Hello Everyone,
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and will be the official start of the holiday season. Holiday seasons aren’t what they used to be, although most people still go through the motions.
You have the choice as to whether to argue with the passionate, yet clueless know-it-all in-law or cousin, or wisely keep your mouth shut, yet feel your repressed knowing boil over as indigestion in your gut. Critical thinking is something that is no longer taught in colleges. Instead, malleable young people simply absorb, prejudiced, one-sided views that they are indoctrinated with by their often deeply flawed, ideologue teachers, or by no-nothing “influencers” on social media whose worthless opinions are taken as gospel truth by their lemming followers. It’s easy to find some tension to be served up with the turkey and cranberry sauce.
So here are a few suggestions for surviving the family holidays without severe dyspepsia or a screaming match.
If you have my Gemstone Essences, here are the ones to use:
Agatized Dinosaur Bone: For the last few years, this has always been my go-to protection essence. Use this essence to protect your aura from the assault of invasive energies. The essences is made from a type of agate that replaced the organic substances within the bone of a dinosaur who died about 50 million years ago. This particular species was 125 feet long and weighed 50 tons. However, it was an herbivore, so was not only invulnerable to attack by the much smaller carnivorous dinosaurs, but also spent its life peacefully grazing in meadows unspoiled by the greed and thoughtlessness of humans. I always feel the energy of this creature when I use this essence. The essence makes me fees as if I have a huge, invisible bodyguard protecting my inner world.
Tiger Eye: See the painting “The Dream” by French Impressionist Henri Rousseau. This gemstone essence helps you spot danger before it occurs, thus allowing you to side-step it and let the bull charge past you. It encourages both watchfulness and stronger abilities at preventive, self-defense.
Hiddenite: This gemstone essence, helps you keep your inner domain hidden from invasive energies. You can more easily walk between the raindrops and not get wet. It is better to be invisible when dealing with unreasonable, opinionated blowhards, than to confront them. Remember, the light of truth shines only through the open mind.
If you have any of these essences take 10 drops before you leave for the family gathering. Also add 10 drops to a bottle of drinking water and sip on this bottle occasionally throughout your time there. Give the bottle a shake or two before each sip.
If you have all 3 of these essences, take 6 drops of each and add to a dropper bottle of 20 ml water and 10 ml brandy. Take a 10 drop dose of this blend before leaving for the gathering, and at least one more dose while there.
You will find these gemstone essences will prove of very good service. Gemstone Essences are currently only available to members of the NHSS/SPE program as they are potent remedies that need to be studied in-depth to understand their effects.
Essential Oils to Consider
These are some of the essential oils to use as protection before embarking to a family holiday gathering. Lotus Garden Botanicals has some high quality EOs if you need to obtain them.
Lemongrass: specific for the thymus gland. Strong support for the immune system.
Clary sage: Keeps the mind clear. Supports the adrenal glands.
Frankincense: Encourages slowing and deepening of the breath. Helps one stay true to one’s own inner understanding.
Carrot seed: Helps one stay in touch with the nurturing Cosmic Mother and the deep understanding that emerges from her.
Ravensare: Supports invisiblity of one’s aura and inner world.
Cedarwood: Strengthens faith and will.
Lavender: Relaxes the nervous system and calms the breath.
Membership Program Updates
As previously announced, the recording link for the 10/21/25 live class – the introductory class regarding low back pain – has been posted to the Member Zone.
So has my latest article for member’s only: Aging and the Dangers of Sarcopenia. If you are over 50, I think you will find this article to be a very important one. If you are over 60, it is a crucial one to read. If you are over 70 – be sure not to miss it.
I have been using the new SPE Lumbar-Sacral/Hip Joint Blend quite a lot and find it to be an excellent blend for low back and hip joint issues. I have used it thus far to treat sacroiliac (S.I.) joint pain, piriformis syndrome, lumbar pain, sciatica, and hip joint issues. It seems to have value to treat fascia problems in general and to soften scar tissue when mixed into CBD salve.
The formula and complete blending blueprint for this blend will be posted to the Member Zone within the next week.
The preparation of this blend will be the focus of the final live class for this year (scheduled for Tuesday 11/25/25). Join the membership program if you wish to attend this class and a lot more.
If you don’t have the time or the oils to prepare this blend, you can purchase the blend directly from me at the Member-discounted rate.
I am also now making available to my personal clients and members only my newly formulated SPE Knee Joint Blend, designed specifically to address knee issues. In addition to physical factors, I have built potential contributory emotional factors into the formulation of this blend. Some of the main issues regarding the knees are: emotional flexibility, stubbornness and resistance, the necessity for maintaining one’s position of “standing,” inner fear about movement and change, difficulty standing one’s ground and conflict with authority.
Contact me if you are interested in purchasing the blend.
With both of these blends, there is the option of purchasing the blend only, or the set of the blend and homeopathic dilution (for internal use) prepared from the oil blend. As always, SPE Massage TheraBlend is also available for general musculoskeletal applications.
Finally, I have been mixing these blends in CBD salve as the “carrier oil” before massaging them into treated areas.
The current membership program continues to grow in content and value. Aromatherapists, TCM practitioners, massage therapists/bodyworkers, herbalists, homeopaths and even non-professionals can join the program. My goal is to provide the tools for each person to be her or his her own self-care practitioner. Featured today are some of the member’s only resources that I covered this year.
Finally, my sincere thanks to all of my readers and students. Please feel free to write to me. I look forward to your thoughts and suggestions as always.
With gratitude,
Dr. Berkowsky
Featured NHSS/SPE Practitioners and Students Program Resources
High-Power Laser Acupuncture Webinar
The focus of the lecture is the home use of the Hi-Tech AcuLaser Pro 500 Acupuncture Pen. This device has tremendous healing potential when applied skillfully. Over the course of a few months, I have developed some very unique, easy-to-do protocols wherein I have adapted aspects of the NHSS and SPE to this laser acupuncture device.
SPE Fire/Earth – Cardio-Gastro Essential Oil Blend
The Fire/Earth – Heart/Stomach Relationship Blend is a good blend to use as part of a protocol for digestive weakness, tightness of the diaphragm, chest symptoms related to stomach issues including acid reflux, abdominal bloating and hiatal hernia.
Order now to get access to the video classes (4+ hours) and 5700+ words document by D. Berkowsky.
Stomach 36 Moxa Point Combinations
I have created several protocols combining Stomach 36 with other easily located acupoints to treat various common problems such as stomach weakness and fatigue. I am going through all of these protocols in complete detail in this class. The protocols also incorporate color light therapy and customized essential oil blends. I present all of the blend formulas in detail and discuss how to blend them.
The downloadable PDF includes SPE Body Pulse blend blueprint, SPE Kundalini Rising Blend blueprint, General Strengthening/Vitalizing Protocol, Stomach 36 and Master Tung Point for Fatigue, and the combination to Strengthen the Middle Burner and Digestion.
Remember these are all resources are free for members.
Featured FREE Articles
Mind/Body “Wholing” Precedes True Healing
Disharmonious operations of the mind/body organism, in general, precede the localization of a disease state. The functional and organic changes that ensue after localization are the results of the disease, not the disease itself. The actual disease-generating mechanism is an intricately constructed state of disharmony within the systemic milieu of the mind/body organism.
Read this article by Dr. Bruce Berkowsky to learn how to Understand the Symptoms; the True Nature of Fever; Connecting Therapeutics to the Laws of Nature; Wholism vs. Reductionism; Mastic (Pistacia lentiscus) & More!
Chronic Acid Reflux and the Decline and Fall of the Modern Stomach
Part 1 of this discussion focused on the root causes and symptomatology of digestive derangement in general and chronic GERD (gastroesophageal acid reflux disease) in particular.
Part 2 focuses on specific nature’s therapies: cool-water morning draught and post-meal water drinking, the cool sitz bath, Vital Chi Skin-Brushing followed by the Alternate Warm/Cool Shower and an herbal chi tonic which may prove to be of good service in restoring vitality to the stomach and the rest of the digestive tract and in the amelioration of the tenacious, distressing symptoms of GERD.
Part 3 focuses on specific dietary measures including the high water content/high alkaline reserve diet, apples, apple cider vinegar, herbal tea and Digestive Wellness capsules.
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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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