Materia Virosa is the tool for understanding the infectious states in a phenomenological way. As infectious diseases are one of the important fundamental causes for chronic diseases, an updated knowledge of Genus Epidemicus is necessary for a sound analysis of chronic patients. Understanding newly defined miasmatic patterns was one of the interests of Samuel Hahnemann, too. For example, what was called Sycosis by Hahnemann had

been called 'Syphilitic warts' and in some cases 'Syphilitic gonorrhea' by French doctors. Following careful observations, Hahnemann traced an independent dynamic state beginning with a distinct primary infection and a classical pattern of latency, progression and secondary manifestations. We now know that by Sycosis, Hahnemann was describing Condyloma accuminatum, the dynamic state of Human Papilloma Virus (or HPV) co-infected in some cases with Herpes Simplex Virus type 2.

 

I am sure that with the current epidemiological data, Hahnemann would continue his effort to specify distinct chronic miasms. I believe that what Hahnemann called Psora is mainly the overall image of viral states capable of inducing latency and secondary manifestations. The phenomenological study of the mentioned viral states, their antimiasmatic remedies and their relative similarities with Hahnemann's antipsorics are some of the confirmatory evidence.

 

The miasmatic pictures of 60 viral states and their related remedies are gathered in this book. The related repertory, Repertorium virosum and its software help us to trace the presence of latent and secondary viral states in patients suffering from chronic diseases. It is worth noting that these new tools are not going to be used as substitutes for all the current effective tools and techniques in case analysis. They just help us to complete the picture of the disease in cases with paucity of valuable symptoms and also help us to understand the dynamic nature of chronic miasms; especially in patients infected with multiple miasms.

 

 

For a better understanding of the basic concepts related to the study of Genus Epidemicus and its role in case analysis you can find out my articles in the library of my website http://www.minutus.org . Among the existing ones, recommended articles are ‘Basic Principles in Treatment of Chronic Diseases’ (Parts 1, 2, 3), ‘Chronic Diseases – The Effective Causal Complex’, ’40 Points in Analysis of Chronic Patients’, ‘Sycosis & Gonorrhea’, ‘Syphilis – A Fresh Look’ and ‘Common Gonorrhea’.

 

The precious hidden gift in Samuel Hahnemann's 'Chronic Diseases'  is the point that in most chronic diseases the fundamental cause is an underlying infectious disease (in its non-contagious latent or secondary phase). 'What is to be cured' in the patient is actually this underlying infectious 'state'. Materia Virosa and its repertory, help you to discover the underlying state from their manifestations in the patient's symptoms.

 

This first version will be followed by next ones with added signs and symptoms and also next volumes about other categories of infectious states (Prions, Bacteria, Mycoplasma, Chlamydia, etc).

 

The software is beautifully designed and repertorizes the symptoms of the patient and shows the result of miasmatic analysis. The information of the book is also included in the software. It can save cases, do the rubric search for the miasms, has a tour guide,..

 

If you are interested in the book and/or software, contact info@minutus.org