Category: Bowel Nosodes

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Hypothesis	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Overweight, but poor quality diet Sallow; Pale; anaemic. Puffy; greasy skin. Probably dark haired more than fair haired.	Calc carb. Calc phos. Thuja Medorrhinum
Main aetiology	Infective including viral URTI / measles and enterovirus infection
Secondary aetiologies	Immunisations, antibiotics, drugs, stress	Morbillinum
Emergent disturbance	Disturbed surface immunity
Secondary disturbances	Catarrhal states, proliferative conditions
Principle locations	Respiratory mucosae Sinuses, nasopharynx	Bacillinum
Secondary locations	Body orifices Skin GI and genital tracts Synovium + Otorrhoea Vulvovaginitis Dermatitis Arthritis	Borax Thuja Sabina
GI pathophysiology	Chronic irritation of whole alimentary tract; Distended. Children may have digestive difficulties with a history of enterovirus infection. + Nausea. Anorexia. Eructation bilious attacks. Pain and distension in epigastrium. Flatulence. R.I.F. Pain L.I.F.

Mentals

Nervous; tense. Cross; restless; weepy; depressed; shy; sensitive; fussy. Exhausted. Mostly cold sensitive. Bites nails. Nervous irritability; quick temper; outbursts of temper from resentment. Fears of dark and of being left alone; fear of animals and dogs. This nosode is very rich in mental symptoms, which are very similar to Gaertner. The element of fear is outstanding, but there is an additional factor of irritation. This may be manifested by outbursts of temper, suggestive of remedy Lycopodium, which is often complementary to this nosode.

The sycotic patient is always anaemic looking, never carries much colour in the face. Although the mentals of Gaertner and Sycotic Co. are similar, the physical appearance of the child is different. In contrast to the thin, undernourished child in Gaertner, the Sycotic child is often fat and flabby. Head sweat during sleep, chiefly from 12 to 4 am (cf. Calcarea carbonica).

“Calcium carbonate does not entirely cover the picture of the Sycotic child ……but here calcium bears the same relation to Sycotic co. as carbon does to Morgan co.”— William B. Griggs

Head

“Irritation of meninges,” sub-acute or chronic; headache from infection of sinuses; persistent headache particularly in a child — which may be the prodromal sign of a tubercular meningitis (cf. Helleborus). Headaches are chronic, deep-seated in nature, meningeal or sinusal origin. Headache weekly; every Sunday morning. Headache < left side (lasts weeks); throbbing in heat and rest, in noise. Frontal congestive headache which lasts for many days. Sick headache < at menstrual period (before or after). Sweating of head at night. Headache slight, but recurring in child.

Scalp

Alopecia. Painful dry scaly spots. Premature grey hair.

Face

Puffy in morning especially under eyes. Acne rosacea. Erythema. Vesicular eruption on cheeks. Facial neuralgia. Hair on face and upper lip. Facial twitching.

Eyes

Conjunctivitis. Tarsal cysts. Photophobia. Vitreous opacities.

Ears

Deafness. Otorrhoea. Excessive wax. Itching of meatus. Cracks under ears.

Nose

Nasal catarrh. Post nasal catarrh. Turbinates congested, sinus infection. Nose dry; crusting and burning. Polypi. Cracks in angles of nose. Epistaxis. Sense of smell lost. Hay fever. Vasomotor rhinorrhoea.

“Sycotic Co. is a remedy of great value in catarrhal conditions and violent cough.”— T.D. Ross

Mouth

Lips dry/cracked. Angular cheilitis. Persistent herpes. Tongue sore; scalded; dry; fissured; furred. Deep ulcers on tongue. Bad taste; sense of taste lost. Paraesthesiae tongue. Ulcers in mouth. Salivation increased.

Head

Meningitic irritation: Subacute or chronic convulsions, epileptiform crisis, meningism during the attacks of fever (Proteus). For the attack on the kidneys and meningitis syndromes Sycotic Co C.M. and Proteus C.M.

— (Chebath Daniel)

Throat External

Goitre. Glands in the posterior triangle enlarged.

Throat Internal

Hypertrophy of tonsils and adenoids, and enlargement of glands of neck, chest, or abdomen. Tonsillitis (recurring), cheesy masses from tonsil. Quinsy. Throat feels raw; scorched; dry. Profuse mucus from throat in morning. Swallowing difficult; chokes easily. Tracheitis.

Respiration

Asthma and bronchitis generally < with damp and frost and > at the seaside. Wheeze and cough 2–3 A.M. Wheeze and cough on waking. Hard spasmodic cough at night 2 A.M., 4 A.M., or 6 A.M. Irritable cough of croupy nature at night. The sycotic child wakens at 2 A.M. with a cough of croupy nature. Attacks are spasmodic, affected by change in atmosphere, and may be prolonged. Cough still sick next morning. Cough with easy sputum. Frequent bronchial colds.

In winter, the respiratory mucous membrane is congested with chronic cough and recurring croupy cough. Cough bad with tough sputum. Fibrositis chest wall. Fibrositis scapular region. Backache severe; fibrositis back, myositis back. Stiff all over. Neuritis of head and neck. Sebaceous cyst back.

Neck & Back

Lumbosacral pain + +. Pain in loins. Pain sacroiliac joints. Hips stiff. Pain generally < after sitting, at night on beginning to move and > on moving, heat.

Desires & Aversions

Aversion to: egg, fat, milk, milk pudding, cream, salt, sugar, vegetables, tea, vinegar, cheese, meat, bread, potato, and tomato. Upset by: egg (< nausea, vomiting, bilious attack and hay fever). Thought of egg in morning produces nausea. Upset by fat, onion, and oranges.

Averse to breakfast. Nausea with smell of cooking. Fond of: butter, fat, cheese, sweets, milk, and salt.

Stomach

Nausea. Anorexia. Burning pain in stomach. Eructation (acid); bilious attacks. Pain and distension in epigastrium. Flatulence. Nocturnal vomiting — must empty stomach. Acidosis attacks.

Abdomen

Distended colon. Abdomen distended. Pain R.I.F. Pain L.I.F.

Digestive System

Chronic irritation of whole alimentary tract; catarrhal conditions; acute or chronic gastro enteritis in the child. Nausea or sickness after eating eggs (cf Ferrum met). The children have digestive difficulties with a history of looseness of the bowel.

Circulation

Anaemia and hydraemia, usually in the adult.

Upper Limbs

Fibrositis: shoulders. Neuritis: arms. Rheumatic pain in shoulders and arms; elbows and wrists. Arthritis fingers: pain generally > dry day and hot water. Fingers deformed; nodules on fingers. Arthritis metacarpo-phalangeal joints. Arthritis especially of middle finger between metacarpal 2 and 3. Fingers go dead; numb; with spasm of the fingers. Prickly feeling in hands. Nails brittle.

Lower Limbs

Rheumatism of knees. Ankles swollen and stiff + +. Soles of feet painful + +. Feet sweat at night. Big toe joint painful. Feet burning. Heels tender. Feet and legs painful when walking, as if walking on loose bone pieces.

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Hypothesis	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Angry, unstable types Highly strung perhaps hysterical Unrelaxed Autonomically aroused Perhaps mainly thin and dark haired Perhaps stubbornly self-righteous and indignant. Unwillingness to accept change.	Colocynthis Nux vomica Magnesiums Muriates Nitrates Natrum mur Staphysagria
Main aetiology	Stress (especially persistent unremitting)
Secondary aetiologies	Infective / antibiotics or both	Helicobacter Sarracenia
Emergent disturbance	Psycho-neuro-endocrine
Secondary disturbances	Degenerative change at sympathetically innervated sites. Fibrositis at sites of chronic musculoskeletal tension.	Cuprum met.
Principle locations	Autonomically innervated systems and organs: – increased sympathetic activity + Circulatory including Raynaud’s phenomenon	Adrenaline Noradrenaline
Secondary locations	CNS / PNS Musculoskeletal Cardiac + Stress headaches Fibrositis	Ignatia Natrum mur
GI pathophysiology	Duodenal ulcer Irritable bowel

Below is a concise list of various symptom categories.

Mind

Tense; irritable; depressed. Outburst of temper, especially if opposed; will throw, kick or strike. Violence, spasms, particularly in the young.

Head

Headache frontal with sense of weight. Headache < before menses, < morning. Migrainous headaches are often with blurred vision. Meniere’s disease.

Vision

Blurred vision during migraine. Burning pains. Acute pains. Pains > by pressure. Photosensitivity.

Nose

Impression of greasy discharge at the back of nose. Tightness.

Mouth

Angular cheilitis. Gums tender. Buccal ulcers. Taste salty.

Neck and Back

Fibrositis head and neck. Backache. Slipped disc.

Chest

Pain < with cold, < with exertion. Tightness; short of breath. Panniculitis.

Heart

Anginal attacks due to spasm of coronary capillaries. Heart strain. E.C.G. coronary insufficiency, but no infarction.

Fond of / Upset by

Fond of fats; sweets; salt; butter; eggs. Upset by eggs.

Stomach

Acidity; heartburn; sourness. Flatulence. Hunger pain not relieved by eating. Nausea and migraine after meals. Frequent hiccough after meals. Vomiting after meals. Dilated stomach. Bilious at menstrual period.

Abdomen

Flatulence. Pain R.I.F.; pain L.I.F.

Upper Limbs

Contraction palms/fingers. Loss of grip strength. Hands numb in the morning.

Lower Limbs

Intermittent claudication. Cramps legs. Numb feet. Feet feel frozen. < cold atmosphere. Sciatica. Raynaud’s disease.

Urine

Urethritis. Loin pain. Urine cloudy and foetid. Whitish fibres in the urine.

Genitalia

Leucorrhoea profuse and offensive. Leucorrhoea brown; thick; scalding. Vaginitis. Boil in vagina. Pruritis vulvae. Blood-streaked, brownish discharge before menses; menses with blood clots. Fibrous blood clots at the end of menses. Menses irregular, with blood clots for 7 days.

Bowel

Alternative diarrhoea and constipation. Emotional diarrhoea. Diarrhoea with headache and furred tongue. Constipation with empty urging.
Stools yellow, soft in morning after breakfast. Oxyuris. Sensation of ball in bowel.

Anus

Piles itch and bleed. Itch very bad. The child may suffer recurring rectal spasm.

Skin

Angioneurotic oedema (cf Apis Mellifica) is found in the clinical proving of Proteus, also herpetiform eruption at the muco-cutaneous margins. Skin is light, sensitive and may be pigmented or the opposite, leucoderma; liable to flexure dermatitis, of knee and elbow. Herpes, hives, and intractable dermatitis, usually pruriginous. Dermatitis on back of hand with discharge (very bad). Pruritis intense. Anal and genital pruritis. Boils axilla. Erythema with papulopustular eruption — dry, scaly, crusting, itching; six months duration on chin and upper lip.

Proteus mirabilis is a histamine producing organism “Proteus can alter the soil in which psoric symptoms grow” (A.C. Gordon Ross)

Perspiration

Under the arms, hands clammy. Copious perspiration from the axillae, falling in large drops. Nails split. Hair falls out.

“Suddenness of onset is outstanding characteristic of this nosode and this is seen in the herpetic eruptions of lips, mouth and eyes where pain is out of proportion to the size of lesion. Similarly if boils are present, they are exquisitely tender, indurated, discharge little and are slow to heal. There is marked sensitivity to exposure to ultra violet rays.”— (Agrawal)

“Convulsive and epileptiform seizures and meningismus in children during febrile attacks often respond to the action of the nosode Proteus. Among the remedies related to Proteus are many chlorides especially Natrum Mur. Paterson noted an increase in Proteus after the last war and associated it with nerve strain, continued over a long period.”— (Agrawal)

Modalities

< in the morning on waking, from exertion, from climbing stairs, in stormy weather, heat, exposure to the sun and also in the winter, from cold.
Nightly aggravations and < from lying down. > from moderate temperature, from resting and in the mountains.

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Unstable or changeable types Vacillating, Capricious	Pulsatilla Cimicifuga
Main aetiology	? Emotional stress	Camphora (▲rel▼)
Secondary aetiologies	Xenobiotics, Herbals and over-treatment with symptomatic drugs ? Poor, multiple homeopathic remedies ? Abuse of laxatives ?	▼
Emergent disturbance	Mood swings Feelings of insecurity	Asarum europaeum Medorrhinum
Secondary disturbances	Urinary tract infection Diverticular disease UTI, asthma, eczema, perspiration	Copiava
GI pathophysiology	? Diverticulitis	Lactuca virosa

Rubrics from Complete Repertory v3.0

All rubrics referencing mut 12.

Rubrics from Complete Repertory v3.0

All rubrics referencing mut 12.

MIND; COMPANY; desire for: mut 12

MIND; IRRITABILITY: mut 12

MIND; WEEPING, tearful mood; easily: mut 12

FACE; SWELLING; eyes; around: mut 12

STOMACH; VOMITING; blood: mut 12

RECTUM; CONSTIPATION: mut 12

BLADDER; INFLAMMATION; chronic: mut 12

URINE; ALBUMINOUS: mut 12

URINE; ODOR; beans, like boiled: mut 12

RESPIRATION; ASTHMATIC: mut 12

RESPIRATION; ASTHMATIC; alternating with; eruptions: mut 12

BACK; PAIN; general; sitting, while; amel.: mut 12

BACK; PAIN; general; standing; while: mut 12

BACK; PAIN; general; Lumbar region, lumbago: mut 12

BACK; PAIN; general; Lumbar region, lumbago; sitting; amel.: mut 12

BACK; PAIN; general; Lumbar region, lumbago; standing: mut 12

BACK; PAIN; general; Lumbar region, lumbago; standing; erect, impossible: mut 12

EXTREMITIES; ARTHRITIC nodosities; Finger joints: mut 12

EXTREMITIES; DISCOLORATION; Hand; blueness: mut 12

EXTREMITIES; DISCOLORATION; Foot; blueness: mut 12

SLEEP; FALLING ASLEEP; perspiration; during: mut 12

SLEEP; RESTLESS: mut 12

PERSPIRATION; NIGHT: mut 12

PERSPIRATION; NIGHT; sleep, during: mut 12

PERSPIRATION; SLEEP; during: mut 12

SKIN; ERUPTIONS; alternating with; respiratory symptoms: mut 12

SKIN; ERUPTIONS; eczema: mut 12

GENERALITIES; ALTERNATING states: mut 12

GENERALITIES; CHANGE; symptoms, constant change of: mut 12

GENERALITIES; WEAKNESS, enervation; exertion, from; slight: mut 12

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Hypotheses	Features	Similars
Predisposed types	Heavy, plethoric Sluggish	Carbons SULPHUR
Main aetiology	Consumption of Morganella infected food / Chronically poor diet.	Hepar sulph. Sulphur salts Rhus tox. Thuja Tuberculinum
Secondary aetiologies	? Drugs, steroids, infection, alcohol Weaning – introducing solids	(▲rel▼)
Emergent disturbance	Physiological / histaminogenic ? centred around problems of elimination	(▲rel▼)
Secondary disturbances	Metabolic Circulatory	HISTAMINE
Principle locations	Skin Circulation	Sulphur Graphites Skin remedies
Secondary locations	All systems / Joints Airways
GI pathophysiology	Constipation Haemorrhoids Diverticular disease	Sulphur Hamamelis Carbons

Morganella morganii: Synthesis of Histamine

Morganella morganii can synthesize histamine. This nosode often presents with a florid countenance, red lips, and sometimes a plethoric, bluish appearance.

Appearance

Florid: dark more than fair. Pale: either dark or fair. Red lips, red cheeks, a florid type of countenance. The build is portly and appearance plethoric, possibly with blueness of extremities.

Mind

Tense; active; weepy; depressed; irritable. Introspective, anxious, and apprehensive about state of health. Avoids company.

Head

Congestive headaches, with flushed face. Headaches frontal, occipital, and on vertex. Migraine.

Scalp

Scalp sensitive. Hair falling out. Complete alopecia.

Face

Acne rosacea. Hairy face.

Eyes

Lids granular. Conjunctivitis. Tarsal cysts. Styes. Iritis; keratitis; phlyctena.

Ears

Catarrhal deafness. Otorrhoea. Noises in ears. Meniere’s disease.

Nose

Catarrh. Post nasal catarrh. Sinus and antral infection. Dry mucous membrane. Cracks at angle of nose; cracked nose. Sense of smell lost. Epistaxis.

Mouth

Mouth and lips dry—lips stiff in the morning. Ulcers in the mouth. Salivation. Angles at mouth cracked; lips very red. Bad taste in the mouth. Burning in tongue; tongue raw and dry, coated slimy, swollen.

Throat

Thyroid enlarged. Throat dry and burning. Throat parched, raw, and granular. Recurring tonsillitis: cheesy pieces come out. Pharyngitis; laryngitis; tracheitis. Apple core sensation: easy choking.

Respiration

Bronchitis each winter. History of pneumonia or broncho-pneumonia; never well since. Bronchitis and asthma. Emphysema. Suffocative attacks at night. Shortness of breath. Morning cough; dry tickling cough — loose or sticky. Infantile asthma. This is also a remedy of value in chest infection where the indicated remedy fails to act, or in cleaning up residual infection after a chest infection, especially in cases following Sulphur or Natrum Sulph.

Neck and Back

Pain in neck. Fibrositis neck and shoulders. Pain generally < night, < heat; > moving; < on beginning to move. Arthritis: spine, sacro-iliac joints.

Chest

Fibrositis chest wall. Emphysema. Angina. Pain since shingles.

Desires and Aversions

Fond of fats; sweets: eggs and butter, more than averse. Upset by fats and eggs; or avoids fats and eggs.

Organism	log CFU	Histamine (µg ml−1)
Morganella morganii	9.51	144.0
Proteus vulgaris	9.79	26.41
Aeromonas spp.	8.08	5.24
Pseudomonas spp.	6.23	6.44
Pseudomonas putrefasciens	5.10	2.45

Below are key symptoms and clinical notes regarding Morgan Bacillus, including GI issues, circulatory problems, and important quotes from practitioners.

Stomach

Waterbrash: heartburn, sour, acid, bitter mouthfuls. Eructations; pyrosis. Burning in throat and stomach. Pain and acid > with food. Nausea, vomiting, haematemesis. Duodenal and peptic ulcer. Bilious attacks.

Abdomen

Epigastric pain or discomfort.
Pain right and left hypochondrium / iliac fossae. Pain in liver and gallstones. ‘Epidemic jaundice’ in children (Griggs). Flatulence. Redness and moisture at umbilicus. Bad odour.

Digestive System

Congestion. Heartburn and dirty tongue. Congestion of liver. Bilious attacks with severe headache especially at menopause.

Circulation

Varicose veins. Phlebitis. Flushes. Varicose ulcer. High blood pressure. Sluggish circulation. Cerebral thrombosis. Easy bruising. Tendency to haemorrhoids.

Upper Limbs

Shoulder pains ++ rheumatic shoulders. Pain in arms; wrists; hands. Pain keeps awake at night. Hands too hot at night. Fingers stiff in morning. Rheumatoid arthritis wrists. Rheumatism thumb; osteoporosis.

Lower Limbs

Tingling legs; feet numb. Growing pains. Coldness in patches. Knee swollen; grating. Periarthritis knee. Knee joint stiff. Osteoarthritis knee. Pain in soles of feet. Metatarsophalangeal joints painful and swollen. Pain in the heels. Thick skin soles of feet with cracks. Feet too hot nocte: offensive foot sweat. In female adolescents, chilblains of feet and toes.

Urine & Genitalia

Urine: Cystitis with frequency and pain. Urine of strong smell. Micturition is often burning and vulvovaginitis may be present. Enuresis. Urine sugar.

Pruritis vulvae and vagina +++. Menorrhagia and metrorrhagia. Polyps and fibroids of uterus. Leucorrhoea: corrosive, offensive; brown, green; yellow. Boils on vulva. Urethral caruncle; bartholinitis. Dyspareunia. The congestive headache with menstrual onset +/- ovarian pain (congestive dysmenorrhoea). Congestive flushings of the menopause period.

Bowels

Constipation. Pruritis ani +++. Piles bleeding, itching, or painful. Anal fissures. Bowel motion without help; loose; urgent in the morning.

Stool

May be pasty, foul, and contain blood and mucus.

Skin

Hyperkeratosis and congestions of skin with fissuring. Itching eruption, worse from heat. Callosities. Perspiration profuse in axillae. Raw, red eczema exuding freely with itch and heat, bleeding from scratching.

Practitioners’ Quotes

“Morgan Bacillus has been one of my most successful remedies in eczema of young children.”— Dr. William B. Griggs

“If any of you have a case of infantile eczema that is quite resistant, do not forget the Morgen nosode, it has cleared it many times.”— (T.K. Moore)

“You take the moist type of eczema where the child scratches and has the exudate on its face and bleeds. I have seen Morgan clears that up after failure of Graphites, Psorinum, and Mezerinum. The type of eruption which characterises this can be ascertained from a study of the provings of well-known skin remedies found among the list of remedies associated with the Bacillus Morgan e.g., Sulphur, Graphites, Petroleum. There are few eczemas of the infants at the teething stage or later life, that do not require a dose of this nosode.”— Y. R. Aggrawal

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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.

Disclaimer: This is a sample layout for demonstration purposes; consult a qualified practitioner for medical advice.

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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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