Happy 45th Sapphire Anniversary!!! Congratulations Occidental Institute Occidental Institute first opened its doors in Weston, Ontario Canada on July 2, 1972. It’s been a long and winding history from those first heady days of being the first traditional acupuncture school in North America until today’s non-profit research organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about Biological Medicine. As we celebrate our 45th Anniversary in a few short weeks, I am once again amazed by the number of years that have passed. How did that really happen? Or is it [...]

26 April 1933* - 15 May 2016† Surrounded by her family Marlene Rita Geiser passed away peacefully on Sunday, 15 May 2016. Her gift of healing, her growing health expertise, combined with her love of the gospel, led to her founding a ministry whose mission was to help people with their health needs. She loved to teach, minister and care for people from all walks of life. She had a wealth of nutritional and natural health expertise and experience, which she put to use to seek solutions [...]

Translated and abridged from the words of Dr.med. Olaf Kuhnke, Switzerland CO’Med, June 2016 Professor Dr.rer.nat.med.Habil. Hartmut Heine (20 April 1941* - 18 April 2016†) Although those who knew him were prepared for it, nevertheless it grieved everybody deeply when they found out about the death of the important scientist Hartmut Heine who was recalled from this world during the night of the 17th into the 18th of April 2016 only two days before the completion of his 75th year. As a student he plunged with full enthusiasm into [...]

New Member of OIRF North American Board of Medical Advisors It is my great pleasure to announce another new member to our elite and prestigious “North American” Board of Medical Advisors. Daniel Beilin, BSc, OMD, LAc Clinical Logistics and Education Consultant for Complementary Medicine Clinics and Hospitals Dr. Daniel Beilin was born in Los Angeles and has practiced complementary medicine for 31 years. He has a neurophysiology, gastroenterology and herbal pharmacology background. His first scientific endeavor included his own designed laboratory research at the UCLA Brain Research Institute, studying evoked [...]

Of course we can trace the use of energy in all its various forms for medical applications back to the beginning of man. But it is during the time of the past 60 or so years that has brought energy and biological medicine back into everyday use by natural healing experts around the globe. It is modern day research and technology that has given us the ability to return to and effectively use these natural energetic methods. But I’m not going to lay out thousands of years of history [...]

News and Updates after Germany Tour #42, 2015 As always during these Germany Tour programs, I have my own personal research and interests to pursue. Once my participants (especially the “first-timers) have graduated beyond “duckling” stage and the introductory days of the tour and have scattered among the exhibits in the Congress House, I have the opportunity to visit with longtime colleagues, former speakers, the book store(!) and of course my own journey through the exhibit stands. Although much always remains the same (like Dieter Jossner from Medical Electronics [...]

As Occidental Institute has worked, struggled and survived through 43 years of research and education in the fields of Acupuncture (TCM) and Biological Medicine we have witnessed, and often participated in, several cycles of acceptance and persecution that have directly affected patients, practitioners and educators. Within the Naturopathic community we have seen a strong shift to “prescribing”. Studying is done, exams are taken and that coveted permission to prescribe medications, supplements and homeopathics is achieved. In many ways this is closer to the traditional practices of the German Heilpraktikers. [...]

Prof. Dr. Manfred Porkert (*16.8.1933,  †31.3.2015) Prof. Dr. Manfred Porkert (PHoto: Helga Porkert) Prof. Dr. Manfred Porkert passed away on the 31st of March, 2015. During his last years it became very quiet around him and his residences in France and Italy, and he accepted contact from Germany only occasionally. At one time this was different. However Prof. Porkert’s was a brilliant mind dominant in the spread of Chinese Medicine in Germany and Europe from the 1970’s until the 1990’s. His Curriculum Vitae speaks for itself: He graduated in [...]

January 2015 In view of our continued emphasis on devices and instrument assisted methods following the discontinuation of so many homeopathic and natural remedies, here once again is a copy of our instrumentation policies. It is worth repeating since sales of devices represent our biggest fund raising activity for OIRF, and also because of our commitment to providing you with the information you need to make an informed decision about purchases. As stated in those policies, our recommendations are based not just on the claimed function of the device, [...]

During the recent A4M conference in Las Vegas it was my great pleasure to meet and talk with so many practitioners and exhibitors. Especially supportive was to hear: “Carolyn, wow. It’s so good to see you again” from docs who had been members in years past and were renewing their connection to OIRF after long time work within our field. Also encouraging were the “networking” possibilities with colleagues and supporters. As a result of those new and re-newed connections it is my great pleasure to announce two new members [...]