Hello Everyone,
Let us say that during a summer’s walk while taking the fresh country air, you come upon an abandoned farm’s overgrown garden. You spot a rosebush choked by tall weeds and note its thin stems, pallid leaves and frail-looking flowers.
Your first thought would not be: This plant looks like it can use some antibiotics and steroids. Rather, you would instinctively know that the first action necessary is to clear the tall weeds so that the rosebush receives adequate fresh air, sunshine and room to grow and expand.
You would also conclude that it needs to be properly watered and nourished, and perhaps its trellis should be repaired to lend it a healthy posture. In other words, the most important step to take in bringing this plant back to health is the restoration of the required fundamental elements of life.
The above compelling logic supports the practice of artfully employing the fundamental elements of life as the primary tools for restoring and maintaining health. My own long-time clinical experience has proven to me that while treatment methods such as homeopathy, acupuncture, aromatherapy and herbal medicine are highly valuable, they are of secondary importance, because their full effectiveness is dependent upon the extent to which the fundamental elements of life are provided or denied.
The Two Primary Roots Of Disease
Deficiency or imbalance of Nature’s elements gives rise to the two primary roots of disease: autotoxemia–a level of bodily toxicity sufficient to impair vital functions and propel the body toward disease; enervation–when vital energy is expended in excess of the body’s normal production and falls below requirements for efficient operation.
Autotoxemia stems from poor diet, impure air and water, synthetic cosmetics, prescription drugs, cigarettes and other sources which can result in symptoms such as constipation, weak kidneys, unhealthy skin and shallow breathing.
Enervation is primarily due to lack of rest and sleep, continual emotional stress and the habitual use of stimulants such as caffeine and alcohol.
These two root factors work in conjunction, creating a vicious cycle. Autotoxemia causes congestion and overload, making the body work harder, and so, increases enervation by using up the powers of life to excess. Enervation, on the other hand, increases autotoxemia by slowing down all vital functions, thus leading to a back-up in normal fluid circulation, and, in turn, waste-removal.
Acute diseases such as influenza and colds, especially in children, may recede despite improper management if the patient’s powers of recuperation are still intact. However, chronic diseases such as arthritis and cancer can never be fully remedied by therapeutic fragments but only through restoration of the proper relationship of all the elements of life in organic unity. In 1892, in his book How Nature Cures, Emmet Densmore, M.D. writes: “…disease is but the expression and result of a disturbance of the conditions natural to life. The only useful office of the physician is to restore those conditions.”
As a traditional naturopath since the 70s, I've developed systems for effective bodily cleansing as well as the rebuilding of vital reserves which invariably requires a complete relationship with the fundamental elements of life. Some of the most successful natural healing systems I developed or have used include:
and modern wellness technologies based on basic building blocks of life such as molecular hydrogen and electromagnetic field therapies.
Please feel free to write to me if you have any questions. I hope you enjoy reading the articles in this newsletter and find the information beneficial in your journey to wholeness of being while improving your practice and skills. There's a lot more in store for my readers and students, so stay subscribed here!
Shalom,
Dr. Bruce
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Warm Hand Soak
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NHSS/SPE Students & Practitioners Membership Program
My Natural Health Science System (NHSS) consists of a synthesis of all the components of my practice and my lifestyle over the course of 45 years. Although retired now from naturopathic practice, the following components still serve as the paving stones for the pathway of my daily existence: the basic principles of healthful, all-natural diet, strategic nutritional supplementation, herbal medicine, cell salts, homeopathy, Vital-Chi Skin-Brushing, hydrotherapies, healthful sunbathing, stretching exercises, chi kung (qigong) exercise, deep breathing exercises, acupoint therapy and other forms of self-directed therapeutic bodywork.
I began developing the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) in the 1990′s. SPE (deep psychospiritual work with customized essential oil blends and gemstone essences) is actually the psychospiritual counterpart of my NHSS. Ideally, the two systems are used in concert. They are completely interactive and I often integrate the techniques of both systems to create powerful therapeutic protocols.
The membership grants you:
Video classes that focus on a mix of NHSS and SPE topics. More than 30 hours free video classes (worth $10-25 each) are already available in the member zone. Additionally all live classes are posted in the member zone, so you’ll never miss a session!
NHSS Earthborne Cuisine recipes designed by Dr. Berkowsky per month.
NHSS Style Chi Kung exercise, stretching exercise, or Oxy-Vital Deep-Breathing exercise demo videos.
SPE full-immersion blending projects.
SPE Case-Study Analysis and Blend Formulation Exercises.
NHSS/SPE Zoom Meetings (with reduced schedule during summer and holiday season).
20% discount on Dr. Berkowsky’s SPE Gemstone Essence Collection essences (52 essences sold individually or in sets). These potent gemstone essences are available for members and professional practitioners only.
15% discount on Dr. Berkowsky’s AromAnita SPE Layered Essential Oil Blends personally formulated and blended by Dr. Berkowsky.
10% discount (using a member-only discount code) on essential oils purchased from Lotus Garden Botanicals.
10% discount on Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis chapters, or other books, booklets or videos.
Discounts for other SPE courses, products and resources may be presented.
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About Dr. Berkowsky
Dr. Bruce Berkowsky (N.M.D., H.M.C., M.H.) has devoted himself as a teacher and practitioner of the art and science of natural healing for over 50 years. He has constructed a dynamic system of health creation from a synthesis of the complementary aspects of traditional naturopathy, classical homeopathy, western science, traditional eastern healing arts and anthroposophical science. He applies modern physiological and biochemical knowledge into a context that acknowledges the unity of human life with the fundamental elements and rhythms of nature. And for the past 30 years Dr. Berkowsky has devoted much of his attention to the development of the art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE), a system of deep, soul-level healing work with essential oils.
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DISCLAIMER: All content is intended as an educational tool, and not as a prescription. Readers are advised to seek the advice of their healthcare providers before discontinuing any medication and/or trying any new remedy or technique.
© Dr. Bruce Berkowsky
Dr. Bruce Berkowsky is the founder/teacher of the Natural Health Science System™ which he has developed over the course of his 40+ years of research and private practice, and includes: traditional naturopathy (N.M.D., MRN, CTN); herbology (M.H.); nutrition (Ph.D.); homeopathy (DHM, H.M.C.); massage and bodywork (NCTMB); aromatherapy (cert.); constitutional iridology (cert.) as well as East/West healing arts/exercises/bodywork.
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