Bowel Nosodes

For those of you who are interested in the bowel nosodes I offer the

following:-

They are prepared from cultures of non-lactose fermenting flora of the

intestinal tract. First isolated in 1880 by a bacteriologist - Eberth. Bach

did much work on them from a homeopathic point of view. Started to prepare

vaccines from dead cultures and treating patients with injections. In 1919

he joined the London Homeopathic Hospital as a bacteriologist and started

potentising bacteria a year later. I think some provings were carried out in

1929 and then he concentrated on the Flower Rx. In 1928 Elisabeth and John

Patterson did much work on the nosodes and did a protracted programme of

provings and clinical trials.

Morgan (pure) = Patterson; Morgan Gaertner = Patterson; Gaertner = Bach;

Proteus = Bach; Dysentry Compound = Bach; Sycotic Compound = Patterson;

Mutabile = Bach; Faecalis = Bach; Baccilus No. 7 and 10 = Patterson.

These are deep acting remedies from the highest mental to the lowest

physical. They can be used at any time IF THE PICTURE FITS.

Where there is a group of remedies indicated but no clear picture of any -

if the group of remedies is related to a bowel nosode than that nosode can

be given to help clarify the picture. Can also be given when the indicated

remedy fails - they may unblock.

Bowel nosodes can take up to 3 months before they take full effect. After

4-6 weeks the picture should start to get clearer. It is generally thought

that you do not prescribe another bowel nosode or repeat within 3 months.

They can be prescribed sometimes specifically for antibiotic poisoning

(Gaertner + Morgan), skin drugs will need Morgan, digestive drugs will need

Proteus.

They are not often used under 30c although Patterson used 6. It is

considered that 30 and 200 are the best potencies to use. In children it is

best not to go above 30, unless you have a good reason to, on the first

prescription.

There is a wonderful little book called A Treatise On Bowel Nosodes, by Dr

V. R. Agrawal (1981) - it might still be available especially from Indian

book publishers.

BACILLUS No. 7

Looks dark, pale, puffy, heavy closed eyelids, tense and tired, mental

fatigue, unfit for any mental effort = physical exhaustion, even the thought

of it, Angio-neurotic oedema, retinal bleeding, catarrhal deafness,

tonsillitis and quinsy, asthma, bronchial catarrh, tough sticky mucous which

is difficult to raise, < 2am (Kali Carb associate remedy). Stiff neck

'cracks like a nut', fibrositis of neck and shoulders, spinal

osteo-arthritis, backache > heat and rest < damp and cold and on beginning

to move, slow pulse, lowered blood pressure, faint when standing long,

excessive perspiration, averse fat, eructations and flatulence, pain in

liver region, digestive Sx related to lack of nerve and muscle tone, sense

of fullness after food, swollen thyroid, rheumatoid arthritis, blood vessels

burst in fingers, joints swollen and painful, pain shoots up and down, left

hip fixed, rheumatic nodules anywhere, feeble urine flow, loss of sexual

function, constipation and haemorrhoids, sensitive to colds and drafts and

cold damp air, sleeps light, wakes 2-3 am, skin has lots of cracks, hot and

scaly skin. Other associated remedies = Ars. Iod; Brom; Calc.Iod; Ferrum

Iod; Iodum; Kali Bich; Kali Brom; Kali Iod; Kali. Nit; Merc. Iod; Nat. Iod.

BACILLUS No. 10

Fair, florid, dark, pale, anxious and active, irritable and depressed, H/A

forehead and left eye, catarrh, spongy gums, halitosis, fatty cysts on neck,

asthma, cough < morning, sputum difficult to raise, averse egg and bread

tomatoes and tea, desires sweets and chocs and fried fish, anorexic, nausea

and vomiting, gall bladder pain, tender coccyx, rheumatism of thigh and left

knee, frequent urination pruritis vulvae, leucorrhea greenish, flesh round

groin raw, pain left and right iliac fossa, bowels sluggish moves only in

morning, warts on hands flat or pointed, ringworm. associated remedies =

Aralia; Calc. Phos; Kali Bich; Nat. Sulph; sepia; Thuja.

DYS. CO.

Unlike the other bowel nosodes Dys. Co. is unable to form gas, it only forms

acid. Has a special action on the nervous system, the heart and the

duodenum. It is sometimes called the heart nosode. Thin, fair hair, dark

lashes, pale skin, tense and nervous, full of fears, shy, lacks confidence,

apprehensive, worries, blush easily, claustrophobia, face looks anxious,

fear of the future, sensitive to criticism, carry much on their shoulders,

hypersensitive, lack initiative, feeble powers of concentration, they are

impatient because they fear they cannot accomplish the task, lose the power

to relax, very restless, fears felt in cars, buses, lifts, fear of thunder

and storms, wants to be alone but fears being alone, brain fag, depressed

and tired gets worn out with the stress, fidgets all the time, H/A over eyes

or vertex, periodic H/A (every 7-14 days), blinding H/A, scalp painful,

anaemia, bluish pallor, twitching muscles, eye inflammations, colours and

spots before the eyes, hay fever, frequent nose colds, enlarged thyroid,

recurrent tonsillitis, pertussis like cough, desires sweets milk fat and

salt, indigestion > eating, distension, heartburn, nausea morning on waking,

acrid vomiting, thirst > cold drinks but < stomach Sx, > lying down, wakes

at midnight-1 am with acute stomach pain > vomiting, duodenal ulcers,

palpitations with fears, valvular heart disease, menses irregular, morning

diarrhoea with burning, diarrhoea and constipation alternate, bruises and

bleeds easily, has trouble sleeping, sudden shock whilst sleeping, herpes

and scaly eruptions, flat warts, gummy discharge, dry brittle hair, cold and

chilly > warmth, > air and space, perspire easily, < 3-6 am. associated

remedies = Anacardium; Arg. Nit; Ars. Alb; Cad. Met; Kalm; Verat. Alb;

Verat. Vir.

GAERTNER

Keynote here is nutrition, thought to be the 'childrens nosode'. Fair, blue

eyes, freckles, pale, long dark eyelashes, nervous < alone, intelligent,

excitable, irritable, bites nails, hypersensitive, overactive brain with

undernourished body or underdeveloped, styes, discharging ears with every

cut tooth, catarrh, deep fissures in tongue, bronchial colds, desires oats

cheese eggs milk sugar and sweets, averse bread butter meat and fish, vomits

< after sweets, H/A with vomiting - great action on digestive system good

for kids fed on 'artificial' diets, cannot digest fat, rheumatism shoulders

< night, chilblains hands in winter, soles of feet covered with blisters,

blood and mucous in urine, diarrhoea every few weeks, thread worms, wants

company and light to sleep, sleep walks, not afraid of dark but has night

terrors. Associated remedies = Calc. Flour; Calc. Phos; Calc. Sil; Kali.

Phos; Merc. Viv; Nat. Phos; Nat. Sil; Phos; Phyto; Puls; Sil; Syph; Zinc.

Phos.

MORGAN

Florid, red lips and cheeks, portly build, tense, active, weepy, depressed,

irritable, introspective, anxious about state of health, avoids company,

fears crowds, suicidal tendency, H/A frontal occipital and vertex, migraines

every week, H/A < heat and thundery weather, hairy face, acne, lids

granular, styes, catarrhal deafness, sinus problems, post nasal catarrh,

cracks in skin of face, burning tongue, tongue coated slimy and dry, warts

on tongue, enlarged thyroid, throat dry and burning, bronchitis every

winter, n.b.w.s. bronchitis, nasal congestion, fibrositis neck back

shoulders, desires fat sweets eggs and butter but << eggs and butter,

burning eructations, pains in liver and gall bladder, gall stones, jaundice,

congestion of gastric mucous, bilious attacks with severe H/A > vomiting,

not much appetite but has to eat at 11 am, varicose veins, haemorrhoids,

easy brusing, fingers swollen, arms puffy and stiff, pain in soles of feet,

urine corrosive and contains sugar, fibroid and uterine polyps, thickening

skin with deep cracks, bleeding and moist eczema < heat washing and wool.

Associated remedies = Alum; Bar. Carb; Calc. Carb; Calc. Sulph; Carbo Veg;

Carbo Sulph; Digitalis; Ferrum Carb; Graphites; Kali Carb; Mag Carb; Med;

Nat. Carb; Petr; Psor; Sep; Sulph; Tub.

MORGAN-GAERTNER

The picture is nearly that of Lycopodium. Irritable, quick tempered,

impatient, tense, nervous, restless, weepy depressed, jealous, fears crowds

excitement and company, claustrophobic, bites nails, flushed face, loses

hair, herpetic eruptions left side face, styes and cysts on lids, nasal and

post nasal catarrh, bitter and bad taste in mouth, pins and needles in

tongue, ticklish coughs, recurrent tonsillitis, palpitations at night which

waken > eructations flatus and moving about, desires sweets salt eggs meat

hot food, averse to fat eggs meat, flatulent indigestion excessive

eructations, sourness, vomiting after food, duodenal ulcers, distended

feeling, pain right and left hypochondria and epigastrium, pain in gall

bladder, right sided rheumatics, renal colic, irritable before menses,

constipation - stool is hard and dry, itching painful piles, cannot sleep

but drowsy after food, night terrors - shouts in sleep, many skin eruptions

- psoriasis vesicles warts urticaria shingles, everything < 4-8 pm.

Associated remedies = Chel; Chen; Hell; Hep. Sulph; Lach; Lyc; Merc. Sulph;

Sang; Tarax.

PROTEUS

Brain storm characterises this remedy. Suddeness of onset is strong Sx.

Effect the nervous system, nervous tension, temper tantrums, can become

violent with no control, kicks and throws objects, face goes red and the

eyes bulge, ailments from long term stress and strain, averse to company,

tense irritable and depressed, mentally stubborn and unresponsive, ailments

are also intractable, background of emotional tension in the family, loners

but do not like to be ignored, H/A frontal < before menses, H/A in am,

migraines with blurred vision, stuffed nose indoors, cracks in corner of

mouth, bronchitis with much rattling mucous, averse butter pork eggs,

desires fat sweets salt butter eggs but << eggs, acid heartburn, sourness

not > eating, digestive Sx secondary to nervous Sx, hands feel dead and burn

at night, contraction of palms and fingers, cramps in calves, feet feel

frozen, burning urethra, constipation s.a.i. ball in bowel, very itchy

piles, sensitive skin - boils and herpes. Associated remedies = Amm. Mur;

Aur. Mur; Apis; Bar. Mur; Borax; Conium; Cup. Met; Calc. Mur; Ferr. Mur;

Ign; Kali. Mur; Mag. Mur; Nat. Mur; Secale.

SYC. CO

Keynotes is irritability. Sallow puffy greasy skin, nervous, tense, cross,

restless, sensitive to cold, bites nails, outbursts of temper, fear of dark

and being left alone, fear of animals and dogs, infected sinus and mininges,

persistent H/A every week, H/A left side lasts for weeks, throbbings > heat

and rest < noise, H/A < menses, sweating of head at night, premature grey

hair, face is puffy in the morning, malignant growth right cheek, eyes

inflamed, deafness and excessive formation of wax, lots of nasal and post

nasal catarrh, cracks around mouth, deep ulcers on tongue, external goitre,

enlarged adenoids and tonsils, profuse mucous in throat in morning, asthma <

damp, cough < 2-3 am, hard cough 2/4/6 am, croupy coughs, averse to eggs fat

milk cream salt sugar veg tea vinegar cheese meat, << egg = nausea, << fat

onions oranges, desires butter fat cheese sweets milk salt, finicky

appetite, acid flatulence, chronic irritation of whole alimentary canal,

ankles swollen and stiff, feet restless at night in bed, uterine polyps,

malignancy, impotency, pain left ovary at menses, has to stool on rising,

restless sleep, night terrors, night perspiration < 12-4 am, wakes 2-3 am,

dreams of dead bodies, catarrhs in all forms anywhere. Associated remedies =

Antim. Tart; Ferrum Met; Nat. Sulph; Rhus. Tox; Thuja; Bacill.

There is not much information on Mutabile; Cocci; or Faecalis but the

associated remedies are thus:- MUTABILE = Ferrum Phos; Kali Sulph; Puls.

COCCI = Tub; Baccill. FAECALIS = Sepia