by

Peter Schneider
(Dr.med.vet. Dr.rer.nat.)

^© Copyright by Peter Schneider

The concept of the "treatment bottleneck" is currently the theme of many articles and papers, given that modern food hygiene conditions and changes in the legal framework within the EU have resulted in restrictions on many practices which were commonly employed in the past by the majority of veterinary surgeons in their treatments. A further complicating factor has also crept in: this is the long-predicted resistance of bacteria to antibiotics as a result of frequently uncritical employment of substances with an antibiotic action. This also represents a direct risk to the consumer. Therefore, in the interests of consumer protection, it is high time for changes and modifications to be made to the tools of the veterinary practitioner’s trade, which will ensure that sick animals may continue to be successfully treated in the "post-antibiotic" era. In so doing we must take into consideration particularly those natural treatment modalities which fell into disuse as faith in antibiotics became increasingly prevalent.

Medicine as it is generally taught today is grounded in the cellular pathology of VIRCHOW (1821-1902), and its basis is the description of disturbances in cells, tissues and organs or systems. Thus a monomorphistic view of disease has developed; i.e. each tissue, each organ and each disturbance in health is described according to the symptom picture, recorded, and treated separately.

The German zoologist and microbiologist, Prof. Dr. Günther Enderlein (1872-1968) carried out a programme of research which lasted for decades and was recorded in over 500 scientific monographs. He came to the conclusion that this monomorphistic view of disease could no longer be upheld. He recognised that every human and animal organism contains within its erythrocytes a proto-seed of vegetable origin (the endobiont). Thus for ENDERLEIN all life processes rest on a symbiosis of vegetable and animal principles. This is the antithesis of the prevailing view of PASTEUR (1822-1895) that microorganisms simply exist but are not subject to any developmental process. ENDERLEIN however was able to demonstrate that microorganisms are perfectly capable of undergoing a metamorphic process as a result of both exogenous and endogenous influences. This view of ENDERLEIN’S coincides exactly with that of BÉCHAMP (1816-1908) who laid down the basis for pleomorphism with his theory of "microzymas". This theory states that, under precisely specified conditions, a given micro-organism can occur in varied forms and stages of development, ranging in size from the most microscopic up to the large and highly-developed stages, such as bacteria and fungi. The crucial themes of ENDERLEIN’s research were pleomorphism, symbiosis and the cyclogeny of microorganisms, particularly as it occurs in human and animal bodies, determining whether there is disease or health. As early as 1925 in his seminal book "Bacteria Cyclogeny", ENDERLEIN described this significant process in a demonstrable fashion. (Enderlein, 1925) Pathogenic developmental phases may accumulate in the endobiont, as a result of symbiotic disturbances. In ENDERLEIN’S view this results in the syndrome of "endobiosis" or tendency towards congestion, which is characterised by deleterious congestive conditions with dangerous implications for the supply of blood to the tissues and by increased sluggishness of the blood.

In the course of his work on typhus fever, ENDERLEIN observed mobile structures in the darkfield microscopy of blood which were forming attachments to more highly organised bacteria. The offspring of this coupling became invisible at lightning speed. ENDERLEIN suspected reproductive processes here, resulting in minuscule forms, invisible even in the light of the microscope.

As soon as there is any increase in quantity, or evolution, of the endobiont, any superfluous symbionts are normally removed from the circulation by means of copulatory processes.

However, in the event of an excessive overload (e.g. in the form of exogenous intoxication), the biological self-healing process becomes exhausted, and symbiosis is seriously impaired. According to ENDERLEIN, the biological self-healing mechanism consists of the modification and regulation of pathogenic stages of development by non-pathogenic primitive forms. This results in the symbiont commencing a process of sexual development, leading from the non-pathogenic, immobile particle of albumen (the so-called protite) via the chondrite stage to the parasitic, pathogenic stages of bacteria and fungi. Thus in each case it is the higher stages of these micro-organisms, depending on their cyclogenetic upward mobility which in turn is determined by their milieu, which are responsible for causing illness. Thus, according to ENDERLEIN, illnesses come into being as a result of a mismatch of the symbiont and the host organism, the metabolism of the host organism being adversely affected by the metabolism of the highly developed endobiont. When an illness is cured, this therefore implies the normalisation of this mutual relationship.

At the time of writing, such perspectives were extraordinary indeed, and they mark ENDERLEIN out as a pioneer of modern ecological thinking, whilst at least calling into question the concept of bacterial monomorphism which is still taught today.

Other researchers past and present have given their various interpretations as to the origin of viral life-forms, as parts of cell nuclei which have broken off from them and become independent. ENDERLEIN, on the other hand, had moved far beyond such scientific theses with his research, decades before. With the aid of dark field microscopy applied to native blood samples, he was able to demonstrate this vital microbial process, in terms of both its origin and its cycle (Bleker, 1997). As soon as this vital process departs from a state of physiological homeostasis, all the features of parasitism set in. In this state the non-pathogenic symbionts (protites and chondrites) which activate enzymes and metabolism, become pathogenic microorganisms, in terms of the Germ Theory.

The Nature of Isopathic-Homoeopathic Treatment.

Isopathic-Homoeopathic treatment is a regulatory therapeutic modality, whose aim is to effect a natural restoration of destroyed physical processes with the aid of homoeopathic remedies (Schneider, 1998 a & b). In Germany the veterinary isopathic and homoeopathic remedies are also registered for use with animals reared for the food industry. In the decades during which it has been in use, this treatment has proved its worth.

The main concern of this treatment is the restoration of the natural balance of processes which have become disharmoniously derailed, and to achieve this without the use of artificial means, which may also be alien to the body and the environment. Isopathic remedies are prescribed according to the principle "Similia similibus curentur" (Like cures like). In contrast to treatment with nosodes derived from morbid products, which provokes a stimulative response as the first step towards healing, ENDERLEIN considers that the action of the chondrites in the isopathic preparation, related as they are to the body, lies in a copulative transformation of the basic microbial process, which has been destroyed. One of the chief concerns of Isopathic treatment is the removal of all influences which lead to congestion. For an understanding of pathogenesis the microorganisms of greatest significance are those which, through their own metabolism, contribute to a dangerous rise in blood viscosity by virtue of their advanced cyclogenetic stage of development. In this context, the most important microorganisms are Mucor racemosus Fresen. and Aspergillus niger van Tieghem.

Thus the therapeutic domain arrives at a preparation of the microorganism Mucor racemosus Fresen. Working in the blood of the sick organism, this reduces the more advanced, parasitic fungal stage to its original non-pathogenic stage, thereby ensuring free flow of the blood through even the smallest vessels. Thus this remedy is able to cure circulatory disturbances, for instance, as well as other traumas of various origins.

Another preparation contains chondrites from cultures of Aspergillus niger. This fungus is very closely associated with the development of tubercular conditions, even of embryonic ones, from which conditions may often develop which apparently have a different identity of their own. This preparation effectively and lastingly deconstructs the microorganisms which are responsible for all tubercular and para-tubercular conditions. It is used successfully in the treatment of aspergillosis, of diseases of the genito-urinary tract, including carcinomas and cysts, as well as of skeletal diseases and warts. It is interesting to note that recently a direct link has been established between para-tuberculosis of cattle (John’s disease) and Crohn’s disease in humans (see B.M.J. Feb. 1998). Mycobacterium paratuberculosis is causally associated with both diseases, and they can be successfully treated with the help of isopathic-homoeopathic therapy.

Another preparation is obtained from the microorganism Penicillium chrysogenum syn. notatum. This preparation does not contain penicillin. The primitive forms of Penicillium chrysogenum bring about a stimulation of the body’s own defences which is specific neither to a trigger nor to an antigen. In recent scientific parlance the concepts of "paramunisation" and "paramunity" (Mayr, 1998) are linked to this. In treating bacterial inflammations and pyoses this preparation is the remedy of choice. This preparation is particularly indicated in all staphylococcal and streptococcal infections.

There is a preparation for use in the treatment of dermal mycoses, particularly those caused by varieties of Trichophyton; this contains a particular extract of Trichophyton verrucosum. According to the laws of Isopathy, the triggering organisms are deconstructed by the remedy, and the products of this deconstruction can then be eliminated from the body via the natural route.

Between 1911 and 1914 A. Calmette and G. Guerin described the production of a basic solution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis. Following a long and quite particular preparation period, this displayed a non-virulence, without losing its antigenic quality. This suspension of live attenuated mycobacteria is used in vaccination and provokes a cutaneous reaction. The homoeopathic preparation of a cellular extract of the mycobacteria possesses the same outstanding immune modulatory properties as the regular vaccine, without any trace of its infectiousness.

A further remedy in this group is prepared from a filtrate of cultured Bacillus subtilis, a non-pathogenic bacillus with permanent forms. This

preparation is a gently acting stimulant, which provokes neither an appreciable rise in body temperature nor any general reactions. It has also proved its worth in the treatment of infectious diseases as a non-specific immune modulator.

In many diseases, following the elimination of the triggering organisms, their toxins may remain behind to maintain the state of illness. Furthermore, these toxins themselves may be the sole cause of the illness. To protect themselves from their own toxins, triggering organisms form specific polysaccharides (known as antigen absorbers, according to CORNELIUS; Cornelius, 1990), whose job it is to bind the trigger’s own toxins or antigens and so prevent them from becoming active. Furthermore viruses, bacteria, plants and animals know how to store and transmit biological information, with the assistance of saccharide units. Thus the code encrypted in this language is able to influence many regulatory processes in the host organism.

Additionally, the low molecular polysaccharides produce haptenes, which are capable of stimulating the immune defences, both cellular and humoral: not on their own, but in partnership with a higher molecular carrier (e.g. protein). Bacterial toxins, which had been liberated during previous infections but could not be eliminated from the body on account of deficient immunogenic properties, can be bound by haptenes, and then become an antigen. This antigen has the ability to stimulate the immune system by activating T-lymphocytes, which finally leads to an elimination of the bacterial toxins.

Preparations of Salmonella enteritidis and Trichophyton verrucosum contain the polysaccharide constituents (haptenes) of the relevant trigger in a special extract. Strong primary aggravations and antigen blockades are mitigated or removed by these preparations. Therefore they are frequently employed as an intercurrent treatment when the corresponding nosode is being taken. Haptenes from Salmonella enteritidis have worked well in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis, chronic gastro-enteritis, and generally in stunted growth.

Polysaccharides from Trichophyton are used in dermal mycoses to cleanse the mycological terrain after treatment with the already mentioned extract from the same fungus (see above).

Overall, isopathic-homoeopathic therapy not only offers the possibility, in many cases, of managing without medicines which have an antibiotic action, but furthermore it decisively enhances the range of treatments available to the veterinary practitioner. Using this therapy will make it possible, in many cases, to bypass the bottleneck in treatment of animals bred for food.

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Bleker, M. (1997): Blutuntersuchung im Dunkelfeld nach Prof. Dr. Günther Enderlein.
2. Auflage, Semmelweis-Verlag
[Dark field examination of blood using the method of Prof. Dr. Günther Enderlein. 2nd Ed., German/English]

Cornelius, P. (1990): Nosoden und Begleittherapie. Hinweise für Praxis und Forschung aus der Erfahrung mit dem Medikamententest. Pflaum-Verlag, München
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Enderlein, G. (1925): Bakterien-Cyclogenie. Prolegomena zu Untersuchungen über Bau, geschlechtliche und ungeschlechtliche Fortpflanzung und Entwicklung der Bakterien.
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[Bacteria Cyclogeny. Prolegomena to investigations of structure, sexual and asexual propagation and development of bacteria. 1925, Walter de Gruyter Press, Berlin; reprinted 1981 by Semmelweis Press, Hoya.]

Mayr, A. (1998): Paramunisierung: Empirie oder Wissenschaft? Biologische Tiermedizin 2/98, 40-49
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