Notes on Miasms, Heredity and Nosodes 2nd ed.

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CHAPTER 7 - Bowel Nosode

Nosode is used to denote a homeopathic remedy prepared either from actual disease tissue or from disease-associated organisms, i.e. bacteria and viruses.

The stool culture in many chronic diseases shows a presence of non-lactose fermenting bacteria, the so-called 'Bowel nosodes'. They are not really nosodes because they are not morbid products of disease.

It was Edward Bach (1886-1936) who started investigation and discovered that certain intestinal germs belonging to non-lactose fermenting, gram negative, coli-typhoid group had close connection with chronic diseases. These germs were present in the intestines of 'all' persons, but they were found to be distinctly increased in persons who suffered from a chronic disease.

When there is no disease, the intestinal flora is in balance and the Bacillus coli performs a beneficial function. But any stress or disease upsets this balance of the intestinal flora and is followed by a change in the habit and the biochemistry of B. coli which may then be called as pathogenic. So, B. coli is the basic organism from which non-lactose fermenting 'bacilli' and 'cocci' originate.

First Bach used the bowel nosodes as injectable vaccine preparations from killed cultures of the organisms. Later, in 1919 he joined the London Homoeopathic Hospital as a house

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Details

The following statement from the forward to the book summarizes its appeal: Dr. Degroote's book includes information on miasms, diathesis, Bowel nosode, Isopathic nosodes, energetic points, muscle testing and various sample cases. He emphasizes that the only way in homeopathy to treat the negative information carried by chromosomes is the use of classic and bowel nosodes — this acts as a preventative approach against degenerative diseases like arteriosclerosis, coronary infarction, rheumatic diseases and diseases due to failure of the immune system as allergy, cancer, etc.

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Author

Filip Degroote

Filip Degroote (1952) graduated as a Doctor in Medicine in 1978. He has been a full time classical homeopath practicing since 1980.

His great master in starting this practice was Dr A. Pladys, whose findings he studied in depth, applied and expanded. He also obtained the certificate of 'Sports medicine physician' and applied the knowledge in the physical examination of the patient.

Moreover in his energetic approach he explores the link between homeopathy and acupuncture, because acupuncture gives an energetic model to control the rightness of a homeopathic prescription 'before' intake.

In addition, he is a member of the group "Bryonia" (Homoeopathia Europea), the ‘Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Homeopathie’ (Royal Belgian Association for Homeopathy), of the International Institute for Advanced Homeopathic Investigations (I.I.A.H.I.) and also teacher at V.S.U. (Flemish Medical Association for Classical Homeopathy).

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Reviews

"Why does homeopathy fail for some patients? To solve the problem, the author is considering the energetic miasmatic point of view and a holistic approach.

"In this book you can find the description of the muscle tests needed for nosode selection. It is not a book for a pleasant reading on holiday but a book containing many pages with tables and relationships. This book is aimed to stay at hand on your desk to help you on difficult cases.’"
— Michel Van Wassenhoven, MD

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Contents

Dedication -- iii
Foreword -- v
Preface -- vii
Publisher's Note -- ix
Introduction -- xi
Prologue -- xix
Abbreviations -- xxi

Chapters
1. Miasms -- 1
Introduction -- 1
Classic Miasms -- 5
Bowel Nosodes and Miasms -- 25
Work Procedure Skeleton -- 30
Cases (Illustrations) -- 32
Conclusion -- 38

2. Miasms and their Psychological Background -- 41
Miasms seen from Psychological Perspective -- 41

3. Heredity -- 53
Ancestral Energy -- 53
Diagnosis -- 57
Treatment -- 61

4. Heredity and Classic Nosodes -- 71
What Happens from Conception until the Development to a Grown Human Being -- 74
Conclusion -- 77
Cases -- 80

5. Nosodes -- 89
Definition -- 89
History -- 89
Indications to Prescribe a Nosode -- 90

6. Classic Nosodes -- 91
Screening of the Classic Nosodes by Energetic Points -- 96
Peculiar Features of Classic Nosodes -- 100
Common Features of Ancestral Energy out of Balance -- 114

7. Bowel Nosodes -- 131
Judgement of the Action of a Bowel Nosode -- 134
Bowel nosodes and their Related Remedies -- 136

8. Psora and Nosodes -- 163
Energetic Screening of the Psoric Nosodes by their Energetic Points -- 165
Work Skeleton to Identify the Specific Nosode -- 167

9. What Happens when the Interaction between the Individual Remedy and the Nosode Starts -- 171

10. Isopathic Nosodes -- 175
Monera and Yeasts -- 175
Energetic Examination, Muscle Tests and Energetic Features of Isopathic Nosodes -- 179
Relationship between Muscle Tests and some Homoepathic Remedies of Bacterial, Viral and Mycotic Origin -- 207

Conclusion -- 215
Appendix
Handmode Figures -- 217
Bibliography -- 219
Index of Cases -- 223

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