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The real human crisis today is not family background and living condi- Healing in Accordance with about economics, politics, and the tions. Least examination is made of the Stars II...... 5 related aggressions. It is the crisis of the psychical conditions. Compas- human health. The health is entrusted sion, which is one of the most im- Remedies for Healing...... 13 to the noble professions of the physi- portant principles in healing, is given cians and the pharmacists. The physi- a go by. The time-honored principle Rasa Shastra in cian is required to diagnose the sick- of cooperation and family care is re- Ayurvedic Medicine XII...... 18 ness and the pharmacist is required placed by commercialistic and tech- to prepare the needed medicine for nological diagnosis. Organon LX...... 20 curing the diagnosed sicknesses. It A probe is needed into the heart and is also an obligation to ensure, that soul relationship between the physi- The Soul Purpose of your the medicines he prepares contribute cians and the patients. Sympathetic Rising Sign I...... 22 to restore health and not cause oth- listening is missing, diagnostic skills er sicknesses in the body. He is law- are assigned to technical apparatus. Occult Healing XCIV...... 26 bound (nature’s law), that he shall The doctor speaks cryptic language not poison the sick through medi- and has not much time to give heal- Thoughts on the Relevance cines. The physician is also bound by ing touch through speech and ges- of Qigong II ...... 28 nature’s law, that he shall ensure ap- tures. The trust of the patient in the propriate medicine to cure sickness system is at its lowest ebb. The hu- Doing Good to the Body in and not cause damage to the health man body is treated like a machine Order to Get Pregnant...... 31 system of the sick. under repair. In this age of speed, where commer- “Mechanical treatment of machines Pathophysiognomic and cial and political factors hold a sway under repair”, could be the right ex- Light Therapy...... 34 on every activity, the noble profes- pression for the present day medic- sion of healing is encroached upon. inal practice for restoring health. An Integral Inside into Inflam- Things are tended to be extremely Physicians with conscience are land- matory Bowel Diseases III...... 38 commercial. The physician’s reliance ing into conflict. The conflict in him shifted from knowledge to technol- is due to the inability to apply the Antimonite III...... 42 ogy; diagnosis is no more based on knowledge that was acquired over the patient’s behavioral patterns, decades and the aggression of the Rose (Apothecary’s Rose)...... 46

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 3 modern corporate system of deal- Britain under the Royal Care is also ing with the patient. The technology breaking down in this regard to give and the pharmacy, which are driven way for privatization. by commercial considerations, com- King’s job cannot be done by a busi- Editorial pel the doctor to expose the patient nessman. Governments cannot as- frequently to technological tests and sign their responsibilities to multina- every dosage of medicine. Conse- tional corporations. Governments are quently, even in developed nations, not run by profit-motive. Businesses men are driven out to find alternate are run by profit-motive. The former systems of cure, which are proxi- have adequate power to rule upon mate to nature and nature’s com- such important objects as health, mon sense. There is an urgent need protection, social amenities and to rectify the medical system by gov- these are privatized. Men are left out ernments of conscience. When gov- at large, a kingless kingdom lands in ernment eases itself out of such fun- chaos. Governance cannot be thrown damental responsibilities relating to away into the hands of profit making the nation’s health, the health-care business groups. Until this situation system is thrown, eventually, to the changes, the evil of the present day vultures of economic ends. The fall continues to grow. of governmental hospitals and the rights of private hospitals have become the order of the day. The Great Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar

The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not en- joy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."

4 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Healing in Accordance Fig.: Saturn, here depicted as a father figure, announces the hu- with the Stars man beings’ destiny. The depiction of the firmament at the ceiling of II the temple portrays the sign of Ar- ies, allocated to Venus, a symbol for Astromedicinal Therapy Concepts by Paracelsus the alchemical transformation that should be carried out in the "beautiful May“. Olaf Rippe Oil painting by Walter Crane, 1882

Olaf Rippe, born in 1960, is a nature practitioner in his own practice in Munich and is the co- founder of the Working Group Natura Naturans. For more than 20 years, he has been passing on his experience with a medicine according to Paracelsus in seminars. He is regularly writing for naturopathic professional journals and is the co-author of the books "Heilmittel der Sonne“, "Paracel- susmedizin”, "Kräuterkunde des Paracelsus” and “Die Mistel”.

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 5 The table on the right page shows that to this, his quality is coldness, hard- it is still a common practice today to ening and introversion as well as the treat the planetary organs with their absence of life because life is always corresponding metals. He/she who is connected with warmth. Healing in interested in further education with Saturn is the ruler of age, disease, Accordance with regard to this subject should mainly sickness and death. His position in the Stars study the scriptures of Alla Selawry the birth horoscope shows the as- (see Literature). trologically knowledgeable person in which domains it comes to a develop- In some books on herbals from the ment of chronic illness and how the 17th century that refer to Paracelsus, disease will express itself. His pas- there are also exact descriptions, for sage through the zodiac in relation to example in the Herbal of Bartholomä the birth horoscope (transits) hints at Carrichter of 1606 (see Table 2). Re- the cause of diseases and also allows garding this book, it is worth noting for prognoses. Transits of Saturn are the different astrological allocations always connected with limitations, according to plant parts. Further allo- deprivations, disappointments, duties cations can be found in the scriptures and trials. At the same time, howev- of Nikolas Culpeper, who is also called er, living through these enables an in- the English Paracelsus. sight on the purpose and meaning of The follower of Paracelsus, Leonhard life. Thurneysser, wrote a complete book Special trials of Saturn take place solely about umbelliferous plants, approximately every seven (!) years. in which he also stated astrological The period of circulation of Saturn points in time when one should col- through the Zodiac amounts to about lect and process the plants. Astro- 29 years (fluctuating due to planetary logical signature observations were a regression). This means that about matter of course for him. every seven years a square, an opposi- tion or a conjunction of the transiting Antimony, the Metal of Earth Saturn occurs with regard to the na- Beside gold, antimony is one of the tal Saturn. A transit of Saturn takes most important arcanes for counter- up to nine (!) months. Frequently it is acting disease-procuring influences a trigger for long-lasting and difficult of the stars, in particular when Sat- illness processes; this also applies to urn is involved in the events. other points in time when he transits The most remote of the then known over further planets. A Saturn/Saturn planets is considered in astrology as transit, however, is considered to be being the “Guardian of the Threshold” the most difficult one; this aspect is to cosmic awareness. This, however, sometimes surpassed by transits of is only one side of its power. Lateral- the trans-Saturnal planets which Pa- ly reversed, Saturn embodies the Lu- ciferian fall of the spirit into matter. As a “winter stone” he dominates the Table: Connections between Cosmos, signs of Capricorn and Aquarius. Due Human Being and Metal

6 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Planet Principle Organ Metal Commercial Preparations with Metals Moon reflexion brain silver "Cerebretik" or Somcupin" for sleeping dis- regeneration gonads orders; "Ovaria comp." and "Testes comp." for the stimulation of the female and male gonad activity Mercury communication reflexion silver "Sinfrontal" for purulent processes in the metabolism respiratory organs throat-nose-ear section; "Pulmo/Mercuri- hormones us" for inflammatory and exsudative lung all feedback diseases; "Sulfur comp." for purulent in- mechanisms flammations; "Nasturtium Mercurio cul- tum" for metabolic disorders Venus sociality urinary organs copper and zinc "Renalin" for the stimulation of the diu- libido veins (according to rese; "Cuprum-Ren" for the stimulation of endocrine glands Paracelsus) the kidney activity and for asthma; "Cu- prum aceticum D5 / Zincum valerianicum D4" for nervous organic disorders Sun awareness warmth cardiovascular gold "Aquavit" as elixir of life; "Cordiak" and processes "Sanguisol" in general for cardiovascular disorders; "Aurum/Apis regina comp." for heart complaints in connection with psy- che and stress Mars will gall iron Vesica fellea/Ferrum" for bilious com- oxidation processes muscles plaints; "Fragador" as roborant; "meteoric arteries iron / phosphorus / quartz" for convales- cence; "Chelidonium/Oxalis comp." for the stimulation of the bilious activity and of the will (e.g., exhaustion) Jupiter thinking liver tin "Metaheptachol" or Metamarianum" for temperament connective tissue disorders of the liver metabolism; formative powers joints "Hepar 202 N" for the detoxification of the liver; "Hepar-Stannum" for the regeneration of the liver; "Stannum comp." For the regulation of formative powers (e.g., rheumatism); "Metasilicea" for weakness of the connective tissue; "Metaossylen" for chronic joint complaints. Saturn awareness spleen lead "Dyscrasin N" for chron. metabolic disor- structural forces bones (also antimony = ders; "Splenetik" for the stimulation of degradation earth) degradation processes; "Lien/Plumbum" for processes spleen complaints and blood diseases; "Ar- nica/Betula comp."

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 7 racelsus could not have known. If all curity. He feels helplessly at the mer- this is over, the person often feels like cy of the powers of fate - a fact that being newly born. But most of the often makes him feel indignant. He is time, one has to suffer under the con- plagued by chronic diseases, mainly by Healing in sequences for years unless one makes those of a gastro-intestine nature, and Accordance with use of the respective arkanum. also by skin, nerve and lung diseases. the Stars Paracelsus described this with the All symptoms characterize a Saturnal words, "The people feel well and they state. In order to free himself from the benefit from healing when Saturn grip of Saturn, alchemical prepara- has finished (end of a Saturn transit); tions of antimony and its compounds then a new heaven emerges. This is are the means of choice. They trans- the beginning of a long life; but it is a form ("transplant") the Saturnal state long and fierce time that Saturn leads into the regenerative power of Venus. them with his hand, and he only of- “If the human being now transplants fers scarce and lean food (Planet of and is to be taken by one planet and is Asceticism and Renunciation). (...) If to be subject to another, antimony is he is not relieved from his power (as- what exchanges Saturn against Venus. trological treatment), healing is im- (...) Thus, it has to be observed here possible." (II/199f.) that in each healing of diseases where Saturn is the all-powerful fateful healing in a natural way is impossible force of heaven, resp., a dominant fa- (self-healing, application of the usual ther-figure (miscreant) with slightly medication like tea drugs) and does “old-German” educational methods. not help, the transplantation should The human being, equalling Earth be chosen." (Paracelsus: II/199f.) (microcosm) represents the opposite The poisonous antimony which is pole of heaven. In the birth horo- quite similar to the likewise poison- scope, Earth is symbolically featured ous arsenic (they are very good sup- as a dot in the centre of the zodiac plements) is one of the best purging, (astrology is not a heliocentric view strengthening and rejuvenating med- of the world; it is anthropocentric!). ications at all, however, only as a spir- Another symbol for the earth is the itualized preparation, “In it is namely globus cruciger - a globe with a cross the Essentia which does not allow the on it. This is also the alchemic symbol unclean and the clean to get together. for the antimony metal which is put (...) Thus we justifiably praise it here on a level with Earth and thus also as antimony of all minerals contains with the human being. the highest and strongest Arkanum in The word “antimony” has derived itself. (…) If there is nothing healthy from the Greek ‘antimonos’ and its in the body at all, it transforms the translation is approximately “versus unclean body into a clean one." (Para- loneliness”. celsus: III/151) Antimony thus causes Homeopathic materia medica describe the antimony type as brooding, sor- rowful, melancholy, desperate, lonely, Table: Cosmic Impressions in the World of and full of yearning for a feeling of se- Plants according to B. Carrichter (1606)

8 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Planet Selected Signatures Examples Moon Beautiful white root/ is watery/ hath no oil nor firm- euphrasia, valerian (blossom), comfrey (root, Saturn), ness/ has no special taste. The leaves are handsome/ betony (root), figwort (Mars), watercress (Mars), ver- tender/ broad/ with subtle white veinlets/ are also bena (root, Mars), lovage (root, Mars), lily-of-the- almost watery. There are many whitish stalks/ much valley (blossom), boneset (root, blossom), of water and moisture. Nice whitish flowers/ are open plantain (root) above/ have a lot of juice. Mercury Nice/ long/ supple herb/ that is not thick. The root is columbines (Venus), valerian (appearance), betony fairly long. Leaves are longish pointed/ not broad/ have (blossom), borage (blossom), fumitory (Venus), no firmness. The stalks are long/ delicate/ smooth/ not common bogloss (blossom), fleawort (appearance), particularly thick. The blossoms are almost beautiful/ lavender (blossom), sandwort (blossom), devil’s-bit blue/ not almost open/ nice and lovely to look at. (Sun)

Venus The herbs allocated to this planet are very well-smelling comfrey (leaves), betony (herb), borage (root, fumi- and tender. The root has a lovely smell. Nice/ smooth/ tory herb, Mercury), lady’s mantle (slightly Mars), whole/ medium long stalks. Nice/ tender/ long/ smooth daisy, silverweed, motherwort (Saturn), lovage leaves/ with small whitish veinlets. Nice/ tender small (herb), rose (blossom), geranium (Saturn, Mars), flowers/ are open above. boneset (herb, Saturn), ribwort (leaves)

Sun The sun is a cordial planet. The herbs allocated to the avens (root, Venus), origanum (Venus), gentian yellow sun also surpass all other herbs. The sun gives them (root), wall gamander (Venus), St.John’s wort (blossom), nice long plants/ the root is of a good smell. Nice, ten- chervil (root), mullein (blossom), caraway (fruits), mas- der/ pointed/ notched leaves. Nice gold colour/ notched terwort, wild thyme (Venus), sage (Venus), celandine flowers/ have a firmness and an oil/ are of a pleasant (Mars), devil’s-bit (root, appearance Mercury) smell/ and crispy taste/ compare with the flowers of the mullein (Jupiter). Mars True wooden root/ with little juice/ red colour/ of horehound (Sun in Aries), pimpinella (Sun), ve- no lovely smell. The leaves are long/ almost smooth/ ronica (root, herb, Venus and Mercury), verbena notched/ reddish speckled/ not thick. Not much stalk. (above-ground parts), cinquefoil (Venus), butter- The flowers are long/ almost smooth/ notched/ reddish cup (Moon), stonecrop, masterwort (Sun), speckled/ not thick. Not much stalk. The blossoms are wood sorrel (Moon, Venus and Saturn), reddish/ quite golden/ have only few leaves/ have not celandine (Sun), water pepper (above-ground parts) pleasant flavor/ and are bitter. Jupiter Well-smelling root/ a bit crispy/and quite lovely/a lit- valerian (root), angelica (Sun), verbena (stalks), hazel- tle hairy/has quite some juice. Long and subtle leaves/ wort (root, sign: Gemini), ononis (root, sign: Aquarius), with small subtle hairs/ are of purple colour/ of a lovely shepherd’s purse (Moon), lesser centaury, rue (Sun) smell and crispy flavour/ quite juicy. Long/ round/ purple coloured juicy stalks. Purple-coloured flowers/ are of a good smell. Saturn Blackish-grey root/ with little juice/ of an unpleasant comfrey (root, Moon), borage (leaves), chervil (tart), smell. The leaves are coarse, thick/ short/ thorny/ of an figwort (Moon, Mars), pimpernel (Mars), St.John’s wort almost unpleasant smell and bitter taste. Coarse/ short (root, seed; sign: Aquarius), wild geranium (Venus), brown flowers/ of an unpleasant smell and bitter fla- wormwood (bitter). vour.

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 9 a reorganization with a tendency to- n Equisetum arvense dil. D6 (horsetail, wards degenerations (this also goes Saturn - Moon; nerve signature) for arsenic). At the same time it caus- n Hypericum mother tincture (St. es an emotional coherence and makes John’s Wort, Sun, balm for the soul Healing in the spirit more resistant when the and the best "profession herb and Accordance with fateful influences threaten to suffo- Linaria alpina” when one is beset by the Stars cate him. something non-human) In practice, especially "Stibium metal- n Phosphorus dil. D12 (phosphorus, licum praeparatum" D12 has proved Sun; carrier of the energy of life, to be effective (antimony level). As translation means “carrier of light") a psychotherapeutical accompany- n Rhododendron ferrugineum dil. D6 ing remedy, Paracelsus mainly used (alpine rose, Venus - Saturn; pink the Venusian balm, but also St.John’s blossom – nerve signature, location Wort (“the herbal arsenic“), angelica, – withstands adverse circumstanc- yellow gentian, wild marjoram and es) masterwort are suitable supplement n Solidago virgaurea mother tincture remedies, as also sun-related reme- (goldenrod, Sun, Mercury; fear al- dies are. This is also one of the rea- ways requires drainage via the kid- sons why it is popular to administer ney) gold, the Sun metal, together with n Zincum metallicum praeparatum antimony. dil. D10 (zinc level, Venus according Again, we find the key in the sym- to Paracelsus; important remedy in bolism: the circle with a dot in the case of shattered nerves) middle is not only the symbol for the Have 10 ml at a time mixed by the human being as the centre of the cos- apothecary; once to three times dai- mos but also the symbol for the sun ly 10-15 drops. In addition, use "bal- which is in accordance with the “true samic spirit of melissa“, 2-3 times nature“ of man. daily 10-20 drops, taken in hawthorn tea (of leaves and blossoms). In the following, a recipe against bad strokes of fate: The Synergistic Recipe Mixture of: "If your acting is against the heav- n Ambra dil. D6 (visceral secretion of ens and if you are only patching with the sperm whale; Moon; balm for the power of the earth and not after the soul for “weepy types” - was you have considered the skies, then much appreciated by Paracelsus) all your work will break open again, n Antimonite dil. DI2 (stibnite; Saturn and a tailor will make your work bet- = Earth; see text) ter than you.” n Aurum metallicum praeparatum dil. (Paracelsus: I/447) "He who wants D12 (gold level, Sun; see text) to be a real physician must learn n Dioptas dil. D30 (copper silicate, Ve- to understand what kind of recipes nus - Saturn; important remedy for the conjunction of herbs and stars the integration of sensory percep- at the firmament composes. He will tions of an alien nature) also know then what the conjunc-

10 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI tion of the stars of earth – this being is what I call what is prepared under the herbs – has brought about in the the observation of harmony which is composition of the recipes." (Paracel- equal to what has given the matter a sus: I/680) certain power.” If an astrological allocation has been made by the signatures, an important side-effect occurs, namely the spir- Remarks it-like relationship of the different 1. Quotations by Paracelsus were taken kingdoms of nature due to the stars; from the four-volume Aschner edition. this particularly applies to plants and 2. Hermes Trismegistos, compared with metals. “Because Saturn is not only in the deity of initiation, Thoth, is supposed the sky but also at the bottom of the to have written down the hermetic sea and in the deepest caves of the dogmas on an emerald tablet. However, earth. The melissa is not only in the in the form known to us they probably garden but also in the air and in the stem from late antiquity times or even sky. What do you think is Venus oth- only from the end of the Middle Ages. er than Artemisia (mugwort)? What 3. The aim of hermetic aspiration is the is Artemisia other than Venus? What “hermaphrodite”. The word consists of then is iron? Nothing but Mars. What The Book of Wisdom (Sophia) in the Sun the god’s name, Hermes (knowledge) and is Mars? Nothing but iron. This means: Temple of the Adepts. Aphrodite (love). they are both iron or Mars, the same From the Literature of the Rosicrucians, 4. Paracelsus called Saturnal depositions is also Urtica (stinging nettle).” (Para- approx. early 20th century. “Tartarus"; besides stone diseases, this celsus: I/424) includes for example also sclerosis, gout, If for example one regards hema- ful and particularly intensively acting rheumatism, heartburn and asthma; tite, an iron oxide, one will find sharp compounds; the quoted recipes are chronic diseases (Saturn) are of a tartaric breaking edges which might easily meant to make this clear. The effect character. cause injuries. Apart from this, the increases once more if one consid- 5. In cases of fright and shock, the hematite lends a blood-red colour to ers astrological factors already dur- tendency to bile excretion of oxalic water, a signature for a healing agent ing the production of a medicament. acid crystals inside the renal tubuli for the treatment of anaemia. Ploughs Only few companies observe these (Husemann, 1986) increases. are forged of iron, but weapons, too. coherences. Agrippa von Netteshe- The stinging nettle shows a similar im wrote with regard to this, “If you kind of defensive behaviour. When wish to obtain a power from any part Literature. Hints and Sources touched, it comes to an itching skin of the world or from a star, then ap- Amann, Max: 1998 Nicholas Culpeper rash. Thereby, the plant discharges ply what is in relation to this star and und die astrologische Heilkräuterkunde. small injection needles which cut into you will obtain its specific influence München: Zeitschrift Naturheilpraxis the skin. During this, a histamine con- (…). Likewise, when you apply a good 10/98, Pflaum Verlag. taining liquid is released which brings and proper amount of what is divert- Bott, Victor: 1982 Anthroposophische about allergic reactions. The plant ed but what amongst themselves cor- Medizin Bd. I/II. Heidelberg: Haug Verlag. contains a surprising amount of iron. responds with the same idea and the Carrichter, Bartholomaei: 1606 Horn Such and further signatures point same star, then the thus properly pre- des heyls Menschlicher Blödigkeit oder the way of seeing commonalities be- pared substance will communicate a Kreutterbuch darinn die Kräuter deß tween iron and stinging nettle. This special gift of the idea with the help Teudschenlands/ auß dem Licht der way, one quickly arrives at meaning- of the world’s soul. Properly prepared Natur/ nach rechter art der himmlischen

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 11 Einfließungen beschriben. Grünwald: Kölbl Verlag (Reprint 1981). About the translation Husemann, Wolff (Hrsg): 1986 Das The attempt to translate excerpts Bild des Menschen als Grundlage der of Paracelsus' writings (written Healing in Heilkunst, Bd. I/II/III. Stuttgart: Verlag down with the vocabulary of a Accordance with Freies Geistesleben. Renaissance physician, botanist, the Stars Mertz, Bernd A.: 1991 Das Handbuch der alchemist, astrologer, and oc- Astromedizin. Genf: Ariston. 1993 cultist of his time) is a challenge. Paracelsus und seine Astrologie. Some words have meanwhile Wettswil: Edition Astrodata. lost their original meaning and Nettesheim von, Agrippa: 153;3 De are frequently used in a different Occulta Philosophia: Drei Bücher über context in our days. It was there- die Magie (Nachdruck bei Fourier). fore not always possible to trans- Paracelsus: 1993 Sämtliche Werke. late with 100% accuracy; the aim Nachdruck der Aschner-Ausgabe. Anger: was to adhere to the underlying Anger-Verlag Eick. meaning of the original as much Rippe, Olaf: 1997 Heilmittel der Sun (zus. as possible. Kindly consider this mit M. Madejsky). München: Peter Erd. when reading. 1997 Pflanzen und ihre kosmischen Heilkräfte: Ein Beitrag zum Thema Astrologie und Phytotherapie. München: Zeitschrift Naturheilpraxis 10/97,Pflaum Verlag. Contact 1998 Barerstr. 48 Die fünf Entien des Paracelsus: Über 80799 München / Germany die Ursachen der Krankheiten und die Phone: +49/89/2725902 Wege zur Heilung. München: Zeitschrift www.natura-naturans.de Naturheilpraxis 05/98, Pflaum Verlag. www.olaf-rippe.de 2001 [email protected] Paracelsusmedizin (zus. mit M. Amann/ M. Madejsky/P. Ochsner/Chr. Rätsch). Aarau: AT-Verlag. Sagen, Samuel: 1998 heilende Planetenkräfte. Freiburg i.B.: Ebertin Verlag. Selawry, Alla: 1985 Metall- Funktionstypen in Psychologie und Medizin. Heidelberg: Haug Verlag. Thurneysser zumThurn, Leonhard: 1578 Beschreibung Influenzischer/ Elementischer und natürlicher Wirckungen/ Aller fremden und heimischen Erdgewechssen. Grünwald: Kölbl Verlag (Reprint, 1981).

12 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI gans should get cured first before any external particular symptoms like skin effection or pains of any particular part of the body are cured. Once the internal disorder gets cured the externals get automatically cleared.

Re-appearance of Old Symptoms in the reverse order of their previous occurrence Remedies for Healing The old symptoms reappear in the reverse order of their previous occurrence and re-appearance of those symptoms should not be a cause of Homoeopathy IV fear or anxiety. Symptoms so reap- peared will get disappeared automatically in a few days without spe- Herrings Laws of Cure cially administering any other drug. This should be carefully observed by From Above Downwards keeping a perfect record of the case. The symptoms should get cleared from No attempt should be made to ignore above downwards of the person i.e., this principle. from head to toe. If there are symptoms relating to important parts of the Allopathy vs. Homoeopathy Dr K S Sastry is a renowned body like heart, head, and liver and so Homoeopathy treats the person not Homoeo Physician. He has the on coupled with some other symptoms the disease, the basic principle being rightful place in the field of Ho- on the un-important parts of the body, “Heal the Sick and not treat the Dis- moeopathy. He is a true practi- the symptoms relating to the impor- ease”. The Homoeopathic treatment is tioner of Homoeopathy and is fully tant parts should be cured first. There- purely guided by the totality of symp- obedient to the cardinal principles after symptoms of the un-important toms. So the patient indicates the of Homoeopathy laid down by Dr. parts get cleared automatically. drug as it is dependent on the symp- Samuel Hahnemann. He has been If rheumatic pain and heart trouble toms given by him whereas in allopa- practitioning Homoeopathy over co-exist, the heart trouble should be thy, doctor prescribes the drug based 35 years on a charitable basis. By cured first. Rheumatic pain should on the pathological investigations. this he distinguishes himself by the not be given preference. The same contemporary Homoeopaths. In drug that cures the heart trouble also Administration of Drugs spite of more than three decades brings relief to rheumatism. Single Dose-Single Drug is the key- of experience, he still remains an note principle of homoeopathy i.e., ardent student that looks for new From Centre to Circumference only one drug should be adminis- vistas of understanding Homoeo The cure should be from center to tered at a time and no combination of Science. He authored a few books the circumference i.e., from internals drugs is allowed. on Homoeo and he is a philanthro- to the externals. The internal disease Repetition: The drug should not be pist that looks forward to serve the like heart trouble, liver trouble, etc repeated or changed so long as the society in every possible way. which envelopes the important or- patient exhibits improvement. If how-

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 13 ever, same totality reappears, the drug required only when there is a change may be repeated or in higher potency. in the totality of symptoms. Second prescription: If the symptoms after the first dose appear with Source of Drugs Remedies for a different totality of symptoms, the Homoeopathic drugs are prepared Healing change of drug is necessary which is from different sources as under: termed as second prescription. It is

Vegetable Kingdom Plants, roots, herbs, leaves, flowers, seeds, bark etc. Drugs like Arnica, China, Belladonna, Rhus Tox etc Mineral Kingdom Minerals, metals, chemicals, petroleum, zincum etc. Durgs like Argentim Nitricum, Aurum metalicum, Petrolium, Zincum, met, cuprum met etc. Animal Kingdom Drugs prepared with snake poison, Honey, bee etc. Drugs like lachasis, crotalus, Apis, etc. Nosodes Taken from disease products. Human and animal secretion. Drugs like Psorinum, Bacillinum, Syphillinum etc Sarcodes Taken from healthy tissue glands of human being and animals. Drugs like Thyroidine etc Imponderbelia Taken from energies and immaterial substances. Drugs like radium, x-Ray etc.

To be continued…..

Apis mellifera Western honey bee , photo by Andreas Trepte,

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14 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Cure by Spiritual Force is a change in the functioning, and so C. The Surrender of the Cells LVII the first Impression is always disor- The Mother: Suppose you have a pain der. But if you can put into your body somewhere; the instinct (the instinct that kind of quiet patience, you know of the body, the instinct of the cells) 5. The Call and the ... which does not worry, after some is to shrink and to seek to reject — Response time it is all right.... For example, for that is the worst thing, that increases digestion, one day you cannot digest it invariably. Therefore, the first thing B. Surrendering Responsibility anything ... and then if you stay very to teach the body is to remain immo- The Mother: Instead of being upset quiet like that, without worrying — bile, to have no reaction; above all, no and struggling, the best thing to do especially without worrying — you see shrinking, not even a movement of re- is to offer one's body to the Divine that it slowly takes on another move- jection — a perfect immobility. That is with the sincere prayer, "Let Thy Will ment, and then it is all right... but in bodily equality. A perfect immobility. be done." If there is any possibility of another, quite new way... After the perfect immobility comes cure, it will establish the best condi- If you can manage to put into the the movement of inner aspiration (I tions for it; and if cure is impossible, body — into the body — complete sur- am always speaking of the aspiration it will be the very best preparation for render, that is, that it counts only on of the cells — I use words for what getting out of the body and the life the intervention of the Supreme, you no words can describe, but there is without it. understand; that the body — the body no other way to express it), the sur- In any case the first indispensable — says to Him: "Here (Mother opens render, that is to say, the spontaneous condition is a quiet surrender to the her hands), here..." face to face with and total acceptance of the supreme Divine's will. the Supreme, with the knowledge Will. Turn your mind completely away from that He is there; that He is there in your difficulty, concentrate exclusive- the atmosphere, in the cells, in eve- ly on the Light and the Force coming rything, and... (gesture of open hands) from above; let the Lord do for your and that is all. That is very effective. Mongolia, by Nicholas Roerich body whatever He pleases. Hand over to Him totally the entire responsibility of your physical being. This is the cure. Be peaceful and quiet, give up the charge of everything to the Lord and you will be quite all right.

I have been having trouble with my body for some time.... A functioning is upset.... I don't know what it is.

(After a silence) Because the Force of transformation is working very, very hard, and there are many people like that; the functions are no longer what you call "normal", that is, there

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 15 How to master physical suffering? I might say: the cells of the body must learn to seek their support only in the That is just the experience I am hav- Divine, until the moment when they ing now. are able to feel that they are the ex- Remedies for The body is in a state in which it pression of the Divine.... Healing sees that everything depends sim- In a certain attitude (but it is diffi- ply on how it is linked with the Di- cult to explain or define), in a cer- vine — upon the state of its receptive tain attitude all becomes divine. And surrender. I have had the experience there, what is wonderful is that when again in the last few days. The same one has the experience of everything thing, which is the cause of a — more becoming divine, all that is contrary than discomfort — a suffering, an al- disappears quite naturally, quickly or most unbearable ailment, with just a slowly, instantaneously or little by lit- change in the receptivity of the body tle, depending an the thing. towards the Divine, disappears all of That is indeed wonderful. That is to a sudden — and can even turn into say, to become conscious that all is a blissful state. I have had the expe- divine is the best way of making all rience many times. For me it is only divine — annulling all oppositions. a question of sincerity becoming in- tense — in the consciousness that everything is the action of the Divine Taken from Integral Healing, and that his action moves towards Compiled from the works of the quickest possible realisation, giv- Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, en the conditions. Pondicherry; 2004

Kanchenjunga by Nicholas Roerich

16 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Paracelsus – Remedies - that natural remedy which is most needed for the cell formation. Al- lantoin heals wounds that are dif- Comfrey ficult to heal, even such filled with (Latin: Symphytum officinale) pus. Choline, also contained inside the root, has an effect on the circula- Paracelsus called comfrey (Symphy- tion by widening the blood vessels in tum officinale) “Consolida“. “It heals the skin and thus increasing the blood the wounds of the flesh, the liga- flow with a simultaneous prolifera- ments and bones, the head, the intes- tion of red blood cells.“ Willfort, p. 68 tines and the other limbs. It also heals a limb which has been bruised or hit; Comfrey is one of the best wound- it also heals destroyed and damaged healing agents for inner and outer flesh.“ wounds, for injuries of all kinds, cuts, “Any festering wound that had been cracks, bruises, bone diseases of all caused by nature will be healed by kinds, bone ulcerations, periostitis, Consolida.“ spraining, bone fractures, articular “It cleans a caved and dirty ulcer at and muscle rheumatism, haemato- Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus any place.“ (III, 586) mas, vein inflammations and crural Bombastus von Hohenheim, ulcers. named Paracelsus, “None of the endemic healing plants * 1493 in Einsiedeln, contains the natural remedy of Allan- † 1541 in Salzburg. toin in as rich an amount as comfrey, Sabine Anliker

Literature Paracelsus, Complete Works, Eick Publishing House, 1993, Vol. III Willfort, Richard: Gesundheit durch Franz Eugen Köhler, Heilkräuter. Rudolf Trauner Verlag Linz; Köhler's Medizinal- 1959 Pflanzen

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 17 n Works well in kaphaja type (with phlegm & expectoration) of asthma. n Reduces the frequency and inten- sity of bronchospasms in bronchial R a s a S h a s t ra i n asthma. Dosage Ayurvedic Medicine n 2-4 tablets; twice a day after meal, with ginger juice or honey. XII (Y.R., 2012) 1

Sabine Anliker, M.Sc. (Ayu) 4.4 Yogendra Rasa

Since 1997 Sabine Anliker has been 4. Therapeutical Use Main indication: working as naturopath. She has been of Mercury Preparations Prameha and vata roga specialising in Traditional European Ingredients Naturopathy, Homoeopathy and 125mg tablet of Yogendra rasa Bioresonance Therapy and works 4.3 Shvasakuthara Rasa contains approximately: in her own practice in Luzern 1. Red mercuric sulfide (Switzerland). Main indication: (Rasasindura) 35 mg In 2013 she finished her studies Shvasa (Dyspnoe) 2. Calx of purified gold ( "Master of Science of Ayurveda Ingredients Svarna-bhasma) 18 mg Medicine" at the European Academy 125mg tablet of Sutashekhara rasa 3. Calx of purified iron for Ayurveda and at the Middlesex contains approximately: (Kantaloha-bhasma) 18 mg University in London. 1. Purified mercury 4. Calx of purified mica (shuddha Parada) 6 mg (Abhraka-bhasma) 18 mg 2. Purified sulphur 5. Calx of pearls (shuddha Gandhaka) 6 mg (Mauktika-bhasma) 18 mg 3. Aconitum ferox 6. Calx of purified tin (Vatsanabha) 6 mg (Vanga-bhasma) 18 mg 4. Purified sodium borate (Tankana) 6 mg Indications 5. Purified realgar n “Yogendra rasa is the best rejuve- (Manahshila) 6 mg nating composition, used in count- 6. Piper nigrum (Maricha) 48 mg less diseases.” 7. Zingiber officinale n Diabetes mellitus (Shunthi) 12 mg n Heart diseases 8. Piper longum (Pippali) 12 mg n Tuberculosis n Bronchial asthma Indications n Epilepsy n “Shvasakuthar is a supreme formu- n Paralysis lation for treating bronchial asth- n Sexual debility ma.” n Diseases of vata and pitta

18 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Dosage Processed with Footnotes n 1-2 tablets; 3 times a day, with 11. Trikatu (Marica, Pippali, Shunthi) 1 Yoga ratnakara, p. 435 honey or ginger juice. 12. Triphala (Haritaki, Bibhitaka, 2 Paranjpe, p. 235 (Govinddas, 2005) Amalaki) 3 Yoga Ratnakara, p. 546 13. Vitex negundo (Nirgundi) 14. Calotropis gigantia (Arka) 4.5 Vatavidhvansana Rasa 15. Plumbago zeylanica (Citraka) References 16. Phyllantus niruri (Bhumyamalaki) Y.R. (2012). Yoga Ratnakara. The Sanskrit word “vidhvansa” means 17. Eclipta alba (Bhringaraja) Purvardha, Vidyotini Hindi Commentry to destroy. This preparation destroys, 18. Zingiber officinale Ardraka( ) by Vaidya Lakshmipati Shastri, i.e. alleviates the vata diseases, hence 19. Saussurea lappa (Kushtha) Chaukhambha Prakashana, Varanasi, the name. It is one of the rasausha- 20. Lemon juice (Nimbuka) Edition reprint 2012. dhi (containing mercury), which is Govinddas. (2005). Bhaishajya a unique formulation for pacifying Indications Ratnavali, commentary Ambikadantta nerve irritations and an excellent n Vata-diseases Shastri, Publication. Chaukhambha painkiller by alleviating the aggravat- n Arthritis Sanskrit Sansthana, Varanasi, 18th ed vata dosha. (Paranjpe, 2003) 2 n Gout Edition, chapter 26 Vatvyadhi n Sciatica Chikitsa/160-166. Main indication: Vata vyadhi n Brachial neuralgia Prajapati, P. K. (2006). Safety and Ingredients n Lumbago Toxicity Profile of some Metallic 125mg tablet of Vatavidhvansana-ra- n Spondylosis Preparations of Ayurveda. XXV (3&4) . sa contains approximately: n Sprains Ancient Science of Life. 1. Purified mercury n Traumatic swelling (shuddha Parada) 7.6 mg n Fever 2. Purified sulphur n Colitis Contact (shuddha Gandhaka) 7.6 mg n Puerperal diseases Sabine Anliker 3. Calx of purified lead n Septicaemia Ayurveda Medicine M.Sc. (Ayu), (Naga-bhasma) 7.6 mg n Paralysis Naturopathic Practitioner NVS, 4. Calx of purified tin n Epilepsy Homeopathy, Bioresonance (Vanga-bhasma) 7.6 mg Büelstrasse 17 5. Calx of purified iron Dosage 6052 Hergsiwil, Switzerland (Loha-bhasma) 7.6 mg n 1-2 tablets; 2 times a day, with www.ayush-naturheilzentrum.ch 6. Calx of purified copper warm water or milk. (Y.R., 2012) 3 (Tamra-bhasma) 7.6 mg 7. Calx of purified mica (Abhraka-bhasma) 7.6 mg To be continued... 8. Trikatu (Piper nigrum, Piper longum, Zingiber offizinalis) 22.8 mg 9. Purified sodium borate (tankana) 7.6 mg 10. Purified aconite (vatsanabha) 34 mg

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 19 Explanation When a sycotic patient has spots, pimples, warts, itching, a drug simi- O rg a n o n lar to the local affections only, should not be used without taking care of LX the internal disease. If done so the external affections are cured (sup- The Art of Healing pressed) and the internal disease becomes strong. There are people using Thuja for warts, Nitric Acid for sour Dr. E. Krishnamacharya mouth etc., according to similarity and curing the same. Thereafter, there remain in the body the real sycotic miasm with mental symptoms, heart Dr. Ekkirala Krishnamacharya diseases, liver diseases etc. If hidden §198, §199 (1926 - 1984) was a university chronic disease is not noticed, the lecturer for Vedic and oriental Drugs having capacity to cure internal disease grows no bounds to literature, a homeopath and such skin symptoms directly and the stage of incurability. Contrarily, a healer, who founded numerous with special efficiency too, should drug similar to the totality of symp- spiritual centres and schools not be separately taken internally. toms should be used, even when the in India and Western Europe. Even if skin disease is cured by tak- skin disease exists. Then so long as He also established more than ing medicines internally, the same the internal disease remains, the skin 100 homoeopathic dispensaries trouble haunts. Homoeopathic disease also remains. Through the skin in India, where until this day medicines should not also be used affection, it can be easily known that the sick are treated for free. to cure local affections. Even if the internal disease is still persisting. Dr. E. Krishnamacharya authored drugs aimed at curing gonorrhoea, Immediately after the internal disease many books in English and in Telugu, excoriation, warts, tumors etc. are is cured, the skin disease also vanish- covering the Vedas and the Ancient used according to similar, inter- es automatically. Wisdom as well as yoga, astrology, nal diseases which are the causes homeopathy, and spiritual practice. previously cannot be cured. Such One of his main goals of his work a treatment makes the skin dis- was the spiritual fusion of eases disappear but the internal East and West. disease remains intact. The symptoms of the internal disease would not be clear and so even if a ho- moepathic remedy is administered again, there is no scope to understand whether the internal disease is cured or not.

Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. photo by Ludger Philips

20 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI for some time and protect the person §200 secure part of the body in the from death. In the meantime, if suit- A medicine similar to the totality shape of skin disease and continue able medical aid is given, protection of symptoms which includes skin its efforts to expel the inner dis- is possible. symptoms also should only be used. ease till ti is cured. In this way so So long as the skin disease persists, long as the skin disease exists, the it will be known that the internal inner disease can be temporarily Taken from the book disease is not cured. As the internal arrested. Since it is not in any case Organon of the art of healing disease is getting cured, the skin possible for the vital force to cure Kulapathi Ekkirala Krishnamacharya disease also becomes thin simulta- the chronic disease, skin diseases 3rd Edition, 1999, The World Teacher neously. According to this method, are the instruments to keep the in- Trust, Visakhapatnam, India we can understand by the time the ner disease not to become violent skin disease disappears, the inter- and dangerous. Even then, the in- nal disease is also cured. ner disease progresses but gets arrested partially and temporarily. So Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. long as Psora is not cured, the boils ont the legs continue to come and go. As long as Syphilis is inside, ex- coriating cracks on the skin continue to be there. As long as Sycosis is in the body, warts, corns etc. continue to grow. As the inner disease §201 is progressing, the skin disease also Vital force in the body always tries advances. to expel the disease. But it cannot wipe out chronic diseases like Samuel Hahnemann, M.D. Psora by itself. It needs the assistance of medicines. Whenever such a chronic disease exists, the vital force surely produces some sskin Explanation disease and localize on any part of When the army of the enemies enter the body. By keeping the disease into the Fort, the soldiers inside con- on the surface of the body, the dis- tinue their fight to the extent possi- ease inside is kept checked with- ble. When another group of soldiers out progress. When such a self- attack the enemy from outside the propelled spontaneous action of attention of the enemy troops has the vital force is absent, the inner to be diverted. Then it is possible for disease destroys the vital mecha- the soldiers fighting inside to have nism responsible for the very exist- some rest. They can dodge for some ence and kills the patient. In order time like that, till such time anoth- to prevent such a disastrous effect, er friendly king supplies help. In the the internal disease is allowed to same way, some rest will be available throw itself externally to a more for the vital force fighting from inside with the disease. It can maintain

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 21 ing this understanding of the Rays (as we have discussed in numerous previous articles in this series), to the essential esoteric meaning of the sign on the ascendant. In soul-centered T h e S o u l P u rp o s e o f astrology therefore, the rising sign tells us a lot about the future: why your Rising Sign we are here, what we came to so, and the nature of our Soul’s purpose. We I are helped further along in our as- sessment of this essential purpose by Alan Oken judging the placement of that particular rising sign’s esoteric planetary ruler in the natal horoscope. Light is undiminishable, eternal and And what of the Sun? In soul-cen- omni-present. In every religion that tered astrology, we can say that the existed these qualities have been Sun in its sign has four primary pur- recognized as divine. So that we are poses: forced to the conclusion that light— actual sensible light—is indeed the di- n It reveals the energies, tempera- rect vehicle of divinity: it is the con- ment, and characteristics of the sciousness of God. — Rodney Collin, present incarnation. The Theory of Celestial Influence n It speaks about the nature of the One of the major differences between personality life and the tools and Alan Oken was born and educated traditional astrology and soul-cen- talents, our “equipment”, brought in 1944 in New York City and tered astrology is the focus on the over from previous lifetimes in or- majored in Romance Languages and ascendant or rising sign of the natal der to be used for the present. Linguistics at New York University. chart. The emphasis in traditional as- n It is the force field through which He lectures in seven languages, he is trology is usually placed on the sun the personality expresses itself and the author of a dozen titles, including sign and the position of the sun by thus comes into its own self-aware- Soul-Centered Astrology, Rulers house, sign, and aspect in the horo- ness. of the Horoscope, and Alan Oken’s scope. The sun is seen as representing n It reveals certain indications about Complete Astrology. In addition he the life principle, our major creative the Ray makeup of the personality. has written hundreds of articles for impulse, and our fundamental sense Dell Horoscope Magazine and many of individåuality. All of this is true— Let´s now begin our exploration of other national and international from the level of the personality. In each of the twelve signs of the zodiac, journals. soul-centered astrology, we consid- taken as the rising sign in the soul- er the rising sign as the incarnating centered chart. I will also mention point of the Presence of the Soul. We the esoteric ruler of each of the signs look to the rising sign to give us hints and make a few comments about this as to the reason for the present in- planet in order to help further your carnation. In this respect, we judge own investigation and study of your the rising sign astrologically from the horoscope. perspective of its Ray quality, apply-

22 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI on the realization that all ideas coming from the Soul are to be of benefit to humanity. It is this perceptive, penetrating, and intuitively based mind that is the real “weapon” of the Aries spiritual warrior. Aries is thus the fiery channel of expression for the birthing of those ideas that further our individual as well as our collective evo- lution.

Taurus The Penetrating Light of the Path This is a beam of light, streaming forth from the point in Aries, and revealing the area of light control. The Soul purpose for a person who painting by Peter Gronemeyer painting by Peter has Taurus rising in their chart has a great deal to do with the principle of Aries sion of willpower in the outer world illumination. His or her task is to ir- The Light Of Light Itself of forms, Aries is also endowed with radiate the physical world with con- This is the dim point of light found the energies of the Seventh Ray of sciousness and by so doing, uplift the at the center of the cycle of mani- Order. As the “Light of Life Itself”, the material plane. Quite a job! This is festation, faint and flickering. It is Ram is a pure emanation from the done by allowing the Light of the Di- the “searchlight of the Logos, seeking Mind of God—that place, as it states vine Will (Aries) to penetrate all so- that which can be used” for divine ex- in the Great Invocation “where the lidified forms. The testing ground and pression. Will of God is known”. This makes Ar- the primary challenge for the person People born with Aries rising are ies the initiating force for the birth- with a Taurus ascendant has to do here to teach and learn about the place of ideas. The Ancient Wisdom with not becoming attached to and Right Use of Will. Aries is the initiat- tells us that the energy of Life fol- trapped within the very same physi- ing expressing of the Will-to-Be. It is lows thought. As we think a thing cal plane that Taurus seeks to enlight- the ever pulsating Force of Life that into manifestation, so it becomes. You en. Taurus is primarily a sign of desire, emerges through the creative, fiery therefore should take a look at Mer- desire in form. We have to remember ethers, traveling through all the var- cury in your chart, for this planet is that on the personality level, Taurus’ ious planes of the involutionary and the esoteric ruler of Aries. The posi- motto is: “I have therefore I am”. evolutionary schemes of life, until it tion of Mercury in your horoscope will The life of a person attempting to anchors itself in the world of forms. tell you much about how you are to walk the Path of Light is required Aries seeks to manifest: “Let there be use your will to be the messenger of to transform the desire for material Light!” he says, “And let Light stimu- your Soul’s purpose in the present in- things into spiritual aspiration. This late Form into self-awareness!” carnation. The Soul-centered, Mercu- often surfaces in the urge to liber- As an expression of the Will/Power ry-ruled individual with Aries on the ate oneself as well as others from of Divinity, Aries is the personifica- ascendant is able to arouse, stimulate the attachment to matter. One of the tion of the First Ray. As the directing and infuse a new focus of awareness world’s greatest Teachers and Initi- and controlling urge for the expres- into any activity. This focus is based ates was the Buddha. He is said to

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 23 have been born, reached enlighten- based on the movement of related- ment, and died in the sign of Taurus. ness and relationship that is the Soul The Buddha taught that the path of purpose of a Gemini ascendant. Gemi- detachment from desire is the vehi- ni relates, that is its job. The Soul also The Soul Purpose cle for the entrance of Light, i.e. the relates. It is primarily concerned with of your entrance of Creative Will. This tension connectedness. In its most essential Rising Sign of transmutation is embodied in the capacity, the Soul is the Way through Fourth Ray which is the Ray of the which Spirit connects to Matter and Bull. As you may recall from previous Matter to Spirit. The Soul stands in the articles, the Fourth stands as the in- middle; the Soul is the Middle Way . termediary between the three high- As the sign most significant of relat- er Rays of Spirit and the three lesser edness, Gemini functions as a vehicle Rays of form. for the Second Ray of Love/Wisdom. The Soul purpose of a Taurus ascend- It has as its Soul ruler, the planet Ve- ant not only involves freeing oneself nus which is considered by esoter- from attachments to material forms. ic astrologers to be the most highly It also has to do with helping to break evolved planet in the solar system. such attachments in other people’s Like the Soul, Venus embodies the lives so that the bounty of the Earth “urge to merge”. Venus seeks to unite can be distributed fairly to all the and blend and by so doing, birth into world’s children. Taurus is helped in life a greater refinement than existed this task through its esoteric ruling beforehand. On the Soul level, the per- planet, Vulcan. Vulcan is the “Black- son with Gemini rising is not an ex- smith of the Gods” and through his pression of duality but an agent of fires he transforms and refines all harmony. Venus is the planetary Lord forms so that they may be made more of the Fifth Ray, the Ray of the Con- useful to the Soul. Vulcan is found crete Mind. It is through Gemini (and within 8 degrees of the position of its exoteric relationship to Mercury), your Sun. that Venus may express her focus of union and communion. If Gemini is on Gemini your ascendant, look to the position The Light of Interplay of Venus in your natal chart to see This is a line of light beams, reveal- how you may more impersonally bring ing that which opposes or the basic love into other people’s lives and thus duality of manifestation, the relation- fulfill your Soul purpose. This will be ship of spirit and of form. It is the con- achieved through some form of serv- scious light of that relationship. ice that involves bringing together and The primary function of the mutable harmonizing individuals and groups of signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and people. In this way, you may be an ef- Pisces) is to produce a constant flux, fective agent of communication, shar- a never-ending sense of movement, ing with others Venus’s Law, the Law in order to provide a wide field of ex- of Right Human Relationships. Contact pression for the life of the Soul. It is www.alanoken.com in the gathering of life experiences, To be continued….

24 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI photo by Tim Ross / http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07-03AmericanBeechFL.jpg American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), Gadsden Co., Florida USA

"Smile on the countenance shuts door on sickness. It mitigates the impact. Smile is a therapy in itself."

Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 25 Among the three forms of lives, man is endowed with greater awareness. He is self-conscious. He is therefore bearer of a greater responsibility. He is expected to realize the effect of psychic energy and accordingly to act Occult Healing bringing forth positive manifestations through the force of psychic energy. It XCIV is said long time ago, that man has no right to defile the surrounding space with his impure thoughts, speeches Prof. Dr. h.c. K. Parvathi Kumar and actions. Every thought, speech and action of man can either have a positive or neg- Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar is an In the modern world, the number ative impact on the psychic energy, author of more than 100 books. that suffers pain and painful sensa- according to the motive that he has. He held more than 500 seminars tions is great. Pain in joints is very The present-day malice and hatred be- in five continents. His topics common, arthritis is ever growing, tween groups of humans, nations, rac- comprise the areas of meditation, rheumatism and arthritis are holding es and religions, have a deep impact on yoga, philosophy, astrology, healing, sway. It is common that one pain or the entire humanity. A drop of poison colour, sound, symbolism of world the other is experienced in the body. is good enough to turn a cup of milk scriptures, time cycles, and many These painful sensations are caused into poison. Apart from the malicious other things. by psycho-atmospheric tensions. It thoughts, which continuously con- is not only the pressure coming from tribute to the ill-health on the planet the atmosphere, but also significant- through the psychic energy, there is a ly from psychic waves, which not plethora of vague and unenlightened only create moods, but can even re- thinking which also contributes to ob- flect upon the nerve centers. The im- scure the source of well-being. Hu- pact of pain is not only upon the humanity is forgetful of its past. Hardly man, but also upon the animal and the pain of world war is forgotten and the plant. This can be comprehended yet the human brains sharpen their with a deeply insight into the unity of weapons to fight again and again. Hu- life. Knowledge always teaches uni- man forgetfulness is helping the igno- ty of existence, unity of conscious- rance and ill-health to multiply itself ness and diversity in manifestation. regardless the well-meaning acts. It is but ignorance to ignore the es- Good and evil are created by man. sential unity of all life. When pain is On one hand, there are thoughts and caused to plant, animal or human in actions of good will, which create a any part of the globe, such pain has a source of blessing and benediction, ripple effect and transmits itself glo- but on the other hand the thoughts bally. Its effects are on units of weak and actions of evil are infectious. The constitution. For the physical pain, to later is dominant over the former. look for reason in the physical condi- The impact of human activity on the tion is but an effort in vain. aura of psychic energy surrounding

26 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI photo by Charles Knwoles http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunrise_on_the_Camas_Prairie.jpg

the planet cannot be taken light- tion and of ignorance are alternately Fig.: This is first light on the Camas Prairie mindedly. Humanity repeatedly affecting the human health – those near Fairfield Idaho. The Flowers are Ca- grasps the consequences of good and who strive for knowledge achieve the mas Lilly's, I found this one white on in a evil and their subtle impact on hu- tranquility beyond conflict. Such di- field of blue. Not many places better than man health and well-being, but due mensions of psychic energy are but this to watch the sun rise. to forgetfulness, it casts aside the essential to every physician. cognized subtle truth. Ways of cogni-

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 27 training, spiritual practices are much T h o u g h t s o n t h e better defined as spirited practices. In fact, most Daoist schools of thought R e l e v a n c e o f Q i g o n g (for example, the Lung Men, Dragon Gate school) and all traditional in- I I ternal martial arts systems, stress the importance of non- spiritually orien- – to the Understanding and tated endeavour, understanding that Practice of Chinese Medicine such unfoldings are a natural consequence of what, to the Western mind, may seem more basic practises. Roy Jenzen In this context, to ‘treat the spirit’ in Chinese medicine might be more re- alistically interpretated as ensuring Roy Jenzen is a doctor of Chinese To some, this is the ‘spiritual’ side of that the roots, the foundations of the medicine with some 28 years of qigong, yet the general Western con- spirit (the life-seeking, life-sustaining clinical experience. He is based in notation of the word ‘spiritual’ is not drive) are in sound order, relative to Perth, Western Australia, and is a what is alluded to in classical qigong the individual. It is this order, this sus- long-time practitioner of qigong and work; nor in higher level martial art tainable source, which allows the free the Chinese internal martial methods skill. Rather, what is meant is that, and unfolding movement of a spirited of xingyi chuan and bagua zhang through cultivating a ‘spirited’ prac- and maturing approach to life and all tice, there is a natural extension and its trials and tribulations, as well as bio-connectivity of our innate life vi- its joys and its pleasures. tality into the Dao, the all-pervading To develop this sense of order and well- and fundamentally elusive Unknown. being within oneself would seem to be This extension beyond (or rather, ex- an almost fundamental requirement - tension into) however, depends not even a responsibility - for anyone en- upon exclusively mind- orientated tering any healing profession, particu- concepts and practices, but rath- larly one with the depth that Chinese er upon sound structural (physical) medicine, in its full and wholistic man- and functional (energetic) roots. It is ifestation, encompasses. from this base that the human spir- It is a natural extension of this prac- it can most fully and radiantly shine. titioner commitment that a therapeu- This is ‘shen ming’, the radiance and tic presence arises from within, one projection of the inherent life-vital- which has a subtle yet often profound ity, essentially dependent upon the effect upon any clinical encounter, anchoring and sustaining nature of and may indeed lead the patient, both our essence. Traditional qigong and consciously and subconsciously, to a martial arts practices pay particular different state of being, and poten- attention to the cultivation of these tiate a different outcome than may structural and functional factors. have otherwise been possible. It is an often repeated admonition The other natural outcome of this that you first need to strengthen and deeper realm of practitioner aware- deepen the roots, and in such classical ness is the development and re-

28 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI finement of one’s diagnostic skills In some ways, practitioners of Chi- through the heightened sense of en- nese medicine have both a historical ergetic sensitivity that so often ac- and a personal responsibility to ‘be companies any developing qigong all that they can be’ in this context, skill. This refinement of diagnosis by and to not only uphold and continue pulse, by observation, and by a know- this unique approach to fostering and ing born from stillness, opens us to a maintaining wellness of being, but to new level of therapeutic engagement, embrace and support the innate push helping us more deeply assess the ap- of the human spirit to develop and re- propriate needs and treatment proto- fine the concept of well-being, of be- col for each individual patient, each ing well, even further. unique manifestation of matter and However, we have been witness to energy, who seeks our assistance. some degree of naivety and ignorance The qigong trained practitioner is also - and not a little invention - in the in the position of being able to offer development and presentation of Chi- prescriptive qigong to those patients nese medicine in the West and, to a he/she feels would benefit. Indeed, lesser but significant extent, in China there are a number of clinical sce- itself. On the one hand this has led to, narios where qigong is the treatment of choice, given its inherent ability to powerfully move stagnant qi and blood, which, of course, lie at the very core of many states of disordered being, and are often implicated - directly or indirectly - in most clinical pres- entations. In doing this, in so educating our patients, we are able to give them not only an individually tailored and relevant prescription (much like classical Chinese herbal medicine), but also a tool of substance to actively assist in their own recovery and to foster their own awareness. This is intrinsi- cally empowering and develops both self- worth and self-responsibility, two of the greatest gifts we can give and encouraged, a more intellectual, Qigong taiji meditation to those who come to our door. It is overly analytical, even scientific ap- Fragments of a diagram, possibly forms of then that the practitioner begins to proach to the understanding, presen- Chi Kung, found in a tomb of the Han Dy- enter the realms of healer, an often tation and practice of Chinese med- nasty, the Chinese city of Ma Wang Tui. misunderstood (and misused) word icine. And on the other hand it has today, bearing little relevance to the fostered a ‘new age’ type interpre- common and superficial new age use tation of classical Chinese methods of the term. which are of little substance and du-

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 29 bious clinical value. These two trends It is the middle path that we must have shifted us away from some of seek. This will be informed by scho- the clinically useful and enlightening lastic endeavour and challenged by old ways, the lao- gong (old skills). contemporary enquiry and research, Thoughts on the One aspect of this is the dismissal or yet equally empowered by an experi- Relevance of misinterpretation of the fundamen- ential awareness of, and an openness Qigong tal relevance of classical qigong un- to, the unseen (but not unknown), the derstanding and skill to the practice all- pervading dynamism that puts of Chinese medicine or, alternatively, the human into the being and poten- its representation as veiled in mystery tiates so much more than many of us and ‘spiritual’ whitewash. realise. It would seem, however, that we are As has been said before by the an- now seeing a new, and more aware, cient Daoists, “It is not so much what generation of students entering into we think or say that most determines Chinese medical education. In conse- our life, but what we do.” quence, it may well be that these two approaches will die a natural death. We may then witness the emergence of a more wholistic classical approach that - given a sound understanding of Contact the principles and practices of clas- http://internalintent.com/wordpress/ sical Chinese medicine - asks that about-roy-jenzens-school-of-inner- we embrace that innate body wis- martial-arts/about-roy-jenzen/ dom that we each possess, a ‘cellular knowing’ that so often remains dor- This article was also published at mant within, awaiting a Spring that The Journal of Chinese Medicine never comes, or if it does, then only http://www.jcm.co.uk/ fleetingly.

"We must listen to our soul, if we want to be healthy! Ultimately, we are here because there is no escape from ourselves. As long as man does not meet himself in the eyes and in the hearts of his fellow human, he is on the run. As long as he does not allow his fellow human to share his innermost being, there is no security. As long as he is afraid to be seen through,he can recognize neither himself nor others – he will be alone. Everything is connected to everything! " Hildegard of Bingen

30 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI sible for an unfulfilled desire to have children: cysts, congenital malforma- tions of the uterus, disturbances of D o i n g G o o d t o t h e the spermatic duct and of the fallopian tube, benign tumours inside the Body in Order to Get uterus, endometriosis, and hormonal imbalances of the woman, of the P re g n a n t man, but also the amount and quality of the sperm, as well as age, environmental influences or personal crises, and stress. Kerstin Tschinkowitz

“A young woman needs on The desire to have a child corresponds average four months to get with a deep human need. Ayurveda pregnant“ offers a rich variety of health and nutrition measures for the preparation of a healthy pregnancy and birth. This A Gentle Approach knowledge is summarized in an own In the course of the development of field - the Vaji-Karana – the science reproductive medicine, therapeutical of the aphrodisiacs and the measures measures and interventions were de- for the improvement of procreation. veloped, which enable childless cou- For many years Kerstin Tschinkowitz, ples to have a child. These forma of a nurse and ethnologist, has been The primary instinct of procreation treatment could be connected with devoting herself to the study of secures the continuation of exist- health risk for the woman. Special naturopathy in different races. ence of all living beings on our plan- mention has to be made of the side- She received entirely new impulses et; thus, the urge for survival and the effects and long-term effects of hor- in dealing with health processes, sexual drive have a strong influence mone stimulation. In complementary holistic orientation in life, and on our social behaviour. In contrast to medicine, resp., in alternative medi- conduct of life when she came the animal, the human being is able cine there exist different methods of into touch with Ayurveda, which to decide whether he uses this prima- a gentle and holistic approach. At the has been determining her therapy ry instinct for his satisfaction or for heart of the question is the physi- methods for many years. Kerstin his procreation. cal and emotional general state of Tschinkowitz is an Ayurveda If pregnancy fails to materialize health of the couples. Ayurvedic heal- specialist, naturopath, and a natural within a period of one to two years ing can fall back on an effective offer health professional with her own for a healthy couple with the desire of therapies. Here, infertility of man practise in Biel, Switzerland. for children, medical science talks and woman are considered, but also about fertility disorders. In the past, preparatory treatment measures like the woman alone was held responsi- purgation, strengthening, and nutri- ble for infertility, whereas today, the tion of the body tissues are observed. reasons for it are clarified in case of Apart from this, the woman is accom- both partners. There are multitudi- panied during pregnancy and beyond nous reasons that could be respon- the period of breastfeeding.

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 31 Already in the Caraka Samhita (3rd to The first tissue, called blood plasma 2nd century BC), Sarirasthana, Chap- (Rasa), formed from nutrition, consti- ter II, the possibility of fertility disor- tutes the greatest part of the female ders is mentioned: it could come to egg cell and of the nutritive solution Doing Good to the a delay of conception even for fer- of the embryo. It determines the size, Body in Order to tile women as problems could occur the strength, the contentment, the Get Pregnant in connection with the uterus, with fullness and the enthusiasm of the sperms, the egg cell, nutrition, daily embryo. The quality of the nutrition routine, the right moment of sexual and the way of life directly influence union and due to a lack of physical the development of this tissue and of strength. the female reproductive organs. Exact reading of this ancient text reveals the knowledge of the entire General Recommendations for range of reasons, which could lead to Child Planning an undesired childlessness. Western n Carry out a cleansing treatment pri- medicine is not yet able to develop a or to a desired pregnancy. therapeutical possibility for influenc- n Observe regular daily routines and ing the quality and number of sperms. regular times for meals. It can treat infections, varicose veins n Eat according to your constitution. in the genital area and hormonal dis- Observe healthy nutrition (fresh, turbances, but male sterility still rais- juicy and sweet is regarded as a rule es questions. of thumb). n Make sure you have enough sleep. Positive Influence of Sperms n Make sure you have phases of rest In this area in particular, Ayurveda and recreation, relaxation, medita- has the possibilities for positively in- tion, breathing exercises, and yoga. fluencing the number and motility of n Nourish yourself with beauty on a sperms due to the holistic approach of physical and spiritual level. treatment. Ayurveda is regarding the n Make sure of a healthy exercise pro- development of physical impairments gram. (yoga, staying in natural sur- from the viewpoint of the seven Dha- roundings) tus, the body tissues, which succes- n Do not wear any clothing which is sively build up and nurture each other too tight or which heats you up; by their own metabolic process. here, the men in particular are concerned. 1. Blood plasma (Rasa) egg cell n Have a loving relationship with your 2. Red blood cells (Rakta) partner. 3. Muscular tissue (Mamsa) n Rasayana preparations (tissue reju- 4. Fatty tissue (Meda) venation): regarding this, seek ad- 5. Bone tissue (Ashti) vice from a physician or naturopath. 6. Bone marrow and brain (Maija) n Vaji karana Preparations (aphrodis- 7. Reproduction substances (Shukra) iacs, substances for the improve- Ojas – life essence, sperms ment of the quality of the reproductive cells). Regarding this, seek

32 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI advice from a physician or naturo- from sequence of the development of cy. The fact that in Western societies path. the other tissues and is thus situated the point in time for family formation n Avoid nutrition that has an irritat- at the end of the production chain. has shifted significantly influences ing effect on your mucous mem- In Shukra, the fine-matter essence of the physical readiness for concep- branes: refrain from the excessive Ojas is united, which is passed on to tion. If it takes four months on aver- consumption of hot, sour, bitter and the female egg cell together with the age for a young woman to get preg- tart foods. sperm. The conversion of the nutri- nant, the possibility of an ovulation n Avoid the consumption of alcohol tion, from the uptake to the forma- between the 35th and 42nd year of and nicotine. tion of a sperm, comprises a period life is measurably reduced to an aver- n Avoid stress. of 30 days. During this time, the nu- age of 12 months. n Avoid hard physical strain. trition is broken down; its essence is With regard to this subject, The expressed in the quality of the sperm Ayurvedic approach is holistic and Good Digestion is Important - the smallest human cell. Its quality can influence and treat advice seek- If digestion (Agni) is weakened, the at the beginning of pregnancy is de- ing couples in a positive way in their nutrition cannot be completely me- cisive for all tissues that lend strength wish to have children. In the science tabolized. It comes to sedimentations and stability to the embryo (nails, of the aphrodisiacs (Vaji-Karana), (Ama), which affect the plasma tis- teeth, bones, veins, arteries, tendons, the measures for the improvement sue (Rasa) and thus the quality of all and sperm). of the procreation are anchored. Al- mucous membranes. In terms of its ways, both sexes have been consid- properties, Ama is cold, slimy, tena- ered here. In Vaji-Karana, one meets cious, and inhibiting. If the plasma of '“Ayurveda can lend positive an extensive assortment of medica- the egg cell is contaminated, this can support to couples with the ments, therapy and behaviour meas- lead to adhesions inside the Fallopian desire to have children.“ ures. Also, nutritional directions for tube (ectopic pregnancy). The thus re- having healthy children can be found sulting shortage of nutrients for the here. St. Teresa of Avila once said, “Do endometrium and for the egg cell can something good to your body so that prevent a nidation of the egg cell. Fe- Strengthening of the Immune the soul feels like residing in it.” This male fertility disorders can be quite Strength is certainly also a positive fundament positively influenced from the view of Special attention is given to the for encouraging the soul of our fu- Ayurveda. Cleansing of the tissues is mother-to-be. The unborn child ma- ture children to embody themselves recommended, especially of the first tures in her body. Her health and ill- through us and in us. tissue, the Rasa-Dhatu, also a harmo- nesses determine the development of nization of the way of living that is ap- the baby, his skin, blood, heart, liver propriate to the constitution, but also and kidneys, the bladder, the rectum, psychological guidance of the wom- the stomach, the intestine, and the Contact an and the couple. Lengthy, however, fat. Kerstin Tschinkowitz is the arrangement of the treatment From the Ayurvedic viewpoint, Freiestrasse 44 and stabilization of the male procre- she passes on 50% of her immune 2502 Biel/Bienne (Switzerland) ation substances in cases of fertility strength to the new born at birth. Be- mail: [email protected] disorders. This appears logical when fore another birth takes place, this www.ayurvedabalance.ch regarding the Ayurvedic structure of resource should by all means be re- the tissue. Sperm is a product of the stored again. Therefore, Ayurveda rec- procreation substances (Shukra), the ommends the observance of a period This article was also published in: last of the body tissues. This evolves of three years until the next pregnan- YOGA! The Magazine, No. 3/2012,

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 33 specific signs for 60 years and clearly defined the facial areas in his pathophysiognomic.

The face is a somatotopic Pa t h o p h y s i o g n o m i c 12 cervical nerves control the functions of the organs and bring the in- and Light Therapy formation which is interconnected in the midbrain onto the complexion. N. Trigenimus hereby projects the organs in clearly described areas on the com- Michael Münch plexion. In distinction to the other reflex zones for example on the foot or other Head Facial diagnosis and monolux Zones the face is clearly visible un- therapy in facial areas covered. The advantage of facial di- Imagine you look at the face of a pa- agnosis compared to iris diagnosis is tient and you are able to ask specif- that the area is seen without a loupe. ic questions regarding his/her state Like this the therapist with an experi- of health during anamnesis – this is enced eye is able to make a diagnosis applied pathophysiognomic. When, during anamnesis. thereafter, you specifically treat the Michael Muench has been unique signs and changes in the face How does a healthy face look established with his own practice with specific light – this is monolux like? since 1984 with main emphasis therapy in facial areas. In order to perceive the specific signs on complementary methods of This new method may be applied by or discrepancies we have to ask this diagnosis and energetic forms of every therapist or consultant in his/ question first of all. There are 5 crite- therapy. Since his early juvenile her practise for own health. ria for the definition of this in patho- years he has been familiar with the physiognomic facial diagnosis: “Practical Knowledge of Human Pathophysiognomic as means of Nature” according to Carl Huter evidence diagnostics n Even color of the face (Psychophysiognomics). He met Natale Pathophysiognomic or facial diagnosis n Even tissue filling (turgor) Ferronato in 1992 and since that is the science of organ and function- n Even tension (tonus) time had integrated his diagnostical al unique signs in the face. Restrict- n Even skin structure and therapeutical system in his daily ed areas in the face indicate physical n Even radiation of the tissues practice work (Pathophysiognomics weaknesses, actual, or former strains and Radioesthesy). In 2004 he and, in this way, possibilities of fu- In the first place these criteria in founded an educational centre for ture diseases. The quality of the tis- pathophysiognomic may be learnt by training in Psychophysionomics, sues, color, radiance, and tension of exact observation and sensitive vi- Pathophysiognomics and New Point the complexion change when there is sion. Watch nature and plants care- Pain- and Organ therapy (NPSO) a transformation in an organ and this fully and with relaxation – feel and according to Rudolf Siener in Munich knowledge can help to control the perceive the various shades in color and transmits his knowledge in course of a therapy. Natale Ferronato, and structure. Transfer this new kind complete training courses,. a Swiss naturopath, examined these of vision to observe the face.

34 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 1. Ventriculus, Gaster Facial diagnosis may be started 1a) Curvatura ventriculi minor very early 1b) Curvatura ventriculi major Look at the lips of a baby and you will 1c) Antrum pyloricum see that the mouth is still very fine 2. Pylorus and plain and that there are only few 3. Duodenum longitudinal folds. Lips are a mirror 4. Jejunum of our intestines and with increasing 5. Ileum bowel function the first longitudinal 6. Valva ileocecalis folds develop which also reflect the 7. Colon ascendens intestinal function. 7a) Flexura hepatica 7b) Colon transversum 7c) Flexura lienalis 7d) Colon descendens 7e) Colon sigmoideum 7f) Ampulla recti 8. Hepar 9. Ductus cysticus 10. Ductus choledochus 11. Vesica fellea Mouth of a one week old baby 12. Caput pancreatis 13. Corpus pancreatis The mouth – mirror of our 14. Cauda pancreatis digestion 15. Lien, Splen Looking at the mouth the bowel movement may be perceived. At the upper lip the function of the small in- Digestion system from: Natale Ferronato: “Practice of Pathophysiognomics” testine may be seen and at the lower lip you can see the function of the large intestine. Clearly marked-out lip Which signs are relevant for signs in the face improve during the lines, same color of the lower and up- facial diagnosis? treatment, the therapist can conclude per lip, even cross folds and identi- Perceiving the finely graduated color that this measure was helpful to sup- cal tissue filling are the criteria for a shades, elevations, and hollows on port the function of the respective or- healthy bowel movement. the facial skin lead to evidence diag- gan system and if not, maybe another Variations from this norm clearly in- nostics. For instance, red parts may measure could make sense. dicate disturbances in the intestinal signify inflammatory processes, livid- The positive message is that the signs function or circulation. Visible cross ity can show insufficiency, and swell- are often visible before the first symp- folds on the lips for example signify ing may be a hint on a blockage in the toms appear. There are signs of he- a peristaltic disturbance in the small related organ system. reditary and signs of weaknesses that intestine, and an even upper lip sig- As consistency of the tissues, color, change and may disappear, too. The nifies a disturbed processing of the radiation, and tension of the com- therapist can instruct the patients to large intestine. Consequences may be plexion change during a therapy, this watch themselves in the mirror and digestion problems with flatulence or method also enables a statement on to take responsibility for his/her own obstipation. the course of a therapy. When the health.

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 35 In geriatrics, it is often regarded origin of the problem is. This, how- that a disturbed small intestine can- ever, needs the experience to realize not absorb medicine or food, as you the priorities. may clearly see from the following Patho- picture of a 74 year old lady. In this NPSO/Monolux therapy physiognomic and type of severe problem of the small After 20 years of knowledge of work- Light Therapy intestine and pancreas, the most im- ing with the teachings of pathophys- portant therapy is the intake of liq- iognomic according to Natale Ferro- uids. nate and the NPSO (Neue Punktuelle Schmerz- und Organtherapie - New Therapy in naturopathy Selective Pain and Organ Therapy) The meaning of naturopathy is to according to Rudolf Siener, it was “heal in accordance with nature”. The obvious to combine those two meth- question is: what hinders healing? In ods with each other. With the devel- my point of view, the most common opment of the MonoluxPens, the al- reason is that the sensation is lost ternative was given to immediately Cross folds on the upper lip: peristaltic which leads to a disconnection or and specifically treat the facial areas disturbances in the small intestine. blockage of the regulation mecha- that show transformations. nism. This may be observed on scars The monolux therapy has its origin in created after accidents. On the con- the NPSO. It can be seen as an effec- trary a disease is basically a “super- tive reflex therapy that is mainly ap- fluity” or a “deficit”. One can lead to plied to relieve pain in the locomotor a deficiency symptom and the other system. However, it also shows good to an over-strain – a related therapy results in the field of organs. Instead could be useful through substitution of using injections or acupuncture, or removal. the treatment is with monochro- In pathophysiognomic, we can ob- matic light at the somatotopic of the Smooth lower lip: functional disturbance serve that scarcely anybody lives in lower leg, the foot, or the knee. of the colon accordance with nature so that there Professor Ernst Schaack developed is nobody who fulfills the named cri- the monolux therapy system for the teria rules at 100 percent. Intoleranc- NPSO. The particularity is that at es are often disturbances in diges- the same time you can measure the tion as for example in celiac disease. skin resistance and make a therapy But you could also ask for the rea- with the entire efficacy spectrum son of the intolerance. Perhaps, the of the colors and the smooth mag- reason is a chronic disturbance in netic field. The small and convenient the stomach function. Maybe a mor- MonoluxPen with a color changer bus disease patient has an intestinal through three LEDs applies for 6-7x Disturbance in small intestine & pancreas disease due to a dysfunction of the per minute the whole color spec- stomach and the intestinal vessels. trum with a smooth magnetic field The specific transformations cannot on a pain or acupuncture point re- only be found at the lips but also at spectively on the corresponding fa- the entire complexion. The supreme cial area. discipline should be: begin where the

36 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Treatment in the face ognomy is a valuable evidence based For more information on training and Treatment in the facial area is ex- diagnostic and process control in dai- development please contact tremely simple. Facial areas showing ly practice, and the monolux therapy www.muench-naturheilkunde.de a pathopysiognomical transformation is a smooth alternative to injection such as reddening or swelling are ir- therapy in case of disturbances, pain, radiated with the MonoluxPen until scars and the treatment of facial ar- its color changes. In addition, lymph eas. and acupuncture points may also be treated as well. In this way e.g., dys- pepsy is treated at the corner of the mouth, an intestinal disturbance at the lips and heart, bronchitis, kidneys etc., at the corresponding areas. Sensitive patients feel the effect immediately. Mainly children like being treated with light. In sucklings and babies, the recommendation is to irradiate the belly button as well.

Michael Münch, Naturopath Plauer Straße 15 80992 Munich /Germany [email protected] Tel: +49 89 14311934 Belly treatment in babies. Self-treatment of circulation Fax: +49 8165 5331

In sensitive, circulation unstable pa- Literature tients, we recommend to irradiate the 1. Natale Ferronato, Pathophysiognomik, circulation point above the upper lip Kürbis Publishers, Uitikon Waldegg or the solar plexus on the nose tip. 2. Michael Münch, Pathophysiognomik Every therapist can instruct his/her – was ist das? Naturheilpraxis 1/2005 patient to do something good for his/ (Pathophysiognomic – what is that?) her health on his/her own. Mainly this 3. Ernst Schaack: Licht und Farbe, Felder fact motivated me to dedicate myself und Frequenzen. Fotobiologische to this new method in a deeper way. Therapie mit monochromatischem Luminenzlicht. Comed Fachmagazin Combination of facial diagnosis (2003) 2: 30 – 34. (Ernst Schaack: and light therapy Light and Color, Fields and Frequen- Both facial diagnosis and monolux cies. Fotobiologic Therapy with mono- therapy enrich the therapeutic spec- chromatic luminescence light. Comed trum of every therapist. Pathophysi- Specialist Magazine, (2003) 2: 30-34)

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 37 el, such as humic and / or fulvic acids. However, for lasting therapeutic success these means might not be A n I n t e g ra l I n s i d e sufficient. In many of those cases, I administered doses of Acidum suc- i n t o I n f l a m m a t o r y cinicum (spirit of amber) in homoeopathic potencies of X6 to X12, mostly Bowel Diseases in combination with therapeutic trace elements which are really the very III base of most of our enzymes, for example Deutrosulfazym (Cellfood). Andreas Ulmicher Whenever the difficulties to properly digest food apart from the inflammation are really caused by enzymatic Andreas Ulmicher, born in 1970, Homoeopathic and failure, the autonomic nervous sys- is a medical practitioner and antihomotoxic treatment of tem is also to take in consideration. author. In 1987 he suffered himself inflammatory bowel diseases Under stress proper digestion simply from Crohn's disease. Today With a holistic homoeopathic and an- doesn’t happen. Appropriate nutrition after following a strict diet and tihomotoxic therapy of inflammatory for patients dealing with these omis- detoxification protocol, he is now for bowel diseases there is to take care sions is low in protein and fat and more than 15 years free of symptoms for plenty of man-made, environmen- must be easily absorbable. and medicine. Since 2001 he runs tal factors, the remote influence oth- his own practice in the Hessian spa er organs can take upon the intestine 2. Therapy of autonomic town of Bad Soden-Salmuenster / and of course, the clinical history of exhaustion or adrenal fatigue Germany the individual patient. Here are a few The longer an inflammatory proc- examples: ess lasts, the more likely suprarenal glands are depleted. This is especial- 1. Regulating and strengthening ly the case if the patient is forced to the enzyme- and redox system take corticosteroids in one form of When it comes to anamnesis, the pa- the other over a lengthy period of tient usually states that his stomach time. In cases like these the function would bother with rich food, partic- of the suprarenal glands has to be ularly with protein and fat and that supported with plant remedies or ho- the symptoms would not only restrict moeopathic remedies. A broad range themselves to the lower intestine. Fur- fix for defects like these is glandula thermore, feces develop a foul smell suprarenalis suis. Furthermore, there and tend to be smeary. In short terms, is a great polycrest for support of the the patient usually experiences relief suprarenal glands especially with ul- from enzyme-stimulating remedies cerative colitis and when it comes such as Gentiana lutea, Harungana to bloody stools: Berberis (Barberry). madagascariensis, Okoubaka aubre- This remedy in particular has a broad villei in low potencies and combina- range of symptoms which can be as- tion with substances that enhance sociated with chronic inflammatory nutrient absorption in the small bow- diseases in general: imbalance of the

38 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI acid-alkaline balance, long lasting cramping. Usually after a while of the inflammation or infection, affections prescription of a “hormonal fix” or of the kidneys and the large bowel. oral contraceptives, colitis symptoms There is another remedy with a much began. To achieve a deep changeover, smaller range of symptoms yet going I often use Acidum α-Ketoglutaricum more deeply into the matter of au- in combination with complex homoe- tonomic exhaustion: Anthraquinone, opathic remedies that address the fe- a substance which very often is used male hormonal sphere, containing in laxatives. The main symptom of for example Sepia, Lilium tigrinum, this remedy is: diarrhea cannot be Cimicifuga, Crabro vespra, Apis mel- stopped, whatever the means. Fur- lifica, Pulsatilla or similar remedies thermore, restlessness, irritation and that address the symptoms which anxiety, accompanied by feeling mis- caused trouble before the onset of the erable. If the clinical history of the colitis. Whenever it comes to hormo- patient reveals former diseases of the nal deficiencies which are most likely respiratory tract or even during colitis and Crohn’s disease, the bladder is easily affected with bacterial infection, Anthraquinone in potency X12 is worthwhile a try. This procedure ideally is flanked by applying phytohormonal remedies such as Eleutherococcus senticosus, Bellis perennis, Chelidonium majus and Dioscorea villosa in low homoeopathic potencies under X6. Hypo- physis suis or ACTH might also to be taken in consideration. In contrast to our first example, nutrition needs to contain more protein and especially a good deal of omega 3 fatty acids. Gastrointestinal System

Women’s Colitis with hormonal to be caused by environmental tox- background ins, Acidum α-Ketoglutaricum is one It is not common though it does hap- of the main remedies to go for, es- pen occasionally, that women be- pecially if joined by fitting homoeo- tween their end 20s and mid-40s pathic and phytohormonal remedies. appear in my practice without any So far some examples of practical clinical history regarding immuno- work with chronic inflammatory dis- logical defects whatsoever. Instead, eases and especially inflammatory before the onset of the colitis, those bowel diseases. There are, of course, women suffered from premenstrual many more of them. syndrome, menorrhagia, menstrual abnormalities and / or menstrual

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 39 Basic constitutional therapy shouldn’t be applied in the first place These individual therapeutic options though because this type suffers the work best if they are embedded in a most from initial aggravation espe- concept of constitutional therapy. The cially if there is adrenal fatigue, which An Integral Inside basic constitutional types, the lym- with this type of clinical history is a into Inflammatory phatic type, the hematogen type and very common. Alongside suprarenal Bowel Diseases the dyscratic type (blue eyes, brown gland support as shown above, the eyes and mixed-colored eyes) usual- therapist can choose among a vast ly have their own individual problems variety of antipsoric homoeopathic and need different approaches to ad- remedies, which, of course, have to be dress the origins of their respective fitted to the individual’s needs. diseases. To connect the hematogen constitu- The lymphatic type typically “starts” tional type with inflammatory bow- his clinical career with problems of el diseases you have to concentrate the sinuses, which do not only have on the enterohepatic circulation. The remote effects on any mucosa tissue Crohn’s or colitis symptoms often go of the body - digestive tract includ- along with lack in capacity to detox ed - but also suffer the consequences of the liver. This type is very sensi- of a medical therapy with antibiotic tive to nutrition mistakes which often and anti-inflammatory medication as cause a flare up - even without food well as a common tonsillectomy at allergies or intolerances in the back- early age, which then lead to intes- ground. Constitutional therapy of this tinal problems. Dysbioses, a leaky gut type features supply with bittern in syndrome and, in consequence, local phytotherapeutic or homeopathic inflammatory processes can lead to form and stimulation of liver detox. generalized inflammation of the in- Nutrition should be mostly vegetar- testine’s mucosa and, with Crohn’s, ian, easy to absorb and devoid of ir- other tissues as well. Sanitizing the ritation, such as hot spices. mucosa tissues along with detoxing antibiotics and former pathogen tox- Psychosomatic background of ins and then re-establishing a proper inflammatory bowel diseases intestinal flora is a necessity. As well as one can deduce the epis- The dyscratic type tends to have al- temic spread of inflammatory bowel lergies, hay fever and inflammatory diseases nowadays from multiple en- skin diseases such as atopic eczema vironmental factors, it’s just as easy or psoriasis, even joint inflammations to link Crohn’s and colitis to psycho- in their clinical history. Later on, the somatic issues. This connection does disease or better tendency towards not only refer to emotional up psy- inflammations and irregular immuno- chological stress as known, but also to logical processes tends to change lo- metabolic and environmental stress. calization and shows up in the bowel. Normally, and inflammatory bowel Constitutional therapy for this type disease is the consequence of both of of patients requires stabilization of those kinds of stress in different pro- the suprarenal glands. Detoxification portions. These factors, together with

40 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI coping, make the final difference be- permanent sympathetic dominance deals with issues of the past which tween diseases of modern times and will subside and lead to the opposite, are not properly “digested” in the those of ancient times. autonomic exhaustion or adrenal fa- mental, emotional and physical sense As well as there are different consti- tigue. At this stage, the enzymatic sys- of the word. Very often, health issues tutional types linked to different and tem, the immune system will be “re- in the large bowel are associated with individual background problems of awakened” and have to deal with an unconscious emotions, feelings etc. inflammatory bowel diseases, differ- altered intestinal environment: leaky in general, issues with German psy- ent people react differently towards gut syndrome, altered intestinal flora, chologist Carl Gustav Jung used to the same level of stress. Any kind of dysbiosis and dyspepsia. Therefore, in- call “themes of the shade”. The un- stress however is consequential for flammation is a natural consequence consciousness of parts of the person- the proper function of our digestive in this phase. Before, say, during the ality finds its equivalent in the dark, tract. While mid-term stress leads to sympathetic dominance phase func- hidden “sphere” of the large intestine. functional default, long-term stress tional symptoms such as irritable Referring to Bach flower remedies, can lead to organic diseases. bowel syndrome are prevailing. It is therapeutic options would be Star of The three main psychological con- first when autonomic exhaustion takes Bethlehem and Honeysuckle for issues flicts related to inflammatory bowel place that an inflammation will devel- of the large intestine (unconscious- diseases are: control dramas (in gen- op due to the triggered immunological eral), a conflict between giving and processes. receiving as consequence of missing A conflict of giving and receiving appreciation (mainly related to dys- usually manifests as a consequence function of the small intestine) and of self-sacrifice in combination with regret of the past (mainly related to an unconscious expectation of re- the large intestine). ward. With Crohn’s disease which to Control is an institution of the mind at least about 50% affects the very and detracts energy from the “gut last part of the small bowel, this kind feeling”. A control dramas starts at of wrong self-esteem somatize as a the point when a loss is discovered. conflict of giving and receiving. At This discovering leads to a moment of this stage, chyme does not contain shock which then translates into the many nutrients anymore so that this autonomic nervous system, inciting very last section of the small bowel

the sympathetic nerve. is strongly unchallenged. It doesn’t http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Honeysuckle-1.jpg At certain key situations, this “shock” receive what it earns. The problem “I Honeysuckle flower, after few days it rigidity is experienced again, lead- don’t get enough” manifests on the changes to yellow ing to tenseness of the upper belly, or physical plane. If such a conflict stays more accurate: the solarplexus. These unconscious, it triggers a stress mo- ness, past, recycling) while Centau- moments repeat second to an irregular mentum as well as any form of men- ry, Chicory, Olive, Pine, Red Chestnut and uncontrollable pattern and, if not tal or emotional upset. would match the equivalent issues of properly handled, disembogue into a Regret over the past is associated to the small bowel - the conflict of giv- permanent stress momentum, or sym- problems of the large bowel. Here, ing and receiving. pathetic dominance. In this state of psychosomatically spoken, is the re- being enzyme activity, digestion, inner cycling center of the entire body. Die- metabolic processes and actions of the tary fiber is “recycled” to nutrients for Contact immune system are naturally inhibit- the intestinal mucosa. On the mental www.crohn-colitis-online.de ed. After a certain period of time, the and / or emotional plane, “recycling” www.praxis-ulmicher-freitag.de

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 41 ing on life as it is and by embracing it and organizing it in a creative, meaningful, and pleasing way. It helps for standing firmly on the ground with both legs, for giving space for one’s A n t i m o n i t e own inspirations, and for unfolding one’s own creative power. Antimonite III promotes the aesthetic perception, in particular the sense for aesthetic form. It supports in bestowing an expression of the inner potential and in Michael Gienger finding the right form for one’s own creativity.

Analytic Healing with Stones Antimonite is in particular suited for selfless persons or for such those who strive more for community (rhom- bic structure). It is helpful during the processes of far-reaching transformation for a decision towards the acceptance of the earthly existence (antimony) by sober (grey), purifying Antimonite Layer, Rumania recognition (sulphide). Wolfgang Dengler, Michael Gienger regards himself as www.wolfgang-dengler-naturfotografie.de a natural scientist. For him, nature Effective Principle is the great book in which – by Antimonite gives support in the en- observant perception – a multitude deavour to participate in an earthly Psychologically, antimonite helps to of life’s secrets can be recognized existence. dissolve obsessions, behaviour pat- and understood. He is engaged in the terns, and habits, to free from fixed project “Minerals in Healing“, which ideas and expectations as well as in bridges the gap between natural Healing Effect, Indications the uniting of driving forces, desires, medicine and science. He is currently and needs. Thus, it enables in partic- working with a team of twelve on the Spiritually, antimonite promotes ular the change of all one-sided, ex- worldwide largest reference work in the harmonisation of personal inter- treme, self-destructive, and harmful stone healing, the Neuen Lexikon der ests with higher ideals. It strengthens inner attitudes, and instead promotes Heilsteine . the striving for autonomy, freedom, the nourishing of constructive and and independence, however, not (any meaningful motivations. Antimonite more) as a withdrawal or escape but helps to be kind to oneself when one by taking over of responsibility and by is asking too much of oneself and if an active engagement for improve- one is permanently wearing oneself ments in life. Antimonite helps in out. It helps to meet difficulties not the case of a deeply rooted aversion by straining oneself or by aggressive against an earthly existence by tak- demands on oneself but rather by a

42 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI gentle persistence. Just because of tract, in particular in cases of heart- For all spiritual, psychological, and this, the powers of endurance become burn, nausea, and vomiting, cutting mental effects, meditation with an- stronger and are not any more expe- stomach pains, flatulence, constipa- timonite is recommended (for exam- rienced as a pressure or burden. Anti- tion, and diarrhoea. Antimonite im- ple by the contemplative observation monite also supports the transforma- proves wound healing and soothes of beautiful layers) because actions tion of an excessive and exhausting inflammations of mouth, gums, and that are consciously carried out with sexuality into a fulfilling love-life. It mucous membranes. It is helpful for stones are considerably more effec- makes it easier to give up emotion- skin diseases, for dry and cracked tive than carrying them along with- al sealing-off, vicarious satisfactions skin, scaling, and rashes of all kinds out putting one’s mind to them. (e.g., eating due to frustration), and as well as for eczema and permanent tendencies to escape, and it therefore itching. Together with sulphur elix- Dosification also helps in cases of addiction and ir, it even soothes psoriasis (external Antimonite is a strongly effective all forms of dependence. Antimonite use!). Antimonite acts in a purging stone and should therefore in the be- stimulates the ability to face life, and way, promotes the cleaning of the en- ginning only be worn for a few hours even if it appears to be grey, and emp- tire organism and thus minimizes the each day and only after having be- ty, it will help to develop the neces- susceptibility to infections. It helps in come familiar with it, it can be worn sary internal drive in order to free the the case of metabolic disorders, rheu- for a longer time. Gemstone water person’s own light and to allow let- matic complaints, migraine and re- should in the first instance only be ting it shine again. curring headaches as well as in case drunk in drinking glass amounts (one of chronic inflammations of the respi- to three glasses per day). In the case Mentally, antimonite promotes ob- ratory tract, of the paranasal sinuses, of gemstone elixirs – depending on jective and rational thinking which ears, and eyes. manufacturer and application -, 4-7 will neither be influenced by bad tem- drops, taken three to five times a day pers and burdensome thoughts nor by are recommended. obsessions or extreme traits of behav- Application iour. It therefore helps to overcome Hint the ignoring or suppressing of im- Methods Antimonite is toxic; it may therefore portant things as well as the conse- Antimonite is in principal suited for by no means during the production quent tendency towards inattentive- all kinds of applications; due to its of gemstone water be placed directly ness and inaction but also to dissolve toxicity, however, special hints have into the water! Instead, the test-tube the self-inflicted pressure caused by to be observed (see below). It can be method or the introduction by means exaggerated perfectionism and su- held in the hand as a compact crys- of crystals is recommended 1. Please, per-elevated and unreachable ideals. tal or rough stone and can be placed also observe further hints for handling Antimonite also helps to overcome in the pocket; it can also be worn as and hygiene in literature. Fine stone ideas which are limiting themselves a pendant or in a small pouch. De- powder (e.g., during polishing) should ("I can‘t…"), it helps to perceive one’s pending on the desired effect, it can - due the toxicity of the antimonite - own possibilities in a realistic way, to also be applied to the organs in ques- neither be breathed in nor should it be become observant and to realize one’s tion. Antimonite can be employed as taken inwardly. Antimonite is not ra- own inner voice by a healthy interest gemstone water, gemstone elixir, as a dioactive; it can therefore be applied in oneself, and to follow this voice. spagyric, and homeopathic prepara- outwardly or can be worn close to the Physically, antimonite regulates di- tion as well as a medication of An- body. In order to avoid reactions with gestion. It helps in cases of inflamma- throposophic medicine. It can be put sweat on the skin that could lead to tions, functional disorders, and other up in a room as a crystal or in a group the release of antimonite and sulphur, complaints of the gastro-intestinal or can be laid out as a stone circle. it is recommended to place a thin cot-

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 43 ton cloth underneath the application, W. Boericke, Homöopathische Mittel resp., to carry the stone in a linen or und ihre Wirkungen, Verlag Grundlagen cotton pouch. und Praxis, Leer 1986 [Homeopathical Remedies and their Effects] Antimonite Miscellaneous Deer, Howie & Zussman, An Introduction Antimonite layers are often very sen- to the rock forming Minerals, Pearson sitive as the fine crystals only have lit- Prentic Hall, 1992 tle support at the base and can break Dioscuridis, De Materia Medica Libri off quite easily. Even dusting with a Quinque, Edidit Max Wellmann, Berlin fine brush could be a delicate matter. 1907 – 1914 For this reason, dustproof showcases Brockhaus, Enzyklopädie in 24 Bänden, offer themselves for their storage. F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig – Mannheim 1996 [Encyclopaedia in 24 volumes] Cleaning and Care Constantinus Africanus, Liber de gradibus The most favourable way of cleaning simplicium medicamentorum, Opera antimonite layers is that of fumiga- conquista, Basel 1536 tions on a fine-matter base 2. Com- R. Garbe, Die indischen Mineralien, ihre pact rough stones and crystals can be Namen und die ihnen zugeschriebenen briefly held underneath flowing wa- Kräfte, Verlag S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1882 [The ter and can afterwards be placed on Indian Minerals, their Names and the a piece of amethyst druse, resp., into Powers Ascribed to Them] such a druse. This suffices for dis- M. Gienger, Die Steinheilkunde, Neue charging, cleaning, and charging. Erde, Saarbrücken 1995 [The Healing With Stones] M. Gienger, Heilsteine – 430 Steine von A bis Z, Neue Erde, Saarbrücken 2003 Footnotes [Healing Stones – 430 stones from A-Z] 1 Compare M. Gienger/J. Goebel, Edel- M. Gienger, Reinigen – Aufladen – steinwasser [Gemstone Water] ; M. Schützen, Neue Erde, Saarbrücken 2008 Gienger/J. Goebel, Wassersteine [Water [Cleaning – Loading – Protecting] Stones]. M. Gienger/B. Bruder, Welcher Heilstein 2 Compare M. Gienger, Reinigen – Auf- ist das? Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, laden – Schützen [Cleaning, Charging, Stuttgart 2009 [Which Healing Stone is Protecting] This?] M. Gienger/J. Goebel, Edelsteinwasser, Neue Erde, Saarbrücken 2006 [Genstone Literature Water] U. Arndt, Der Magnet der Weisen, esotera M. Gienger/J. Goebel, Wassersteine, Neue 9/1999, Verlag Hermann Bauer, Freiburg Erde, Saarbrücken 2006 [Water Stones] [Magnet of the Sages] W. Haidinger, Handbuch der U. Arndt, Der Magnet der Weisen, bestimmenden Mineralogie, bei Zeitschrift Paracelsus – Health and Braumüller & Seidel, Wien 1845 [Manual Healing, November 2005, Einsiedeln (CH) for the Determination of Minerals] [Magnet of the Sages] Handwörterbuch des deutschen

44 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI Aberglaubens, Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Spagyrik / Fragen und Antworten Teil 2, Berlin 1987 [Concise Dictionary of [Spagyrics / Questions and Answers Part German Superstition] 2] Phönix Laboratorium GmbH, www. R. Hauschka, Substanzlehre, Verlag phoenix-lab.de Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt 1950 B. Valentini, TriumphWagen Antimonii, [Nature of Substance] bey Friederich Lanckisch, Leipzig 1624 W. Kühni/W. von Holst, Enzyklopädie der K. Weiner/R. Hochleitner, Steckbrief Steinheilkunde, AT-Verlag, Aarau 2003 Antimonit, [Profile of Antimonite] Lapis [Encyclopaedia of Stone Healing] Mineralienmagazin, Jahrgang 6 Nr. A. Libavius, Alchemia, 1597; neu 9, Christian Weise Verlag, München herausgegeben als F. Rex, »"Die Alchemie September 1981 des Andreas Libavius«", Verlag Chemie, J. Wonnecke von Kaub, Hortus Sanitatis, Weinheim/Bergstraße 1964 Gart der Gesundheit, [The Garden of H. Lüschen, Die Namen der Steine, Ott Health] bey Peter Schöffer, Mainz 1485; Verlag, Thun 1979 [The Names of Stones] Faksimile-Ausgabe Verlag K. Kölbl, M. Maier, Atalanta fugiens, Oppenheim München 1966 1618; Faksimileausgabe Dr. Michael Kupfer (Hrsg.), fabrica libri, Schalksmühle 2006 F. Möhren, Auch Wörter sind Geschichte, UniSpiegel 2/2004, Universität Heidelberg, www.uni-heidelberg.de Papyrus Ebers, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig [Words are also History] Paracelsus, Sämtliche Werke, [Complete Works] Division I: Medizinische, naturwissenschaftliche und philosophische Schriften, Volume 3 »De Mineralibus« and Volume 13 »Philosophia de generationibus et fructibus quatuor elementorum«, hrsg. von Karl Sudhoff

und Wilhelm Matthiessen, Oldenbourg photo from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stibnite_Antimonite.jpg Verlag, München 1922–1933 Antimonite with tarnish colours G. Plinius Secundus d. Ä., Naturkunde, [Natural Healing] Artemis Verlag, Zürich u. a. 1990–2004 H.J. Rössler, Lehrbuch der Mineralogie, [Textbook of Mineralogy] VEB, 1991 For more information please contact D.A. Schein, Basilius Valentinus und seine Michael Gienger GmbH Tinkturen aus dem Antimon, [B.V. and Fürststraße 13 His Tinctures of Antimony), Dissertation 72072 Tübingen-Germany München 1977 Phone: +49 / (0)7071/364720 H. Schulz, Unorganische Arzneistoffe, Fax: +49 / (0)7071/38868 [Unorganic Medicine] Karl F. Haug www.michael-gienger.de Verlag, Ulm 1950 www.lexikon-der-heilsteine.de

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 45 mer months (main flowering time in Europe is during the months of June and July). Our garden roses for the most part have originated from cross- breeds of Rosa Gallica L., the oriental wild roses (presumably the white R o s e ( A p o t h e c a r y ’s Rosa alba L.), and from the Damask Rose = Rosa damascena Mill, which R o s e ) are used for the production of attar of roses and rose water. Today, all fragrant roses are used for this. Erika Röthlisberger Strongly fragrant roses were already cultivated in ancient times. The rose has been known as a remedy and Erika Röthlisberger is a certified Latin: Rosa gallica officinalis distillation for approximately 5,000 Kneipp health adviser, a certified Common Name: Garden Rose, years. Rose cultures existed in An- phyto-practitioner in the line Provins Rose cient Persia, and compresses of rose of Ursel Bühring, and a certified Family: Rosaceae water were applied in cases of heart gynaecological naturopathy with complaints, stomach trouble, and focus on phyto-therapy after in the The historical rose for medicinal nervous disorders. line of Dr. Heide Fischer. ; she is also a purposes, “Rosa gallica officinalis“, “Together with the crusaders, the rose fairy tale teller and a laughter- yoga with semi-double blossoms, is the came to Central Europe from Syria and instructor. In the context of health oldest garden rose cultivated in Eu- the Middle East. Here, the flower soon promotion, she conducts courses for rope. Mainly the Damask Rose was fa- played a role comparable to that of the adults and for children. mous for its wonderful scent because lotus flower in Eastern Asia or Ancient it permanently brings forth the most Egypt. According to an Islamic legend, beautiful blossoms during the sum- Allah himself introduced the rose as

Rosa gallica officinalis, blossom / Erika Röthlisberger

46 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI the queen of flowers. It, therefore, took “All fragrant roses”, stated the herb- over the standing of the lotus flower, alist, Pastor Künzle, “the wild ones which the other flowers accused of as well as the many kinds of graft- being too sleepy. Their original home ed garden roses, are beneficial in should be India or Persia where they leaves, blossoms, and fruit. They pos- flourish in their exquisite abundance sess great power against fevers of all almost all the year around.“1 kinds, they quench the inner heat, “According to the legend, the crusad- drain much urine, and this way break er, Theobald II (King of Navarre and the forces of fever.”“3 Count of the Cham-pagne) brought the “Red Rose of Damask” - which later gained world fame as the ‘Apothe- cary’s Rose’ - to the small French town of Provins (this is where the common name ‘Provins Rose’ has derived from). There, during the 13th to 18th century, a centre of rose cultivation for the production of attar of roses came into being. As numerous pharmacies situated in the main shopping streets of the small town tried to sell the oil of roses and the remedies made from them, the rose soon received the name “Apoth- ecary’s Rose”, resp., Rosa Gallica ‘officinalis’. At that time it was the most frequently cultivated rose as its petals exhibited the highest oil content. By Rosa-Lavandula / Erika Röthlisberger and by, it found its place in monastery A tip: real lavender (Lavandula angus- gardens, then in park grounds, and in tifolia) goes well with the roses in the the 15th century, as the ‘Red Rose of garden. They offer mutual support to Lancaster‘, it became the symbol of the each other in their growth. House of Lancaster.“* In mediaeval cloisters, anti-inflam- Harvesting of Rose Petals, which matory wound powder made of were not treated with pesticides dried, powderized rose blossoms were The essential oils are a kind of heat known. In cases of burns or inflam- protection for the blossoms; there- mations of the eyes, compresses of fore, the fragrant rose blossoms are rose tea were applied. Hildegard von collected during the early hours of Bingen (1089-1179) advised, “After the morning. They are exclusively sunrise, take absolutely fresh rose used while they are still fresh, and petals and put them on your eyes. they are spread out in a shady place This draws out the wateriness, i.e., the for drying. When they have dried, water from them and makes the eyes they are stored in a dark, aroma-pro- clear-sighted again.“2 tected place.

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 47 Side Effects / Contraindications are The herbalist, Pastor Künzle, recom- not known. mended, “Tea made of petals is excellent against worms and diarrhoea. The healing substances of the blos- It cools down the inner heat of the Rose soms include essentials oils, tannins, fever and promotes the excretion of (Apothecary’s bitter substances, flavonoids. In this urine. Rose petals can be used for the Rose) combination they act in an anti-in- preparation of rose syrup, which is flammatory, antiseptic = disinfecting, famous for its power to break down wound-healing and mood-lifting way. fever and to strengthen the nerves.“3

Rose Blossom Syrup Internal Applications Place 1 kg of strongly fragrant rose A fragrant rose petal tea helps to re- petals in layers with approximately lax and to harmonize. 1.5 kg of finest crystal sugar into a large glass jar. Press layers well to- Rose Blossom Tea gether and allow the mixture to draw Boil 1 teaspoon of dried or 2 tea- through for 10-12 days. spoons of fresh rose petals with 1 cup After this, press juice and petals of hot water (must not be bubbling through a freshly laundered linen hot so that the fragrance of the es- cloth and fill into small bottles, seal sential oils does not volatilize), cover well and store. The sweetly smelling and leave to draw for 7 minutes, drain syrup also flavours drinks, sherbets, off. Drink 1 cup three times a day af- cocktails, punches, and fine desserts.4 ter the meal. For sleep enhancement, equal parts of Rose Blossom Tea / lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) and External Applications www.fotalia.com, fotoknips rose petals can be used for tea. For Cooling Compresses Tea for swollen eyes or for light burns, like described above, but let it draw for 15 minutes. After pouring out, let it cool down, saturate compresses in it and apply. Pastor Künzle recommends rose blossom tea also as washing water for the face in case of reddening of the facial skin = couperosis.

Tonic for the Skin Pour 1 litre of cold water over three handfuls of freshly gathered petals of fragrant roses, close well and put in a sunny place for 1 week. After that, drain and add ½ litre of wine vine-

48 Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI gar. The tonic is (1:1) diluted with wa- is required. Real, natural rose oil, This rose water, which can be obtained ter for cleansing and care of the skin, gained by steam distillation, is one of in the pharmacy and which is far less mainly in cases of itch and eczema, the most expensive essential oils. expensive than rose oil, acts in an an- but also as a body lotion.4 tiseptic = disinfecting way. When buy- “In Arabic and Far East medicine, attar Essential Rose Oil = Distillate ing rose water, it must by all means of roses and rose water are still today and Rose Water = Hydrolate be observed that it was gained by dis- important remedies. Due to Bulgari- For steam distillation, the whole rose tillation from rose blossoms and not an and Russian research works on the blossoms of all fragrant kinds of roses produced by succussion of distilled effectivity of attar, aroma therapists are used. Most of the time, they are water and rose oil or even artificial as well as also modern conventional descendants of the blossoms of Rosa rose oil. Anyone who has a lot of rose medicine have rediscovered this valu- damascene triginpipetala. The distil- blossoms can also make rose water by able oil.“5 late has different descriptions in dif- means of a small distillation device. “In the oriental cuisine, rose water is ferent countries. In the Persian/Indian used to a large extent. Also fruit juic- domain: Ghulab attar, in the English Rose Water Applications es are considerably improved in fla- domain: rose otto, in German: Destil- In case of arising throat aches or in- vour and aroma with slight additions lat. flammations of the gums it can be of rose extract. The effect as a direct “By the distillation process, some im- used as a mouthwash. Put 2 table- aphrodisiac is meanwhile justifia- portant substances like rose oxide spoons of rose water = hydrolate into bly doubted. If one follows the Asian and Damascenon are formed by the 1 glass of lukewarm water. Gargle. For literature, it is rather a substance oxidative dehydration. They are re- those being out and about, it can also which has a harmonizing effect on sponsible for the typical scent of the be filled into a bottle with spray head inner life. With the scent of the rose, rose distillate. At 18-19°C, the distil- and can be applied to the painful area a relaxed and balanced atmosphere is late begins to get firm (rose waxes). every few minutes by means of the reached. In perfumery, 44% are used As a “by-product“, rose water comes atomizer. for male and 96% for female require- into being, which contains all water- ments.“6 soluble components of the rose blos- Smelling a rose: soms.“6 www.dreamstime.com, Petarpaunchev The Rose is Known as the Queen of Flowers and of Love. It is also a Messenger of the Soul. The composition of the essential rose oil is what constitutes its extraordi- narily fine and harmonizing scent, which is able to open the heart wide and to fill and stabilize the soul. It can raise the person in his soul. Hildegard von Bingen even recommended that an angry person should smell a rose because something regal emanates from its scent. This can be easily tried out. Essential rose oil contains approximately 500 ingredients. For 1 drop of attar, a large basket of rose blossoms

Paracelsus Health & Healing 4/XI 49 Rose water is also helpful for redden- Literature ing of the skin = couperosis and acne, 1) Geheimnisse und Heilkräfte der Pflan- but also as a soothing lotion for her- zen. 1980. Das Beste. S. 313 pes and shingles. 2) Dr. Hertzka, Gottfried; Dr. Strehlow, Rose Wighard: Grosse Hildegard-Apotheke. (Apothecary’s Washing: Put 1–2 tablespoons of rose Christiana. 12. Aufl. 2009. S. 44. Rose) water into a bowl with water of body 3) Pfarrer Künzle: Das grosse Kräuterheil- temperature. It is helpful for stress buch. 1945. Otto Walter Verlag. S.395 and overstrained nerves because it 4) Bühring, Ursel: Alles über Heilpflanzen. has a relaxing, balancing, stabilizing, 2007. Ulmer. S. 208, 209 and toning effect. 5) Werner, Monika; von Braunschweig, Ruth: Praxis Aromatherapie. Haug. Room Scenting: In a bottle with a 2012. S. 174 spray head, rosewater is also suited 6) Wabner, Dietrich: Aromatherapie. for room scenting at home or during Grundlagen. Wirkprinzipien. Praxis. travels, in a hotel room, etc. Urban & Fischer. 2012. S. 259, 260

Note: the application possibilities stated Internet here do not substitute a professional *)www.rosenhof-schultheis.de/Rosen/ consulting of physician and therapist. Historische_Rosen/Rosa_gallica

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