A Busy Fall Season 15 September 2026 Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, The summer days are slipping away into the past and we’re all busy moving forward into the routines and busy-ness of the rapidly descending fall season. I hope that each of you have had an opportunity to spend time with family and friends over the summer holidays. There were so many exciting activities, summer festivities (America 250 years! – Wow!), lots of politics and now yet another election season gets underway. Although I personally pulled back from [...]

Supporting Autistic People Holistically How Nutrition and Intestinal Health Can Make Everyday Life Easier Today we know that people on the autism spectrum have specific needs that should be taken into account. Less common is the connection between intestinal health and the well-being of those affected. Dr. med. Petra Wiechel presents an integrative approach from the practice. By Dr. med. Petra Wiechel, Chief Physician at the Swiss Mountain Clinic, Castaneda (CH) As a physician, I regularly observe that children and adults [...]

The word "autism" is being used more and more often, and has also become known to the wider public in recent decades. What does that mean? Who are autistic people? Quirky loners with a lack of manners? Ingenious memory artists? Highly gifted mathematicians? There is no doubt that there are also gifted people among autistic people. However, a large proportion of autistic people have mental or learning disabilities, cannot speak or can only speak to a limited extent, cannot live independently, and are dependent on [...]

Palliative Support With Complementary Approaches Giving Well-being, Trust and Security People in palliative care usually want to be able to spend their remaining time in the highest possible well-being and to experience support for body, mind and spirit in this way. Although the possibilities for patients in this phase have developed significantly in recent decades, there are still many reservations – also among therapists, naturopaths and the personal environment. With this article, I would like to advocate involving more naturopaths in palliative support and care, [...]

Revolutionary! June Commentary and Links June 2026 Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, In the early spring of 2015 as I began developing my lectures on balance and resonance, it was pretty clear that it would take a paradigm shift in perception for the methods and procedures that are so well known to us as energy medicine practitioners to become part of standard medical practice. That shift from chemistry to physics, or from defeating a symptom allopathically to balancing the energetic household seemed far too esoteric – or perhaps too [...]

Rethinking the Heart: Resonance Medicine As A Bridge Between Evidence And Experience Part 2: Psychological, Social, Cultural and Transversal Resonance Summary In the concept of resonance medicine, the heart is not only understood as a physiological organ, but also as a central resonance organ for emotional, social, cultural and spiritual processes. Psychological resonance manifests itself in the interplay of feelings, empathy and neuronal feedbacks and influences well-being and health. Social relationships, communal rhythms and ways of life also have an effect on the heart via [...]

15 May 2026 Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, It has been a busy few months since I last had the opportunity to setup a commentary or forward some of the interesting current links from the English-language journals and research. But, busy it has been. One of my major projects since OIRF.com went live last September has been completed (for now). The newly revised, reformatted and updated version of the Praxis2Practice website has now also gone live. As you look over this month’s translated articles and information, I invite you [...]

Diseases of Civilization Gout Alarm The Best Therapies Against the Endemic Disease Gout – a term that sounds to many like a disease from past centuries. But the reality is different: More and more people in modern societies are affected. Gout is now considered a disease of civilization – triggered by excess, lack of exercise and an unbalanced diet. What is behind this painful joint disease, and how can naturopathy help? This article gives an overview of causes, symptoms and holistic therapeutic approaches for gout. [...]

Infectious Diseases Lyme Disease – The Invisible Danger How Ticks Challenge Our Immune System Lyme disease – a diagnosis that often causes uncertainty and concern among patients and practitioners alike. The infectious disease transmitted by ticks has become a real challenge for the healthcare system. More and more people are reporting fatigue, joint pain and neurological deficits, which are often only associated with Lyme disease at a late stage. While the tick is the focus as a carrier, the disease remains [...]

In Memoriam Peter Mandel 1941 – 2026 We say goodbye to Peter Mandel, an extraordinary person who shaped naturopathy for decades: Born in Breslau in 1941, his path led him early into the healing professions: in 1959 he began his training as a nurse, followed by qualifications as a medical lifeguard, chiropractor, acupuncturist and reflexology therapist. In 1970 he passed the naturopathic examination – a step that laid the foundation for a life's work that radiates far beyond the boundaries of the profession. With inexhaustible curiosity, a spirit of [...]