Author: Urenus

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Mainly pale, apprehensive anxious types. Perhaps socially dysfunctional. Gastrointestinal vulnerabilities.	Lycopodium Chelidonium (▲rel▼)
Main aetiology	? Sedentary habit , ? poor diet	▼
Secondary aetiologies	Drugs, Food-bourne bacterial toxins Stress	Nux vomica Sulphur
Emergent disturbance	Low grade chronic GI and GU inflammation	▲
Secondary disturbances	General immunological ? Uterine hyperplasia / menopause	Chenopodium Taraxicum Pulsatilla Lachesis Sepia Sanguinaria (▲rel▼)
Principle locations	Colon + Altered bowel habit flatulence	▼
Secondary locations	Liver & biliary Renal tract + Biliousness / nausea Stones / renal colic ? chronic cholangitis	Copiava Sarsaparilla Calcarea renalis
GI pathophysiology	Flatulence Distention	Carbo vegetabilis Dichepetalum

Morgan Gaertner has strong emphasis on the urinary tract: renal stones, renal colic, cystitis, vulvo-vaginitis. Flatulence is a common symptom.

Mind

Irritable; quick tempered; impatient. Tense; nervous. Restless; weepy; depressed. Jealous; particular; apprehensive. Fears crowds, excitement & company.

Head

Congestive headache. Flushed face.

Eyes

Blepharitis. Styes. Cysts on lids.

Ears

Otitis. Mastoiditis. Boils in ears. Singing in ears.

Nose

Nasal catarrh + +. Post nasal catarrh + +. Dry catarrh—crusts, ulcers in nose. Polypus nose. Red nose. Herpes nose. Epistaxis. Sinus infection.

Mouth

Bitter taste +. Bad taste. Gums inflamed. Pyorrhoea. Tongue burning. Pins and needles sensation in tongue. Tongue glutinous in morning; saliva glutinous. Dirty tongue. Fissures at angles of mouth.

Stomach

Flatulent indigestion; excessive eructation. Eructation of bad odour. Sour mouthfuls (Pyrosis). Fullness in epigastrium, unrelated to food. Pain in epigastrium after food. Vomiting after food (afternoon or night). History of duodenal ulcer.

Abdomen

Distended feeling. Distended colon. Pain in right and left hypochondrium and epigastrium. Pain right and left iliac fossae. Pain in ileocecal region. Pain in gall bladder: cholecystitis. Tenderness of gall bladder. Pain in right and left shoulder blades.

Extremities

Inflammatory arthritis.

Urine

Enuresis. Cystitis. Renal colic, renal stone. Nephritis; pyelitis.

Genitalia

PMT Dysmenorrhoea, Pruritis. Leucorrhoea: heavy, brown; bad odour.

Bowels

Flatulence excessive in bowel. Constipation more than looseness. Sluggish bowel. Looseness urgent. Stool — hard, dry with mucus.

Anus

Piles, painful, itchy bleeding. Anal fissure; pruritis ani. Prolapse rectum. Mucus per rectum even if motion is not stiff.

Sleep

Insomnia (common). Drowsy after food. Night terrors, shouts in sleep.

Skin

Psoriasis — elbows; knees and ankles, legs, or body, even toe nails. Eruption on thighs; wrist where metal contact. Herpetic eruption on soles.

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Bright active types. Often intellegent. Often fair hair; blue eyes; freckles. Thin, pale, nervy people.	Phosphorus Silica Merc vivus Tuberculinum (▲rel▼)
Main aetiology	Infective	▼
Secondary aetiologies	Antibiotics, drugs or both	▼
Emergent disturbance	Immune or autoimmune	Carcinosinum
Secondary disturbances	Inflammatory arthritis Inflammatory bowel disease Malabsorbtion syndromes	Sanicula aqua Phosphorus salts Silicates (▲rel▼)
Principle locations	Small intestine + Malabsorbtion	▼
Secondary locations	Lymphatics Glandular Spleen Endothelium Synovium	Asafoetida Ceanothus
GI pathophysiology	Post-salmonella dysbiosis. + Diarrhoea Bloody stool Defective absorption	Aloe Podophyllin

Eyes

White sclerotics. Styes.

Ears

“For cases of children who get a discharging ear every time they cut a tooth, give one dose of Gaertner 30, followed the next day by the dose of Silicea 30, and repeat the Gaertner as soon as there is any sign of a further outbreak of this ear discharge.”— Beta

Nose

Polypi. Catarrh.

Mouth

Salivation. Herpes. Dry scaly eruption. Teeth black. Deep fissures in tongue.

Neck and Back

Pain in hip and back (severe).

Desires and Aversions

Craves: oatmeal (porridge and oatcakes); cheese; eggs; milk pudding; sugar and sweets.
Averse: bread; butter; butcher meat; fish.

Stomach

Pain in stomach. Vomits everything: vomiting < after sweets. Headache and vomiting: acidosis attacks. Dilated stomach. Stomach attacks or gastro-intestinal attacks.

Digestive System

B. Gaertner has its greatest action on the digestive tract. Children fed on artificial food have poor digestion. Inability to digest fat — coeliac disease; ketosis; “intestinal infantilism” are disease complexes found under the ‘provings’ of this nosode.

Extremities

Chilblains on hands in winter. Bites nails. Intractable rheumatic cases. (Laura Hurd).

Urine

Blood and mucus with urine. Burning in urethra.

Genitalia

Profuse offensive leucorrhoea. Hydrocele. Pruritis vulvae.

Bowels

Constipation. Diarrhoea — offensive: attacks every few weeks. Chronic gastroenteritis; tabes mesenterica. Blood and mucus in stool.

Sleep

Sleep walking. Restless sleep; night terrors.

Skin

Urticaria; heat spots. Boils on arms and legs.

Eruption

Back, head, and neck. Circinate eruptions on sternum.

Perspiration

< at night.

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“In all varieties of neurasthenia, I know of no single remedy to compare with the Gaertner nosode.”— C.E. Wheeler

The keynote of Gaertner Co. is “nutrition” and this nosode might suitably be named as “the children nosode”, because in clinical picture you will find something of practically all the nutritional disorders so common in the child, but it is equally found useful in the other extremes of life associated with malignancy. Marked emaciation may be taken as an indication for the use of this nosode.— (Aggrawal, after Elizabeth Paterson)

Gaertner has great relation with malignancy. Dr. John Roppe, the pathologist, found that Gaertner bacillus was in the stool of malignant cases.

‘Children are hypersensitive to all impressions, psychical or physical; overactive brain with under nourised body.’ — John Paterson

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Anger with people who are trying to help. 2/3 Stress through inability to communicate. 2/3 Over-exposure to hospital environments. 3/3	Sepia (Kali-m) (Bar-c) (Ant-c)
Main aetiology	Social stress 2/3 Communication issues / frustration 2/3 Poor diet (incl. hospital food / junk food) 3/3	▲
Secondary aetiologies	? Cancer 1/3 / 2/3 ? Surgery 2/3 ? Chemotherapy / radiotherapy 1/3 ? Inherited dysbiosis 1/3 ? Birth trauma & post operative stress 1/3	Carcinosinum Condurango Hydrastis (▲rel▼)
Emergent disturbance	Post operative diarrhoea / constipation abdominal distension	(Croton tig.) (Opium)
Secondary disturbances	Swelling / lymphadenopathy	Apis Vipera
Principle locations	Large bowel 3/3 Interstitium Lymphatics	Viscum album Vinca minor Taxus
Secondary locations	(Skin) (Urinary tract)
GI pathophysiology	Alternating stool 2/3 << constipated phase

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Unrelaxed. Trim and health-conscious but overworked and overconscientious. Fine complexioned but showing signs of strain. Perhaps driven by self-doubt and insecurity. Anticipates misfortune.	Arsenicum & salts Argentum nitricum ? other nitrates
Main aetiology	Drugs	China officinalis Chininum salts
Secondary aetiologies	Infective / antibiotics or both
Emergent disturbance	Endocrine disturbances Thermoregulatory disturbances	Thyroidinum
Secondary disturbances	Immune hypersensitivity Hayfever & rhinitis	Tuberculinum Carcinosinum
Principle locations	Endocrine and systemic + Thyroid dysfunction FATIGUE states	China officinalis China ars. Elaterium Gelsemium Parthenium Veratrum album
Secondary locations	Mucous membranes Endothelium Respiratory tract Cardiovascular	Ammonium carb Bacillinum Pulsatilla
	+ Secondary infective and low grade inflammatory processes. Local dysbiosis. Chest pains – (? mainly functional or psychosomatic)	Cactus grandiflora Digitalis purpurea Spongia tosta Tuberculinium bov.
GI pathophysiology	All levels of GI tract but especially pylorus and duodenum	Abies nigra Abies canadensis Ptelea Veratrum album
	+ Indigestion Diarrhoea

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Active, ? instinctual people ? Sexual ? Relationship issues	Sepia ‘Sycotics’ Medorrhinum
Main aetiology	Opportunistic infection ? Sexually transmitted diseases	▲
Secondary aetiologies	? Overuse of herbals and homeopathy ? Dietary fads	Progesterone (▲rel▼)
Emergent disturbance	Disturbances of surface immunity Persistent inflammation – mucus membranes	▼
Secondary disturbances	Systemic ‘toxicity’ with fatigue and loss of wellbeing	▼
Principle locations	Mouth, VAGINA Inflammatory	Borax
Secondary locations	Anus Urethra Gallblader	Nit-ac Hydrastis
GI pathophysiology	Indistinct dysbiosis | Disturbed bowel habit

This was the tenth non-lactose fermenting type of bacillus “isolated” in the laboratory by Paterson.

Appearance

Fair; florid. Dark; pale.

Mind

Anxious; active; irritable; depressed.

Head

Headache forehead, left eye.

Nose & Mouth

Nose: Catarrh. Mouth: Spongy gums. Halitosis.

Chest

Asthma. Cough < in the morning; sputum difficult. Panniculitis chest wall. Lipoma lower ribs.

Desires & Aversion

Averse: egg; bread; tomato; tea. Averse breakfast. Craves: sweets; chocolates; fried fish. Upset by egg and fat. Anorexia.

Stomach

Nausea; vomiting.

Abdomen

Occasional pain in the gall bladder.

Body and Limbs

Tenderness in coccyx. Rheumatism of thigh. Rheumatoid arthritis in left knee. Paronychia.

Urinary

Frequent micturition.

Genitalia

Pruritis valvae. Leucorrhoea with fishy odour; greenish; corrosive. Flesh in groin raw, dry, and cracked. Urethral caruncle.

Bowel

Bowel motion first thing in the morning. Pain LIF, RIF. Motion sluggish; very often diarrhea. Pruritis ani.

Skin

Warts on hands—numerous, flat or pointed (after working with pickled hams). Dermatitis at flexures? Possible allergy to a drug given for asthma. Ringworm.

Perspiration

In axilla.

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Tense overworking types ? Dark, pale colouration	Kali salts
Main aetiology	Infective
Secondary aetiologies	Overwork Over-indulgence Drugs and antibiotics
Emergent disturbance	Systemic
Secondary disturbances	Fatigue states Inflammatory arthritis
Principle locations	Systemic
Secondary locations	Neuromuscular Joints	Bryonia
GI pathophysiology	Diffuse	Carbo veg.
	FATIGUE
	cracking joints

Keynote for This Nosode

Extreme mental and physical fatigue; insidious development; wasting of muscle groups, possible myocardial weakness, sudden onset. Site of action at the neuromuscular junction.

Appearance

Dark, pale; puffy.

Mind

Tense. Tired. The thought of doing anything is sufficient to exhaust.

Face

+/- Angio-neurotic oedema.

Respiration

+/- Asthma; bronchial catarrh; tough sticky mucus, difficult to raise; worse at 2 A.M. (Kali carb is the associated remedy).

Neck and Back

Stiff neck: “cracks like a nut.” Fibrositis in neck and shoulders, fibrous rheumatism of neck, back, and abdominal muscles. Spinal osteoarthritis. Backache > heat and rest; < damp and cold and on commencing to move. Spondylo-arthritis with ankylosis.

Circulation

Slow pulse rate, often lowered blood pressure. Faintness on standing long or after sudden exertion. Excessive perspiration.

Stomach

Eructation. No vomiting.

Abdomen

Pain in liver region. Flatulence.

Digestive System

General lack of nerve & muscle tone; sense of fullness after food; flatulence/distension of the stomach.

Upper Limbs

Rheumatoid arthritis of shoulders, elbows, wrists. Ganglion in right hand. Finger swelling. Blood vessels burst in fingers. Rheumatism in wrist, thumb osteoporosis. Wrists and ankles immobile.

Lower Limbs

Joints swollen and painful. Fibrous rheumatism in thighs. Limbs stiff. Pain shoots up and down leg. Stabbing hip pain. Night leg cramps. Osteoarthritis in knees. Periarthritis in knees. Left hip fixed, arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis in knees and ankles. Feet painful. Gout in left toe.

Neuromuscular System

Relaxed fibrous tissue with tendency to form rheumatic nodules. Backache; cannot stand long without discomfort.

Genito-Urinary System

Feeble urinary flow. Loss of sexual function. Premature senility. Pain in vulvae, no leucorrhoea.

Bowels

Constipation. Haemorrhoids.

Skin

Cracks on knuckles and finger tips. Cracked palms. Circinate eruptions on hands (palms) – hot, nippy, and scaly. Paronychia.

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