Homeoprophylaxis
Homeoprophylaxis remedies are usually made from disease material, also known as a nosode. The disease material is then prepared in a homeopathic manner to render it completely safe and non-toxic.​
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The nosodes do not contain toxins or additives. The disease material, which is the starting ingredient, is rendered completely safe after a long series of dilutions and succussions (which is the way all homeopathics are made). No other additives or preservatives are used.
Did you know homeoprophylaxis was first discovered to prevent scarlet fever?
How do the nosodes work?
Epidemic Outbreaks
Homeopathy has been used successfully for hundreds of years in many different countries during epidemic outbreaks.
Most recently, homeoprophylaxis been used successfully on millions of people in Cuba to prevent the tropical disease Leptospirosis. In Brazil, homeoprophylaxis was used successfully on thousands of people to prevent Meningitis.
Early history: Homeoprophylaxis of Scarlet Fever, Cholera and Smallpox
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In 1799, Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, used Belladonna successfully to prevent SCARLET FEVER, Another eleven medical doctors prescribed Belladonna during the same epidemic. They reported that of 1,646 children exposed to scarlet fever after being given Belladonna, only 123 (7.4%) developed symptoms of infection. In contrast, the infection rate in those who did not receive the prophylactic was as high as 90%. In 1838 the Prussian Government ordered the use of Belladonna during all scarlet fever epidemics after a report from their chief of physicians, Hufeland, showed it to be an effective prophylactic.
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In 1831, Dr. Hahnemann prevented and treated cholera during the 1831 Asiatic CHOLERA epidemic with the remedies Camphor, Cuprum metallicum and Veratrum album. In 1849, Dr Clemens von Boenninghausen treated and prevented untold numbers of cholera infections during the 1949 European epidemic with the above remedies recommended by Hahnemann. While a death rate of 54-90% occurred with conventional treatment, Boenninghausen’s patients had a mortality rate of only 5-16%.
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In the 1800s, Clemens von Boenninghausen used Thuja for both the treatment and prevention of SMALLPOX during an epidemic. When given to uninfected family members of households with members already sick with the disease, not one of them went on to contract it. In 1902 Dr. Eaton reported that during a smallpox epidemic in Iowa, 2806 patients were treated prophylactically with homeopathic Variolinum. Of the 547 patients definitely exposed, only 14 developed the disease. The protection rate on these numbers was 97%.
Homeoprophylaxis of Polio
In 1950 during an epidemic of POLIOMYELITIS, Dr Taylor Smith of Johannesburg, South Africa protected 82 people with homoeopathic Lathyrus sativus. Of the 82 who used the homeoprophylaxis, 12 came into direct contact with disease. None were infected. Dr Grimmer of Chicago prophylactically treated 5,000 young children with Lathyrus sativus. None developed polio.
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In 1957 a severe POLIOMYELITIS epidemic occurred in Buenos Aires. The majority of homoeopathic doctors prescribed Lathyrus sativus as a preventative. Drug stores distributed thousands of doses to the public. None of those who used the prophylactic registered a case of contagion (Eizayaga). In 1975 during another poliomyelitis epidemic in Buenos Aires, 40,000 were given the homeopathic prophylactic Lathyrus sativus. None developed poliomyelitis (Eizayaga).
Homeoprophylaxis of
Japanese B Encephalitis
In 1999 the Department of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy started distribution of nosodes for JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS in a systematic way throughout the Indian state of Andrha Pradesh. JE mortality rates had touched a high of 638 deaths from 2038 cases in 1986, but fell to four from 33 cases in 2001, following the implementation of the homeoprophylaxis program. Even the World Health Organisation and the Medical and Health Department acknowledge that homeoprophylaxis has been a vital factor in the sharp decline of Japanese Encephalitis cases in Andrha Pradesh.
References
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Birch, Kate. Vaccine Free Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Contagious Disease with Homeopathy: A Manual for Practitioners and Consumers. Trafford Publishing, 2007
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Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy. CCRH News 1996-1997.
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Currim, A.M. Ed. 1996. The Collected Works of Arthur Grimmer, M.D. Norwalk and Greifenberg, Hahnemann International Institute for Homeopathic Documentation.
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Dudgeon R. E. 1853. Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Homeopathy, p.541,2. Republished by B. Jain Publishers, 2002, New Dehli.
Eaton, Dr. C. W., Variolinum. (a paper read before the American Institute of Homeopathy), 1907.
Eisfelder, HW, “Poliomyelitis Immunization: A Final Report.” Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy. V. 54, Nov-Dec 1961, pp. 166-167.
Eizayaga, Dr. F. X., Treatise on Homeopathic Medicine. (E. Marecel, Buenos Aires, pp. 282-286).
Golden, Dr. Isaac, Vaccination & Homeoprophylaxis? A Review of Risks and Alternatives. 6th ed., Isaac Golden Publications, 2007.
Hahnemann, Dr. Samuel. “Cause and Prevention of the Asiatic Cholera.” Archiv. f. hom. Helik., vol. xi, 1831.
Hahnemann, Dr. Samuel, “Cure and Prevention of Scarlet Fever.” Lesser Writings. Jain, 1801, p. 369-384.
Hufeland. “Prophylactic Power of Belladonna in Scarlet Fever,” Hufeland’s Journal, 1828.
Staff Reporter. “Japanese Encephalitis on the Decline in State,” The Hindu, April 1, 2003.
Taylor-Smith, A. “Poliomyelitis and prophylaxis.” Br Homeopath J, 1950 Apr;40(2):65-77.
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