Expert Forum Painful Blisters Herpes Zoster in Traditional European Naturopathy For those in a hurry Herpes zoster is caused by a reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus in a weakened immune system. In addition to anti-viral therapy, naturopathy focuses on strengthening the lymphatic system, constitution and milieu. The goal is to accompany acute processes and prevent post-herpetic neuralgia. Herpes zoster is more than just a painful rash: the resurgence of the varicella-zoster virus can cause long-lasting nerve pain. Friedemann Garvelmann explains the naturopathic connections and therapy [...]

Resonance Medicine As A Bridge Between Evidence And Experience Part 1: Resonance as a Regulative Principle Summary How can we explain resonance phenomena, how do they work, and what promotes them? In which areas does resonance have an effect? This article explores these questions and develops a comprehensive and multidimensional resonance model using heart health as an example. Especially in medicine, where objectively verifiable knowledge (disease) intersects with the body's subjective experience of crisis (being ill), resonance gains particular relevance as a regulatory principle. Resonance [...]

Main Focus Invisible Attackers Living with Inanimate Nature For those in a hurry To prevent disease, it is not a matter of killing germs, but rather of creating a healthy environment and a strong immune system in the body. For example, it can help to cleanse the detoxification and excretory organs such as the liver, intestines, kidneys and skin through naturopathic drainage and detoxification therapies. Viruses and bacteria have already existed for millions of years and are part of life. So that people can still [...]

Another Turning Point April 2025 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters, As I’ve wandered through history, famous quotes and the ever changing story of COVID and vaccinations in my previous commentaries, this month I feel as if we are once again going through another turning point – another transition. I do feel however that we will only see a notable shift in policy and application when the public perception of the information they have been force fed over the past many years is recognized for the deceptions included. What I [...]

The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.” – Cicero, 55 BC March 2025 My Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters, Well, that old American shampoo saying of “wash, rinse, repeat” certainly applies today just as that Santanya/Churchill quote about “those who fail to [...]

What To Do in Case of Post-/Long-COVID Syndrome Naturopathic Treatment Options We speak of Post-COVID syndrome when the symptoms or consequential damage persist four weeks after the initial infection, which is actually over after two to three weeks. All symptoms that persist for more than eight weeks are called Long-COVID. The coronavirus can probably remain in the body for up to 270 days and the affected patients can have to deal with secondary diseases for up to two years. The symptoms [...]

Bioenergetic Procedures for Food Intolerances and Allergies SUMMARY Allergies dominate doctors' practices today. Even though many patients come with completely different symptoms, an allergy is often the underlying cause. It would be completely wrong to act according to a linear approach and view the allergy (which is merely a symptom) as the cause of these diseases. The correct thing to do would be to recognize the same anabolic reaction pattern behind it that also underlies other diseases, with all the diverse, highly individual causes. The goal on a somatic [...]

With Degenerative Challenges Foreword All of us have lurking in our DNA a most remarkable gene whose job is to protect us from the activation and results of faulty mechanisms; the most dramatic end point may be cancer. This gene and its cofactors constantly scan our cells to ensure that when they grow and divide as part of the routine maintenance of our bodies, they do so without mishap. However, if a cell “makes a mistake” due to the overwhelming onslaught of environmental, pathogenic, emotional [...]

No word in the English language elicits as much fear as CANCER. If our parents had cancer, then the traditional thinking is that it is genetic, and we are thus susceptible. Yet my parents smoked cigarettes, ate red meat daily, and did not exercise. If we have a pain in the body that does not go away in a few days, we worry about cancer. If it takes longer than usual to get over a cold or flu, we worry about cancer. There is a [...]

The Causes of Illness & Degenerative Diseases, Part 2: Some Basic Principles of Biological Regulation The term homeostasis was first defined in 1932 by Walter Bradford Cannon. He created it by bringing together two Greek terms: homoios, which means “the same,” “like,” or “resembling,” and stasis, which means “standing,” “position,” or “posture.” Homeostasis, then, literally means “to remain in the same condition,” as close as possible to a steady state of the system. Cannon’s book “The Wisdom of the Body” describes how the human body [...]