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. [...]
Environmental Medicine Environmental Pollution and Environmental Illnesses Therapy Possibilities The human being designates himself as the “crown of creation”. This implies a high sense of responsibility compared with the creation to which he belongs. Even so however this eminently important feeling appears to be missing. In August 1883 the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia erupted with incredible force; enormous amounts of ash were sent into the atmosphere. This catastrophe had huge consequences for the whole northern hemisphere of the earth in the [...]
ABSTRACT Energy is the substance of life. Without the understanding of energy, medical professionals cannot possibly comprehend the significant role that energy plays in medicine. We could not imagine a hospital today without the diagnostic capabilities of X-Ray, MRI, EEG, and EKG. All of these techniques measure and report the energy of a particular part of the body. The author’s hope is that this article will widen the reader’s perspective, understanding, and use of Energy Medicine which, ideally, should complement patient care. Keywords: Energy Medicine, Electromagnetism, Biofeedback, Focused Field [...]
The Ebola Virus is one type from the Filoviridae family. These are usually threadlike, 1,000 to 14,000 nanometers long and 60 to 80 nanometers wide in diameter. After the pandemic is before the pandemic. And thus after Bird Flu, SARS, Swine Flu and EHEC (Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli) we are currently flooded with a new wave of scaremongering by the media: Ebola. Allegedly, in this case it concerns a deadly virus illness against which even our progressive school medicine has still found no remedy. Consequently it says, the [...]
The Central Pillar in the New Medicine of the 21st Century In spite of indisputable advances with the treatment of many illnesses like allergies, rheumatic illnesses, respiratory illnesses, acute and chronic pain or neurological pathologies, school medicine pushes on the boundaries with their focus on medication therapies and surgical interventions. Thus it is urgently necessary to more strongly pursue, as already known, the innovative complementary medical therapy approaches. In the future the [complementary medical approaches] will no longer stand in contrast to classical school medicine, but [...]

