<< To use herbs, or to apply effectively any form of therapy, it is necessary to know the unique constitution of the individual, as well as the specific nature of the disease. Western medicine, and to some extent western herbalism, lacks this science of individual constitution. The same disease may occur in different constitutions, and … Continue reading Therapeutic Uses of Ashwaganda (Withania somnifera)
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Designed to inform or mislead?
Dear friend, This post is a response to the German ZDF Zoom program, entitled <<Anthroposophie -- gut oder gefährlich?>>, which I saw recently. It is one of several programs in the documentary series: <<Am Puls Deutschlands mit Jochen Breyer>>. Initially intended to address a German-speaking audience, I have translated it into English since many of … Continue reading Designed to inform or mislead?
“The Mystery of Matter” by Lili Kolisko
"The tragedy of materialism is that it does not comprehend matter." Dr. Rudolf Steiner << These grave words were once uttered by Dr. Steiner, and they made an indelible impression on me. Materialism, which is only concerned with matter, is unable to comprehend matter. What is matter? Matter is spirit that has become visible, condensed, … Continue reading “The Mystery of Matter” by Lili Kolisko
Homeopathy and the Mystery of Matter
Dear interested reader, The effect of homeopathy cannot be scientifically proven? Too often over the years, dishonesty has been at play in professional associations, scientific and medical publications, government agencies and the mass media. Its purpose has been to serve the greed for wealth and power of the now globalized "medical industrial complex" (concept first … Continue reading Homeopathy and the Mystery of Matter
Harkening to the Wake-Up Call of the Spirit
Dear friends, Our healing and medical practice strives to help inquiring individuals not only become healthier physically, psychologically and spiritually, but also to cultivate a deeper, more definite relationship with higher aspects of their whole selves, which already exist in higher dimensions and await their conscious exploration and discovery. We will never be able to … Continue reading Harkening to the Wake-Up Call of the Spirit
Chinese herbal medicine: Shufeng Jiedu
Truth in science and medicine Our blog articles are meant to promote truth in science and medicine, to stimulate thought and to provoke discussion. Most of the information you can still find today via print, broadcast and digital media portrays the medicinal qualities of plants from a circumscribed materialistic, and thus distortive natural scientific perspective. … Continue reading Chinese herbal medicine: Shufeng Jiedu
As we approach the cold, dry winter season
In relation to food and medicine, certain enormously rich and powerful individuals and institutions have had trillions upon trillions of USD or EUR at their disposal to sell people on a materialistic worldview and commercial agendas. Unscrupulous profiteering by Big This and Big That (e.g., transnational corporate energy, chemical, agriculture, pharma, tech and medical industries) … Continue reading As we approach the cold, dry winter season
The health of the human being in our social, telluric and cosmic environments
"Nothing disfigures a human being more than being human without knowing what being human means.” -- Libellus de hominis convenientia, Franziskus Josephus Philippus Graf von Hoditz und Wolframitz Thomas Meyer’s editorial in this month’s „Der Europäer“ begins by referring to a lecture given by Dr. Rudolf Steiner in 1909. In it Dr. Steiner referred to … Continue reading The health of the human being in our social, telluric and cosmic environments
Good Medical Ethics and Sound Governmental Policies
SARS-CoV as a Medical and Social Challenge : Will Our Response Be Dictatorship or Representative Democracy? Good medical ethics and sound governmental practices are both ideally governed by time-proven ideas, norms and principles that are often forgotten or knowingly sacrificed to preserve or increase the wealth, power and social status of a person, group, or … Continue reading Good Medical Ethics and Sound Governmental Policies
But Does It Really Have to Be This Way?
“Each individual must set aside his preferences for one direction or another and endeavor to accept things without any prejudice. It is impossible to say certain things without making one person or another feel uncomfortable. There are plenty of people today who regard it as a sin to even hint at certain facts, because they … Continue reading But Does It Really Have to Be This Way?