Variolinum: A Complete Homeopathic Remedy for Smallpox and Its After-Effects

• Common Name: Nosode from Smallpox virus
• Source: Prepared from pure lymph of smallpox pustules
• Type: Nosode

Sphere of Action

Acts chiefly on the skin, blood, and nervous system, primarily related to smallpox, vaccinal complications, and post-viral affections.

Temperament & Constitution

• Suitable for individuals suffering from the effects of suppressed eruptions
• Persons who are hypersensitive to vaccination or suffer from vaccinal sequelae
• For children or adults with skin affections following vaccinations

Clinical Indications

• Smallpox (variola) – both for prevention and treatment
• Chickenpox with severe pustules and slow healing
• Complications of vaccination – eczema, ulcers, pustules
• Chronic skin eruptions with a history of suppressed smallpox or vaccine reactions
• Headache or neuralgia following smallpox
• Post-viral fatigue, prostration, and debility
• Eyes inflamed during or after smallpox

Mind Symptoms

• Low vitality, mental dullness after acute exanthemata
• Fear of being alone
• Weak memory and irritability during convalescence

Characteristic Physical Symptoms

• Intense backache with fever (like Prodromal smallpox symptom)
• High fever, chills, vomiting with skin eruptions
• Eruption of vesicles and pustules, painful and slow to heal
• Eruptions that leave deep pits or scars
• Eyes painful, red, with photophobia
• Marked prostration, exhaustion, and sleeplessness
• Severe headache, especially in the forehead and occiput

Modalities

Worse From	Better From
Light, motion, touch	Cold applications, quiet
During eruption stages	After sleep
Suppressed discharges	Open air

Keynotes

• Nosode of smallpox used as a prophylactic and curative
• Eruptions leave pitting scars
• Excellent prophylactic in smallpox epidemics
• Useful in skin affections after vaccination
• Pustular eruptions with intense itching and burning

Potency & Dosage

• Commonly used in 200C or 1M potency
• For prophylaxis: 200C, one dose every 7 days during epidemic
• As a curative: Use as per totality of symptoms and susceptibility

Relationships

Compare With	Complementary/Related Remedies
Antimonium tart, Sulphur, Vaccininum, Thuja, Malandrinum	Vaccininum (for bad effects of vaccination), Sulphur (chronic skin diseases)

One-Line Summary

Variolinum is a nosode used both prophylactically and curatively in smallpox, its vaccine-related disorders, and pustular skin eruptions.