Leprominium
There was an article on Leprosy and its nosode by Colin Griffith, published
in Homeopathy International Dec 2000. You could try contacting them on
info@ukhma.powernet.co.uk- In it he refers to the work of Prakish Vakil,
published by the International foundation for Homoeopathy (1991 Professional
Case Conference) Good luck.
theresa
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Re: leprosy
excerpted from Encyclopedia Homeopathica
Vermeulen's Synoptic 2 MM
Leprominium
Lepr.
Signs
Nosode of leprosy.
In Biblical times leprosy was a name given to various cutaneous diseases,
esp. those of a chronic or contagious nature, which probably included
psoriasis and leukoderma.
Nowadays leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is understood as a chronic
granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae and affecting cooler
parts of the body such as the skin. There are various forms, e.g. :
Anaesthetic leprosy, chiefly affecting the nerves, marked by hyperaesthesia
succeeded by anaesthesia, and by paralysis, ulceration, and various trophic
disturbances, terminating in gangrene and mutilation.
Lepromatous leprosy, in which nodular cutaneous lesions are infiltrated,
have ill-defined borders, and are bacteriologically positive; the lepromin
test is negative.
Tuberculoid leprosy, cutaneous, smooth, or nodular leprosy; a benign,
stable, and resistant form of the disease in which the lepromin reaction is
strongly positive and in which the lesions are erythematous, insensitive,
infiltrated plaques with clear-cut edges. [Stedman's]
"Although leprosy resembles many diseases, it nevertheless produces a state
of depression, either directly or indirectly, that is quite unique. This
offers us the clinical prospect of carefully individualising our use of the
nosode." [Vakil]
Proved and introduced by Prakash Vakil.
Compare
Syphilinum. Tuberculinum. Carcinosinum.
k Syphilinum and Leprominium.
c Depression; Syph.: leading to suicidal tendencies; Lepr.: leading to
accepting one's fate and turning to God and religion.
c Recovery; Syph. despair; Lepr. hopeful.
c Fastidious; Syph. washing mania; Lepr. meticulous, want and keep things
in order.
c Sleep; Syph. sleepless; Lepr. normal sleep, wakes refreshed.
c Generals; Syph. agg. at night; Lepr. agg. sun. Syph. craves alcohol;
Lepr. craves spicy food, green chilies, meat, fish. Syph. salivation; Lepr.
no salivation.
k Tuberculinum and Leprominium.
c Appearance; Tub. beautiful appearance, with long eyelashes, round face,
and sparkling eyes; Lepr. ugly appearance, with ugly face, oily skin, and
waxy nose.
c Religion; Tub. not especially religious; Lepr. religious.
c Behaviour; Tub. kleptomania; Lepr. will not steal.
c Mood; Tub. very irritable; Lepr. usually mild in manner, sometimes
irritable.
c Travel; Tub. desire to travel; Lepr. no particular desire to travel.
c Fears; Tub. fear of dogs; Lepr. fearless.
c Perspiration; Tub. profuse perspiration, esp. on face, nose, and upper
lip; Lepr. perspiration not prominent, dryness of skin.
k Carcinosinum and Leprominium.
c Work; Carc. industrious; Lepr. indolence because of physical incapacity.
c Ailments from; Carc. anticipation, fright, and reproach; Lepr. chronic
grief.
c Mood; Carc. anger over own mistakes; Lepr. usually mild in manner.
c Emotions; Carc. weeping from admonition and music, and while telling
symptoms; Lepr. weeping not prominent.
c Consolation; Carc. consolation agg.; Lepr. consolation amel..
c Fears; Carc. fear of animals, dogs, dark, crowds, examinations; Lepr.
fearless.
c Travel; Carc. desire to travel; Lepr. no particular desire to travel.
c Skin; Carc. prone to moles; Lepr. prone to ichthyosis and psoriasis.
c Eyes; Carc. blue sclerae; Lepr. eyes excessively dry, and lustreless.
Region
SKIN. Mucous membranes [EYES; nose; mouth; throat]. Mind.
Leading symptoms
M RELIGIOUS MELANCHOLY. ATTRIBUTES THE DISEASE TO FATE, and TURNS TO GOD.
LOATHING OF LIFE YET WOULD NOT LIKE TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
M Hopeful of recovery.
M FEELS REJECTED and DEJECTED.
Yet WOULD NOT LIKE TO BEG. Would rather die than beg.
M Meticulous.
M DESIRE TO PUT ON WHITE-COLOURED CLOTHES.
Aversion to black-coloured clothes.
M Sympathetic and desiring sympathy.
"Yet in the initial stages secludes himself for he does not want others to
know about his disease."
G Tendency to haemorrhages, catching colds, and suppuration.
G Family history of tuberculosis, LEPROSY, or no history of leprosy.
G Medical history:
Worms. REPEATED VACCINATIONS. Smallpox. Scabies.
G Should be useful in complaints that develop slowly but give rise to
irreversible pathological changes.
G Favourable action of Lepr.
"In most cases where Leprominium acted favourably, it was observed that the
patients had loose stools with mucus after the administration of the
nosode."
G agg. Radiating heat and sun.
G Scanty perspiration. Dryness of whole body.
G Desire for ICE-COLD WATER; SPICY ???L9 FOOD; MEAT; FISH; green chilies;
sour; sweets.
G Aversion to sweets and milk.
G agg. Sour.
G No desire for sex [in both males and females].
G amel. Rest.
P Premature greying of hair.
P PHOTOPHOBIA.
Lachrymation bland or acrid, agg. light and SUN.
P FLATTENED TIP OF NOSE.
Obstruction of nose.
Sense of smell affected.
P FACE WAXY or OILY.
Outer one-third of eyebrows lost.
LEONINE FACE. 1
Thickened skin of face with permanent transverse and vertical wrinkling.
"Ugly appearance yet a very nice person at heart."
P Sensation of something stuck in the throat.
P Pain in joints, esp. knee joints and back.
P Heat in palms and soles.
P Hypopigmented patches; thickened, well-defined, raised patches.
Ringworm-like lesions.
* All symptoms from The Emerging Picture of Leprominium: The Leprosy
Nosode, presented by Prakash Vakil, in: Proceedings of the 1991 Professional
Case Conference.
"For the most part, the symptomatologies of many nosodes have been
discerned in the clinical setting from the symptomatic reactions of patients
to the disease in question. Clinical evidence has shown that nosodes can be
quite effective when prescribed on these symptomatic indications. To develop
Leprominium, we collected signs and symptoms from 100 patients suffering
from various types of leprosy. We also incorporated signs and symptoms
reported by other reliable sources ... Two homoeopathic preparations of the
nosode were made: [1] Leprominium-H, prepared from a leprous nodule from the
ear of a patient where lepra bacilli were demonstrated microscopically, and
[2] Leprominium-A, prepared from the lepra bacilli cultured on the foot web
of the armadillo. Leprominium-A is used to determine the reactivity of
patients.
1 Leontiasis is a form of leprosy in which the face takes on a leonlike
appearance, characterised by ridges and furrows on the forehead and cheeks."
Food
Aversion: Milk [2]; sweets [2].
Desire: Fish [3]; ice-cold water [3]; meat [3]; spicy food [3]; green
chilies [2]; sour [2]; sweets [1].
Worse: Sour [2].
Dave Hartley
www.logonpcpro.com
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Vermeulen's Synoptic 2 MM
Leprominium
Lepr.
Signs
Nosode of leprosy.
In Biblical times leprosy was a name given to various cutaneous diseases,
esp. those of a chronic or contagious nature, which probably included
psoriasis and leukoderma.
Nowadays leprosy, or Hansen's disease, is understood as a chronic
granulomatous infection caused by Mycobacterium leprae and affecting cooler
parts of the body such as the skin. There are various forms, e.g. :
Anaesthetic leprosy, chiefly affecting the nerves, marked by hyperaesthesia
succeeded by anaesthesia, and by paralysis, ulceration, and various trophic
disturbances, terminating in gangrene and mutilation.
Lepromatous leprosy, in which nodular cutaneous lesions are infiltrated,
have ill-defined borders, and are bacteriologically positive; the lepromin
test is negative.
Tuberculoid leprosy, cutaneous, smooth, or nodular leprosy; a benign,
stable, and resistant form of the disease in which the lepromin reaction is
strongly positive and in which the lesions are erythematous, insensitive,
infiltrated plaques with clear-cut edges. [Stedman's]
"Although leprosy resembles many diseases, it nevertheless produces a state
of depression, either directly or indirectly, that is quite unique. This
offers us the clinical prospect of carefully individualising our use of the
nosode." [Vakil]
Proved and introduced by Prakash Vakil.
Compare
Syphilinum. Tuberculinum. Carcinosinum.
k Syphilinum and Leprominium.
c Depression; Syph.: leading to suicidal tendencies; Lepr.: leading to
accepting one's fate and turning to God and religion.
c Recovery; Syph. despair; Lepr. hopeful.
c Fastidious; Syph. washing mania; Lepr. meticulous, want and keep things
in order.
c Sleep; Syph. sleepless; Lepr. normal sleep, wakes refreshed.
c Generals; Syph. agg. at night; Lepr. agg. sun. Syph. craves alcohol;
Lepr. craves spicy food, green chilies, meat, fish. Syph. salivation; Lepr.
no salivation.
k Tuberculinum and Leprominium.
c Appearance; Tub. beautiful appearance, with long eyelashes, round face,
and sparkling eyes; Lepr. ugly appearance, with ugly face, oily skin, and
waxy nose.
c Religion; Tub. not especially religious; Lepr. religious.
c Behaviour; Tub. kleptomania; Lepr. will not steal.
c Mood; Tub. very irritable; Lepr. usually mild in manner, sometimes
irritable.
c Travel; Tub. desire to travel; Lepr. no particular desire to travel.
c Fears; Tub. fear of dogs; Lepr. fearless.
c Perspiration; Tub. profuse perspiration, esp. on face, nose, and upper
lip; Lepr. perspiration not prominent, dryness of skin.
k Carcinosinum and Leprominium.
c Work; Carc. industrious; Lepr. indolence because of physical incapacity.
c Ailments from; Carc. anticipation, fright, and reproach; Lepr. chronic
grief.
c Mood; Carc. anger over own mistakes; Lepr. usually mild in manner.
c Emotions; Carc. weeping from admonition and music, and while telling
symptoms; Lepr. weeping not prominent.
c Consolation; Carc. consolation agg.; Lepr. consolation amel..
c Fears; Carc. fear of animals, dogs, dark, crowds, examinations; Lepr.
fearless.
c Travel; Carc. desire to travel; Lepr. no particular desire to travel.
c Skin; Carc. prone to moles; Lepr. prone to ichthyosis and psoriasis.
c Eyes; Carc. blue sclerae; Lepr. eyes excessively dry, and lustreless.
Region
SKIN. Mucous membranes [EYES; nose; mouth; throat]. Mind.
Leading symptoms
M RELIGIOUS MELANCHOLY. ATTRIBUTES THE DISEASE TO FATE, and TURNS TO GOD.
LOATHING OF LIFE YET WOULD NOT LIKE TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
M Hopeful of recovery.
M FEELS REJECTED and DEJECTED.
Yet WOULD NOT LIKE TO BEG. Would rather die than beg.
M Meticulous.
M DESIRE TO PUT ON WHITE-COLOURED CLOTHES.
Aversion to black-coloured clothes.
M Sympathetic and desiring sympathy.
"Yet in the initial stages secludes himself for he does not want others to
know about his disease."
G Tendency to haemorrhages, catching colds, and suppuration.
G Family history of tuberculosis, LEPROSY, or no history of leprosy.
G Medical history:
Worms. REPEATED VACCINATIONS. Smallpox. Scabies.
G Should be useful in complaints that develop slowly but give rise to
irreversible pathological changes.
G Favourable action of Lepr.
"In most cases where Leprominium acted favourably, it was observed that the
patients had loose stools with mucus after the administration of the
nosode."
G agg. Radiating heat and sun.
G Scanty perspiration. Dryness of whole body.
G Desire for ICE-COLD WATER; SPICY ???L9 FOOD; MEAT; FISH; green chilies;
sour; sweets.
G Aversion to sweets and milk.
G agg. Sour.
G No desire for sex [in both males and females].
G amel. Rest.
P Premature greying of hair.
P PHOTOPHOBIA.
Lachrymation bland or acrid, agg. light and SUN.
P FLATTENED TIP OF NOSE.
Obstruction of nose.
Sense of smell affected.
P FACE WAXY or OILY.
Outer one-third of eyebrows lost.
LEONINE FACE. 1
Thickened skin of face with permanent transverse and vertical wrinkling.
"Ugly appearance yet a very nice person at heart."
P Sensation of something stuck in the throat.
P Pain in joints, esp. knee joints and back.
P Heat in palms and soles.
P Hypopigmented patches; thickened, well-defined, raised patches.
Ringworm-like lesions.
* All symptoms from The Emerging Picture of Leprominium: The Leprosy
Nosode, presented by Prakash Vakil, in: Proceedings of the 1991 Professional
Case Conference.
"For the most part, the symptomatologies of many nosodes have been
discerned in the clinical setting from the symptomatic reactions of patients
to the disease in question. Clinical evidence has shown that nosodes can be
quite effective when prescribed on these symptomatic indications. To develop
Leprominium, we collected signs and symptoms from 100 patients suffering
from various types of leprosy. We also incorporated signs and symptoms
reported by other reliable sources ... Two homoeopathic preparations of the
nosode were made: [1] Leprominium-H, prepared from a leprous nodule from the
ear of a patient where lepra bacilli were demonstrated microscopically, and
[2] Leprominium-A, prepared from the lepra bacilli cultured on the foot web
of the armadillo. Leprominium-A is used to determine the reactivity of
patients.
1 Leontiasis is a form of leprosy in which the face takes on a leonlike
appearance, characterised by ridges and furrows on the forehead and cheeks."
Food
Aversion: Milk [2]; sweets [2].
Desire: Fish [3]; ice-cold water [3]; meat [3]; spicy food [3]; green
chilies [2]; sour [2]; sweets [1].
Worse: Sour [2].
Dave Hartley
www.logonpcpro.com
www.localcomputermart.com/dave
Santa Cruz, CA (831)423-4284
mailto:dave@localcomputermart.com
Asheville Computer (N. Carolina) (828)285-0240