This paragraph is a recent addition to this paper on TSE diseseas, from August 10th, 2006. While perusing the remedy Anthracinum in Materia Medica of the Nosodes by H.C. Allen for a non-TSE related case, I was struck by the similarity of the symptoms of Mad Cow Disease, Chronic Wasting Diseases in Elk, Deer and so forth to Anthracinum , the Anthrax nosode: (under the Mind section) "animals howl, bite, run about, become greatly excited; followed by paralytic symptoms". What have we here??? Very interesting. This remedy is one that has not been proven and is sorely lacking in representation in both the materia medicas and repertories. One can't blame provers for not wanting to prove this remedy, as many would be affraid to do so. But this is an unfounded fear. Homeopathic remedies are safe for ingestion after they have been prepared by an homeopathic pharmacist. Infectious substances are first sterilized before trituration and are therefore free of active microorganisms. What remains are the denatured bacteria which can be made into homeopathic potencies via the standard procedure of repeated dilution and succussion. Mad Cow Disease affected animals may respond to Anthracinum where there is evidence of boils, infections, bleeding, sepsis and other low forms of disease in the animals. Farms that have poor sanitary conditions would be ripe for such cases. I recently watched Dr. Hulda Clark's DVD, "The Cure" and in the introduction, she points out that parasites which are one of the primary causes of diseases come from meats predominantly. However, Dr. Clark was quick to point out that they are not present in the Kosher meats that she has tested. This indicates to me that sanitary conditions in most animal meat farms is below healthful standards. Anthracinum does not repertorize out through the rubrics that I have selected for TSE Diseases, and this is purely due to the aforementioned fact that it is not well represented in the repertories, not even in the best and newest. One of my past teachers stated that this is one of the biggest antisyphilitic remedies along with Mercurius and Hyoscyamus. It definitely needs to be proven.

• (O) Worse from grief, tragedy.
• (M) Worse from touch. Flies into a rage, threatens, screaming at others, et c. Jerks when the doctor touches him.
• (M) Worse being spoken to. Becomes irritable and angry.
• (L) Worse from brain biopsy or spinal tap. Never walked, spoke or did anything again after the procedure.
• (M) Worse evenings, nights.
• (M) Worse full moon.

• Iatrogenic causes: Disease symptoms commence a period of time after a: brain tumor operation, heart bypass operation, blood transfusion, cataract surgery that use cadaver mater grafts or other procedures where diseased tissues, blood, lymph or blood biproducts were used. Contamination by a pathogenic force. Septic contamination. Serum or miasmatic taint artificially deposited deep inside the patient (C.J.D.). Non iatrogenic causes: Senile decay; heredity predisposition (C.J.D.). Also poisoning by ingesting diseased meat, especially nerve tissue as in ground beef that had some nerve tissue scraps thrown in from a diseased bovine; eating poisoned meat (B.S.E.). Animals being fed animal feed with rendered diseased animal products marketed as meat and bone meal (C.W.D.). Also by ingesting meat from one's own species of animal or cannibalism (Kuru).
• Rapid decline. First symptoms started just a few weeks ago, now is in a wheelchair, in bed, or in hospital. Symptoms much worse every couple of weeks.
• Lethal course of disease. Death usually in less than a year. Very destructive and syphilitic symptoms both mentally and physically. Very prominently syphilitic cases.
• Histories of chronic ear infections, brain tumors, meningitis.
• A history of mental traumas and shocks are present in the medical histories of many C.J.D. patients.

• Head; caries, necrosis: arg., asaf., AUR., caps., Fl. ac., Hep., hippoz., merc., mez., Nat. m., NIT.AC., Ph. ac., PHOS., SIL., Staph., sulph.



• Head; softening of the brain: agar., alco., am. c., ambr., arg., ars. a., astra. e., bapt., bar. c., bell. p., Bufo, Calc., Caust., chin. s., crot. h., fl. ac., Glon., iod., Kali br., kali p., lac. d., lach., Lyc., merc., Nux m., Nux v., PHOS., pic. ac., plb., salam., sec., sil., stry., sulph., syph., tub., vanad., Zinc., zinc. p.



• Head; ulcers: ambr., Anan., Ars. a., Bar. m., Calc. p., carb. v., chel., merc., nit. ac., Phos., psor., ruta, sep., Sil., sul. ac., tarent., thuj.



• Head; inflammation, brain: achy., Acon., aeth., agar., ail., am. br., Ant. t., apis, apoc., arg., arg. n., Arn., ars. a., arum. t., atro., bac., bapt., BELL., bor., Bry., cadm. s., calc., calc. br., calc. p., Camph., cann. i., cann. s., canth., carb. ac., cedr., cham., chin., chin. s., chlol., chlorpr., chr. o., cic., cimic., cina, cob. n., cocc., Con., cori. r., crot. h., Cupr., Cupr. acet., cupr. ars., cupr. cy., cypr., cyt. l., dig., echin., gels., glon., Hell., helo., hep., hydr. ac., Hyos., hyper., ign., iod., iodof., ip., kali i., kreos., lach., Merc., merc. c., merc. d., mosch., nat. s., nux v., Op., oreo., ox. ac., par., Phos., phys., plb., puls., ran. s., rhus t., ruta, sec., Sil., sol. n., staph., stram., sulph., tarent., Tub., verat. a., verat. v., vip., zinc., zinc. cy.



• Generalities; paralysis, extending upwards: aconin., agar., alum., arg. n., Ars. a., bar. acet., bar. c., Con., gels., hydr. ac., Kali c., karw. h., lath., led., lyss., mang., Ox. ac., phos., pic. ac., plb., sec., sulfon., vip.



• Extremities; paralysis, general, extending upwards: Ars. a., agar., cocc., Con., gels., hydr. ac., kali c., lyss., mang., phos., pic. ac.



• Generalities; paralysis, insane, in: ant. c., ars. a., aur., Bell., caust., crot. h., hyos., kali br., kali i., merc., nat. i., nux v., op., phys., plb., stram., sulph., verat. a.



• Generalities; convulsions, paralysis, with: arg. n., arn., bell., CAUST., cic., cocc., crot. h., cupr., Hyos., lach., laur., Nux m., Nux v., Phos., plat., Plb., Rhus t., sec., Stann., Tab., vib., zinc.



• Mind; dementia, paretic: Acon., Aesc. g., Agar., [ars. a., and Bad., I've added these two from Edward C. Whitmont's Psyche and Substance] bell., cann. i., cimic., cupr., hyos., ign., iodof., merc., Phos., Plb., stram., verat. v., zinc.



• Generalities; eruptions, aggravate, suppressed [combined with] skin, eruptions, suppressed: (This rubric must be chosen as a clinical imperative. There is no centripetal movement in these diseases, which is one thing that makes them so deadly, and remedies must have this power to move the tertiary miasmatic force of these diseases away from the central nervous system to manifest in secondary and primary lesional forms away from the brain and cord.) acon., agar., ail., alum., am. c., ambr., anac., ant. c., ant. t., apis, APISIN., arn., ARS., Ars. i., ars. s. f., asaf., atro., Aur. s., bad., bar. c., Bell., BRY., calad., calc., calc. s., Camph., caps., carb. an., Carb. v., Caust., Cham., chin., Cic., clem., con., Cupr., cupr. acet., cupr. ar., DULC., fl. ac., Gels., Graph., hell., Hep., hyos., ign., iod., IP., jatr., KALI BI., kali c., Kali s., kalm., Kreos., lach., laur., Lyc., mag. c., mag. s., merc., Mez., Nat. c., nit. ac., Nux m., NUX V., op., PETR., PH. AC., phos., plb., PSOR., ptel., Puls., Rhus t., sars., sel., senec., Sep., sil., Staph., STRAM., sul. ac., sul. i., SULPH., thuj., Tub., Tub. k., urt. u., verat. a., verat. v., Viol. t., x-ray, ZINC., ZINC. P.

The remedies that came through all three combination rubrics were upgraded one degree from where they were; as with, since Arsenicum album is in italics in all three rubrics, or had the average equivalent stress, it would be put into the list that came through all three rubrics in italic print. But it is upgraded to bold now, having appeared in all three main rubrics. The remedies that came through only two out of the three rubrics were similarly noted but they were given no change in emphasis for the new rubric. These 25 remedies were listed in all three combination rubrics: Aconite, Arsenicum album, Agaricus, Aurum, Belladonna, Baryta carbonica, Conium, Causticum, Cuprum, Gelsemium, Hyoscyamus, Ignatia, Lachesis, Mercurius, Nux moschata, Nux vomica, Opium, Phosphorus, Plumbum, Rhus toxicodendron, Sulphur, Stramonium, Veratrum album, Veratrum viride and Zincum. It became obvious that Phosphorus and Arsenicum album are the remedies that are the strongest in this rubric and I must therefore make them bold and underlined. The following rubric is presented but I would stress that only the remedies that came through all three combination rubrics should be considered primarily. That is not to say that there may be remedies for T.S.E. in the other remedies, but that they should not be given emphasis unless a patient exhibits strongly the symptoms of that particular remedy. It would be best to take this rubric as one in which others are chosen according to the patient's individual symptoms and history.

ACON., AGAR., ail., alum., am. c., ambr., ant. t., apis, arn., arg. n., ARS. A., asaf., atro., AUR., bad., Bar. c., BELL., Bry. Calc. c., Camph., cann. i., caps., carb. v., CAUST., cham., chin., cic., cimic., cocc., CON., crot. h., CUPR., cupr. acet., cupr. ars., fl. ac., GELS., hell., Hepar s., hydr. ac., HYOS., Ign., iod., iodof., ip., Kali br., kali c., kali i., kreos., Lach., laur., Lyc., MERC., mez., nit. ac., NUX M., NUX V., Op., ox. ac., Ph. ac., PHOS., phys., pic. ac., PLB., Psor., puls., RHUS T., Sec., sep., sil., Staph., STRAM., sul. ac., SULPH., thuj., Tub., Verat. a., Verat. v., vip., ZINC., Zinc. p.

I want to say first, that I don't think it is necessary to use the Complete or any other of the new and expensive homeopathic repertories to be a good Homeopath who achieves a high degree of clinical success. They help, but they are not 100% necessary. Knowing remedies well and being able to think clearly and flexibly are really what is needed. But here where I am creating a totally new rubric based on clinical, and laboratory information rather than from provings or clinical results, I wanted to be as inclusive as possible. Another point I want to make is that the Homeopathic Repertory is a continually evolving entity. No one edition or printing is actually complete. That is impossible, since Homeopathy continues to evolve and grow all the time. Very few Homeopaths would consider even a single rubric within the repertory to be complete.

This is the repertorization method I have used. The first four rubrics were combined into one to produce one rubric that covered the brain decay aspect of theses diseases which is central to finding effective remedies to treat these diseases. Then the next five rubrics were combined to create a second combination rubric to represent as widely as possible the paralytic features of these diseases. I have decided to include closely related but important rubrics so as not to loose remedies, even though it may seem redundant. Lastly, the rubric for suppressed eruptions was created from Skin; eruptions, suppressed added to Generalities; eruptions, aggravate/suppressed. These two rubrics were essentially the same with the exception of about seven remedies which were added to the combined rubric.

The three combination rubrics were then crossed and two results categories were created. The first group are those homeopathic medicines that are present in all three combination rubrics and the second group are medicines that are found in two. All other remedies were dropped. The former are given greater weight in drawing up the final list of remedies for the T.S.E. rubric being created and will automatically be upgraded in strength one degree over the remedies in the second group.

As you can see, Arsenicum album and Phosphorus are very strongly favored as the top remedies here. They must be very carefully looked at in T.S.E. cases before even thinking of giving another remedy. I am not proposing rote prescribing methods, but since this rubric is new (and necessarily contains some errors by its unorthodoxed method of creation) the rubric needs more data to be complete and we must distill this new rubric to bring only the strongest remedies to the top and eliminate those that do not belong there. This does not mean that a remedy with a low emphasis may not be a curative remedy for a particular case, it is only that we must look to those remedies that have the strongest showing first. And a remedy that is not present at all my act curatively, though it is not likely. And if none of these match your case, it may be worth considering the others. Although I am a Classical Homeopath, this method of creating a rubric is highly irregular, yet allows us to begin somewhere with a group of devastating diseases for which there are no effective treatments. Try doing a repertorization yourself using different parameters and see which remedies come up for you. We must take various approaches in a new and difficult diseases such as these to be sure not to corner ourselves into narrow thinking. What is needed most now, is clinical results from practitioners using these remedies. Above all a Homeopath is flexible and unprejudiced, or strives to be anyway. What has been done here demonstrates also the great flexibility and theoretical and therapeutic power of Homeopathy to provide answers and hope where none exists.

Many of the remedies that are listed in plain or even in italic type may not be of much use, but they should at least be studied and considered and used if they fit the symptoms of the case. There will be many common symptoms form case to case, but the most important symptoms are those that are unique to that patient. These symptoms must be gleaned early in the case if one is to arrive at the correct individual remedy, as in the middle and especially the late stages of T.S.E. the brain is so destroyed as to severely limit the ability of the patient to communicate. For animals, who don't require such accurate prescribing as do Humans, one can just take a couple of symptoms and highly favor the strongest remedies in the rubric to decide on the remedy. For herd animals it may be necessary to decide on collective symptoms and to add the medicine to their grain (without meat and bone meal, preferably!). Mix the remedy with sufficient water, shake and pour it into the grain and mix well. One dose should be sufficient to see if the animals are responding to the medicine. Allow several days before deciding. Also carefully scrub all the utensils used to mix the Homeopathic Medicine with the feed with soap and hot water and wear gloves, as the medicine remains if not treated so. There is no need to over-medicate or accidentally medicate oneself.

Only rubrics that cover the general characteristic symptoms of most cases of T.S.E. were chosen. Practitioners taking the case of individual patients will have to choose more individualized rubrics to sort out the more specific remedy for that particular patient. The group of remedies chosen from this analysis and repertorization represent the beginning of a T.S.E. repertory rubric which will be added to in the future. I had to resist choosing rubrics that were too focused on one body or sense organ part or system. What I mean is that the majority of the enormous number of symptoms of T.S.E. reflect the main symptoms of a rotting brain with rapidly increasing ascending paralysis. All symptoms which are basically local manifestations of this process I have ignored in the repertorization to produce a larger number of remedies for the resulting rubric that is being created. Too narrow a focus for this task will skew the process. This is not an individual's repertorization but a repertorization for a class of diseases. As I have stated before, practitioners must decide on the remedy for each case, whether it is present here or not, based on the most strange, rare and characteristic symptoms of their patient. I recommend that in attempting to do this that they also do not simply choose redundant physical symptoms that reflect the general destruction of the brain and nervous system and resulting loss of function, spastic condition and paralysis, but strive to choose the similimum using symptoms that are unique to that particular case in addition to those chosen here. Individual predisposing and contributing factors for each case must be looked for.

In cases where etiology points to septic infection from surgical procedures, transfusions et c., we have to consider the following remedies from the rubric Generalities, Wounds, Disssecting: Anthr., Apis., Ars., carbn. s., cist., crot. h., Echi., ham., kreos., Lach., led., Pyrog., Ter. Remember that this is a frequent causation in CJD.

Hopefully, this research will lead to a much better understanding of the homeopathic treatment of T.S.E.s, even though it is based at this point only on my paper analysis of the symptoms of the diseases and not on direct clinical experience, though the anecdotal details of many of the unfortunate cases on The Many Faces of C.J.D. were nearly as good as the patient notes of a typical homeopath. The rest will come in the future as other practitioners and scientists write and contribute their findings to the data pool. Let this site be a nexus for the accumulation of homeopathic medical knowoledge to serve as a reference to professionals and the public as well. I strongly encourage other homeopathic practitioners who treat human or animal patients with T.S.E.s to share their results with the homeopathic community by contributing to this web site. To my knowledge there is no work or study to date on the homeopathic treatment of T.S.E.s. This can serve as a starting point to be built upon in the future as greater knowledge is accumulated. Please email the author from the links in the blue collumn to contribute what information you think would be useful for Homeopaths and Homeopathic Veterinarians and it will be included or added as a link to the page, with credit given to you.

A strong cautionary note to practitioners and those who care for patients with T.S.E. is in order. Assuming the similimum or most similar and correct homeopathic remedy has been chosen and administered to the patient, it is to be expected that once the Vital Force reacts to the stimulus of the medicine that a various healing processes will begin that should not be interfered with if you wish your patient to improve. Considering the highly syphilitic and destructive nature of these diseases on the brain and nervous system in general, one would expect to see major syphilitic skin and other symptoms to appear such as fevers, diarrheas, rashes, bleeding and other manifestations of the centripetal effect of the remedy. Ulcerations, sores, fissures, warts, inflammations and exudations et c. should not be medicated and suppressed inwardly again, but allowed to appear and heal at their own pace. Only cleansing with unmedicated soaps and lukewarm water is necessary and, if necessary, the application of cold-pressed natural vegetable oils and vitamin E oil may be applied if the skin becomes flakey, cracked, sore or crusted, with a simple, unmedicated dressing.

Allowing the externalization of the disease to proceed is absolutely vital in this type of case. And it is a principle that good Homeopaths apply to all their cases. Never stop the healing reaction. And certainly do not give another remedy. That will really mess up your case. Just be patient and observe the case progress over time. You will know that the remedy is acting curatively if the mental symptoms begin to improve while the physical ones get worse for a time. Personal tutoring in Classical Homeopathy is available both in person and via the Internet with the author. Materia medica analyses of the top remedies in the T.S.E. rubric need to be written. You can contribute to the development of the materia medica essences being written here at “NATURALLY...YOU!”, Homeopathic Solutions-- become a Sponsor for the materia medica article and remedy essence or an article and analysis on a disease or condition that is important to you, for which you would like to gain the unique perspectives and observations found only on this website. If you can't decide on a remedy or disease to sponsor you might consider becoming a Member of N.Y.H.S. which brings many benefits and thank you gifts according to membership level. Select from the drop down menu at the top of the page to go to any of these pages for more information.

If you suspect someone close to you has TSE, consult with your family physician and if confirmed, Homeopathic Therapy would be wise in as early a stage as possible, in conjunction with the Allopathic Therapies.

• Internet documents on prion diseases, ( English and German). Compiled by Researcher Roland Hynekes.



• The Many Faces of C.J.D. has been one of the most helpful resources for me with personal anecdotal accounts of personal tragedy shared with others. It is a memorial to the victims of C.J.D. in part and also a source of informatoin intended to help others who may be affected by this devastating disease. My thanks and sympathy goes out to those who took the time to write the accounts of their loved ones' regression for the benefit of others. Your efforts have made a difference here.



• The Official Mad Cow Disease Home Page. Lots of informative links, but the site is now taken over by a Dr. Michael Greger, who has not added anything to the site's articles and links which stop in 2001. Nevertheless very useful.



• M.H.R. Viandes, Mad Cow Disease B.S.E. tracks the reported incidents of Mad Cow Disease and B.S.E. by country with links to pages on C.J.D., B.S.E. and C.W.D. documents. Very well presented.