In this episode, Sue Meyer interviews Dr. Andreas Tilch, a German physician, homeopath, author, and educator who has spent more than 30 years caring for individuals and families—some now spanning three generations. Dr. Tilch first discovered homeopathy as a medical student in 1984. A central focus of his work is the homeopathic remedy Streptococcinum.
Streptococcinum Tilch is a strep nosode made with five hand-done lactose triturations (a “C5” trituration) before liquid potentization. Dr. Andreas Tilch developed it with John Morgan of Helios Homeopathy in the UK. In this episode of Homeopathy for Mommies, Sue Meyer talks with Dr. Tilch about how the remedy came to be, why he gives it to the whole family at once, and what to expect when old, swallowed-down emotions start to surface.
If you’ve followed the conversation in Members Corner, you know our moms have been talking about this remedy for months. Now you can hear it from the doctor whose name is on the label.
What is Streptococcinum Tilch?
Streptococcinum is a nosode, a homeopathic remedy prepared from a disease product, in this case streptococcus bacteria. Dr. Tilch learned about it from Dr. Jayesh Shah of Mumbai about eleven years ago. Over the next three years he gave the original Streptococcinum to more than a thousand people. He saw real changes, but felt something was missing, especially on the physical level.
So he asked John Morgan, head of Helios Homeopathy, how the remedy was made. Morgan checked his records and found it had never been triturated at all. It had been liquid-potentized from the start, as many pharmacies do now. At Dr. Tilch’s request, Morgan made it again by hand over several weekends: five lactose triturations, then liquid potentization. That is the version that now carries Dr. Tilch’s name.
“This new remedy works a lot better than the old one,” Dr. Tilch says. “Because of these triturations, it makes it very, very powerful.”
Download a special handout from Dr. Tilch here
Why C5 trituration?
Hahnemann triturated remedies in lactose up to the 3C, then switched to liquid potentization. Dr. Tilch’s longtime teacher, Jürgen Becker, worked with pharmacist Witold Ehrler, who came to believe that remedies today need a fourth trituration (C4), and that remedies with a strong collective meaning need a fifth (C5).
Dr. Tilch describes the C5 trituration as what “grows our roots into Mother Earth.” Streptococcus is an ancient organism, and in his view it helps us feel rooted, safe and at home in our own bodies.
The potency ladder: 10C to 46.66M
The potencies follow a formula Ehrler worked out: powers of six, plus four.
| Step | Formula | Potency |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 + 4 | 10C |
| 2 | 6² + 4 | 40C |
| 3 | 6³ + 4 | 220C |
| 4 | 6⁴ + 4 | 1.3M (1,300C) |
| 5 | 6⁵ + 4 | 7.78M (7,780C) |
| 6 | 6⁶ + 4 | 46.66M (46,660C) |
Dr. Tilch compares the series to a tree. The 10C is a small plant, the high potencies are “a ladder climbing up into the heaven,” and the whole set covers “the whole vertical axis of life.” Families start low and move up slowly.
“The better sulfur”: one remedy for the whole family
In Hahnemann’s last ten years in Paris he saw 50 to 60 patients a day. According to Dr. Tilch, Hahnemann gave about 90% of them Sulphur, his anti-psoric remedy for the underlying tendency to fall ill, repeated daily for months. He used individualized prescribing only when Sulphur alone didn’t finish the job.
Dr. Tilch calls Streptococcinum Tilch “the better sulfur,” or “living sulfur.” In his practice he gives it to everyone in the family system: mother, father, children, grandparents, “also to the cats and dogs.” Everyone starts with lower potencies and moves up over time. Individual remedies can still be added alongside it, “but you should not stop the streptococcinum.”
Swallowed-down emotions: release, not aggravation
Strep throat makes swallowing painful. Dr. Tilch sees the same pattern on an emotional level: we swallow down anger, grief, jealousy and sadness because we fear we’ll be pushed out of the group if anyone sees them.
Sue shares her own experience. She muscle-tested and started with the 40C, and that night she was full of rage, slamming doors and yelling at her husband without knowing why. Dr. Tilch explains that this was a release, not an aggravation. Sue went back to the 10C and kept going.
His advice is to give it to both partners. When only one person is releasing, the other tends to take it personally. He compares it to using the toilet in the morning: “Your husband will not say, oh my God, you should not have done that… He will say, very good that it’s out.”
The order, he says, is always connection first, then release. Releases come in episodes. Some are anger or grief, but many are laughter, spontaneity, and a new willingness to go out and try things.
A case from Dr. Tilch’s practice
Dr. Tilch describes a man in his fifties with autism who lives in a care home and spends weekends with his sisters. After his mother died, he avoided every photo of her. The whole family, and his nurses, gave him the 10C. About two months later, his sisters reported that he was steadier in his moods, more willing to go to work, and ready to spend a weekend with someone new. When he saw his mother’s picture, he walked straight to it, pointed and smiled: “Here she is.”
Why this remedy fits mothers and babies
Dr. Tilch points out that streptococcus lives in symbiosis: it needs a safe host in order to grow. Sue adds that strep is a normal bacteria in the body, and the trouble starts when it gets out of balance. Dr. Tilch believes that when a mother takes the remedy during and after pregnancy, mother and baby bond more deeply, and that siblings grow together as a family. (If you’re pregnant, work with your own practitioner.)
“Homeopathy for Mommies and Streptococcinum,” he says, “is just like made for each other.”
Where to get Streptococcinum Tilch in the US
- Streptococcinum Tilch C5 Remedies Bundle: all six potencies (10C, 40C, 220C, 1.3M, 7.78M, 46.66M) in Helios original quality.
- Streptococcinum Tilch Video Course: Dr. Tilch’s 13 hours of lectures for families and homeopaths. Use code Strep-Tilch-Mommies for a discount.
- Book: From Primal Fear to Connectedness: Streptococcinum, the Homeopathic Pathfinder (English edition of Von der Urangst zur Verbundenheit). Coming soon to The Outpost Mercantile.
- Dr. Tilch’s English newsletter: case stories, news, and English Q&A sessions, which he plans to start in 2027.
Related episodes
- Understanding Strep Throat: Homeopathic Insights and Remedies for Parents and Caregivers
- Homeopathy: Tuberculinum and Bacillinum Nosodes
About Dr. Andreas Tilch
Dr. Andreas Tilch is a German medical doctor who studied medicine in Munich and practices in Freiburg. He trained in classical homeopathy with Jürgen Becker and has worked as a family homeopathic physician for about 35 years. He is the author of Von der Urangst zur Verbundenheit, now being published in English, and teaches the Streptococcinum Tilch video course. Learn more at dr-andreas-tilch.com.
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