Homeopathy and Vaccinations

by: Caroline Walrad Ph.D., CN

When we are vaccinated with a needle, the organism goes directly into the blood, bypassing the normal entry route. The immune system is caught off-guard. It is a form of ‘shock’ to the system. Symptoms result after a vaccination and it is important to keep the following symptom list to check if a homeopathic remedy will help you.

Suppose someone you love or yourself develops new symptoms, it is important to look back over the last 2-6 weeks to see if you have been vaccinated. Your new symptoms may be a result of your body’s inability to compensate for the invasion of organisms through an unconventional entry. Normal vector or entry method of an organism into the body is generally the nose, mouth and throat. We inhale organisms from a neighbor’s sneeze or the cough of a check-out employee. The body tries to recognize the organism from the moment of entry and begins its immune reaction response. By the time the organism is in the blood stream or mucous membranes, the body’s immune reaction begins to compensate. When we are vaccinated with a needle, the organism goes directly into the blood, bypassing the normal entry route. The immune system is caught off-guard. It is a form of ‘shock’ to the system. Sometimes new symptoms result after a vaccination and it is important to keep the symptom list below to check if a homeopathic remedy will help you

Robin Murphy, ND, author of Homeopathic Clinical Repertory ( a book that is a collection of symptoms) devotes an entire section to VACCINATIONS. Each symptom in a repertory is followed by a series of remedies that are shown to help that symptom. Below is a list of those symptoms. The remedies are not included in this article; however, there are a few remedies that seem to repeat often throughout the chapter. Let’s go over the main players in Vaccinosis or having side effects from vaccinations. If you have anyone that has been vaccinated and within a month or two these symptoms occur, you may want to call a homeopath and discuss the possibility of a remedy. Homeopathic remedies are found over the counter in many health food and grocery stores. They are safe to take for all ages, especially babies. They do not interfere with medications and should be taken under the tongue or in children’s water. Because it is energetic information, we do not require a ‘blood level’ of the substance. Remedies are frequencies of a substance and when they are taken under the tongue, these frequencies register throughout all of the body cells instantly. The communication in the body is more like a cell phone call rather than a pony express letter.

Common Remedies: Carcinosin, Thuja, Silica, Gelsemium (Information on the mentioned remedies is taken from Studies of Homeopathic Remedies by Dr Douglas Gibson, 1994.)

Symptoms after vaccinations

1. Below is a list of symptoms from Murphy’s homeopathic repertory.
2. Please use this list to understand the magnitude of symptoms that may occur 1-6 weeks after a vaccination.
3. Please call a classical homeopath or order online the repertory listed above at www.minimum.com so that you may locate remedies to match your symptoms.
4. Please understand that your new symptoms may not be the result of vaccination.  However, it is best to take it into strong consideration.

LIST
Allergic reactions (see Asthma)
Hives and swelling
Rhinitis
Allergy, shots, ailments from
Anxiety, vaccinations, after
Arms, vaccinations, effects
Atrophy, of right arm, after re-vaccination
Biceps, functions, wanting
Emaciation, after
Erysipelas, small red raised papules on eighth day
Red, and inflamed swellings
Sensitive to touch
Swollen, arm
Ulcer, excavated, laying bare muscle
ASTHMA, after vaccination
Children, in
Sneezing, with
Atrophy, or right arm, after re-vaccination
AUTISM, children, after vaccination
Axilla, glands, agg. After vaccination
Backache, since vaccination
Bacterial, infections, vaccination
Brain, inflammations, from suppressed eruptions
Catatonia
Chickenpox, infection
Children, fever, in
Chronic, reactions
Coma, fever, from
Condylomata (warts), consists of a number of pointed, roundish, ulcerating edge
Conjunctivitis, vaccination, after
Convulsions, vaccination, after
Coughing, vaccination, after
Cowpox, vaccinia
Development, arrested
Diarrhea, vaccination, after
Diphtheria, vaccination, ailments from
Diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, (D.P. T.), vaccination, ailments from
ECZEMA, after
Emaciation, arms, after
Eruptions, after
Bad, vaccine lymph, from
Itch, like, depriving child of sleep
Varicella, like
Erysipelas, aster
Dark, and thickened, skin
Red, dark, ninth day after
Eyes, inflammation, after
Felon, paronychia, after
FEVER, after
Furuncles, after
HEADACHES, after
HYPERACTIVE CHILDREN, from
HYPERSENSITIVE, after
Drugs, to allopathic
Remedies, to homeopathic potencies
Imbecility, after
Infections, after
Influenza, vaccinations, after
Insomnia, sleeplessness, after
Itch, like depriving child of sleep
Keratitis, eyes
Legs, ailments, after
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination, ailments from
Measles, vaccination, ailments after
Mumps, vaccination, ailments from
Nausea, from
Pertussis, vaccination, ailments from
Phlyctenules, vaccination after
Pimples, vaccination, deep at point of , small
Polio, vaccination, ailments from
Preventive, prophylactic for side effects
Pustules, vaccination, after
Head, on
Itching, burning
Leg, on
Rabies, vaccination, ailments from
Rash, after vaccination
Redness, erysipelatous
Rubella, vaccination
Scabby, eruption, after vaccination
Smallpox, vaccination, ailments from
SPEECH, loss of or from vaccinations
Stomach, pain, after vaccination
Suppuration, fingernails, after vaccination
Swelling, over whole arm, red and inflamed
Shoulder, vaccination after
Upper, arm, vaccination, after
Tetanus, vaccination, ailments from
Injuries, after
Malignant
Preventive, for
Touch, sensitive to
Trembling, limbs, vaccination, after second
Tuberculosis, incipient
Tumors, after vaccinations
Ulcers, after
Vaccinia (see cowpox)
Whooping, cough (see Pertussis)

Remedies

Carcinosin - An extremely important remedy for major reactions to vaccinations, The remedy Carcinosin is found to be an important and effective remedy for severe vaccination reactions by children. These severe actions include autism, arrested development, or loss of speech. Carcinosin, the nosode of breast cancer, was used by homeopathic physicians of the nineteenth century. Clinical recordings of this remedy are more of a collection of observations of those helped when taking it. The first papers were published in 1954 and again in 1958. The symptoms were recorded for adults as well as children.

The family history is very important in the proper selection of this remedy. The client will have a family history of cancer, tuberculosis, pernicious anemia, diabetes or any combination of these. The patient’s past medical history may include glandular fever, whooping cough or pneumonia at an early age. Many times the patient needing Carcinosin will have a café-au-lait complexions, blues sclerotics and many moles. They may also have blinking eyes or bizarre tics. Today, many without the café-au-lait complexion, have had tremendous response from this remedy. Insomnia is prevalent in those requiring this remedy. When they are mentally fatigued they feel better from a short nap. Usually the subject is fastidiously tidy. Children tend to sleep on their sides with their knees drawn up to their chests (genupectoral position).

One theory is that the family background of auto-immune symptoms and diseases predispose the child for a more difficult assimilation of the vaccine contents. The auto-immune system cannot respond as efficiently as other children’s. It can be an extremely effective homeopathic remedy in these cases. The selection of Carcinosin must be verified by a qualified homeopath. It is a main remedy after reactions to the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine.


Thuja - Thuja occidentalis is made from the white cedar, a smallish tree found growing in cool, damp regions of North America. The remedy has an affinity with mucous lining of the urinary tract and can cause acute inflammation with a discharge. There is a tendency to feel dazed or confused on waking from a sleep. Inattention is due to the mind being preoccupied with persistent thoughts. The person needing Thuja is usually apathetic and likes to be alone. Music can bring tears. Excess of everything is a main symptom of needing Thuja. They will act and talk very quickly and feel rushed. The smallest problem sets them into a frustrated state. There are generally ‘fixed ideas’. The main idea is that ‘his soul is separated from his body’. It is not uncommon for them to be clairvoyant. Other fixed ideas include: people standing by the bed, being pregnant, the belly feels as if pregnant, legs are made of wood, and the feeling like they could shatter into small pieces and fragments…that they are made of glass or porcelain. They have a great sensitivity to people, atmosphere and music. They generally don’t like to be touched.

As with all of the mentioned remedies of this article, there are many physical symptoms that are characteristic of Thuja. These can be found in homeopathic books, online or through a homeopath. It is always best to consult a classical homeopath before taking any remedy for severe reactions to vaccinations. There are many remedies that are close in symptom picture and accuracy of selection is important. Accuracy of selection can lead to tremendous balancing and reversal of symptoms.

When homeopaths thinks of vaccinosis they are trained to think of Thuja. It is a universal remedy for many types of vaccination including the influenza vaccine. It is often given to animals before and after shots. This can be applied as a general rule for children, too. It is always best to match exact symptoms of vaccinosis reaction. Thuja helps such symptoms as general aggravation, ailments after allergy shots, anxiety, asthma, warts or condylomata, coughing, diarrhea, eruptions, fever, infections, leg problems, sleeplessness, insomnia, stomach pain, swellings, tumors, or coldness of right leg. When a persona starts to grow warts after vaccination, Thuja from a health food store, Thuja may be very effective.

Silica - Silica is prepared from silicon dioxide. Silicon dioxide is found in nature in quartz, flint, sandstone and many other minerals. It is also a constituent of emeralds, aquamarines, amethyst, opal and zircon. Silica’s affinities are for the digestive system and connective tissue, which becomes inflamed and diseased. Malabsorption is a problem in those needing homeopathic Silica.

The child appears sallow, sickly, sweaty and small for its age. The child’s head appears too large for the body and the stomach may be distended. The gait is generally stooping with the toes turned in. Nails are often rough, yellowish and brittle.

The child tends to agree with everything said and may become confused if questioned.

The Silica child (child needing homeopathic silica) is self-willed, touchy, does not like to be touched or even looked at, rather intelligent and shy or timid. The child is full of apprehension, lacking confidence in himself. This lack of confidence in creating or composing or public speaking is mostly from the lack of drive and ‘grit’ or initiative. The child is tired and wants to lie down most of the time. Every project feels like a huge mountain to climb. The child has no confidence in himself and is discouraged at the smallest failure. Mistakes in speaking may occur because talking is difficult and tries to find the right word. Decisions can not be made. The nervous system is overstrained so much so that the child will shake at the smallest noise. Silica subjects seem to have an obsession with pins. The appetite is poor in the Silica child. There is a desire for cold food and cold milk, especially mother’s milk and is excessively thirsty.

Silica is called the ‘homeopathic knife’ as it will expel foreign objects from the body, such as a splinter or piece of glass.


Gelsemium - Homeopathic Gelsemium is made from the yellow jasmine or false jasmine, Carolina jasmine. It is noted to be an excellent remedy for flu symptoms when the symptoms come on slowly. Muscular weakness is felt in the gelsemium patient. The limbs feel so heavy it is difficult to move. The lungs are affected with respiratory weakness. In paralytic nervous disorders of sudden onset, in virus toxemias and measles, gelsemium has great successes.

The mind seems to be paralyzed. The person needing gelsemium is listless, indolent, wants to be left alone and is apathetic. There is an aversion to noise or bright light. Depression is common as is a fear of death. Fear of the dark and a fear of falling highlight the need for gelsemium. Another characteristic of the remedy is a nervous restlessness and apprehension, especially before any kind of ordeal or the undertaking of some new responsibility.

A main physical symptom is the tendency to nervous diarrhea from emotional stress

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