The emotional components of disease can be elusive. It is much easier to focus purely on the physical aspect of the person sitting in front of you. But for many of those more difficult cases, the emotional component of the condition will decide the ultimate course of healing. I would like to focus on the symbolic aspect of how the emotional component can affect musculoskeletal cases. The body presents a symbolism that can help us discover and address the blockages in our lives. Sometimes these symbols are universal but [...]
A Special Chronological Report Biological Medicine Group Tour to Germany (Nov. 2003, Tour #29) Including the Baden-Baden "Medicine Week" Sponsored by: Occidental Institute Research Foundation (OIRF) Penticton, British Columbia Canada Neuschwanstein Castle, Schwangau, Germany Sunday (Nov. 2nd): Twenty-four tour participants met at our Frankfurt Airport hotel this evening for an informal welcome reception with our two staff members. Countries represented were Australia, Canada, England, Israel, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States. Because delegates joined us from different countries, everyone made their own airline arrangements. [Like [...]
German Biological Medicine: Can it be the link that connects the reductionist paradigm of medicine with the holistic paradigm? I would like to offer the following ideas for your consideration. I have trained both as a traditional allopathic physician and a classically trained homeopathic physician. I have had the opportunity to see both systems work well and will attempt to integrate both philosophies. Health care delivery systems can be divided into basically two groups: reductionist or holistic. They are divided both by their methods of [...]
Almost twenty years ago, I was becoming frustrated seeing new patients come in to my clinic with ever increasing severity of illnesses, complicated by indications of multiple disorders. A new patient would arrive with signs and symptoms (and confirmed lab tests) of sometimes more than eight disorders occurring at the same time. As a conscientious physician I wanted to help them get well – but where to start? A dear friend and colleague from Eugene, Oregon, suggested I contact Dr. Walter Sturm at “Occidental Institute Research Foundation” for further [...]
UPDATE concerning new WALA Organ Preparation potency designations Due to new German homeopathic production requirements and in preparation for harmonized European Economic Community standards, in 1999 the WALA firm had to change their numerical organ preparation potency designations. WALA produces the Mother Tinctures (Æ) of their organ preparations on the basis of a 1:100 (C) dilution, and termed it a “D2”, with “D3” the lowest generally available ampule potency previously sold. [A costly “D2” (= Æ) ampule was available for the main organ preparations, strictly for diagnostic purposes and [...]