overlooked because the patient who needs a
Monera talks about his disease at great length and sometimes is not even
willing to discuss anything else. Those patients were frequently labelled as
‘superficial’, ‘not in contact with their feelings’ or the case was considered
to have stuck on the ‘fact level’ and was considered worthless. Even now, in
virtually every public case, I am asked if the Monera remedy that participants
saw with their own eyes having wrought a total transformation
Monera: The Vital Approach
Anne Vervarcke established ‘The Centre for Classical Homeopathy’ (CKH)
in Leuven, Belgium, which organizes a five year training course, and an
International Training. She created the programs and was teacher and director
for 15 years. She has been in private practice since 1989. Currently she gives
seminars in different countries, still teaches in the CKH and gives Master
Classes in Belgium, Holland and the Czech Republic.
She is the author of: “The Charm of Homeopathy, second edition and
revised”/“Behind the Glass Screen, a Homeopathic Survey of Ozone” (2009) both
published by B. Jain.
The White Room released a “manual” of her method under the title “The
Vital Approach” (May 2010) followed by “Voorbij (aan) Lichaam en Geest”
(September 2010, Dutch) with a selection of cases and explanation of the method
used. in the patient was a ‘Sensation’ prescription or ‘just a clinical
remedy!‘
If we keep in mind that the vital disturbance is always there, on all
levels, all the time, we can’t miss it; that is to say if we know what we are
looking for. All we have to do then is to listen to our patient.
My approach is to let the patient tell whatever he wants to tell in the
first round of the consultation.
He will, by telling his complaints, define where the problem is: I call
this ‘defining the territory.’
This signifies that there is no need to explore other topics than the
ones mentioned and that we only have to dig for the treasure now!
Now, if the patient talks half an hour or an hour only about his
physical symptoms, and he reports in every detail how long he is sick, how many
and various symptoms he has and what measures he undertook to get cured and
what this doctor and the other doctor said, we have the choice of getting
annoyed because he doesn’t go deeper and give us useful information or a
sensation, or we can discern the picture of a Monera in his report.
The Joshis stated that the polarity in the Monera kingdom is ‘health and
disease’. The patient feels abnormal because he is sick and others are normal
because they are healthy. We can spot this in many patients.
They will talk at length about all their ailments, their limitations,
and their reactions to external things. Often they will say they have always
been sick, their body is weak (while having a healthy mind) and they accumulate
more and more problems as they become weaker and lower in energy. They might
ask what is wrong with their immune system, with their diet or something else,
because they have so many diseases and they are so often sick.
If you have a case like that, your mind should go to the Monera kingdom
right away. It means the similimum is a Bacterium or Virus and it is
understandably most clearly expressed on the physical level (1 and 2).
But some of those patients had a lot of therapies and learned that they
should talk about their emotional life as well. Some will do it reluctantly;
others manage very well. Those are the cases where we might overlook the
remedy!
We as homœopaths are so eager to explore the deeper levels because of
our conviction that here is the most individual part of the patient, while in
fact the vital sensation is always on all levels. But sometimes the centre of
disturbance is more outspoken on one level.
The Monera mind, I found, is often characterized by the words:
‘submissive’, ‘servile’, ‘obsequious’ but again remedies are under-represented
in the repertories.
Belonging to the second dimension (this is the dimension between the
first, the centre of the planet and the third, the surface (where plants,
animals and humans live) they share characteristics with the minerals. Indeed
elements, ores, crystals, stones, rocks, and bacteria and viruses all lie in
the second dimension, the laboratory of life under our very feet. This means
they are two-dimensional cases, simpler than the more complex Plant and Animal
cases.
The second dimension that resonates with our second level is
underestimated as a source of health, vitality and prosperity or disease,
poverty and depletion. Being a simple organism the case tends to be simple and
straightforward, which doesn’t mean anything about those patients’ intelligence.
It’s only that a mineral case and a Monera case mostly can both be boiled down
to one sentence. I’m sure a lot of patients, needing a Monera got Minerals so
far from their hard working homœopaths, to no avail.
A few more words need to be said about the context in case taking. On
the one hand we have the content, the words the patient says and the homœopath
notes down.
On the other hand there is the way these words came to you: that belongs
to the observation or the context. It’s the totality of the mostly implicit
information: the impression the patient makes on you, the way he talks, moves,
behaves and interacts. There is an abundance of information in the body
language, the facial expression, the tone and rhythm of his voice, the way the
interview evolves. I think the information that comes this way is often
subliminal and the homœopath uses it or not, but it is hardly ever taught to
students. In analysing a case together we would always pay special attention to
this aspect because it will often determine the choice of the remedy.
We can say the mind of the Monera patient is: ‘submissive’, ’weak
willed’ or even has ‘no will’. At first the patient gives a yielding impression
but as the consultation
goes on you might be puzzled because you can get no clear idea of the
patient’s footing. You don’t get his ideas on things, and if you do he will
contradict them, or
they don’t seem to fit together as if he picked them up randomly. He
will talk about his work and relationships, because that is daily life after all,
but it sounds like a
collection of ‘things that people say’, rather than something genuine.
If you confront him with inner contradictions he won’t be able to clarify, and
will give you another incongruous answer. Or he will say: this person says A and
the other B. Then you wonder whether he has any ideas of his own. It is as if
he has no centre himself.
But of course he can mimic very well what is going on in his
surroundings. Some Monera with parasitic tendencies are super yielding; in fact
when you delve deeper
into the compliant disposition, you’ll understand that again they have
no say in what is happening, because they live through somebody else.
Viruses consist of one nucleic acid only, either ribonucleic acid (RNA)
or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and a capsid. They are completely dependent on a
vital host
in order for the duplication process to proceed. Most RNA viruses are
incapable of duplication in the epidermis of the skin and consequently cannot
cause an actual,
noticeable skin disease.
DNA viruses are very capable of duplication and proliferation in the
epidermis and cause skin lesions determined by the type of reaction. (Heyl
& Swart, 1990:73.)
Viruses in general focus more on learning and getting information from
the outside world. This makes them inquisitive, curious, broadly interested,
liking a lot of
different input: people, places and especially ideas from others. They
are fascinated by or afraid of change and their basic endeavour is to be
adaptable to any circumstance. Again we can hear the voice of the substance
speaking through. Since we’re dealing with primitive organisms their basic
needs or interests in life are very simple as well:
food, eating, sleeping and procreating. But most patients will talk
about the first aspect, in all possible ways: enough food, good food, the right
diet, food supplements,
food intolerances, etc. Their main hobby might be cooking.
When you have the Monera picture together, the next question is: which
one?
It is possible that the patient helps you out because he has a golden
‘never well since’ symptom. It may also happen that he had an episode of a very
intense acute.
But that help might be missing and still we came by analysis to the
conclusion of the kingdom.
We have to remember that homœopathy is symbolic and always prescribed on
‘as if’. We have to remind ourselves that in Monera cases the patient doesn’t
need to have
had a particular disease to need the connected nosode (although he
sometimes had suffered it, because of the tendency. It’s similar to, for
instance, a fifth row mineral:
they don’t have to be performers on stage, but for one who needs to be
special to feel ok, it is a good way to meet these needs). But he then will
display a disease picture
that looks like the chronic version of it. For instance: a patient of
mine never had smallpox but she lacked energy, felt weak, had a sore throat on
the least provocation,
sensitive ears and a special rash that came and went, while nobody
really knows what it is. She recovered from these lifelong weaknesses after
Variolinum.
Another patient with a CFS picture of sudden prostration, the need to
lie down immediately and amelioration from it, severe muscle pain (shoulders
and arms), bad
digestion, food intolerances and severe bloating and alcoholism saw
doctors and therapists for over fifteen years. She had a dramatic life with
accidents and suicides in the family, rape and divorce; longstanding illness of
a close family member who eventually died; alcoholism and degradation at work.
Her life story was like an encyclopaedia
of disasters and her many therapists concluded that she was physically
exhausted by all the long term grief and stress. She did her utmost to deal
with all these problems
and in fact she reacted in a comprehensible, logical and appropriate
way. One could say she reacted healthily to the adverse circumstances.
But her body was sick; had always been sick, she said. She’d always been
weak, and in hospital several times. Often the doctors couldn’t find the cause
of the problem.
In analysing the case, I dropped all the mental/emotional stuff, which
took three-quarters of the consultation and looked at what was left. The way
she submitted to all
these disasters and the physicals made it Monera. The whole pattern of
the symptoms resembled botulism, even the lack of facial expression while
telling all these disasters.
In the book on Miasms and Nosodes from Louis Klein the pain in the
shoulders and upper limbs was noted, and in Vermeulen’s Monera I found the need
and amelioration from lying down. She got Clostridium botulinum and improved
dramatically. Within a few months she came in broadly smiling and stated: “I’m
no longer ill!”
She had never suffered botulism or food poisoning, yet her vital expression
was that of Clostridium botulinum. In working with the signs and symbols she
gave me, the
‘as if’, the Monera kingdom was perceived and this susceptibility met.
This is the vital Approach to the Monera kingdom.
[Frans Vermeulen]
MONERA
Eubacteria
GRACILICUTES TENERICUTES
(wallless eubacteria) (Gram
negative bacteria)
Phylum MYCOPLASMA
Phylum Order Family Genus Species Remedy
PROTEOBACTERIA
Rhizobiales Brucellaceae Brucella B. melitensis B.melitensis.x
Gp Alpha Rhodospirillales Acetobacteriaceae Acetobacter A. xylinus Kombucha.x
Rickettsiales Rickettsiaceae Rickettsia R. prowazekii Typhus Nosode.x
Alcaligenaceae Alcaligenes A.faecalis BN Faecalis
Burkholderiales (verbunden mit Pertussis Miasm)
Bordetella B. pertussis Pertussinum.x
Burkholderiaceae
Burkholderia B. mallei Hippozaeninum.x
N.
gonorrhoea Medhorrinum.x
Gp Beta N. meningitides Meningococcinum
Neisseriales Neisseriaceae Neisseria N.
subflava Flavus.x
N. mucosa Sycotic co.x
Enterobacillales including the Bach Bowel Nosodes, the Typhoid miasm, the
Yersinia miasm and similar remedies belonging to theses miasms.
Citrobacter C. freundii Bach No 7
Enterobacter E. cloacae Bach No 7.
Enterococcinum. [Wolfgang Mettler] Bacillus No. 10 Paterson
Escherichia E. coli Colibacillinum.
Escherichia E. coli mutabile Mutabile.
Hafnia H. alvei Bach No 7.
Klebsel
GENUS NEISSERIA
• Gram-negative, oxidase-positive,
aerobic or facultative anaerobic cocci characteristically coffee bean-shaped
and paired.
• Part of the normal flora of
oropharynx, nasopharynx, and genitourinary tract.
• The genus includes saprophytic as
well as pathogenic species.
• Many species in the genus have
been isolated from animals:
Neisseria animalis
Neisseria canis
Neisseria caviae - found in the
pharyngeal region of apparently healthy guinea pigs.
Neisseria cuniculi - rabbits.
Neisseria dentiae - found in the
dental plaque of domestic cows.
Neisseria iguanae - iguanid lizards.
Neisseria macacae - from the
oropharynges of rhesus monkeys.
Neisseria ovis - associated with
infectious keratoconjunctivitis of sheep.
Neisseria weaver! - commensals in
the mouth and nasopharynx of cats and dogs; human infection may occur from a
cat or dog bite.
Quelle: remedia.at
Flavus Bacillus = Neisseria Pharingi
Flava
Medorrhinum
Meningococcinum Nos.
Sycotic compound (Paterson)
SPECIES: N. gonorrhoeas Med.
NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE
Scientific name
Old names
Common name
Family
Homeopathy
Bk:-
FEATURES
Neisseria gonorrhoeae (Zopf 1885) Trevisan
1885
Micrococcus der gonorrhoe Neisser
1879
Merismopedia gonorrhoeae Zopf 1885
Micrococcus gonorrhoeae (Zopf 1885)
Fliigge 1886
Micrococcus gonococcus Schroeter
1886
Diplococcus gonorrhoeae (Zopf 1885)
Lehmann and Neumann 1896
Gonococcus neisseri Lindau 1898
Gonococcus
Neisseriaceae
Medorrhinum - Med.
Medorrhinum Americana - Med-am. [not
in repertory]
• Occurs typically as non-motile
pairs of flattened cells.
• First observed in urethral and
conjunctival secretions of gonorrhoea and purulent ophthalmia by the German
dermatologist Albert Neisser in 1876. • Found primarily in purulent venereal
discharges. "Can be found in the urethral discharges of gonorrhoea from
the beginning till the end of the disease, and often for many months and even
years after recovery from it." [McFarland]
• Considered a pathogen of human
origin.
• Requires 5 - 10% carbon dioxide
and a humid atmosphere. Does not survive dehydration and cool conditions.
• Ferments glucose but not maltose
["sugar and sex, but no beer"].
• Leading cause of septic arthritis
in adults.
• Gonococcal infections are 1.5
times as common in men than in women, although serious sequelae are much more
common in women.
• Small quantities of
"gonotoxin" introduced into the urethra cause suppuration at the
point of application: fever/swelling of the adjacent lymphatic nodes/muscular
and
articular pains.
[McFarland]
DISSEMINATED GONOCOCCAL INFECTION
Disseminated gonococcal infection [DGI] occurs following approximately
1% of genital infections. It is seen more frequently in women (during
menstruation and pregnancy. Patients with DGI may present with symptoms of
rash, fever, arthralgias, migratory polyarthritis, septic arthritis,
endocarditis, or meningitis. Joint or tendon pain is the most common complaint.
About 25% of patients with DGI complain of pain in a single joint, while
up to 2/3 describe polyarthralgia, which often is migratory. Severe pain,
swelling, and decreased mobility in a single joint suggest a purulent arthritis
with effusion. The knee is the most common site of purulent gonococcal
arthritis.
Tenosynovitis also is common,
usually affecting the small joints of the hands.
Skin rash is a presenting complaint in approximately 25% of patients,
but a careful examination will reveal a rash in the majority of patients with
DGI, including maculopapular,
pustular, necrotic, or vesicular rash, typically occurring on the torso,
limbs, palms, and soles. The rash usually spares the face, scalp, and mouth.
Haemorrhagic lesions, erythema
nodosum, urticaria, and erythema multiforme occur less frequently.
Headache, neck pain and stiffness, fever, and decreased sensorium may indicate
gonococcal meningitis. This disease may be clinically indistinguishable from
meningococcal meningitis on presentation, although the course of gonococcal
meningitis usually is less rapid than that of
meningococcal meningitis. Gonococcal endocarditis is more common in men
than women. Patients with collagen vascular disease (systemic lupus
erythematosus) also may be more prone to this complication. DGI can cause
abscess formation within the soft tissues, presenting as localized tenderness,
oedema, and pain with motion. [Behrman, Gonococcal infection; website
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center]
MATERIA MEDICA MEDORRHINUM
Proved by Swan & Berridge [collection of provings] — 45-50 provers
[about 50% females, and 50% males], c. 1888; method: various high potencies,
such as 1M, 10M, 20M, 40M, 60M, and MM; manner not stated; contains also cured
symptoms.
SYMPTOMS
Mind: Time and space.
Time passes too slowly.
Hurry; always in a rush and
anticipating, yet lacking the desire for realisation.
Lacks clear-set goals; chases
shadows. Hurry, everybody seems to move too slowly. Anxiety if a time is set.
Everything feels far off.
Objects seem small.
Dazed dreaminess, “As if'stoned'.
fulfilment - emptiness.
Everything seems unreal.
Sensation of unbearable inner
emptiness.
Vacant staring.
Easily bored. 'Attention junkies;
party animals.'
Forgetful; confused - common things
escape him.
Seems to herself to make wrong
statements because she does not know what to say next; begins all right but
does not know how to finish [Grimmer]
Extremes; exceeding all limits.
No bounds; lack of orientation
points. Chasing shadows or chased by shadows.
Bouts of hopelessness alternating
with episodes of hopeful optimism.
Strokes of genius or inexplicable
blackouts. Extroversion - introversion. Wild feeling in head or vacant feeling
in head. Clair-obscure: lucid after sunset, obscure after
sunrise. Arrhythmia.
VECTOR
Human
Found in mouth, nose, throat,
genital and urinary tracts.
Shuns responsibilities.
Generals:
« Craves fresh air.
« Feels better in evening/night.
Night person.
» Seaside .
~ Lying on abdomen or in knee-elbow
position . Desire to cross the ankles when lying on the back. ~
Great thirst.
= Desire for sweets, green fruits,
ice, acid foods, salt. = Craves beer; alcohol; tobacco. ~ Walks on sides of
feet [due to extreme sensitivity of soles of feet].
Local heat - coldness
= Boiling sensation in head.
= Burning hands and feet; wants them
uncovered.
» Heat in eyelids.
= Hot flashes cervical region.
= Severe burning in the base of the
tongue, extending down the bronchi as if he had inhaled hot steam
= Sensation of coldness in eyes, as if
cold air blew on them. = Coldness of tip of nose; breasts, esp. nipples;
abdomen; liver region; r. lumbar region. =» Chilliness on
urging to urination; before
urination.
Discharges
« Discharges mucopurulent or purulent; yellowish-green or yellowish-white.
« Fishy odours.
= Sweat staining yellowish. Greasy face.
<= Pungent body odour; penetrating pungent odour to stool.
Affinities
Since the drug picture of Medorrhinum is partly based on cured cases of
gonorrrhoea, the classic complications of gonococcal infections may be expected
to present themselves
in the drug picture. Above all this concerns Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
[PID], characterised in women by infertility, PMS, purulent vaginal discharge,
uterine tenderness,
intermenstrual bleeding, menorrhagia, enlarged tubes, elevated
temperature, urinary tract infections, dysuria, and especially bilateral lower
abdominal pain with nausea and vomiting.
Due to painful genital swelling difficulty in walking may develop.
Intrauterine devices [IDDs] significantly aggravate PID; hence
intolerance of IUDs may be an indication for Medorrhinum, if symptoms agree.
There is an increased risk of ectopic pregnancy. Epididymitis-orchitis is the
male equivalent of PID.
Acute infectious arthritis occurs somewhat more often in women, with
menstrual periods and pregnancy as the most common triggers. Most have joint
pains or tenosynovitis
involving wrists, knees, ankles and small joints of hands and feet, in
combination with skin eruptions, which consist of petechial-pustular lesions on
an erythematous base. After a migratory stage the pain/inflammation usually
settles in a "hot joint," commonly the knee.
Pharyngitis is also frequently observed, as are proctitis and
conjunctivitis. Proctitis may present with minor symptoms such as pruritus,
pain, pressure, fulness, mild diarrhoea or discharge, or mucus on stools. Less
frequently more severe symptoms are present, such as tenesmus, purulent
discharge, and bleeding. Conjunctivitis presents with pain, chemosis, oedema of
lids, and purulent yellow discharge.
Medorrhinum symptoms such as "sensation of a tumour in the right
side of abdomen," "grasping pain in liver," and "pain
extending from liver to right shoulder," show a similarity with gonococcal
perihepatitis [Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome] observed in women with a history of
gonorrhoeal salpingitis.
The syndrome consists of acute upper right-quadrant abdominal pain and
tenderness aggravated by breathing, coughing, or movement, with pain extending
to the right shoulder.
CASES
(1) Mrs. C.F.A at 32; married ten years, one child three years old; one
miscarriage. Irritable and nervous; hurried, restless (after lying in bed or sitting
for a long time) feels as if she would scream if she could not move; queer
"nervous feeling in the abdomen." Fear of the dark [as a child would
go anywhere in the dark].
Memory failing; leaves work unfinished and starts on something else.
Although thin and scrawny, her appetite is unusual; craves salads, salt things,
fruit; very little thirst; constipated since early childhood; absolute
inactivity of the rectum, but bowels are normal during menses. Going too long
without action of the bowels results in an attack of tonsillitis; has had many
attacks during the past few years. Heavy, full feeling in the stomach after
eating; much belching, especially after fat and rich foods. Menses every 26
days, lasting four or five days; uterus falls so low as to protrude from the
vagina, < during, > after stool. Rheumatic pains here and there, <
damp weather. Varicose veins. Excruciating pains in the cervical and dorsal
spine, extending to the shoulders, for many years, soreness of the coccyx since
the birth of her child, <:at night/lying on the back/while
sitting/especially when rising from a seat; Excessive desire to yawn.
The treatment was carried on entirely by mail so that the record may not
be complete (to the possibility of infection). A dose of Med. DMM was sent
April 22, 1919.
On May 10th she reported improvement in all symptoms, even
the bowels showing some signs of renewed activity. A repetition was required,
August 27th. On October 21st, she wrote that her
neighbours and friends had remarked about the wonderful change that had taken
place in her general health and especially in her face, which had rounded out
and lost its pale, sickly look. The "dreadful pain" in the spine had
almost entirely disappeared.
Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriaceae Morganella M.morgani Morgan pure.
Proteus P.mirabilis Proteus.
Proteus P.vulgare Proteus
[Veshara Malapermal]
2.3.2
Salmonella species is a genus of motile, Gram negative peritrichous
bacilli that live in the intestines of birds, reptiles and mammals and is
eliminated in their faeces.
This bacterium is a common contaminant found in food contaminated with
animal faeces and may be found in poultry, eggs or inadequately pasteurised
milk.
Salmonellosis is characterised by non-bloody diarrhoea, nausea and
vomiting (Tortora et al. 2007). This GI pathogen from food causes “food
poisoning” emanating
from restaurants. Natural plant products have been recommended to
produce an effective and safe disinfectant among immunodeficient patients
(Lee
and Lee 1994/Dorman and Deans 2000).
Salmonella S. paratyphi Paratyphoidinum.
Salmonella S. typhi Eberthinum
typhoidinum.
Salmonella S.enteridis Gaertner.
Shigella S.dysenteriae Dysenteriae
Co.
Yersinium Y.pestis Pestinum.x
Pasteurellales Pasteurellaceae Haemophilus H.influenza Hb
vaccine
Gp Gamma Pseudomonadales Pseudomonadacae Pseudomonas P. aeruginosa
Vibronales Vibronaceae Vibrio V.cholerae Cholera nosode.
SPIROCHAETAE
Campylobacteracea Campylobacter C. jejuni
Beim Menschen Erreger vor allem von Durchfallerkrankungen
Gp Epsilon Campylobacterales Helicobacteraceae Helicobacter H. pylori
Leptospiraceae Leptospira L. interrogans Weil’s disease
Spirochaetales Borrelia B.burgdorfii Lyme nosode.
Spirochaetaceae Treponema T.
pallidum Syphillinum.
T. pertenue Framboesinum
CYANOBACTERIA
Vergleich: Siehe: Oxygen
A phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis.
The name "cyanobacteria" comes from the color of the bacteria. That
name often considered a misnomer, as cyanobacteria are prokaryotic and algae
should be eukaryotic, although other definitions of algae encompass prokaryotic
organisms.
By producing gaseous oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis,
cyanobacteria are thought to have converted the early reducing atmosphere into
an oxidizing one, which dramatically changed the composition of life forms on
Earth by stimulating biodiversity and leading to the near-extinction of
oxygen-intolerant organisms. According to endosymbiotic theory, the
chloroplasts found in plants and eukaryotic algae evolved from cyanobacterial
ancestors via endosymbiosis.
Found in almost every terrestrial and aquatic habitat: oceans, fresh
water, damp soil, temporarily moistened rocks in deserts, bare rock and soil,
and even Antarctic rocks.
They can occur as planktonic cells or form phototrophic biofilms. They
are found in almost every endolithic ecosystem. A few are endosymbionts in
lichens, plants, various protists, or sponges and provide energy for the host.
Some live in the fur of sloths, providing a form of camouflage.
Aquatic cyanobacteria known for their extensive and highly visible
blooms that can form in both freshwater and marine environments. The blooms can
have the appearance of blue-green paint or scum. These blooms can be toxic, and
frequently lead to the closure of recreational waters when spotted. Marine
bacteriophages are significant parasites of unicellular marine cyanobacteria.
Cyanobacteria are a photosynthetic nitrogen fixing group that survive in
wide variety of habitats, soils, and water. Fix atmospheric nitrogen in aerobic
conditions by heterocyst, specialized cells, and in anaerobic conditions. Incl.
unicellular and colonial species. Colonies may form filaments, sheets, or even
hollow balls. Some filamentous colonies show the ability to differentiate into
several different cell types: vegetative cells, the normal = photosynthetic
cells that are formed under favorable growing conditions; akinetes, the
climate-resistant spores that may form when environmental conditions become
harsh; and thick-walled heterocysts, which contain the enzyme nitrogenase,
vital for nitrogen fixation. Heterocysts may also form under the appropriate
environmental conditions (anoxic) when fixed nitrogen is scarce.
Heterocyst-forming species are specialized for nitrogen fixation and are able
to fix nitrogen gas into ammonia (NH3), nitrites (NO−2) or nitrates (NO−3),
which can be absorbed by plants and converted to protein and nucleic acids
(atmospheric nitrogen is not bioavailable to plants, except for those having
[endo]symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria (Fabaceae).
Rice plantations use healthy populations of nitrogen-fixing
cyanobacteria (Anabaena, as symbiotes of the aquatic fern Azolla) for use as
rice paddy fertilizer.
Cyanobacteria are arguably the most successful group of microorganisms
on earth. They are the most genetically diverse; they occupy a broad range of
habitats across all latitudes, widespread in freshwater, marine and terrestrial
ecosystems, and they are found in the most extreme niches such as hot springs,
salt works, and hypersaline bays.
Photoautotrophic, oxygen-producing cyanobacteria created the conditions in the planet's early atmosphere that directed the evolution of aerobic metabolism and eukaryotic photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria fulfill vital ecological functions in the world's oceans, being important contributors to global carbon and nitrogen budgets. -Stewart and Falconer- = Fossilien/Cyanobakterien gehören zu den ältesten, einfachsten und primitivsten Organismengruppen der Erde/sind seit den ältesten Zeiten der Erdgeschichte als Fossilien bekannt/produzier(t)en
O (= Zellgift) als erste und waren in der Lage mit O umzugehen und änderten damit die Erdatmosphäre/O wurde gebunden an Fe (= Rost) + Mg als Abfallstoff/= Grundlage der Eisenerzvorkommen.
Sind wahrscheinlich Ursprung.x des Lebens).
Chroococcales Microcystis M. aeruginosa M. aeruginosa
Nostocales Nostoceae Anabaena
A. flos-aqua Saxitoxinum.x
Oscillatoriales Phormidaceae
Pseudanabaenaceae Anthrospira A.
maxima Spirulina.x
Pseudomonas syringae auf Aesculus hippocastanum = Kastanie im Biergarten
Spirulina S.
maxima Spirulina
FIRMICUTES
Phylum Order Family Genus Species Remedy
Endospora Bacillaceae Bacillus B.anthracis Anthracinum.x
BACILLALES B.brevis Tyrothricinum
Lesteriaceae Listeria L. monocytogene Listeriosis nosode.x
Staphylococcaceae Staphylococ. S.aureus Staphylococcinum.x
[Veshara
Malapermal]
2.3.3
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus)
Staphylococcus is a genus of Gram positive pyogenic cocci which is
facultatively anaerobic and arranged in grape-
like clusters. They are found in soil and the mucous membranes of
animals. The pathogenicity of S. aureus results from the production of specific
enzymes or virulence factors such as cell-free coagulase, hyaluronidase,
taphylokinase, lipases, and beta-lactamase.
S. aureus produces cytotoxic toxins such as leukocidin, haemolysins,
enterotoxins and exfoliatin (Honeyman et al. 2001). Therefore, it is
categorised as a highly virulent form of Gram positive bacteria resulting in a
variety of diseases and symptoms.
The infections it causes dependon the site of infection, immune state of
its host and the specific toxins and enzymes it secretes (Bauman 2007), and can
be categorisedas non-invasive (enterotoxin resulting in food poisoning);
cutaneous (scalded skin syndrome, impetigo, furuncles, and carbuncles); and
systemic which could be potentially fatal when they introduced into deeper
tissues of the body. If introduced into blood it can cause toxic shock syndrome
(TSS);
or affect the heart (endocarditis), lungs (pneumonia and empyema) and
bones (osteomyelitis) (Tortora et al. 2007).
S. aureus is a common cause of bacteraemia especially in immunocompromised
individuals, and nosocomial (hospital-
acquired) infections account for half the cases of Staphylococcus
bacteraemia.
South Africa has experienced the emergence of MRSA (van Huyssteen 2007)
which has become a major problem in the health care setting. Since vancomycin
is used to treat MRSA infections, a concern has been raised by many physicians
regarding the emergence of vancomycin-resistant strains of S. aureus (Honeyman
et al. 2001).
Due to its natural presence on skin invariable proportions it may be
classified as a potential agent that can cause complications in diabetic
patients.
In a diabetic patient, any systemic or abscess infection requires
long-term therapy with antimicrobial drugs, which can potentiate further
resistance; it is therefore a suitable choice in this study.
Class BACILLI
Enterococcaceae Enterococcus E. faecali Enterococcinum.x
Enterococcus
spp. Streptoenterococcinum.x
LACTOBACILLALES Lactobacillaceae Lactobacillus L.acidophilus Lactobacillus.x
S.
pneumoniae Pneumococcinum.x
Streptococcaceae Streptococcus S. pyogenes Scarlatinum.
C.botulinum Botulinum.x
C.difficile
Class Clostridia Clostridiales Clostridiaceae Clostridium C.perfringens.x
Clostridiales and the Tetanus miasm
C.tetani Tetanotoxinum.x
PIRELLULAE CHLAMYDIALES Chlamydiaceae Chlamydia Ch.
trachomatis Clamydinum.x
A.albus Streptomyces
albus
A.citreus S.
citreofluorescens?
ACTINOMYCETALES
Actinomycetaceae Actinomyces A.griseus Streptomyces
griseus.x
A.israeli
A.luteus Nocardia
lutea
Corynebacteriaceae Corynebacteria C.diphteriae Diphterinum.x
Propionibacterium acne nosode
Micromonosporae Micromonospora M.purpurea Gentamicinum
M.avium Aviaire
= Tub-a.x
M.avium
subspezies Johneinum
paratuberkulose
M.bovis Tub-b.x Kent
Mycobacteriaceae Mycobacterium B. Calmette -Guerin V.A.B.
= B.C.G.x
M.leprae Leprominum.htm.x
M.tuberculosis Bacillinum.x
Mycobacterium vaccae -vaccae , lateinisch "von der Kuh" -wurde erstmals in Kuhdung gefunden und könnte wirken wie ein Antidepressivum.
Das hat die Onkologin Mary O’Brien zufällig entdeckt, als sie das Bakterium Krebspatienten verabreichte. Zwar verlangsamte es nicht wie erhofft
das Tumorwachstum, doch die Patienten mit dem Kuhbakterium schätzten ihre Lebensqualität besser ein als die einer Kontrollgruppe.
Die Mykobakterien bilden eine eigene Gattung, bestehend aus ca. 100 Arten. Sie sind die einzigen Vertreter der Familie Mycobacteriaceae. Zu ihnen gehören Krankheitserreger des Menschen wie Myco-bacterium tuberculosis (Tuberkulose) und Mycobacterium leprae (Lepra) sowie Krankheitserreger von Tieren wie der
Erreger der Rindertuberkulose
(Myco-bacterium bovis) oder der Erreger der
Geflügeltuberkulose (Mycobacterium avium ssp. Avium).
ACTINOBACTERIA ACTINOMYCETALES Nocardiaceae Nocardia N.asteroides
S.albus Salinomycin
S.
ambofaciens Spiramycin
S.
aureofaciens Chlortetracyclin/Aureomycin
S.caespitosos Mitomycin
S.
erythreus Erythromycin
S.
fradiae Neomycin.x
Streptomycetaceae Streptomyces S. garyphalus Cycloserine
S.
griseus Streptomycin.x
S.
nodosus Amphoteracin
S.
noursei Nystatin
S.
peucetius Doxorubicin var. caesius
S.
rimosis Oxytetracycline
S. venezuelae Chloramphenicol.x
[Philip Zippermayer]
Bakterien und Viren zeigen das Thema der Krankheit an, was gleichzeitig ein Hinweis ist, dass sie es auch in sich tragen. Wir werden sehen, dass sie sich jeweils dort einnisten, wo der Wirtsorganismus ein für sie geeignetes Nistmilieu bietet. In einem informatischen Universum bedeutet dies: dass das Krankheitsthema des Wirts dem Thema des Erregers zu entsprechen hat.
In der Frage, ob dieses Thema stets vorher vorhanden sein muss oder ob die Erreger dieses durch ihre Anwesenheit erzeugen, zeigen sich ein passives und ein aktives Infektionspotential:
Beim passiven Infekt sind die Erreger wie Vagabunden auf ein geeignetes Umfeld gestoßen, das ihnen Gelegenheit bietet, sich zu vermehren; beim aktiven Infekt beweisen sie, dass sie bei entsprechender Konzentration bzw. Aggressivität (Virulenz, Giftigkeit) auch in der Lage sind, das Milieu in ihrem Sinne zu verändern, es quasi zu erobern.
Die gegensätzlichen Ansichten über das Wesen von Infektionen sind also beide richtig. Für die Schulmedizin sind es stets aggressive „Überfälle“ marodierender bakterieller bzw. viraler Bösewichte bei gleichzeitiger Abwehrschwäche, für die Homöopathie stets Signalgeber, die eine unpassende Einstellung des Systems anzeigen. Das heißt, nicht die Abwehr ist schwach, sondern die Desorganisation schafft eine Situation, in der die Erreger außer Kontrolle geraten bzw. ihr Thema ungestört ausleben dürfen. In der Alltagspraxis ist die Desorganisation Standard, so dass man in der Homöopathie in ihr die eigentliche Krankheitsursache sieht. Dies schließt jedoch nicht aus, dass z.B. bei Epidemien besonders aggressive Erreger im Sinne einer Vergiftung einem gesunden Organismus ihr Thema aufzwingen.
Der Ausbruch von Epidemien wird ebenfalls durch zwei Voraussetzungen, eine passive und eine aktive, begünstigt.
Bei der passiven führen schlechte psychische +/o. hygienische Bedingungen zu ihrem Ausbruch (wir erleben dies heutzutage bei Tierseuchen: BSE).
Bei der aktiven haben wir eine besondere Virulenz der Erreger, die im Sinne ihres aggressiven Krankheitsthemas nach geeigneten Opfern suchen (z. B. Grippeepidemien).
Bei Epidemien ist die passive Variante die entscheidend auslösende, weil sich unter miesen sozialen Bedingungen auch die Aggressivität der Erreger lawinenartig steigert,
so dass sie sich aktiv verbreiten können.
Leider kenne ich ausgerechnet zum Erreger der berühmtesten aller Epidemien, Yersinia pestis, keine Arzneimittelprüfung. Es wäre sehr interessant, zu untersuchen, in welcher Beziehung das Pestmotiv zur Situation des mittelalterlichen Menschen, der in seiner Religiosität mit dem heutigen nicht zu vergleichen ist, gestanden hat; ob sie nicht in tiefer Erschütterung in den Glauben an und die Geborgenheit in Gott beruht. Schließlich war es ein Zeitalter schwerer Kirchenkrisen, deren schlimmste in drei Päpsten gipfelte. Begleitet werden die Ereignisse von der Hexenverbrennung, die ja ebenfalls als Seuche zu betrachten ist.
Der Umstand, dass friedliche symbiontische oder parasitierende Bakterien im passenden Milieu aggressiv werden können, relativiert auch meine Klassifizierungsweise nach Inhalten passiver bzw. aktiver Strategien der Konfrontation. Auf der Ebene dieser niedrigen Lebensform kann dieser Wechsel stets erfolgen und sich ein Schaf in einen Wolf verwandeln. So ist es durch Wechseln des Nährbodens von Laborkulturen möglich, einen Staphylococcus in einen Pneumococcus zu verwandeln. L. Pasteur hat dies schon gewusst und dies mit dem Ausspruch: „Die Mikrobe ist nichts, das Terrain ist alles“ auch eingestanden.
Das durchgehend bei allen Mitteln der Gruppe der bakteriellen Erreger erscheinende Thema ist Minderwertigkeit. Diese kann einerseits als inneres Grund oder Lebensgefühl die Haltung bestimmen, umgekehrt kann sie durch äußere unüberwindbare Widerstände erzeugt werden.
Passive Strategien der Konfrontation: sich aus dem inneren Gefühl der Minderwertigkeit seinen Umständen er-/aufgeben:
Bacillus 7 Paterson
Bacillus 10 Paterson
Brucella melitensis
Colibacillinum
Dysenteriae
Leprominium
Morgan bach
Morgan pure
Pneumococcinum
Sycococcus.
Aktive Strategien der Konfrontation: sich durch äußeren Widerstand in die Minderwertigkeit abgedrängt fühlen, sich dagegen bis zur Selbstvernichtung auflehnen, verweigern:
Anthracinum
Bacillinum Burnett,
Bacillus Morgan Bach,
Diphtherinum
Luesinum
Malandrium
Medorrhinum
Morgan Gaertner,
Pertussinum
Proteus
Pyrogenium
Scarlatinum
Streptococcinum
Tuberculinum avis
Tuberculinum bovinum
Tuberculinum Burnett
Bacillinum
Tuberculinum Koch
VIREN
Allgemein antiviral wirkende Pflanzen (aus Literatur
und eigenen Beobachtungen)
• Benediktenkraut
(Cnicus benedictus)
• Melisse (Melissa
officinalis)
• Bibernelle (Pimpinella
major)
• Osha (Ligusticum
porteri)
• Echinacea (E. purpurea, E.
angustifolia)
• Pfaffenhütchen (Euonymus
europaea), giftig
• Eleutherokokkus
(Acantopanax senticosus)
• Seifenkraut (Saponaria
officinalis)
• Engelwurz (Angelica
archangelica, A. silvestris)
• Storchschnabel (Geranium robertianum)
• Gänseblümchen (Bellis perennis)
• Thymian (Thymus vulgaris)
• Gamander (Teucrium
chamaedrys)
• Waid (Isatis tinctoria)
• Geranium (Geranium odoratissimum), ätherisches Öl
• Wasserdost (Eupatorium cannabinum)
• Ingwer (Zingiber
officinale)
• Wetterdistel (Carlina acaulis)
• Klette (Arctium lappa)
• Zimt (Cinnamomum
cassia)
• Meisterwurz (Imperatoria ostruthium)
Zu 2.: Pflanzen, deren allgemein antivirale Wirkung
anzunehmen ist
• Berberitze (Berberis vulgaris)
• Rainfarn (Tanacetum vulgare)
• Disteln (Cirsium
spp., Carduus
spp.)
• Riementang (Laminaria
saccharina, L. spp.)
• Eselsdistel (Onopordon acanthium)
• Rose (Rosa spp.) alle Teile der Pflanze, ätherisches
Öl
• Lebensbaum (Thuja occidentalis)
• Salbei, alle
Arten (Salvia spp.)
• Liebstöckel
(Ligusticum levisticum)
• Zypresse (Cupressus
sempervirens)
• Mädesüß (Filipendula ulmaria)
2.: Pflanzen, bei denen eine Wirkung gegen onkogene
Viren anzunehmen ist
• Bittersüß (Solanum dulcamara)
• Porlinge (Polyporus spp.)
• Braunwurz (Scrophularia nodosa)
• Quecke (Agropyron repens)
• Eselsdistel (Onopordon acanthium)
• Ringelblume (Calendula
officinalis)
• Eukalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus)
• Storchschnabel (Geranium robertianum)
• Gänseblümchen (Bellis perennis)
[Jakob Simmank]
Neben einem Spielplatz hat Lauren Wilkerson schon im Morgengrauen Pfosten in das sumpfige Gras gerammt. Dazwischen hat die biologin der Gesundheitsbehörde fast unsichtbar ein dünnes Netz gespannt. Auf dem Boden liegen Körner, um Vögel anzulocken. Doch Wilkerson ist nicht aus ornithologischen Gründen hier in einem Vorort von Houston unterwegs. Was sie untersucht, sind immer noch die Auswirkungen von Hurrikan Harvey.
Ende August suchte dieser die viertgrößte Stadt der USA heim, 90 billionen Liter Regen prasselten damals in nur 3 Tagen auf Houston nieder. Die Folgen waren in allen Medien beschrieben: Mehr als 80 Texaner starben, fast 200.000 Häuser nahmen ernsthaften Schaden. Nun sind die Wassermassen und die Kameras wieder weg, die großen Notunterkünfte sind vollständig geräumt. Doch die Katastrophe ist noch nicht vorbei. Jetzt drohen gefährliche Viren, die von Moskitos übertragen werden – und die in Vögeln ihr Reservoir finden.
Deshalb ist Wilkerson auf Vogeljagd. Heute hat sie Glück: In ihrem Netz hat sich ein Spatz verfangen. Vorsichtig befreit die Biologin ihn aus dem Netz und bringt ihn zu ihrem Auto. Dort streicht sie mit einem desinfizierenden Gel sein Gefieder zur Seite, um die Blutgefäße zum Vorschein zu bringen. Während der Spatz ruhig in ihrer Hand liegt, nimmt sie ihm mit einer winzigen Nadel wenige Milliliter Blut ab. Das wandert in ein Reagenzglas und dann direkt in eine Kühlbox. Dann bekommt der Spatz noch einen Ring, bevor ihn Wilkerson in den blauen Morgenhimmel fliegen lässt. Im Labor wird das Spatzenblut dann später auf das WestNilVirus getestet, das die gefürchtete gleichnamige Krankheit auslöst.
Das West-Nil-Fieber ist allerdings nur eine der Bedrohungen, denen sich Houston nun ausgesetzt sieht. »Die gesundheitlichen Konsequenzen einer solchen Flut sind gewaltig«, erklärt Peter Hotez, Professor für Tropenmedizin am Baylor College in Houston. Auch drei Wochen nach dem Wirbelsturm sind die Überreste noch immer sichtbar. Auf einem Verkehrsschild, zweieinhalb Meter über der Straße, hängen Plastikreste und Gestrüpp. Und obwohl es seit Tagen nicht geregnet hat, steht noch immer Wasser in Pfützen, in Straßengräben schwappt eine faulige Brühe, die nicht so recht abfließen will. besonders heftig wurde der wohlhabende Stadtteil Meyerland von der Flut getroffen: Hier sieht man breite, baumbewachsene Straßen, ordentlich gemähtes Gras in den Vorgärten, frei stehende geräumige Häuser – und am Straßenrand meterhoch sich türmenden Schutt. Im Erdgeschoss eines Eckhauses hämmern zwei Männer in blauen Overalls eine Wand heraus. Übrig bleibt nur das Skelett, Holzsäulen, die das Haus tragen. »Den Fußboden haben wir schon rausgerissen«, erzählen sie, »wenn wir das nicht schnell fertig machen, kommt der Schimmel.«
Tatsächlich ist schon auf der Veranda der Gestank zu riechen. Denn Meyerland liegt in der Nähe des Brays Bayou – einer der langsam fließenden, oft brackigen Flussarme, die ganz Houston durchziehen. Direkt auf der anderen Seite der betonierten Senke, in der der Bayou fließt, steht das Klärwerk, ein paar unscheinbare graue Betonklötze.
Als Harvey den Fluss über die Ufer treten ließ, flutete er auch die Kläranlage, die Wassermassen nahmen den Dreck mit sich und schwemmten ihn in die Häuser.
Eine Analyse des Flutwassers, durchgeführt vom Baylor College und der Rice University, zeigte eine extrem hohe Belastung mit E. coli, einem Fäkalkeim, der gefährliche Durchfallerkrankungen verursachen kann. Auch Arsen, Blei und sogar Quecksilber fanden Umweltwissenschaftler im Wasser – allesamt Stoffe, die für den menschlichen Organismus, vom Gehirn bis zur Lunge, toxisch sind. Das größte Problem sind nach Meinung vieler Forscher jedoch die Stechmücken, die in dem fauligen Wasser ausgezeichnet gedeihen und eine gefährliche Virenfracht tragen.
Denn in Houston ist es das ganze Jahr über warm und feucht. Noch Ende September erreicht das Thermometer Temperaturen von über 30° C. Gute Bedingungen für
Stechmücken – die durch Harvey noch verbessert wurden. Zunächst habe die Flut zwar die Moskitolarven weggewaschen, erklärt Umair Shah vom öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst von Harris County, in dem auch Houston liegt. »Erst einmal hatten wir deshalb Ruhe.« Doch vielerorts lief das Flutwasser des Hurrikans nicht ab, sondern stand in Straßengräben oder in Pfützen. Pools liefen mit kloakigem Wasser voll. Und an all diesen Stellen legten die Moskitos ihre Eier ab. »Zwei Wochen nach Harvey gab es dann tatsächlich einen heftigen Anstieg von Moskitos«, berichtet Shah.
Und die können hier, genau wie in den anderen USBundesstaaten am Golf von Mexiko, gefährliche Viren übertragen. Die Ägyptische Tigermücke Aedes aegypti und ihre Verwandte, die Asiatische Tigermücke Aedes albopictus, übertragen in Texas Zika und Dengue. »Am meisten Gedanken«, sagt Shah, »machen wir uns momentan aber über das WestNilVirus. « Dieses wird von einer anderen Moskito Familie, den Culicidae, übertragen. Nach Hurrikan Katrina 2005 waren die Fälle von WestNilVirus in und um New Orleans deutlich angestiegen – in den Folgemonaten und sogar im Jahr danach.
»WestNilFieber ist eine sehr ernst zu nehmende Erkrankung«, erklärt Kristy Murray vom Baylor College of Medicine, die schon seit Jahren an dem Virus forscht.
Es befällt mit Vorliebe Nervenzellen im Gehirn und kann zu schweren neurologischen Schäden, Lähmungen und zum Tod führen. Seit 2000 sind nach Angaben der amerikanischen Seuchenschutzbehörde bereits über 2000 Menschen in den USA an dem Virus gestorben, Zehntausende haben die Infektion durchlitten und bleibende Schäden davongetragen. Langfristig kann das Virus die Nieren schädigen und steht mit Erschöpfungszuständen und Depressionen in Zusammenhang. Das Reservoir des Virus sind Vögel.
Wenn infizierte Tiere von einer Stechmücke gestochen werden, nehmen diese das Virus auf, es pflanzt sich in ihnen fort. Wenn die infizierte Mücke dann einen Menschen sticht, kann sie das WestNilVirus über den Speichel an ihn weitergeben. Um zu überwachen, wo das Virus gerade schwelt, muss man also Vögel und Moskitos gleichermaßen
untersuchen.
Fast gleichzeitig rücken deshalb an verschiedenen Stellen Biologen wie Lauren Wilkerson aus, um Mücken einzufangen und Vögel zu testen. An 268 verschiedenen Stellen im
County haben sie Fallen ausgelegt. Auch der Insektenkundler Max Vigilant ist unter den Moskitojägern. Um seine Falle zu leeren, stemmt er mit einer Spitzhacke einen Gullydeckel hoch und löst einen roten Kanister von der Unterseite. Aus einem Schlauch strömt CO₂, das den Atem eines Menschen simulieren und damit Stechmücken anziehen soll, darunter hängt eine Fangkammer. Andere Fallen stehen nur ein paar Meter weiter im Gestrüpp neben der Auffahrt eines Hauses. Verschiedene Arten von Fallen sollen verschiedene Moskitoarten anlocken.
Nachdem er die Fangkammer geleert hat, fährt Vigilant zu den Holzbaracken im Süden Houstons, in denen die Moskitokontrolleinheit ihr Zuhause hat. Die Moskitos werden schockgefrostet, in kleine beschriftete Pappkartons gefüllt und dann per Hand unter einem Mikroskop sortiert. Der Großteil der Moskitos gehört zu Gattungen, die keine
Krankheiten übertragen. Einige wenige aber sind Tigermücken oder Culicidae. Die werden separat sortiert, in eine Lösung eingelegt und dann im Labor auf der anderen Seite des Parkplatzes auf Krankheitserreger untersucht. Vom Flugzeug aus wurden ganze Stadtteile mit Pestiziden eingenebelt
Wenn eine infizierte Mücke dabei ist, rücken möglichst noch am selben Tag Trucks aus, die ein Gemisch aus Insektiziden, meist Permethrin und Malathion, als feinen Nebel versprühen.
So soll gezielt dort die Mückenpopulation reduziert werden, wo Viruserkrankungen aufflammen könnten. Nach den Zerstörungen durch Harvey aber reichte das nicht. Weil die überfluteten Areale so groß und teilweise so schlecht von der Straße aus zugänglich waren, nebelten Flugzeuge der Air Force an mehreren Abenden Mitte September ganze Landstriche
und Stadtteile mit Pestiziden ein, insgesamt über 2,5 Millionen Hektar.
Zuvor waren Mitarbeiter der Moskitokontrolleinheit an verschiedene Stellen des Countys gefahren und hatten die Mückenpopulation geschätzt – mit einer kuriosen Methode: Jeweils einer der Männer stellte sich mit ausgebreiteten Armen in die Landschaft, die anderen zählten, wie viele Moskitos sich auf ihn setzten. »
Teilweise standen meine Mitarbeiter in einer Moskitowolke«, sagt Mustapha Debboun, der die Moskitokontrolleinheit leitet. Deutlich über 100 Stechmücken fielen pro Minute über die armen Kontrolleure her.
Doch nicht nur mit Moskitoüberwachung sind die Gesundheitsbehörden beschäftigt.
Ebenso wichtig ist die Aufklärung der Bevölkerung darüber, wie man sich am besten verhalten sollte: stehendes Wasser in Blumentöpfen und Autoreifen ausschütten,
um zu verhindern, dass Moskitos brüten können, lange Kleidung tragen und Mückenschutzmittel auftragen. Umair Shah und seine Kollegen sind jeden Tag tausende Kilometer unterwegs, um das den Menschen nahezubringen. Sie versuchen auch zu verstehen, woran es den Gemeinden gerade am dringendsten fehlt:
Trinkwasser? Tollwutimpfungen für Hunde? Oder Insektenschutzmittel?
Vielen Menschen in Houston fehlt es noch immer am Nötigsten. Im Stadtzentrum haben Obdachlose Zeltstädte in Unterführungen aufgebaut. Immer wieder taumelt einer von ihnen, einen Plastikbecher in der Hand, auf die Straße, um am Fenster eines Autos um Geld zu betteln. Hurrikan Harvey, davon gehen die Behörden aus, wird die Anzahl der Obdachlosen in die Höhe treiben.
Nicht weit davon entfernt reiht sich im Fifth Ward, einem der ärmsten Stadtteile der Stadt, ein holzvertäfeltes baufälliges Haus an das nächste. Die Dächer sind vielerorts zusammengesackt, die Fensterscheiben durch löchrige Aluminiumfolie ersetzt, durch die Moskitos mühelos hindurchkommen.
Eine fast zahnlose Frau schließt gerade ihre Haustür auf. »Die Aufräumarbeiten laufen ja ganz gut«, murmelt sie. »Aber die Mücken, die sind seit der Flut überall.« Es sind diese Menschen, um die sich der Tropenmediziner Peter Hotez besondere Sorgen macht: »Sie sind oftmals einfach nicht resilient genug, um nach einer solchen Katastrophe alles wieder aufzubauen«, glaubt er. 80% der Häuser, die Harvey beschädigt hat, waren nicht versichert, der Großteil der Menschen hat kein Geld, sie wieder ordentlich aufzubauen, vielen fehlt eine umfassende Krankenversicherung. Am Ende wird die Flut sie wohl noch ärmer machen. Und ihre Lebensumstände sie wiederum krank. »Ungefähr zwölf Millionen Amerikaner leiden an einer Erkrankung, die mit Armut assoziiert ist«, schätzt Hotez:
Infektionen mit Spulwürmern oder Einzellern wie Giardien oder Trichomonaden.
So zeigen die Wochen nach Harvey einerseits, dass die gesundheitlichen Verlierer dieser Hurrikan Saison vor allem die Armen sind. Und zugleich machen sie klar, wie wichtig die Rolle des öffentlichen Gesundheitssystems nach Wirbelstürmen und Fluten ist. Die Arbeit der Moskitokontrolleinheit in Harris County könnte sogar Schule machen: Denn auch Florida, Puerto Rico und weitere Karibikinseln wurden von den Hurrikanen Irma, Maria und José verwüstet.
Auch dort könnten im Flutwasser Dengue- und ZikaMücken brüten. Der Kampf gegen diese Bedrohung wird die Gesundheitsbehörden noch lange beschäftigen
Vorwort/Suchen. Zeichen/Abkürzungen. Impressum.