A nosode is a disease product (i.e. a remedy prepared from a disease product) obtained from any affected part of the system in a case of illness, frequently from lymph nodes or from respiratory secretions, for example, nasal discharges in a case of catarrhal fever, and thereafter potentised.

In specific, i.e. bacterial, viral or protozoal disease the causative organism may or may not be present and the efficacy of the nosode in no way depends on the organism being present.

The response of the tissues to invasion by bacteria or other antigens results in the formation of substances which are in effect the basis of the nosode.

An oral vaccine is prepared from the actual organism which is associated with the disease in question, and may derive from filtrates containing only the exotoxins of the bacteria, or from emulsions containing both bacteria and their toxins. These filtrates are then potentised and become oral vaccines.

Nowadays it`s the custom to use the terms nosodes and oral vaccines synonymously.

Wim

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Homeopath for people and animals.
(Sorry, Wim no longer works here.)