Variolinum – Nosode of Smallpox

The attenuations of this nosode are prepared from the content of the pustules of smallpox patients.

The indications are similar to those of Vaccininum. It is especially indicated in vi- olent, unbearable occipital headaches, and possibly in acute glaucoma, coughing with expectoration of sticky, thick, bloody mucus. Coppery, putrid taste. During sleep, the tongue hangs out of the mouth (Julian). Abdominal distension with vomit- ing and diarrhoea. Lumbo-sacral pains, extending to the abdomen. Pains in the wrist. Petechiae. Pustules with haemorrhagic tendency. Vesicular eruptions. Offensive sweating. Herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia. Whitlow. Pustular acne and cystic acne.

Variolinum has also proved its worth in paediatric work, when difficulties at school, character-changes etc. occur after smallpox vaccination. Also indicated in in- testinal parasites (with Tanacetum orally). Indicated not only in herpes zoster but in all illnesses which include pustule formation, in cystic acne, impetigo and suppura- tions of all kinds, also in severe toxic states and highly febrile, septic illnesses (in combined injection with Vaccininum, etc.), and in post-vaccinial encephalitis (with Arsenicum Album, Baptisia, Zincum).