Bioregulatory Medicine is the use of therapeutic techniques and substances that activate, support and enhance the natural regulatory processes within the mind/body to acheive positive preventative and curative outcomes.
Western medicine has made spectacular advances in the past century. Restorative surgical procedures and keeping people alive in emergency situations can have almost miraculous outcomes. However, modern western medicine has only recently begun to view the body in a more holistic way. Interest in the emerging discipline of Psychoneuroendocrinimmunology (PNEI) is finally accepting the fact that the body is not mechanical but a dynamic biological symphony. It has within it a sophisticated capability of regulation and repair. In most cases when regulatory function fails, the dis-ease that follows is best served by healing practices designed to detoxify, support, strengthen and restore balance.
The first western modern era doctor to understand the holistic nature of the body and it's dynamic ability for self regulation was Samuel Hahnemann who developed a system of medicine known as homoeopathy. Dr Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) disillusioned with the ineffective and often brutal medical treatments of his day gave up his medical practice but not his interest in chemistry and medicine. Circumstance led him discover the principal of "Like cures like". A substance capable of causing a pattern of dis-ease symptoms is also able (in specific potencies and dilutions) to cure the same symptom picture in an ill person (or animal). He returned to medical practice and devoted the rest of his life to research, practice and teaching other doctors in the use of medicines that have curative properties without unpleasant and dangerous side-effects. These medicines are employed today as they were 200 years ago, and with the same beneficial results. Many other great luminaries followed, such as Bechamp (1816-1908) whose work Pasteur plagiarised and distorted to produce his germ theory (that germs cause disease); Bernhard who disagreed with Pasteur, stating that bacteria are nothing, the internal terain of the patient is everything; Enderlein (1872-1968), who progressed this work proving that pathogens (viruses, bacteria) "develop" and multiply more because of an imbalance within the organism rather than invading from outside and Pischinger, who went on to accurately describe the space between cells which is now generally reffered to as the ground regulation system (GRS) or extracellular matrix. Continuing research has shown that this GRS is a complex system of communication, transportation and filtration upon which the body depends for smooth functionality. The physical nature of the GRS interacts with all other body systems, physical and energetic.
Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg (1905-1985) began developing the scientific concept of Homotoxicology in 1948. A medical doctor trained also in homoeopathy, he managed to combine the basic philosophy of homoeopathy with it's micro dose gentle medicines and advances made in understanding scientifically the biological regulation processes of the mind/body. His premise was that illness is the body’s defence mechanism attempting to deal with the adverse effects of homotoxins which he defined as harmful influences of a physical, chemical, biological, energetic or psychological nature. He also developed a phase table which allows us to track the progress and expression of dis-ease from acute states all the way through to neoplastic states (cancer). Maintaining and/or restoring regulatory balance in the GRS is the primary aim of homotoxicology.
The Ground Regulation System (GRS) connects all cells in the body through a mesh of high-polymer sugar-protein complexes. The transfer of nutrients and oxygen from the arteries to the cell depends on the GRS. Nerve supply to the cell and cellular waste carried away from the cells are also both dependant on a healthy GRS.The sponge-like make up of the GRS also stores toxins and serves as a buffer to prevent damage to vital tissue. A heavy onslaught of toxins can be stored in the matrix and then released at a rate that the detoxification organs can handle. This reduces the stress on the liver and kidneys as well as toxin-sensitive tissues such as the thyroid, pancreas, and nervous system.
The GRS can be damaged by an overburdening of toxins from the environment and a lack of supportive nutrients. In both cases, the primary culprits are free radical oxidation and chronic inflammation. When the toxin storage capacity of the GRS becomes exhausted and the buffering systems begin to fail toxins become impregnated in the tissue, the organs become damaged and cellular metabolic processes become altered.
Bioregulatory Medicine combines elements of homoeopathy, homotoxicology, naturopathy, acupuncture and conventional medicine, its therapeutic objectives are:-
-Prevention of illness, by maintaining a healthy lifestyle of nutritious food, exercise and a nurturing environment.
-Detoxification of organic systems, by specific medicinal products etc.
-Regeneration of organic systems, by the introduction of formulations in specific doses to stimulate optimum functionality.
-Symptom management, either maintaining improved health or in the case of serious long term chronic disease, supporting organ systems and "putting the brakes" on the progression of the disease.