April 2020 Please make it stop!!! The media frenzy of fear mongering and highlighting the worst-case-scenarios seems to never end. We have virtually hourly updates (daily pep-talks from our Canadian Prime Minister giving away yet more money) and unending analysis of how it is our duty to follow the instructions of the “health authorities”. If you will forgive me for adding an attachment, we really need a little bit of humor to bring us back to a positive and optimistic look at the outcome of this situation. [...]

Acupuncture A Plea for Electro-Acupuncture According to Voll; Music of the Dandelion In recent years Electro-Acupuncture According to Voll (EAV) has somewhat fallen into oblivion – similarly to nosodes. However, even through the computer era this method can quickly and inventively support therapists: It helps with diagnostics of among other things chronic seriously ill patients. Examples from 50 years of practice experience prove the efficacy. It has become quiet around Electro-Acupuncture According to Voll (EAV). Nevertheless, as a specialist in general [...]

“Turn! Turn! Turn!*” A Time of Consideration A4M Anti-Aging or Complementary & Energy Medicine Medical vs Wellness or Physical/Chemical vs Energy Can We Use Energetic Assessments to Guide Therapy and Move Toward “Wellness”? I have taken some time after returning from the A4M Conference in Las Vegas, NV during December 2019 and over the recent holiday period for a great deal of personal introspection. My mind has been spinning with the input of exceptional information and the considerations of the consequences of the ever-encroaching regulative restrictions. Like the contradictions [...]

01 October 2019 Dear Colleagues and Friends, The digitalized third version of the OIRF Chinese Medical Classics is now available. For full description and details see product and publication descriptions on this website. Take a look at an excellent article by Taylor Bean, ND published in the NDNR Naturopathic Doctor News & Review, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2019. Entitled “Naturopathic Perspective of Vaccination, Optimizing Immunization & Putting Parents at Ease”, Dr. Bean gives us a practical and perceptive approach for helping our patients, both the parents and the [...]

Announcements, Updates and Reminders August 2019 08 August 2019 Dear Colleagues and Friends, It’s finally done. The over four months of detailed bleary-eyed computer work has finally been completed, and I am pleased to announce that the digitalized third version of the OIRF Chinese Medical Classics is now available. I have come to truly appreciate all the dedicated work that went into the development of these course materials during the early 1980’s. Working as a team Dr. Michael Barnett, Dr. Michael Coburn† and myself (Carolyn) spent endless hours translating, [...]

AcciDental Blow Up in Medicine Battle Plan for Your Life By Simon Yu, MD This book shares new information, innovative approaches, case studies and experience, and doctor-patient journeys to illustrate what you can do to get to the roots of your health challenges and empower your health. It contains guidance for physicians, dentists, and other members of healthcare teams who work with patients facing serious chronic and “unexplained illnesses.” For patients, it includes practical health advice and tips that you can use to find new practitioners to work [...]

accidental cure, (Extraordinary Medicine for Extraordinary Patients) Living Life by a Symphony of Strings and Meridians By Simon Yu, MD Eastern medical philosophy merges with Western medical science in this book that explains paradigm-changing “curing” of incurable diseases by addressing five principals underlying causes of illness. Dr. Simon Yu was born in Korea and has spent most of his life in the United Sates. Today, Dr. Yu is a leading medical doctor and clinician who has learned to use energy medicine as a new biometric diagnostic technique. His [...]

14 August 2018 Dear Colleagues, Friends and Supporters of the former Occidental Institute, It has now been several weeks since the doors of Occidental Institute Research Foundation made that final closing “kathunk” and freed me from all its business and corporate obligations and responsibilities. Although they tell me I’m supposed to be “retired” I haven’t been idle. It does however take time and some thoughtful introspection to look at the future possibilities and consider how I will go forward into this next chapter of my life. During these weeks [...]

A Chronological History of the Occidental Institute Research Foundation 1972 Doors open in Weston (Toronto), Ontario, Canada Traditional Acupuncture School Publication of Extension Training Program 1975 Move to Montreal, P. Québec, Canada Traditional Acupuncture School Publication of Master of Acupuncture Program 1978 Move to Miami, Florida Start of traditional acupuncture resident training programs Introduction of MORA Therapy to North America Sponsor first Clinic and Lecture Tour to Germany Sponsored first North American seminars for: Dr. Hartwig Schuldt (EAV) Dr. Franz Morell (MORA/BEV) Mr. Erich Rasche (Med-Tronik) Mr. Hans Brügemann [...]

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 [...]