What is Homeopathic Immunization? Homeopathic immunisation - also known as homeoprophylaxis (HP) - is a safe and effective way to protect you and your family against childhood and other epidemic diseases. It will even protect your companion and farm animals from their contagious diseases. Homeopathic immunisation can be used against poliomyelitis, chickenpox, meningococcal disease, hepatitis (all types), Japanese encephalitis, Hib, influenza, measles, pneumococcal disease, cholera, smallpox, typhoid, typhus, whooping cough, rubella (German measles), mumps, diphtheria, malaria, yellow fever, dysentery, and many other diseases. Communities around the world have used its protective effect for 200 years. Homeopathic immunisation protects babies through to the elderly, including pregnant women; it is safe for all ages. It does not cause any of the adverse reactions or side-effects that can be associated with vaccines. The prophylactics (medicines or remedies) of homeopathic immunisation are prepared according to safe homeopathic principles. They are free of harmful components and capable of stimulating a strong protective response from the body so its resistance to disease is increased. What is Involved? The prophylactics for homeopathic immunisation are dispensed as small round sugar pills that dissolve easily in the mouth. Children and adults love them; there is no unpleasant taste. When given to babies they may be first dissolved in a little water before being placed in their mouth. Simple! Prophylactics for children are given once a year, for a few years, for their childhood diseases. Prophylactics for travellers may need to be taken as a weekly dose, especially during travel through high-risk areas. Homeopathic Immunisation in History Some past examples where homeopathic immunisation was use for protective purposes during serious epidemic diseases are: * Nurses and patients protected by homeopathic immunisation at the London Homeopathic Hospital remained disease free during a 3 year period in which they were regularly exposed to diphtheria. * During a poliomyelitis epidemic in Buenos Aires, practitioners (homeopaths and doctors) distributed the homeopathic remedy Lathyrus sativus to over 40,000 people. Not one of them developed polio during the epidemic despite repeated exposure. * An Indian study showed that only 6.5 per cent of people immunised homeopathically contracted influenza compared to the 20 per cent who had not received the preventative. Those who did contract the 'flu following homeopathic immunisation recovered more quickly and lost significantly less working hours than those infected. * The Indian government and their Public Health Centres recently distributed the homeopathic preventative, Belladonna, during an epidemic of Japanese encephalitis. A rapid decline in fatalities followed. * Records from a smallpox epidemic Iowa, USA, show that of 2806 individuals protected homeopathically, 547 of them went on to have a known exposure to the highly contagious disease. Of those, 97.5% remained disease free.