Microorganism flora and nosodes | Bhomf

Microorganism flora and nosodes



Metchnikof first described a symbiotic relationship between microorganisms and their host. Microorganism population increases and different strains populate before they threaten the host, creating imbalance in this symbiotic relationship. Bioregulatory medicine regulates dysbiotic flora.

The human body maintains a rich and diverse microbial flora. Various bacteria colonise virtually every surface of the body depending on the state of our defences but also individuals’ dietary and lifestyle habits, environment, body chemistry and immune system. Old and unresolved infections (tooth abscesses, walled off tubercular foci) weaken our defences and cause immune rigidity. An unregulated matrix will also be susceptible to opportune microorganisms causing chronic and recurrent infectons. Identifying and removing old infective foci rectify immune dysregulation. Intestinal bacterial or fungal presence stimulates defensive factors in the intestinal wall. The maintenance of stable host flora equilibrium involves host defences, environmental factors, and bacterial interactions. These host mechanisms include acid secretion, intestinal peristalsis, and a properly functioning ileocoecal valve. In addition, intestinal immunoglobulin secretion and a mucosal barrier preventing bacterial adherence are of vital importance in minimizing pathogenic bacterial populations.
Emotional factors, environmental factors and dietary habits can all significantly influence symbiosis. Pathological states that are associated with increased bacterial overgrowth include the presence of Clostridium perfringens, which produce a number of exotoxins and enterotoxins. This organism can also be found in increased numbers in the feces of rheumatoid arthritis patients. Clostridium difficile is another organism which causes antibiotic associated diarrhoea. It also causes pseudomembranous colitis by producing a toxin which promotes necrosis and ulceration of the colonic mucosa.
Microorganisms also display mutagenic activity which may further increase procarcinogenic activity. Procarcinogenic substances such as food preservatives, dyes, additives or pollutants can be transformed into carcinogenic substances by bacterial enzymes beta-glucuronidase, beta-galactosidase, beta-glucosidase, nitroreductase, azoreductase, 7-alpha dehydroxylase, and cholesterol dehydrogenase.
The anaerobe to aerobe bacterial ratio was higher in those people consuming a typical Western diet, manifesting in individuals as an increased risk of colon cancer. High sugar intake and increased gut fermentation are also associated with and implicated in the formation of gallstones and Crohn’s disease.
Various bacteria, viruses or their antigen fragments remain and stay unrecognised within the body causing constant chronic infection or active foci which are not eradicated. They often create recurrent infection or post infective somatic syndromes.
Nosodes are remedies of choice to provide stimulus to the immune system and take an active role against these salient infective foci. Nosodes are prepared from an attenuated microorganism in a homoeopathic dilution. The mechanism is explained earlier as its motifs create immune responses against the causative agent.