BACILLUS NO.7 (PATERSON)

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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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