Hello Everyone,
The first live class for Members is scheduled for Tuesday, February 24th between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Pacific Time. You can access the Zoom entry link here.
The first half of the class will feature a formula of amino acids and food and herb powders to mix at home to increase the body's production of nitric oxide.
In the second hour, I will be introducing Copaiba chapter from a new SPE desktop reference guide I am working on called Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils Keynotes Guide: A Desktop Reference (publication date: by the end of 2026).
The below information introduces both topics.
Nitric Oxide
Nitric oxide is a molecule that’s produced naturally by the body and is important for many aspects of your health, most importantly vasodilation. Vasodilation involves the relaxation of the inner muscles of the blood vessels enabling them to dilate and increase blood circulation to all areas of the body including the brain. Thus, nitric oxide production is essential for overall health because it allows blood, nutrients and oxygen to efficiently travel to all areas that have lost vitality with age. Nitric oxide has also been shown to be important for the transmission of information between the brain’s neurons, regulation of blood pressure and reduction of inflammation.
A reduced capacity to produce nitric oxide is associated with heart disease, dementia and even cancer.
I will be going over in precise detail why nitric oxide production in the body is so important, and provide a formula of amino acids and food and herb powders to mix at home to increase the body’s production of nitric oxide in the first hour of the live class.
Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils Keynotes Guide: A Desktop Reference
As you know, I have written 122 complete chapters, each dedicated to one essential oil in Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils. These chapters are lengthy, generally between 20 and 30 pages each. Times have changed for the worse. People’s attention spans have shortened and they have less free time. No question, if you want to make a deep-acting, soul-level healing blend, these chapters are definitely what you want to turn to, so as to get the most in-depth understanding of the inner nature of the essential oils you are considering for someone’s customized essential oil blend. These chapters will enable the blend you ultimately prepare to mirror the person’s inner soul nature with much greater accuracy.
However, if your goal is simply to create situational blends—such as for someone who has recently experienced trauma, is grieving, going through a stressful period, or suffering from a serious illness—then Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils Keynotes Guide: A Desktop Reference is the most time-efficient resource. Rather than 20- to 30-page chapters for each oil, a chapter in the Keynotes Guide is only two pages long. The Keynotes Guide is intended not only for individuals in their own homes, but also busy health professionals with high-volume practices. The Keynotes Guide will enable you to make SPE blends in a fraction of the time it would take using the in-depth chapters.
Copaiba Oil
Copaiba oil is steam distilled from the gum/resin of Copaifera officinalis, a wild tree native to Brazil and other parts of South America. Once tapped (similar to how maple syrup and rubber are extracted), the copaiba resin is distilled to produce a clear essential oil that has a soft, subtle, yet expansive woody scent with a subtle, herbaceous, sweet note at its center.
Traditional medicinal uses of copaiba include: pain; inflammation; bacterial and fungal infections; tumors; fibromyalgia; lupus; multiple sclerosis; respiratory congestion; sinusitis; bronchitis; tuberculosis; stomach ulcers; stomach cancer; chronic diarrhea; hemorrhoids; constipation; cystitis; kidney weakness; urinary incontinence; arthritis; psoriasis; dermatitis; wounds; rashes; herpes; insect bites; boils; acne; nail and skin fungal infections; skin cancer.
Being that copaiba is a wild Amazon jungle oil, its scent behavior reminded me of a nature program I once saw which showed monkeys, upon the approach of a jaguar, scrambling up trees into the cover and safety of the canopy. Once the jaguar left the area, the monkeys reappeared on the jungle floor and resumed their normal activities.
When I first received this oil, its scent was at its lower point. However, as the days passed and I interacted with it on an I-Thou, soul to soul, level and it physically warmed up in the quiet of my lab, its scent projection became progressively more robust. It seemed as if the oil needed physical warmth, a sense of safety and soul-to-soul acknowledgment before it trusted enough to reveal the beauty of its inner mystery.
From this experience with the oil, I began to use it in blending for individuals who are somewhat introverted and prone to feelings of vulnerability. The copaiba individual withdraws when she (or he) is among people she does not know. She is reflexively introverted when among strangers. She needs to feel nurturing warmth and soul-to-soul acknowledgment before she will emerge from the shelter of her introversion. Much more about copaiba oil on Tuesday in class. The recording will be posted in the member zone after a few days.
Hope to see you there.
Shalom,
Dr. B
NHSS/SPE Membership Program
The NHSS/SPE membership program provides you with guidance on the basic theory and practice for both my Natural Health Science System and Spiritual PhytoEssencing (SPE) techniques, ultimately integrated, systems. More than 50 hours of video classes and live class recordings along with reference guides and books are already available in the member zone. Plus you get access to member’s only journal articles and downloadable resources.
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About Dr. Berkowsky
Dr. Bruce Berkowsky 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.
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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