The Turner Clinic program for

Irritable Bowel and Digestive Complaints

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A nine year research project at Turner Clinic of Alternative Medicine, in Dublin, Ireland , involving 43,000 case histories, has identified a combination of nosodes (homoeopathic vaccines ) and accompanying ordinary homoeopathic remedies, which seem to promise a 90 percent success rate in various types of irritable bowel syndrome. The use of nosodes, or homoeopathic vaccines, is an established part of recognized medical use of homoeopathy in Germany

The practitioner, Ronnie Turner, who has been in practice since 1977, has been using German made pleomorphic nosodes, a number of other bowel specific nosodes, and some ordinary homoeopathic remedies, to treat the patients.

He says it has taken many years of experimentation to work out the best combination of nosodes, but claims that the remedies indicated by the studies, combined in a stable liquid concentrate derived from lactobacillus acidophilus, successfully treat a wide variety of intestinal complaints. And there are no side effects.

"It's obvious that chronic food poisoning organisms, which get into the villi in the small intestine, and overgrowth of fungal parasitic organisms are the factors that underly this very common problem. We favorably influence 90 percent of such cases."

The nosodes named by Turner are:

• Penicillin Roquefortii
• Bacillus Cereus
• Candida Parapsilosis
• Bacillus firmus
• Salmonella 
• Penicillin chrysogenum 
• Candida albicans

The blue cheese mould that cures…

The leading remedy emerging from a computerized analysis of all bowel cases seen at the Clinic is a nosode obtained from the mould fungus Penicillium roquefortii.

Penicillium roquefortii is used in the manufacture of blue cheeses e.g. Roquefort, Gorgonzola, Stilton, Danish Blue etc. During the fermentation process the fungus spores are injected into the curd. Growth of the fungus imparts a pleasant tang to the final product. Actually, the blue in the blue-cheese is caused by the pigment in the spores of the fungus. So, when you eat blue cheese you are consuming these spores by the million.But their real curative power is only released, Turner says, when the mould is potentised by traditional homoeopathic methods.

Despite its derivation, the nosode of course is not an antibiotic and does not produce antibiotic substances. Therefore, there is no occurrence of side effects that may occur during an antibiotic treatment, such as allergies, liver damage, destruction of the intestinal flora, and the formation of penicillin-resistant strains. Because it's homoeopathic, and has no material dose of the original substance, there is no danger of an allergic reaction.

Food poisoning "hair of the dog"…The second most potent immune stimulant in this research is a nosode made from non-pathogenic Bacillus cereus , a common food poisoning organism. According to the manufacturer's notes on this remedy, its protein substances, polysaccharides, and ferments, activate the endogenic defence and healing functions in chronic inflammatory diseases. In immunological testing models, a high rise of granulocytic phagocytosis-activity has been recorded. Also a strong increase in the T-lymphocyte proliferation .

And then the fungal "hospital bug"…

Coming up a close third in the big hitters against IBS is the nosode of Candida parapsilosis, which is described by microbiologists as an important non-albicans species which infects hospitalized patients.

Research reports have associated Candida parapsilosis with endocarditis in intravenous narcotic addicts.

More recently, this species has emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen, with clinical manifestations including fungemia, endocarditis, endophthalmitis, septic arthritis, and peritonitis, all of which usually occur in association with invasive procedures or prosthetic devices.

Outbreaks of C. parapsilosis infections have been caused by contamination of hyperalimentation solutions, intravascular pressure monitoring devices, and ophthalmic irrigating solution.

 Experimental studies have generally shown that C. parapsilosis is less virulent than Candida albicans or Candida tropicalis.

 However, characteristics of C. parapsilosis that may relate to its increasing occurrence in nosocomial settings include frequent colonization of the skin, particularly under the nails, space, and an ability to proliferate in glucose-containing solutions, with a resultant increase in adherence to synthetic materials.

The IBS connection here is not clear, but in practice the remedy is often called for. The manufacturer's notes say it's main effect is to restore a balance in the environment of the bowel and to counteract fungal organisms.

Then a soil bacteria converted into a vaccine…

Bacillus firmus is described by the manufacturer's notes as " a gram positive, aerobic, and motile bacteria, isolated mainly from soil. Bacillus firmus is a phyto-hormone producing and phosphate solubulizing bacteria.

" B. firmus is a particular strain from the group of non-pathogenic bacilli which raise the defensive capacity of the bacterial flora.

 Its content of polysaccharides, ferments, and specific protein combinations creates a special immune and irritative therapy. Thereby, the progressing disease process is blocked and the specific defense capacity is activated. In immunological test models, a significant rise in phagocytic activity has been established. A strong rise in the T-lymphocyte proliferation also Bacillus Firmus as a potent immune modulator."

The other leading remedies appearing in the computer analysis of the successfully treated cases were the nosodes of the food poisoning organism Salmonella, Chronic Appendicitis and Candida Albicans.

The Allergy Factor:

Another side of treating IBS at the Turner Clinic is the role played by allergies in this complaint.

Experience at the Clinic shows that some 70 percent of cases have an allergic element.

A Swiss medical system for allergy testing has been in use by the practitioners at Turner Clinic for many years.

Allergies as a factor overall in these cases range from a low 25% to 80 or 90 percent.

Where the allergy factor is low, the problem can clear quite successfully with the German nosode therapy, even without dealing with the food problem.

 If the allergy factor is high, only partial or temporary relief can be gained from the homoeopathic treatment without avoidance of the foods.

The Emotional Factor:

In the experience of the Turner Clinic, another factor in IBS is long- term unresolved emotional traumas.

 In more recent years, the Clinic has introduced Emotional Freedom Technique, a psychological acupuncture technique, without needles, which they say has proven very successful.

They have also extensively used the Luscher Colour Test in conjunction with a system of treatment based on the Bach Flower remedies.

This system was developed by Dr Olga Milisavljevic, a Serbian consultant paediatrician, who used the Luscher Colour test for many years and treated the emotional side of her patients with Bach Flower remedies.

 She worked out which remedies will be successful in the various readouts on the Luscher Colour Test.

A free program based on her work is on the web at www.coloursforhealth.com