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April 2006. The Phoenix Rises: How Homeopathy Continues to Survive & Thrive (Vol. 11, #1), Featured Articles
Bacillinum, a Nosode for the 21st Century - Sadhana Thakkar
Bacillinum has been one of the more under-described and under-prescribed homeopathic remedies until recently. Although Farrington and other homeopaths in the past made several references for its efficacy over Tuberculinum, it still remained obscure. In the past few years, having treated many cases successfully with Bacillinum, the clinical presentation of Bacillinum has clearly emerged to me as a distinctly different remedy. Bacillinum is prepared from the macerated lung tissue containing not just bacillus but also lung tissue in all phases including the tubercle phase whereas Tuberculinum is prepared from the glycerin extract of a pure cultivation of tubercular bacillus. Just by the nature of the preparation, one can imagine the difference between the two. While Tuberculinum reflects the perspective of the bacillus, Bacillinum is the manifestation of the intense struggle between the bacillus and the immune response of the host.
Bacillinum has been one of the more under-described and under-prescribed homeopathic remedies until recently. Although Farrington and other homeopaths in the past made several references for its efficacy over Tuberculinum, it still remained obscure. In the past few years, having treated many cases successfully with Bacillinum, the clinical presentation of Bacillinum has clearly emerged to me as a distinctly different remedy.
Bacillinum is prepared from the macerated lung tissue containing not just bacillus but also lung tissue in all phases including the tubercle phase whereas Tuberculinum is prepared from the glycerin extract of a pure cultivation of tubercular bacillus. Just by the nature of the preparation, one can imagine the difference between the two. While Tuberculinum reflects the perspective of the bacillus, Bacillinum is the manifestation of the intense struggle between the bacillus and the immune response of the host. The following table will describe this difference clearly.
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Sadhana Thakkar, BHMS(Ind), CCH, is a well-respected homeopath, an internationally recognized teacher, the founder of the Homeopathy Health Care as well as National Institute of Classical Homeopathy. A homeopathic graduate from the Bombay University, India, she is a certified practitioner of Classical Homeopathy, a past president of North American Society of Homeopaths, and an honorary member of California Homeopathic Medical Society in the US.
Her 15 years of homeopathic experience includes working in a homeopathic hospital as a resident homeopath, apprenticeship with an experienced homeopath, a busy private practices in Bombay, India and subsequently in the US. Her teaching experience includes teaching beginner’s as well as advanced practitioners of homeopathy in various parts of US, Canada, Switzerland, Egypt and India, and speaking at various conferences. She has authored and published many articles in various national & international journals and is currently writing two books Insights into Consciousness of Snake Remedies and The Simple Truth. A resident of Thousand Oaks, California, Sadhana maintains a busy homeopathic practice from her offices in Thousand Oaks and Santa Monica. Visit her website at http://www.homeopathyhealthcare.com/index2.html.
More Featured Articles
The Treatment of Children - Richard Pitt
There are a number of factors to be considered when treating children. These considerations have both practical and philosophical implications for wider general practice. Successful treatment of children (and adults) should be prophylactic as well as initially curative. Included is a discussion of what constitutes constitutional prescribing and indications for the most commonly used nosodes in children.
Re-visioning Homeopathic Education: The Creation of an American Homeopathic Medical School - Todd Rowe
The creation of a homeopathic medical school in the United States is a long held dream of the homeopathic community. The Desert Institute School of Classical Homeopathy (DISCH) envisions the creation of a fouryear full time homeopathic medical school in Phoenix, Arizona. This would be an expansion of services from the three-year, part-time program that DISCH currently offers. The name of this new program would be the American Medical College of Homeopathy (AMCH).