The nosode is an isopathic remedy
consisting of the products of some specific disease
administrated in minute doses for the cure of the same
disease. Since the time of Dr. Hahnemann many nosodes has
been added into Materia Medica through provings and
clinical experiences. These were brought together by Dr.
HC Allen in his Materia Medica of the nosodes.
Indications of Nosodes:
Prophylactic: Dr. Grimmer
recommended one dose in high potency once in a year
for prevention of smallpox (Variolinum), whooping
cough (pertussin), measles (morbilimum), diphtheria
(diptherinum)
etc. Dr. Wheeler recommends that in epidemics the
corresponding nosode in the 30th potency will protect
for at least a fortnight.
Remote Causes: where the patients says that
he has not been well since a certain illness. For
example: measles, whooping cough, influenza etc.
Compliment: To monitor the effects of
indicated remedy in chronic as well as in acute
diseases, when it fails to act.
The indicated remedy does not seems to work properly
and where there is a family history of syphlis,
tuberculosis, cancer etc.
Where there is a similarity in patient symptoms and
signs of the nosodes like pertusin in spasmodic
cough with fever, medorrhinum in pelvic
inflammation etc.
Where well recognized symptoms of a nosode are
present for e.g. amelioration on lying on knee chest
position; medorrhinum, constantly catching cold
in weakly children; tubberculliunum.
Where after an acute disease convalescence is very
slow and patient though seems well but does not
recover/pickup health. For example, patient do not
recover fully after typhoid; typhoidinum.
The bowel nosodes are prepared from the
pure germ culture rather than the together and germs
together as in bacillinum, tubercullinum etc. These
can be classified as:
Morgan
comprising of two subtypes: Morgan Pure & Morgan
Gaertner.
Proteus
Mutabile
Bascillus
No.7
Gaertner
Dysentery
Co
Sycotic Co
Faecalis
Indications for Bowel Nosodes:
Incase where
the indicated remedy fails to act, in such a case the
corresponding nosode can be prescribed for e.g. for
Sulphur;Morgan(Bach), Phosphorus;Gaertner
In a case
where several drugs seems indicated but none of them
clearly, a nosode can be selected which is related to
the majority of these drugs, for instance, if a
patient provides symptoms of Sulphur, cal. carb,
natrum car., sepia and Nat. Mur. but none of the drug
is clearly indicated so that it can be considered as
the simillimum one can prescribe for him Morgan
(Bach).
In an old
case where several remedies have helped but none has
been able to cure the patient one can select the
nosode which is related to the majority of drugs in
which a patient has responded well.
By virtue of
symptom similarity between the patient picture and the
nosode picture.
For the convenience of the readers a
chart has been provided of bowel nosodes vis-à-vis its
related remedies:
Bowel
Nosode
Related
Remedies
Morgan Pure
Alumina, Baryta Carb,
Cal Carb, Cal Sulph, Carbo Veg, Ferrum Carb., Carbo
Sulph, Digitalis, Medorrhinum, Graphitis, Kali Carb,
Mag Carb, Nat Carb, Petroleum, Sepia, SULPHUR,
Psorinum, Tubercullinum
Ars Iod, Bromium, Cal Iod,
IODUM, Kali Bich, Kali Brom, KALI CARB, Kali Iod, Kali Nit, Mer
Iod, Nat Iod
Gaertner
Cal Flor,
Cal Hyhophos, Cal Phos, Cal Sil, Kali Phos, MERC VIV,
Nat Phos, Nat Sil Flor, PHOSPHOROUS, Phytolacca,
Pulsatilla, SILICEA, Zinc Phos, Syphillinum
Labeled with ICRA