What are Nosodes?
Nosodes are homeopathic medicines sourced from biological materials, microbes, or diseased products (or tissues). They are precursors of vaccines, but not vaccines. They are comparable to vaccines, but their therapeutic scope is more curative than preventive. The preventive role is not yet fully explored. Some research findings suggest a preventive role as well; however, much more research is required.
Interestingly, the role of nosodes is not restricted to the diseases from which they are sourced. For example, the use of a homeopathic nosode sourced from Cancer tissues is not only for cases of cancer but also for diseases such as autism, warts, skin diseases, and more.
Homeopaths have used nosodes since 1826, and more so from 1875 onward. However, because microbiology was not well developed at the time, practitioners prepared nosodes using a crude, unsophisticated method.
Unfortunately, despite marvelous developments in microbiology, immunology, and medicine, the homeopathic method of nosode preparation is still the one used in 1880! Very unscientific and obsolete.
Dr Rajesh Shah has been researching nosodes since 1998, and he has revamped the method of nosode preparation, introducing a scientific approach. This is a revolutionary move, prompting a review of the entire nosode category, as well as other categories that require overhauling.
HIV nosode
HIV is a tough virus to handle because it requires strict biosafety measures. With the help of a team of experts, including immunologists, pharmacologists, molecular biologists, physicians, legal experts, and homeopaths, Dr Shah prepared the HIV nosode, a revolution in the field of homeopathy.
Besides developing the HIV nosode, he also conducted the following studies with HIV nosodes:
1. Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trial (Drug Proving)2
2. Clinical trial on patients suffering from HIV infection.3
The research articles above have been published in peer-reviewed journals in Germany, the UK, and India.
Hepatitis C nosode
Similarly, Dr Shah introduced another nosode from a yet more difficult virus called the Hepatitis C virus. This infection has affected the world significantly. For example, in the United States, the cases of Hepatitis C are two and a half times more than those of HIV. India and China have a large number of patients with this infection.
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis nosode
Tuberculosis bacteria have wreaked havoc on humans for centuries. They keep evolving and become more dangerous over the decades.
Dr Rajesh Shah has developed a novel, revolutionary nosode from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis at the world-renowned Haffkine Institute (Mumbai).6
The medical fraternity will remember this research by Dr Shah always. The nosode is undergoing several more studies.
Dr Shah’s pioneering research with the nosodes may take homeopathy to a new level.
Cancer tissue nosode
Cancer tissues are processed and potentized using the currently available scientific methods to prepare a novel Cancer tissue nosode. The older version of Carconosin, developed about seventy years ago, was not well documented due to the lack of technology at the time. Dr. Shah has developed a range of Cancer nosodes using various cancer tissues. The new Cancer nosode has demonstrated anti-cancer effects against cancer cells in cell studies. Please refer to our research papers on Nosodes.
References:
01. “Scientific method of preparing homeopathic nosodes. “ Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy [serial online] 2014 [cited 2014 Nov 13];9: 25-33. Available from: http://www.ijrh.org/text.asp?2014/8/3/166/141740
02. “HIV Nosode: The Homeopathic Pathogenetic Trial,” by Rajesh Shah, MD, published in Forschende Komplementärmedizin / Research in Complementary Medicine, Germany, June 2015. Link: https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/435845
03. “Clinical trial for evaluation of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus nosode in the treatment for Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected individuals”, Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy [serial online] 2015 [cited 2015 April];8:166-74. Available from: http://www.ijrh.org/article.asp?issn=0974-7168;year=2015;volume=9;issue=1;spage=25;epage=33;aulast=Shah
04. “Hepatitis C Nosode: The preparation and homeopathic pathogenetic trial” in Homeopathy; Vol. 102, (3), pp 207-214: July 2013. Link: http://www.homeopathyjournal.net/article/S1475-4916(13)00007-6/abstract
05. “Hepatitis C Nosode: The preparation and homeopathic pathogenetic trial” in Homeopathy; Vol. 102, (3), pp 207-214: July 2013. Link: http://www.homeopathyjournal.net/article/S1475-4916(13)00007-6/abstract
06. Dr Rajesh Shah has developed a novel, revolutionary nosode from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis at the world’s renowned Haffkine Institute (Mumbai).
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Haffkine-comes-up-with-homeo-drug-for-TB/articleshow/46648115.cms
07. Dr Rajesh Shah has developed a Cancer tissue nosode from Cancer tissues
https://www.highdilution.org/index.php/ijhdr/article/view/912
8. Evaluating the anticancer effects of high-dilution preparations of carcinogens such as HIV virus, Hepatitis C virus, Ethanol and Cancer tissues in in-vitro models
https://www.highdilution.org/index.php/ijhdr/article/view/913
Written & Approved by-
Dr. Rajesh Shah
M.D. (Hom.)