2012 “Occidental Institute Research Foundation” Board Members Board of Directors Carolyn L. Winsor-Sturm, BMus BEd Penticton, British Columbia, Canada (Chairman of the Board, CEO) Peter Service Peachland, British Columbia, Canada (Vice Chairman of the Board) Elaine Mackenzie Kaleden, British Columbia, Canada (Administrator) Karim Dhanani, ND Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Chief Medical Advisor) Zenon Gruba, MBBS, KHS Camberwell, Victoria, Australia (Medical Advisor) European Medical Board of Advisors Gottfried Cornelisson, DMD Rostock-Warnemünde, Germany a. Prof. Ivan Engler, MD, PhD Salzburg, Austria Prof. Hartmut Heine, PhD, [...]

Here is my annual article for “The Bridge”. It is short, but as always the information is priceless. I owe this information to Dr Joseph Hulme, an American needle acupuncturist. Dr. Hulme was approached by the USA military to design a swift, reliable and effective analgesic sequence for the acute, traumatic and painful situations so often found by soldiers in battle zones. I have used this sequence on myself for acute sciatica, on my staff for migraine headaches and on my patients in both acute and chronic situations. I [...]

Technical Diagnostic Support in the Modern Natural Healing Practice The increasing burden on earth, water, air and food of synthetic materials (e.g. herbicides or insecticides) results in people coming into contact daily with a huge number of materials foreign to the body (unphysiological). Of course in our daily lives substances which are included in consumer goods (scented materials, preservatives, disinfectants, etc.) are not to be forgotten. In the course of life these materials are picked up by the body through respiration, [...]

The Importance of the Intermediaries of the Citric Acid Cycle for Bioregulatory Medicine The citric acid or tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) localized in the mitochondria and the interconnected electron transport chain (ETC) lead to the formation of ATP, the most important energy source of the cell. The TCA cycle is the shared final stage for the dismantling of all nutrients and is therefore the actual life preserving turntable of the metabolism. There all components of the tissues (carbohydrates, proteins and [...]

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) The Frequency of Change I’ve seen a lot of information about Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy in the last couple of years. As in many areas, there appears to be a wide variety of equipment and procedures that use this moniker. And as usual, there’s a big difference among the approaches being used. Waveforms, intensity, frequency and other variables are very diverse, covering a broad spectrum. Some machines warn people not to use them if they have a pacemaker, for instance. Some units produce an [...]

In this article I would like to present some interesting observations made during the course of this year. Before discussing these observations a broad description of geopathic stress is presented in order to help orientate those readers who are less familiar with these concepts. Geopathic Stress A vexing question for the physician is why some patients, despite excellent and appropriate therapy, fail to respond to treatment or give only a marginal response. Sometimes there is a good response only to be followed by relapse; sometimes [...]

Lyme disease, named after the famed 1975 outbreaks in Lyme, Connecticut, is often known as the “great imitator” for its frequent mimicry of many other conditions. Estimated to be under-reported by a factor of 6 to 10 in the USA alone, Lyme has often lived in the shadow of other more publicized epidemics and public health issues, such as HIV and SARS, even though in recent years, it has likely outnumbered them both (1). Further complicated by the often problematic and inconsistent diagnostic criteria and testing methods put forth [...]

For this Issue it is with the greatest of pleasure that I bring good news. The pages of the German journals have been filled with news about the happy celebrations for the birthdays of five honored and respected leaders within our field of Biological Medicine. They are all teachers, practitioners and researchers. These men are the giants that we all look up to and seek to learn from. I hope you will join with me in wishing heartfelt appreciation and joy as they celebrate these milestone birthdays. All of [...]

The Physical Basis of the BioResonance Method The triumphant progress of classical physics was possible with the understanding that the world is objectifiable, the smallest component is reducible, and all processes run off linearly and causally. This had considerable consequences for the world view: The sensual, emotional, spiritual, etc. areas were excluded from the scientific picture and thus the holistic approach was negated. Modern physics emphasizes against the holism of the world and shows that processes in general, and in particular in Biological Systems (BS), [...]

Complementary Medicine Diagnosis and Therapy Procedures What is Meaningful and Up-to-Date? There is absolutely no question that classical school [orthodox] medicine is unsurpassed in acute [emergency] care. Treatment of a bone fracture will not be successful with globuli or Bach Flowers. Now and then however doubts are expressed whether its exclusiveness claim for maintenance and/or recovery of our health can remain even today. In this article, it will be demonstrated that for chronic illnesses the symptom related approach of school medicine is not always carefully [...]