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Homeoprophylaxis (HP) is the use of potentized substances given by oral ingestion prior to exposure to disease with the aim to prevent that disease. More often nosodes are used in the process of prophylaxis. Nosodes as defined by the Food and Drug Administration’s Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States are homeopathic ‘attenuations' of pathological organs and/or tissues, causative agents, or disease products from infected individuals, such as discharges, excretions, and secretions. With the creation of nosodes, through the attenuation process of potentization, the energetic frequency of an infectious agent has been captured while removing its virulence and toxic effect.[1] Nosodes are prepared without any preservatives, adjuvants, and toxins. |
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The dilution process removes all particles of disease so person’s undertaking the nosode for disease prevention are not contagious. Most importantly, homeoprophylaxis can be safely administered to children of any age, pregnant women, or the weak and elderly without risk of toxic overload. There is no chance of possible reaction to adjuvants or additives as there are none in the attenuated disease nosode. Nosodes can be considered a 'green vaccine.' |
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Historical Development and Use of Nosodes |
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While the early immunologists Robert Koch, Louis Pasture and Edward Jenner, where able to find success in their work with rabies vaccine and smallpox vaccines, they had a rudimentary understanding of the immune system and the effects of injecting pathogens directly into the body. Homeopaths contemporary to these scientists, Samuel Hahnemann and James Compton Burnett for example, observed the effects of smallpox vaccination and noted some mal-effects where the vaccine 'did not take’ and produced a state of vaccinosis.[2] They decided upon the use of potentized preparations of the disease material (homeopathic attenuation) to use for disease prevention. These were the first nosodes, Lyssin, (Hydrophobinum) and Variolinum respectively, derived from the same original sources as the vaccines were.[3] These nosodes were to be taken orally instead of injected. This use of these nosodes for disease prevention was an early instance of Homeoprophylaxis. While they did not know the significance of their findings at that time, they too experienced significant results with their method.[4] |
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HP was first documented in 1801 when Samuel Hahnemann described using Belladonna for the prevention of scarlet fever.[5][6] Since that time, homeoprophylaxis, historically and in current times, has successfully prevented and treated a variety of illnesses, including childhood diseases[7] as well as serious epidemics and tropical diseases: Smallpox,[8]Leptospirosis,[9] Influenza,[10] Polio,[11][12] Hepatitis A,[13] Cholera,[14][15], Dengue,[16][17] Malaria, [18] Meningitis,[19][20] Japanese encephalitis[21] and Diphtheria.[22] |
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More recently (2007-2008), in Cuba, under the direction of the Vice Ministry of the Ministry of Health known as Direccion Nacional de Medicina Natural y Tradicional, studies into the homeopathic prevention of Leptospirosis were made. The Cuban Health Ministry had been studying incidence rates of Leptospirosis since 1981. They had observed that incidence rates go up according to rain fall, and with flooding or natural disasters. The Finlay Institute had developed a vaccine for Leptospirosis but despite its use, disease incidence had remained the same. In 2007 and 2008 Cuba was struck by Hurricanes Noel and Dean, Gustav and Ike respectively. In preparation for the extensive flooding, and subsequent increase in incidence of leptospirosis that was to follow, The Cuban Ministry set the task to inoculate 2.5 million people in three of the most vulnerable eastern provinces with nosoLEP, (a homeopathic preparation of 4 strains of Leptospirosis). As compared to the rest of the country, which was used as the control, leptospirosis incidence was reduced by 84% while incidence rose by 21% in the rest of the country over the same time period.[23] |
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The world’s largest long-term study trial of homeoprophylaxis for childhood infectious contagious diseases was developed by Dr. Isaac Golden, PhD, D.Hom., N.D., of Australia. between 1985 and 2000. 3000 children participated in his HP program. He found that the efficacy of HP was higher than that of vaccination.[24] He used the following nosodes to educate the immune system towards that specific disease: Pertussin (whooping cough), Tetanus toxin (tetanus), Haemophilus (Haemophilus influenza Type b), Diphtherinum (Diphtheria), Morbillinum (Measles) and Parotidinum (mumps). He also use Lathyrus sativus for polio prevention as historical studies had demonstrated 100% efficacy of Lathyrus sativus in a number of polio epidemics.[25] Dr Golden's study demonstrated effectiveness rates of disease prevention to those children exposed to disease at 90.4%.[26] Furthermore, his results demonstrated that children who underwent the program were also statistically healthier than those who were vaccinated or received no treatment or prevention at all.[27] |
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Mechanism of Action of Homeoprophylaxis |
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It is unclear the exact mechanism of action of homeoprophylaxis as there has been limited study into the production of antibodies through the administration of nosodes. However, clinical experience is demonstrating that a cell-mediated immune system response is initiated through the use of HP while antibodies may not be generated.[28]On the other hand various historical studies in the use of Diphtherinum did produce antibodies. For example in 1938 Dr. Chavanon administered Diphtherinum 4M and 8M and after one to two months the antitoxins were measured in the blood. He noted that a total of 45 children changed from Schick test +ve (no antibodies against diphtheria) to shick test –ve (antibodies present).[29] Dr Roux repeated the Chavanon experiment. The nosode provided laboratory confirmation of lasting immunity. The blood antitoxins seemed to last up to 5 years with one dose.[30] |
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