If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy

At a time of increasing volatility in healthcare provision, we are all having to become more responsible for our own well-being. This book - an imaginative, practical and accessible guide to our inner organs - is written for anyone who wants to improve their health and develop resiliency against illness. Although trained as a medical doctor, Olaf Koob has the vision and experience of a holistic physician. He has surveyed diverse medical systems - orthodox medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy Chinese, ayurvedic and anthroposophic medicine - and found their common substance. Using this knowledge, he relates the essence of each human organ: its position, colour, form, embryonic development, function and characteristic attributes. Thus, the organs begin to tell their own stories, revealing their 'biography', physiognomy and the illnesses they are prone to. Inspired by esoteric wisdom, Koob creates living images of the pancreas and the hormone system and shows how the spleen, liver, gall bladder, heart, kidneys, lungs and reproductive organs relate to the wider cosmos. He describes the nature of poison and detoxification, good and bad nutrition and the importance of secretion and elimination. If the Organs Could Speak is a unique work that enables us to think more creatively about our bodies and how they function, and to help us cope with crises, suffering and pain.

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If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy

At a time of increasing volatility in healthcare provision, we are all having to become more responsible for our own well-being. This book - an imaginative, practical and accessible guide to our inner organs - is written for anyone who wants to improve their health and develop resiliency against illness. Although trained as a medical doctor, Olaf Koob has the vision and experience of a holistic physician. He has surveyed diverse medical systems - orthodox medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy Chinese, ayurvedic and anthroposophic medicine - and found their common substance. Using this knowledge, he relates the essence of each human organ: its position, colour, form, embryonic development, function and characteristic attributes. Thus, the organs begin to tell their own stories, revealing their 'biography', physiognomy and the illnesses they are prone to. Inspired by esoteric wisdom, Koob creates living images of the pancreas and the hormone system and shows how the spleen, liver, gall bladder, heart, kidneys, lungs and reproductive organs relate to the wider cosmos. He describes the nature of poison and detoxification, good and bad nutrition and the importance of secretion and elimination. If the Organs Could Speak is a unique work that enables us to think more creatively about our bodies and how they function, and to help us cope with crises, suffering and pain.

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If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy

If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy

If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy

If the Organs Could Speak: The Foundations of Physical and Mental Health: Understanding the Character of Our Inner Anatomy

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At a time of increasing volatility in healthcare provision, we are all having to become more responsible for our own well-being. This book - an imaginative, practical and accessible guide to our inner organs - is written for anyone who wants to improve their health and develop resiliency against illness. Although trained as a medical doctor, Olaf Koob has the vision and experience of a holistic physician. He has surveyed diverse medical systems - orthodox medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy Chinese, ayurvedic and anthroposophic medicine - and found their common substance. Using this knowledge, he relates the essence of each human organ: its position, colour, form, embryonic development, function and characteristic attributes. Thus, the organs begin to tell their own stories, revealing their 'biography', physiognomy and the illnesses they are prone to. Inspired by esoteric wisdom, Koob creates living images of the pancreas and the hormone system and shows how the spleen, liver, gall bladder, heart, kidneys, lungs and reproductive organs relate to the wider cosmos. He describes the nature of poison and detoxification, good and bad nutrition and the importance of secretion and elimination. If the Organs Could Speak is a unique work that enables us to think more creatively about our bodies and how they function, and to help us cope with crises, suffering and pain.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781912230150
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
Publication date: 08/13/2018
Pages: 170
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Prof. Dr. Volker Fintelmann, MD, was born in 1935. He is an internist and gastroenterologist, senior physician at the DRK hospital in Hamburg, and has a private practice. He is founder and director of the Carl Gustav Carus Academy for Holistic Medicine in Hamburg. He lectures and serves on advisory boards and various scientific committees. Dr. Fintelmann was a member of Commission E (phytotherapeutic therapies) at the Federal Health Office in Berlin from 1978 to 1989, and its chairman from 1983. He does scientific work in hepatology, in practical and methodical elaboration of a modern phytotherapy, and in anthroposophically supplemented medicine. He has numerous publications, lectures, and leads seminars on these scientific fields.

Table of Contents

Preface Volker Fintelmarnn 1

Foreword 4

Foreword to the fourth edition 8

Foreword to the sixth edition 9

The Human Enigma 11

The Cosmic Language of the Human Form 17

The human being as constituted by the zodiac 26

The Planetary Order in the Organs 33

The spleen as the Saturn organ 38

The liver as the Jupiter organ 44

The gall bladder as the Mars organ 50

The heart as the Sun organ 52

The kidneys as the Venus organ 60

The lungs as the Mercury organ 69

The reproductive organs and silver 73

The Pancreas 76

The Hormone System 79

The Lungs, Liver, Kidneys and Heart as the Four Meteorological Organs 84

The lungs as the earth organ 86

The liver as the water organ 94

The kidneys and bladder as the air organs 95

The heart as the warmth organ 98

Poisoning and Detoxifying 104

Mineral poisoning 107

Plant poisoning 110

Animal poisoning 112

The Importance of Secretion and Elimination 114

Perspiration as the 'mummy' of life processes 116

Urine as the 'mummy' of soul activity 117

Intestinal excretion as the 'mummy' of I activity 119

Nutrition and Healing 122

Naturopathic and Herbal Medicine, Homeopathy, Chinese and Anthroposophic Medicine 131

Gleaned on the Journey 148

Notes and references 155

Further Reading 161

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