Comments on Immunizations (Homeopathic Prophylaxis)

[Sheri Nakken]

Comments on Immunizations (Homeopathic Prophylaxis)

This is from David Little, a homeopath I highly
respect and have learned lots from
http://www.simillimum.com/

He wrote this on the homeopathy email list I was
on as I was STRONGLY disagreeing with Isaac Golden and his protocoll
Excellent
Sheri
******

Dear Homeolist,

There is an old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure”. Hahnemann applied a similar maxim to Homœopathy. In the footnote to
aphorism 73 the Founder says, “Scarlet fever found its preventative and
curative means in belladonna”. The source of this information is
Hahnemann’s Lesser Writings.

"Who can deny that the perfect prevention of infection from this
devastating scourge, and the discovery of a means whereby this Divine aim
may be surely attained, would offer infinite advantages over any mode of
treatment, be it of the most incomparable kind soever? The Remedy capable
of maintaining the healthy uninfectable by the miasm of scarlatina, I was
so fortunate as to discover." (The Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S.
Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), The Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever, page
377.)

Hahnemann’s skill with the group anamnesis was tested by the Asian
cholera epidemic. He selected three main remedies for the miasm, Camphor,
Veratrum Album and Cuprum Metallicum. He used these same remedies to
prevent cholera in the healthy. Hahnemann wrote a very clear description of
his methods in is work, Cure and Prevention of Cholera.

"The above preparation of copper, together with good and moderate diet,
and proper attention to cleanliness, is the most certain preventive and
protective remedy; those in health should take, once every week, a small
globule of it (Cupr. X [30C*]) in the morning fasting, and not drink
anything immediately afterwards, but this should not be done until the
cholera is in the locality itself, or in the neighbourhood." (The Lesser
Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S. Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), Cure and
Prevention of Asiatic Cholera, page 755.)

Hahnemann prepared one pill for administration by mixing it with a
small amount of water in a spoon. The 30C potency was given once a week. A
remedy chosen by such a group picture is called the “genus epidemicus” In
this sense it represents the essence of the disease. Hahnemann’s technique
of collective repertorization for acute epidemics provides the homœopath
with a specific materia medica for the treatment and a clinical guide for
the prevention of acute and sub-acute miasms. The directions for evaluating
a group simillimum are found in aphorisms 100, 101 and 102. Notice that
Hahnemann in his included in his preventative approach good diet and proper
hygiene, etc..

The key to finding a specific prophylactic is constructing a clear
picture of the prevailing epidemic. Hahnemann did not give a prophylactic
remedy unless there was a clear and present danger of contracting the
disease. This is why he said to wait until the disease is in the near or in
the locality. He did not want the general populace to take preventative
remedies out of fear and phobia. Dread of the miasms have woven themselves
so deeply into the collective human psyche that it invokes archetypal fears
as seen in Lyssophobia. This is where the terror of getting a disease leads
to psychological disturbances and can even psychosomatically mimic the
symptoms of the disease! Nether the allopathic doctor nor homoeopath should
succumb to such exaggerated fears by given too many medicines.

The proponents of universal vaccination use this primitive fear as a
scare tactic to spread immunization. Some parties are imitating the
allopathic program for universal vaccination with homœopathic remedies.
This means an infant is placed on several years of genus remedies and
nosodes on request. This assembly line approach pays no attention to the
constitution, temperament and predispositions of the individual nor the
true statistical danger of infection. Why imitate the mechanistic
formations of the allopaths when Homœopathy is a vitalist healing art? It
is best to educate the patient about the ungrounded basis of their fears
through proper education. There is another way to approach prophylaxis in
infants, children and adults.

There are three major methods of homœoprophylaxis:. These are the
constitutional approach, the genus epidemicus remedies, and the nosodes.
All of these methods are very effective and can be used together according
to the time and circumstances.

1. Constitutional Prevention

The study of preventive medicine should begin with an examination of the
diathetic constitution, innate temperament and predispositions. The genetic
blue print holds the key to predispositions. The foundation of prevention
is the remedy for the chronic disease-Gestalt that is selected by the
essential nature of the totality of the symptoms. Constitutional treatment
removes the susceptibility to infectious miasms as well as strengthening
the vital force. The chronic remedy provides the best general protection
from all diseases. This method is the central strategy of Homœopathy
because it removes the greatest number of predispositions. L. J. Speight
quoted Doctor Pulford on the subject of predisposition.Dr. A. Pulford wrote:

"No disease will arise without an existing predisposition to that
disease. It is the absence of the predisposition to any particular disease
that makes us immune to it. Homœopathy alone is capable of removing these
predispositions." (Homœopathy and Immunization; L. J. Speight, page 3.)

The effectives of constitutional treatment in the prevention of
manifold diseases can not be denied. Why put the an infant on a 5 year
schedule of that includes many, many specific remedies when *global
treatment* will remove the very predispositions to manifold infectious
diseases? Anti-miasmatic treatment in the early years of life prevents
manifold diseases. Susceptibility to acute miasms is based on the chronic
miasms. If we treat the chronic miasms we remove the predispositions to
acute miasms and their complications. Those that suffer the most from the
common childhood infections like mumps and measles have psora or some other
miasm. Anti-miasmic treatment makes the human organism more immune to
infectious disease.

So why delay a global prevention by doing manifold specific remedies
for years for diseases that the is statistically very little chance of
suffering? Homeopaths should educate the parents about the nature of
constitutional prevention to help remove any unnecessary fears. If there is
a clear and present danger specific prophylaxis can be used complementary
to constitutional treatment at the right times. Parents are just as
relieved of their fears by such a program as giving manifold remedies.

2. Genus Epidemicus Remedies

The second method of prophylaxis is the genus epidemicus remedies. These
remedies are chosen by the totality of the symptoms of an epidemic as
reflected in a group of patient. This offers specific protection against
epidemic, endemic and pandemic diseases. For example, homœopaths in India
have confirmed that Lathyrus Sativa is an effective genus epidemicus remedy
for polio. The signs, befallments and symptoms of Lathyrus have a close
correspondence to this disease.

"Homœopathic physicians are satisfied that they have very safe and better
polio prevention in Lathyrus Sativa when properly given." (Homœo
Prophylactic Remedies; Sethi.)

3. Nosode Prophylaxis

The third method involves the use of the nosodes that are made from the
same or similar disease genus. The homœopaths who worked for the public
health departments of the USA gained great experience with the use of
nosodes against smallpox epidemics. In August 1974 in Guarantingueta,
Brazil, a major epidemic of meningitis threatened the countryside.
Homœopaths gave 18,640 children Meningococcinum 10C, and 6,340 children
were used as controls. The statistics of the two groups were compared in
Vaccination, A Review of their Risks and Alternatives, by Isaac Golden on
page 122. Out of the 18,640 children given Meningococcinum 10C there were 4
cases. Out of the 6,340 children in the control group there were 34 cases.

The above study shows the positive potential and minimal cost of a mass
public health program based on a single homœopathic remedy. Any simple
health care worker can be trained to assist in such a program. Genus
epidemicus remedies and nosodes are used to provide specific prophylaxis.
The genus remedies can be found for new or unknown miasms. The nosodes can
only be used when the cause of the disease is known. When epidemic diseases
threaten the population, specific prophylactic remedies can be applied
immediately. Specific protection is useful when one is traveling in areas
with dangerous endemic miasms. The homœopath may also use specific
protection when treating epidemics to offset exposure. Constitutional and
specific prophylactics are a functional polarity that completes our
therapeutic treasury.

Personally, I can see no practical reason for imitating the allopathic
immunization program with homoeopathic remedies. If the homoeopath treats
the constitution, temperament, predispositions and miasms in the first five
years of life they will prevent manifold diseases that may be suffered in
later life. It will *prevent* much more than just the miasms for which
vaccination is given. Consistent chronic treatment will prevent cancer,
heart disease, diabetes and other common chronic diseases in later life.
This is something allopathic and a pseudo-allopathic approach to
homoeopathic prophylaxis can not prevent. If the child is supplied
constitutional prophylaxis during the early years, and during this
treatment there appears a clear and present danger of infection, then one
can use complementary specific prophylaxis for those epidemics. If there
is a clear occupational hazard of inadvertent exposure specific prophylaxis
can be provided at this time. After the danger has passed the patient can
be return to constitutional treatment of their predispositions, chronic
diseases and miasms. This is the best of both worlds.

Sincerely, David Little
---------------
"It is the life-force which cures diseases because a dead man needs no more
medicines."

Samuel Hahnemann

Visit our website on Hahnemannian Homoeopathy and Cyberspace Homoeopathic
Academy at
http://www.simillimum.com
David Little © 2000

[Maria Bohle]

Hello Sheri and Members,

Most of the time I do agree with David Little and Sheri, I will quote only one sentence from David's writngs, ". . . I can see no practical reason for imitating the allopathic
immunization program with homoeopathic remedies. "
However there is a practical reason (sometimes), my daughter runs EMS (ambulance squad), she was mandated to get the Hepatitis B vaccine, some areas require 'manditory' rabies shots for domestic animals, etc. Daughter came home in a panic, she told her superiors that she had the shot but did't remember when she got it. They were going to run a titre of her blood. Daughter took a 200C of Hepatitis B remedy and couple of weeks later they did run the titre and she had a high immunity to Hep B.
There are good reasons to have the vaccine nosodes and good reasons to use them at times.
Warmly, Maria

[Rochelle]

Wow that is brilliant Mara . I presume she had never had a Hep B vaccine earlier in her life?
Rochelle
From: minutus@yahoogroups.com [mailto:minutus@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Maria Bohle
Hello Sheri and Members,
Most of the time I do agree with David Little and Sheri, I will quote only one sentence from David's writngs, ". . . I can see no practical reason for imitating the allopathic

immunization program with homoeopathic remedies. "
However there is a practical reason (sometimes), my daughter runs EMS (ambulance squad), she was mandated to get the Hepatitis B vaccine, some areas require 'manditory' rabies shots for domestic animals, etc. Daughter came home in a panic, she told her superiors that she had the shot but did't remember when she got it. They were going to run a titre of her blood. Daughter took a 200C of Hepatitis B remedy and couple of weeks later they did run the titre and she had a high immunity to Hep B.
There are good reasons to have the vaccine nosodes and good reasons to use them at times.
Warmly, Maria
Comments on Immunizations (Homeopathic Prophylaxis)

This is from David Little, a homeopath I highly
respect and have learned lots from
http://www.simillimum.com/

He wrote this on the homeopathy email list I was
on as I was STRONGLY disagreeing with Isaac Golden and his protocoll
Excellent
Sheri
******

Dear Homeolist,

There is an old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure”. Hahnemann applied a similar maxim to Homœopathy. In the footnote to
aphorism 73 the Founder says, “Scarlet fever found its preventative and
curative means in belladonna”. The source of this information is
Hahnemann’s Lesser Writings.

"Who can deny that the perfect prevention of infection from this
devastating scourge, and the discovery of a means whereby this Divine aim
may be surely attained, would offer infinite advantages over any mode of
treatment, be it of the most incomparable kind soever? The Remedy capable
of maintaining the healthy uninfectable by the miasm of scarlatina, I was
so fortunate as to discover." (The Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S.
Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), The Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever, page
377.)

Hahnemann’s skill with the group anamnesis was tested by the Asian
cholera epidemic. He selected three main remedies for the miasm, Camphor,
Veratrum Album and Cuprum Metallicum. He used these same remedies to
prevent cholera in the healthy. Hahnemann wrote a very clear description of
his methods in is work, Cure and Prevention of Cholera.

"The above preparation of copper, together with good and moderate diet,
and proper attention to cleanliness, is the most certain preventive and
protective remedy; those in health should take, once every week, a small
globule of it (Cupr. X [30C*]) in the morning fasting, and not drink
anything immediately afterwards, but this should not be done until the
cholera is in the locality itself, or in the neighbourhood." (The Lesser
Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S. Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), Cure and
Prevention of Asiatic Cholera, page 755.)

Hahnemann prepared one pill for administration by mixing it with a
small amount of water in a spoon. The 30C potency was given once a week. A
remedy chosen by such a group picture is called the “genus epidemicus” In
this sense it represents the essence of the disease. Hahnemann’s technique
of collective repertorization for acute epidemics provides the homœopath
with a specific materia medica for the treatment and a clinical guide for
the prevention of acute and sub-acute miasms. The directions for evaluating
a group simillimum are found in aphorisms 100, 101 and 102. Notice that
Hahnemann in his included in his preventative approach good diet and proper
hygiene, etc..

The key to finding a specific prophylactic is constructing a clear
picture of the prevailing epidemic. Hahnemann did not give a prophylactic
remedy unless there was a clear and present danger of contracting the
disease. This is why he said to wait until the disease is in the near or in
the locality. He did not want the general populace to take preventative
remedies out of fear and phobia. Dread of the miasms have woven themselves
so deeply into the collective human psyche that it invokes archetypal fears
as seen in Lyssophobia. This is where the terror of getting a disease leads
to psychological disturbances and can even psychosomatically mimic the
symptoms of the disease! Nether the allopathic doctor nor homoeopath should
succumb to such exaggerated fears by given too many medicines.

The proponents of universal vaccination use this primitive fear as a
scare tactic to spread immunization. Some parties are imitating the
allopathic program for universal vaccination with homœopathic remedies.
This means an infant is placed on several years of genus remedies and
nosodes on request. This assembly line approach pays no attention to the
constitution, temperament and predispositions of the individual nor the
true statistical danger of infection. Why imitate the mechanistic
formations of the allopaths when Homœopathy is a vitalist healing art? It
is best to educate the patient about the ungrounded basis of their fears
through proper education. There is another way to approach prophylaxis in
infants, children and adults.

There are three major methods of homœoprophylaxis:. These are the
constitutional approach, the genus epidemicus remedies, and the nosodes.
All of these methods are very effective and can be used together according
to the time and circumstances.

1. Constitutional Prevention

The study of preventive medicine should begin with an examination of the
diathetic constitution, innate temperament and predispositions. The genetic
blue print holds the key to predispositions. The foundation of prevention
is the remedy for the chronic disease-Gestalt that is selected by the
essential nature of the totality of the symptoms. Constitutional treatment
removes the susceptibility to infectious miasms as well as strengthening
the vital force. The chronic remedy provides the best general protection
from all diseases. This method is the central strategy of Homœopathy
because it removes the greatest number of predispositions. L. J. Speight
quoted Doctor Pulford on the subject of predisposition.Dr. A. Pulford wrote:

"No disease will arise without an existing predisposition to that
disease. It is the absence of the predisposition to any particular disease
that makes us immune to it. Homœopathy alone is capable of removing these
predispositions." (Homœopathy and Immunization; L. J. Speight, page 3.)

The effectives of constitutional treatment in the prevention of
manifold diseases can not be denied. Why put the an infant on a 5 year
schedule of that includes many, many specific remedies when *global
treatment* will remove the very predispositions to manifold infectious
diseases? Anti-miasmatic treatment in the early years of life prevents
manifold diseases. Susceptibility to acute miasms is based on the chronic
miasms. If we treat the chronic miasms we remove the predispositions to
acute miasms and their complications. Those that suffer the most from the
common childhood infections like mumps and measles have psora or some other
miasm. Anti-miasmic treatment makes the human organism more immune to
infectious disease.

So why delay a global prevention by doing manifold specific remedies
for years for diseases that the is statistically very little chance of
suffering? Homeopaths should educate the parents about the nature of
constitutional prevention to help remove any unnecessary fears. If there is
a clear and present danger specific prophylaxis can be used complementary
to constitutional treatment at the right times. Parents are just as
relieved of their fears by such a program as giving manifold remedies.

2. Genus Epidemicus Remedies

The second method of prophylaxis is the genus epidemicus remedies. These
remedies are chosen by the totality of the symptoms of an epidemic as
reflected in a group of patient. This offers specific protection against
epidemic, endemic and pandemic diseases. For example, homœopaths in India
have confirmed that Lathyrus Sativa is an effective genus epidemicus remedy
for polio. The signs, befallments and symptoms of Lathyrus have a close
correspondence to this disease.

"Homœopathic physicians are satisfied that they have very safe and better
polio prevention in Lathyrus Sativa when properly given." (Homœo
Prophylactic Remedies; Sethi.)

3. Nosode Prophylaxis

The third method involves the use of the nosodes that are made from the
same or similar disease genus. The homœopaths who worked for the public
health departments of the USA gained great experience with the use of
nosodes against smallpox epidemics. In August 1974 in Guarantingueta,
Brazil, a major epidemic of meningitis threatened the countryside.
Homœopaths gave 18,640 children Meningococcinum 10C, and 6,340 children
were used as controls. The statistics of the two groups were compared in
Vaccination, A Review of their Risks and Alternatives, by Isaac Golden on
page 122. Out of the 18,640 children given Meningococcinum 10C there were 4
cases. Out of the 6,340 children in the control group there were 34 cases.

The above study shows the positive potential and minimal cost of a mass
public health program based on a single homœopathic remedy. Any simple
health care worker can be trained to assist in such a program. Genus
epidemicus remedies and nosodes are used to provide specific prophylaxis.
The genus remedies can be found for new or unknown miasms. The nosodes can
only be used when the cause of the disease is known. When epidemic diseases
threaten the population, specific prophylactic remedies can be applied
immediately. Specific protection is useful when one is traveling in areas
with dangerous endemic miasms. The homœopath may also use specific
protection when treating epidemics to offset exposure. Constitutional and
specific prophylactics are a functional polarity that completes our
therapeutic treasury.

Personally, I can see no practical reason for imitating the allopathic
immunization program with homoeopathic remedies. If the homoeopath treats
the constitution, temperament, predispositions and miasms in the first five
years of life they will prevent manifold diseases that may be suffered in
later life. It will *prevent* much more than just the miasms for which
vaccination is given. Consistent chronic treatment will prevent cancer,
heart disease, diabetes and other common chronic diseases in later life.
This is something allopathic and a pseudo-allopathic approach to
homoeopathic prophylaxis can not prevent. If the child is supplied
constitutional prophylaxis during the early years, and during this
treatment there appears a clear and present danger of infection, then one
can use complementary specific prophylaxis for those epidemics. If there
is a clear occupational hazard of inadvertent exposure specific prophylaxis
can be provided at this time. After the danger has passed the patient can
be return to constitutional treatment of their predispositions, chronic
diseases and miasms. This is the best of both worlds.

Sincerely, David Little

---------------
"It is the life-force which cures diseases because a dead man needs no more
medicines."

Samuel Hahnemann

Visit our website on Hahnemannian Homoeopathy and Cyberspace Homoeopathic
Academy at
http://www.simillimum.com
David Little © 2000

[Sheri Nakken]

Comments on Immunizations (Homeopathic Prophylaxis)

This is from David Little, a homeopath I highly
respect and have learned lots from
http://www.simillimum.com/

He wrote this on the homeopathy email list I was
on as I was STRONGLY disagreeing with Isaac Golden and his protocoll
Excellent
Sheri
******

Dear Homeolist,

There is an old saying, “An ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure”. Hahnemann applied a
similar maxim to Homœopathy. In the footnote to
aphorism 73 the Founder says, “Scarlet fever
found its preventative and curative means in
belladonna”. The source of this information is Hahnemann’s Lesser Writings.

"Who can deny that the perfect prevention of
infection from this devastating scourge, and the
discovery of a means whereby this Divine aim may
be surely attained, would offer infinite
advantages over any mode of treatment, be it of
the most incomparable kind soever? The Remedy
capable of maintaining the healthy uninfectable
by the miasm of scarlatina, I was so fortunate as
to discover." (The Lesser Writings of Samuel
Hahnemann; S. Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), The
Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever, page 377.)

Hahnemann’s skill with the group anamnesis was
tested by the Asian cholera epidemic. He selected
three main remedies for the miasm, Camphor,
Veratrum Album and Cuprum Metallicum. He used
these same remedies to prevent cholera in the
healthy. Hahnemann wrote a very clear description
of his methods in is work, Cure and Prevention of Cholera.

"The above preparation of copper, together with
good and moderate diet, and proper attention to
cleanliness, is the most certain preventive and
protective remedy; those in health should take,
once every week, a small globule of it (Cupr. X
[30C*]) in the morning fasting, and not drink
anything immediately afterwards, but this should
not be done until the cholera is in the locality
itself, or in the neighbourhood." (The Lesser
Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S. Hahnemann
(Dudgeon Edition), Cure and Prevention of Asiatic Cholera, page 755.)

Hahnemann prepared one pill for administration by
mixing it with a small amount of water in a
spoon. The 30C potency was given once a week. A
remedy chosen by such a group picture is called
the “genus epidemicus” In this sense it
represents the essence of the disease.
Hahnemann’s technique of collective
repertorization for acute epidemics provides the
homœopath with a specific materia medica for the
treatment and a clinical guide for the prevention
of acute and sub-acute miasms. The directions for
evaluating a group simillimum are found in
aphorisms 100, 101 and 102. Notice that Hahnemann
in his included in his preventative approach good
diet and proper hygiene, etc..

The key to finding a specific prophylactic is
constructing a clear picture of the prevailing
epidemic. Hahnemann did not give a prophylactic
remedy unless there was a clear and present
danger of contracting the disease. This is why he
said to wait until the disease is in the near or
in the locality. He did not want the general
populace to take preventative remedies out of
fear and phobia. Dread of the miasms have woven
themselves so deeply into the collective human
psyche that it invokes archetypal fears as seen
in Lyssophobia. This is where the terror of
getting a disease leads to psychological
disturbances and can even psychosomatically mimic
the symptoms of the disease! Nether the
allopathic doctor nor homoeopath should succumb
to such exaggerated fears by given too many medicines.

The proponents of universal vaccination use this
primitive fear as a scare tactic to spread
immunization. Some parties are imitating the
allopathic program for universal vaccination with
homœopathic remedies. This means an infant is
placed on several years of genus remedies and
nosodes on request. This assembly line approach
pays no attention to the constitution,
temperament and predispositions of the individual
nor the true statistical danger of infection. Why
imitate the mechanistic formations of the
allopaths when Homœopathy is a vitalist healing
art? It is best to educate the patient about the
ungrounded basis of their fears through proper
education. There is another way to approach
prophylaxis in infants, children and adults.

There are three major methods of
homœoprophylaxis:. These are the constitutional
approach, the genus epidemicus remedies, and the
nosodes. All of these methods are very effective
and can be used together according to the time and circumstances.

1. Constitutional Prevention

The study of preventive medicine should begin
with an examination of the diathetic
constitution, innate temperament and
predispositions. The genetic blue print holds the
key to predispositions. The foundation of
prevention is the remedy for the chronic
disease-Gestalt that is selected by the essential
nature of the totality of the symptoms.
Constitutional treatment removes the
susceptibility to infectious miasms as well as
strengthening the vital force. The chronic remedy
provides the best general protection from all
diseases. This method is the central strategy of
Homœopathy because it removes the greatest number
of predispositions. L. J. Speight quoted Doctor
Pulford on the subject of predisposition.Dr. A. Pulford wrote:

"No disease will arise without an existing
predisposition to that disease. It is the absence
of the predisposition to any particular disease
that makes us immune to it. Homœopathy alone is
capable of removing these predispositions."
(Homœopathy and Immunization; L. J. Speight, page 3.)

The effectives of constitutional treatment in the
prevention of manifold diseases can not be
denied. Why put the an infant on a 5 year
schedule of that includes many, many specific
remedies when *global treatment* will remove the
very predispositions to manifold infectious
diseases? Anti-miasmatic treatment in the early
years of life prevents manifold diseases.
Susceptibility to acute miasms is based on the
chronic miasms. If we treat the chronic miasms we
remove the predispositions to acute miasms and
their complications. Those that suffer the most
from the common childhood infections like mumps
and measles have psora or some other miasm.
Anti-miasmic treatment makes the human organism
more immune to infectious disease.

So why delay a global prevention by doing
manifold specific remedies for years for diseases
that the is statistically very little chance of
suffering? Homeopaths should educate the parents
about the nature of constitutional prevention to
help remove any unnecessary fears. If there is a
clear and present danger specific prophylaxis can
be used complementary to constitutional treatment
at the right times. Parents are just as relieved
of their fears by such a program as giving manifold remedies.

2. Genus Epidemicus Remedies

The second method of prophylaxis is the genus
epidemicus remedies. These remedies are chosen by
the totality of the symptoms of an epidemic as
reflected in a group of patient. This offers
specific protection against epidemic, endemic and
pandemic diseases. For example, homœopaths in
India have confirmed that Lathyrus Sativa is an
effective genus epidemicus remedy for polio. The
signs, befallments and symptoms of Lathyrus have
a close correspondence to this disease.

"Homœopathic physicians are satisfied that they
have very safe and better polio prevention in
Lathyrus Sativa when properly given." (Homœo Prophylactic Remedies; Sethi.)

3. Nosode Prophylaxis

The third method involves the use of the nosodes
that are made from the same or similar disease
genus. The homœopaths who worked for the public
health departments of the USA gained great
experience with the use of nosodes against
smallpox epidemics. In August 1974 in
Guarantingueta, Brazil, a major epidemic of
meningitis threatened the countryside. Homœopaths
gave 18,640 children Meningococcinum 10C, and
6,340 children were used as controls. The
statistics of the two groups were compared in
Vaccination, A Review of their Risks and
Alternatives, by Isaac Golden on page 122. Out of
the 18,640 children given Meningococcinum 10C
there were 4 cases. Out of the 6,340 children in
the control group there were 34 cases.

The above study shows the positive potential and
minimal cost of a mass public health program
based on a single homœopathic remedy. Any simple
health care worker can be trained to assist in
such a program. Genus epidemicus remedies and
nosodes are used to provide specific prophylaxis.
The genus remedies can be found for new or
unknown miasms. The nosodes can only be used when
the cause of the disease is known. When epidemic
diseases threaten the population, specific
prophylactic remedies can be applied immediately.
Specific protection is useful when one is
traveling in areas with dangerous endemic miasms.
The homœopath may also use specific protection
when treating epidemics to offset exposure.
Constitutional and specific prophylactics are a
functional polarity that completes our therapeutic treasury.

Personally, I can see no practical reason for
imitating the allopathic immunization program
with homoeopathic remedies. If the homoeopath
treats the constitution, temperament,
predispositions and miasms in the first five
years of life they will prevent manifold diseases
that may be suffered in later life. It will
*prevent* much more than just the miasms for
which vaccination is given. Consistent chronic
treatment will prevent cancer, heart disease,
diabetes and other common chronic diseases in
later life. This is something allopathic and a
pseudo-allopathic approach to homoeopathic
prophylaxis can not prevent. If the child is
supplied constitutional prophylaxis during the
early years, and during this treatment there
appears a clear and present danger of infection,
then one can use complementary specific
prophylaxis for those epidemics. If there is a
clear occupational hazard of inadvertent exposure
specific prophylaxis can be provided at this
time. After the danger has passed the patient can
be return to constitutional treatment of their
predispositions, chronic diseases and miasms. This is the best of both worlds.

Sincerely, David Little
---------------
"It is the life-force which cures diseases because a dead man needs no more
medicines."

Samuel Hahnemann

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David Little © 2000

[Sheri Nakken]

Comments on Immunizations (Homeopathic Prophylaxis)

This is from David Little, a homeopath I highly
respect and have learned lots from
http://www.simillimum.com/

He wrote this on one of the lists, STRONGLY
disagreeing with Isaac Golden and his protocol
Excellent
Sheri
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Dear Homeolist,

There is an old saying, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of
cure”. Hahnemann applied a similar maxim to Homœopathy. In the footnote to
aphorism 73 the Founder says, “Scarlet fever found its preventative and
curative means in belladonna”. The source of this information is
Hahnemann’s Lesser Writings.

"Who can deny that the perfect prevention of infection from this
devastating scourge, and the discovery of a means whereby this Divine aim
may be surely attained, would offer infinite advantages over any mode of
treatment, be it of the most incomparable kind soever? The Remedy capable
of maintaining the healthy uninfectable by the miasm of scarlatina, I was
so fortunate as to discover." (The Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S.
Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), The Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever, page
377.)

Hahnemann’s skill with the group anamnesis was tested by the Asian
cholera epidemic. He selected three main remedies for the miasm, Camphor,
Veratrum Album and Cuprum Metallicum. He used these same remedies to
prevent cholera in the healthy. Hahnemann wrote a very clear description of
his methods in is work, Cure and Prevention of Cholera.

"The above preparation of copper, together with good and moderate diet,
and proper attention to cleanliness, is the most certain preventive and
protective remedy; those in health should take, once every week, a small
globule of it (Cupr. X [30C*]) in the morning fasting, and not drink
anything immediately afterwards, but this should not be done until the
cholera is in the locality itself, or in the neighbourhood." (The Lesser
Writings of Samuel Hahnemann; S. Hahnemann (Dudgeon Edition), Cure and
Prevention of Asiatic Cholera, page 755.)

Hahnemann prepared one pill for administration by mixing it with a
small amount of water in a spoon. The 30C potency was given once a week. A
remedy chosen by such a group picture is called the “genus epidemicus” In
this sense it represents the essence of the disease. Hahnemann’s technique
of collective repertorization for acute epidemics provides the homœopath
with a specific materia medica for the treatment and a clinical guide for
the prevention of acute and sub-acute miasms. The directions for evaluating
a group simillimum are found in aphorisms 100, 101 and 102. Notice that
Hahnemann in his included in his preventative approach good diet and proper
hygiene, etc..

The key to finding a specific prophylactic is constructing a clear
picture of the prevailing epidemic. Hahnemann did not give a prophylactic
remedy unless there was a clear and present danger of contracting the
disease. This is why he said to wait until the disease is in the near or in
the locality. He did not want the general populace to take preventative
remedies out of fear and phobia. Dread of the miasms have woven themselves
so deeply into the collective human psyche that it invokes archetypal fears
as seen in Lyssophobia. This is where the terror of getting a disease leads
to psychological disturbances and can even psychosomatically mimic the
symptoms of the disease! Nether the allopathic doctor nor homoeopath should
succumb to such exaggerated fears by given too many medicines.

The proponents of universal vaccination use this primitive fear as a
scare tactic to spread immunization. Some parties are imitating the
allopathic program for universal vaccination with homœopathic remedies.
This means an infant is placed on several years of genus remedies and
nosodes on request. This assembly line approach pays no attention to the
constitution, temperament and predispositions of the individual nor the
true statistical danger of infection. Why imitate the mechanistic
formations of the allopaths when Homœopathy is a vitalist healing art? It
is best to educate the patient about the ungrounded basis of their fears
through proper education. There is another way to approach prophylaxis in
infants, children and adults.

There are three major methods of homœoprophylaxis:. These are the
constitutional approach, the genus epidemicus remedies, and the nosodes.
All of these methods are very effective and can be used together according
to the time and circumstances.

1. Constitutional Prevention

The study of preventive medicine should begin with an examination of the
diathetic constitution, innate temperament and predispositions. The genetic
blue print holds the key to predispositions. The foundation of prevention
is the remedy for the chronic disease-Gestalt that is selected by the
essential nature of the totality of the symptoms. Constitutional treatment
removes the susceptibility to infectious miasms as well as strengthening
the vital force. The chronic remedy provides the best general protection
from all diseases. This method is the central strategy of Homœopathy
because it removes the greatest number of predispositions. L. J. Speight
quoted Doctor Pulford on the subject of predisposition.Dr. A. Pulford wrote:

"No disease will arise without an existing predisposition to that
disease. It is the absence of the predisposition to any particular disease
that makes us immune to it. Homœopathy alone is capable of removing these
predispositions." (Homœopathy and Immunization; L. J. Speight, page 3.)

The effectives of constitutional treatment in the prevention of
manifold diseases can not be denied. Why put the an infant on a 5 year
schedule of that includes many, many specific remedies when *global
treatment* will remove the very predispositions to manifold infectious
diseases? Anti-miasmatic treatment in the early years of life prevents
manifold diseases. Susceptibility to acute miasms is based on the chronic
miasms. If we treat the chronic miasms we remove the predispositions to
acute miasms and their complications. Those that suffer the most from the
common childhood infections like mumps and measles have psora or some other
miasm. Anti-miasmic treatment makes the human organism more immune to
infectious disease.

So why delay a global prevention by doing manifold specific remedies
for years for diseases that the is statistically very little chance of
suffering? Homeopaths should educate the parents about the nature of
constitutional prevention to help remove any unnecessary fears. If there is
a clear and present danger specific prophylaxis can be used complementary
to constitutional treatment at the right times. Parents are just as
relieved of their fears by such a program as giving manifold remedies.

2. Genus Epidemicus Remedies

The second method of prophylaxis is the genus epidemicus remedies. These
remedies are chosen by the totality of the symptoms of an epidemic as
reflected in a group of patient. This offers specific protection against
epidemic, endemic and pandemic diseases. For example, homœopaths in India
have confirmed that Lathyrus Sativa is an effective genus epidemicus remedy
for polio. The signs, befallments and symptoms of Lathyrus have a close
correspondence to this disease.

"Homœopathic physicians are satisfied that they have very safe and better
polio prevention in Lathyrus Sativa when properly given." (Homœo
Prophylactic Remedies; Sethi.)

3. Nosode Prophylaxis

The third method involves the use of the nosodes that are made from the
same or similar disease genus. The homœopaths who worked for the public
health departments of the USA gained great experience with the use of
nosodes against smallpox epidemics. In August 1974 in Guarantingueta,
Brazil, a major epidemic of meningitis threatened the countryside.
Homœopaths gave 18,640 children Meningococcinum 10C, and 6,340 children
were used as controls. The statistics of the two groups were compared in
Vaccination, A Review of their Risks and Alternatives, by Isaac Golden on
page 122. Out of the 18,640 children given Meningococcinum 10C there were 4
cases. Out of the 6,340 children in the control group there were 34 cases.

The above study shows the positive potential and minimal cost of a mass
public health program based on a single homœopathic remedy. Any simple
health care worker can be trained to assist in such a program. Genus
epidemicus remedies and nosodes are used to provide specific prophylaxis.
The genus remedies can be found for new or unknown miasms. The nosodes can
only be used when the cause of the disease is known. When epidemic diseases
threaten the population, specific prophylactic remedies can be applied
immediately. Specific protection is useful when one is traveling in areas
with dangerous endemic miasms. The homœopath may also use specific
protection when treating epidemics to offset exposure. Constitutional and
specific prophylactics are a functional polarity that completes our
therapeutic treasury.

Personally, I can see no practical reason for imitating the allopathic
immunization program with homoeopathic remedies. If the homoeopath treats
the constitution, temperament, predispositions and miasms in the first five
years of life they will prevent manifold diseases that may be suffered in
later life. It will *prevent* much more than just the miasms for which
vaccination is given. Consistent chronic treatment will prevent cancer,
heart disease, diabetes and other common chronic diseases in later life.
This is something allopathic and a pseudo-allopathic approach to
homoeopathic prophylaxis can not prevent. If the child is supplied
constitutional prophylaxis during the early years, and during this
treatment there appears a clear and present danger of infection, then one
can use complementary specific prophylaxis for those epidemics. If there
is a clear occupational hazard of inadvertent exposure specific prophylaxis
can be provided at this time. After the danger has passed the patient can
be return to constitutional treatment of their predispositions, chronic
diseases and miasms. This is the best of both worlds.

Sincerely, David Little
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"It is the life-force which cures diseases because a dead man needs no more
medicines."

Samuel Hahnemann

Visit our website on Hahnemannian Homoeopathy and Cyberspace Homoeopathic
Academy at
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David Little © 2000

[Irene de Villiers]

That might havew been okay back then.
People did not fly about in airplan es spreading disease further than they coudl ride a horse in a day.
Nor were there the diseases that we have today thast kill in mere days.
Most homeoprophylaxis is used because there IS a clear and present danger
It is not for the scarlet fever as H used as an example - specifically beaasue scarlet fever (then and now) was uncommon, and wsas not normally a clear and present danger.
But do not confuse Hahnemann's intentions re a rare disease that is UNlikely to show up (like scarlet fever) with the kinds of issues that we know WILL show up and which ARE clear and present risks, and/or so deadly that therre woudl not be TIME to use prophypaxis.
The mild versions of illness Hahnemann saw, gave him TIME to predict arrival of a problem (unlike the kind arriving by airplane today) as then he KNEW there was such asn such scourge in the next village which might spread.
We no longer see mild versions, Ebola kills in days, Spanish flu klilled in days, FIP kills in days, panleucopenia, parvo, distemper, etc kill in days, pyometra kills in days, life threatening foodborne illness is rife and the list of modern issues that Hahnemann never saw, is long.
KNOWING how to use prophylaxis is important and using it is especially important for the things that ARE clear current risks. For animals especially the speed of death of some of their illnesses, and the common occurrence, makes homeoprophylaxis essential.
In food animals it is even more so than with pets, and it makes it possible to farm organic style.

This is 2015, not the 19th century.

[Hahnemann was also a typical Sulphur type, insisting his views be respected and very adamant about them. But he changed his own tune frequently, and was just as passionate about his changed ideas when they did change, as about the original ones he rejected. He needs to be seen in context of his knowledge, his personality and his time.
This is OUR time; we have OUR much increased knowledge and man's CURRENT very different environment.]

Namaste,
Irene
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