Our Honored Founding Medical Director Dr. Sturm’s contributions to the field of biological medicine began in the late 1960’s. The list of firms, methods and remedies that he introduced to North America, and around the world in all English speaking countries, is extensive. It shows his dedication to finding and teaching the best and most effective methods, and his obsession with “keeping the field clean”. Without Dr. Sturm so many methods and therapies in the field of biological medicine would be unknown in the English speaking world – or [...]

When Carolyn asked me to write about my newest toy, the Photon Resonance Test developed by Helmut W. Schimmel, M.D., D.M.D., it got me thinking about Dr. Walter Sturm’s passing, as well as thinking about how my practice has been influenced by Dr. Sturm and Occidental Institute. I have been in practice for 22 years as a naturopathic physician. I was first introduced to VEGA Testing twenty years ago by a British colleague. He said I would have to go to Germany for training in the VEGA Method. With [...]

DNA Therapy with the Photon Resonance Test By Michael Kofler, MD A short article by Michael Kofler, MD. As you know, through functional medicine we have tried for quite a long time to reach into the genome for diagnosis and therapy. However, the results were not satisfactory. The reason for this is the too low diagnostic penetration depth. The Photon Resonance Test, abbreviated PRT, provided the remedy here. The possibility of penetrating into the cell nucleus produced the first opportunity due to the opening of the transcription of the [...]

Deciding which is dominant of the MANY possible diagnoses your patient presents with, is of utmost importance for starting treatment! Deciding how to treat the patient and not the disease. Deciding to restore a biochemical balance instead of making it worse. Deciding which modalities you are going to use and which medications will produce the desired results. Quoting the late Dr. Schimmel from the forward to his book Functional Medicine, “A lot of the knowledge presented here is not yet taught at the universities”. What doctor in their right [...]

(*May 19, 1929 †December 12, 2003) In memoriam, enclosed is our translation of his recent and unfortunately final “Resonance Homeopathy” article. Dear Research Associate: It is with greatest sadness in my heart, that I must advise you about the passing of Dr. med. dent. Helmut W. Schimmel, founder of the Vegatest method, VRT and Photon-Resonance-Test, originator of the Causal Chains and Functional Medicine concepts, formulator of the Meridian, FM and Resoplex Complexes, and much more. Carolyn and I last spoke with him at his home on October 31st (exactly [...]

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 [...]

Resonance Homeopathy Overview and New Developments By Helmut W. Schimmel†, MD, DMD The Definition of Resonance Homeopathy: Resonance Homeopathy is an application of homeopathic medications developed in 1993/1994 according to resonance principles, which are assigned to organs, organ and cell structures as well as microorganisms (fungi, bacteria), on the basis of their corresponding resonance. Through oscillations of the cell membrane, toxins are eliminated and microorganisms are brought to a state of decay. In contrast to classical homeopathy (with remedy pictures), Resonance Homeopathy is applied based on a functional and [...]

Understanding Nanoamperage Point Values in Clinical Practice:  The “Performance 2001” As manufactured for the Quadromed firm by Med-Tronik, Germany, based on the concept of Dr. Helmut W. Schimmel (M.D., D.M.D.) Introduction The revolutionary diagnostic instrument described herein for measuring the patient’s own emitted potentials at the acupuncture points in nanoamperes (billionths of an ampere!), was recently discontinued. However, a compact next generation model offering even further advanced technological improvements has been developed, which will shortly be available in North America [at a considerably lower price]. [...]

New Findings about Viral Infections With the Photon Resonance Test By Helmut W. Schimmel, MD, DMD A translation of an official lecture by Dr. Schimmel at the “Medicine Week” conference in Baden-Baden, Germany on Oct. 30, 2001 to “The Physicians Society for Functional Medicine and Photon Resonance”. Topics covered: Short description of the Photon Resonance Test Four stage testing New findings about the different infection phases in viral illnesses Five viral infection stages Where are viruses and infectious viral material mostly tested? Pathogenetic interrelations between viruses, infectious viral material [...]

The Photon Resonance Test Developed by Helmut W. Schimmel†, MD, DMD Highlights of the Photon Resonance Test Instrument developed by Helmut W. Schimmel †, MD DMD. An innovative method for electro-acupuncture testing. The foundations of electroacupuncture were laid in the 1950s and over the decades many variants were developed – from the multi-point to the single point measuring method, as well as various regulation tests right up to automation and digitization. Another milestone in the history of electroacupuncture is now the development of the Photon Resonance Test. By means [...]