Introduction to Bioregulatory Medicine (eBook)

Alta Smit, Arturo O'Byrne, Bruno Van Brandt, Ivo Bianchi, Klaus Küstermann (Autoren)

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2009 | 1. Auflage
409 Seiten
Thieme (Verlag)
978-3-13-258124-1 (ISBN)

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Written by international experts in the field, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental principles and clinical practice of bioregulatory medicine. It opens with an overview of core concepts in homotoxicology, including the human body's defense and regulation systems, followed by a chapter on the development and evolution of illness. The authors cover the different preparation groups and discuss in detail the basic principles of antihomotoxic therapy: drainage and detoxification, immunomodulation, and cell and organ support. The final chapter focuses on the practical aspects of bioregulatory treatment, including the selection and availability of medications, indications, contraindications, and therapeutic strategies for a variety of common diseases. Highlights: Insights from renowned experts in homotoxicology Poster-size version of the Disease Evolution Table (DET), a key tool in daily practice Plant-, mineral-, and organ-based medications--how they work Practical information on various treatment methods, such as ointment dressings, injection therapies, and biopuncture 80 high-quality illustrations and diagrams that demonstrate key concepts Introduction to Bioregulatory Medicine is a valuable textbook for medical students, medical doctors, naturopathic physicians, homeopaths, and other health care professionals who wish to expand their knowledge in this field.

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1 Introduction to Bioregulatory Medicine

The human body is an extremely complex, multiplex interaction system of 100000 billion cells. The human brain has an average of 100 billion cells, each of them interacting with thousands of other cells. That is the potential for 100000 billion interactions, a number equal amount to the sum of all the stars in 1000 galaxies. The Purkinje cell further illustrates this complexity. The 150000 to 175000 cell inputs received by each Purkinje cell1 constitute the most massive synaptic convergence found on any neuron in the brain2. In addition to the steering activities of the nervous system, other systems intervene in bodily processes. For example, the endocrine system releases hormones and the immune defense system uses steering cytokines and other mediators to organize and steer defense. The most remarkable fact is that all these bodily systems work together as a synchronized unit to maintain a steady state. It is amazing, to say the least, that these billions of interactions per second do not lead to complete chaos in the body. Instead, they lead to a smoothly running, dynamic system that can work for decades.

Life, indeed, is a dynamic given. Although momentary observations (e.g., blood glucose level, T-cell count, and hormone level) may suggest a static state, life is above all characterized by continuous changes in these bodily processes, making it dynamic.

To stay as close as possible to the main objective, the steady state of the organism, most life processes within the human body are steered by interactive autoregulating systems (ARSs), often using feedback systems to steer and correct their outcomes. Therapeutic interventions by which these processes are influenced, inhibited, or stimulated (with full respect for the biological steering character of the systems themselves) are part of bioregulatory medicine.

Bioregulation means regulation of biological processes (Greek bios=life).

On first sight, the human organism may look like a closed microenvironment, but humans are continuously influenced by their surrounding macroenvironment. Interactions between the microenvironment and the macroenvironment will disturb the stable inner environment, triggering correcting actions of the steering autoregulating processes of the body, seeking a steady state again.

To understand the basics of bioregulatory medicine, we have to first study the basic principles of bodily regulation toward a steady state, called homeostasis. The main objective of this book is to understand the basic principles of bioregulatory medicine and an integral part of it, homotoxicology. Terms such as autoregulating systems, homeostasis, internal environment, feedback system, and open and closed systems are all key in bioregulatory medicine, which is why these terms need to be explained in more depth and detail.

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1 Harvey RJ et al. Quantitative studies of the mammalian cerebellum. Prog Neurobiol. 1991;36:437–463

2 Shepherd GM. The Synaptic Organization of the Brain. New York: Oxford University Press; 1990

Autoregulating Systems

The human body is made of extraordinarily unstable material, sensitive to the smallest stimuli from outside. To live is to be continuously in interaction with the surrounding environment. Changes in this direct environment of the body have an immediate effect on the internal milieu. On the other hand, very subtle stimuli are present and active in the body at all times, amplifying or inhibiting the external triggers. In both ways, body and environment form one extremely complex interacting unit, changeable all the time.

Stimuli so minute that very delicate methods—such as electrocardiography, electroencephalography, or myography—are required to measure them course along our nerves. At the end of the nerve, a muscle is so sensitive to this subtle stimulus that it reacts with a powerful contraction, resulting in a firm movement of a body part in its external environment. On first sight, the force of this movement is not in relationship to the dosage of the stimulus: a small electrical impulse as a result of minute dosages of steering neurotransmitters. Our sense organs are responsive to almost incredibly minute stimulations. Microconcentrations and nanoconcentrations of an odoriferous compound are detected in the air and can trigger our attention, even alert us to danger in the environment. The same is the case with subtle noises, perhaps even more so: a complete absence of noise may trigger an alarm state in most mammals in nature. Similarly, the minute pressing of one single hair on our face can trigger itching sensations and attract our full attention for a moment.

All of these examples have one aspect in common: the triggering impulse is subtle, often caused by minute doses of a substance, and the reaction of the organism to the trigger is managed and directed through minute dosages of steering mediators.

Although always seeking harmony, the balance of the human organism is constantly disturbed by these subtle or sometimes more obvious stimuli, present in all gradations possible. The organism is continuously trying to correct these deviations to regain its steady and harmonious state. To be able to do so, the organism possesses autoregulating systems that can “direct,” “correct,” or “manage” most bodily processes, using subtle quantities of mediators or impulses to do so. Most of the bodily processes steered by these autoregulating systems are not isolated at all; they are in continuous interaction with each other, forming a uniform and harmonious reaction against environmental triggers and disturbances.

What is remarkable is that even if the disturbing stimulus is huge, the autoregulating systems continue to use subtle, minute dosages of steering mediators to correct deviations. Although these autoregulating systems might appear as relatively autonomous and are often presented as such in the literature, most bodily processes interact with each other, often reciprocally, and the synergy of the systems all together seeks to achieve the main common objective: to restore an organism-entity to steady state. It is the subtle balance of health on the thin cord of life.

Definition of an Autoregulating System

An autoregulating systems (ARS) is a complex, cybernetic system that merges different disturbing and steering stimuli. Information loops are often used, whereby the output of a subsystem will influence the input in such a way that the outcome becomes iteratively closer to the variable set point of the system.

The ultimate and only objective of the ARS is to keep the outcome of the process as close as possible to the variable set point. In this way, we may state that health can be defined as a state in which all the bodily processes, at the same time, are within their variable set point margins. Disease, in the same way, can be defined as a dysregulation, a deviation of one or more processes and their ARSs from the variable set point. In disease, the steady state is (temporarily) lost. Bioregulatory medicine will intervene to correct the deviations in such a way that the steady state is restored.

The important features of bioregulatory medicine are the variable set point, the changing environment influencing the steady state (perturbing the outcome of the system from its set point), the correcting physiological reactions of the organism to restore the steady state, and the final state of homeostasis of the whole organism in its environment.

Set Point Objective and Fluctuating Reality

Most physiological processes have a variable set point or a narrow or even a broad set point range, adaptable to counter environmental changes and stimuli. Although the set point can be an optimized value in some cases, in most physiological processes there is a variable set point band that tolerates some fluctuation of the values between a minimum and a maximum value before a correcting intervention is triggered. Metaphorically, a set point of 21°C on a thermostat will probably trigger the heating system to heat at 20.8°C and will signal the system to stop heating at 21.2°C. Although 21°C is the set point, the system will show a “tolerance zone” of deviation. The more precise and critical the system (and a biological process is a system), the smaller the set point margin.

Optimized and at rest, humans will have a respiration rate of about 12–15 respirations a minute, which immediately increases upon a detected increased carbon dioxide (CO2) level in the blood. Heart rhythm in adults at rest will be between 60 and 100 beats a minute. Trained athletes may have a much lower set point: about 45 beats a minute. Movement will immediately result in a changed set point, increasing heart rhythm to counter the changes induced by this movement.

The macroenvironment around humans is constantly changing. Environmental temperature, air pressure, humidity, pollution, and concentration of microorganisms are changing every minute of the day. In this changing environment, humans try to maintain a steady state, keeping physiological processes within the set point margin. In reality, this means that humans will have to adapt temporarily to changed values, correct deviations, and restore conditions.

This fluctuating reality is in strong contrast to the body's “desire” for stable physiological values. Without ARSs in an open system, humans, along with many other biological entities, would not be able to survive and maintain the steady state of...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.7.2009
• Verlagsort: Stuttgart
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• Schlagworte: Alfred pischinger • alta smit • andt schulz rule • antihomotoxicology • antihomotoxic treatment • anti-inflammatory medication • Arturo o’byrne • autoregulating system • Autoregulation • biomedicine • Biopuncture • Bioregulation • bioregulatory medicine • bruno van brandt • buergi principle • catalyst preparation groups • cell organ support • cell support • Contraindications • defense and regulatory system • DET • Detoxification • disease development • disease evolution • disease evolution table • Drainage • extracellular matrix • greater defense system • ground regulating system • health evolution • Holistic Medicine • homeopathy • homeostasis • homotoxicology • immune defense • immune system • Immunomodulation • immunomodulator • Indications • Injection therapy • Introduction to bioregulatory medicine • ivo bianchi • klasu kuestermann • medication • Mineral • mineral-based medication • mineral preparation groups • mononuclear phagocyte system • natural healing procedures • neural reflex system • Organ • organ-based medication • organ preparation groups • organ support • Plant • plant preparation groups • Regulatory System • reticuloendothelial system • set point margin • therapy • therapy strategies • Treatment Strategies
• ISBN-10: 3-13-258124-0 / 3132581240
• ISBN-13: 978-3-13-258124-1 / 9783132581241