A nosode is a homeopathic preparation made from a disease or pathological product. Substances such as fecal, urinary, respiratory discharges, as well as tissue and blood products are used in the fabrication of nosodes.
The origin of the word nosode is the Greek word nosos, meaning disease. There is also a connection with the Latin word noxa, the root of the term noxious, in that the use of nosodes involves potentially dangerous, noxious materials as its basis.
There have been a number of cases of people falling ill after relying on nosodes rather than real vaccination[citation needed].
The prepration of nosodes derives from homotoxicology, a type of homeopathic therapy created by Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg in Germany in the first part of 18th century[citation needed].
Nosodes are generally given in low potencies as they are prepared from diseased secretions and are harmful in crude form[citation needed].
In Homoeopathy Believes in administering Minute as well as potentised medicine[citation needed].
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