Lauren Hubele

Hpathy Ezine, November, 2015 |  Print This Post | November 21, 2015Homeopath Lauren Hubele presents a primer in Gemmotherapy for homeopaths.
The term Gemmotherapy refers to a recognized and clinically established plant based medicine that serves as a cleansing protocol for the body. Gemmotherapy extracts are prepared each spring from the first buds and shoots of the season. These buds or shoots are macerated in a solution of alcohol and glycerin and left to sit for a month. This mother tincture is then diluted with water to be bottled and used as a Gemmotherapy extract. The precise methodology for producing these extracts is outlined and regulated by the European Union. It is the only medicine that can simultaneously cleanse and provide nutrition to cellular tissue. For that reason Gemmotherapy, the youngest form of botanical medicine, has healing capability that far exceeds all current plant based therapies. Each Gemmotherapy extract is based on a single tree or shrub and addresses individual organs or organ systems. Some extracts are polychrests and have multiple actions on the body and are used frequently while others have very specific actions and are used less often. While there are new Gemmotherapy extracts being tested and developed, there are about 60 established individual products in regular use and production. There are currently several recognized large scale producers of Gemmotherapy extracts in Europe as well as multiple boutique style operations. The European producers that import to the United States through a distributor include:
Boiron, Herbal Gem, Unda, and Plant Extrakt producing for Vital Extract.
Gemmotherapy’s advantage over all classic herbal therapies is due to the inclusion of meristem tissue that lies within each bud or shoot that is macerated to form the extract. These meristem tissues contain tremendous regenerative capabilities, much like human stem cells, and have infinite and indefinite self-replicating properties. Pol Henry, the founder of Gemmotherapy medicine, determined that it is the very use of these “embryionic plant tissues” in the extracts that make this medicine unique. Modern laboratory studies in Italy by Dr. Fernando Pitera’ have proven time and again the advantage of Gemmotherapy over all other plant based medicines.
The study of Gemmotherapy today is especially exciting and fulfilling as the capability of the human body to self-heal supported by the power of Gemmotherapy is a topic being researched in clinics, laboratories, and universities throughout Europe. Some of the most advanced research is occurring in universities and clinics in Romania (Cluj, Bucharest, and Constanta) and Italy.
On a practical level, Gemmotherapy is an affordable treatment that is within financial reach of most households. It is straightforward and simple to apply for self treatment in acute care situations and the extracts are sourced and produced in a sustainable manner. Due to the research that has been performed on Gemmotherapy and the human body, we know now this gentle yet powerful medicine can be used on everyone from newborns to geriatric patients. Many extracts are even safe to use throughout pregnancy. They are proven to provide immediate relief for acute illness and infections leaving the affected organs clean and fortified at the end of treatment.
Our knowledge of treating chronic conditions with Gemmotherapy is rapidly expanding and enhanced by the sharing of research enabled by professional organizations such as the ARGH ( Association Romania Gemmotherapy and Homeopathy) and publications by the renowned Dr. Fernando Pitera’, University of Genoa. We know that by fully restoring the natural functions of organs with Gemmotherapy, the need for supplements the body naturally produces is reduced or eliminated. In my practice I address chronic symptoms by applying specific Gemmotherapy extracts to support these following stages:

• opening elimination routes
• clean and fortifying organs
• optimizing organ function
• harmonizing the body

I have found Gemmotherapy to be an invaluable tool in my homeopathic practice. I now begin every case with Gemmotherapy and have developed a specific intake process to guide my protocol selection. I currently teach my method to homeopaths looking for a process that reduces and often eliminates the aggravations experienced by highly sensitive individuals who seem to be the norm in our practices today.

​Create an Attitude of Gratitude All Day LongMARY LYNN ZIEMER
 
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The secret to happiness and finding the enduring joy we all seek is Thanksgiving—the simple act of continually giving thanks. To realize wonderful positive outcomes, up to and including seeming miracles, do one thing: Show gratitude all day long. Seeing everything in a new light, through a refreshing prism of love and appreciation, imparts a deep inner well of peace, calm and joy, making us feel more alive.
We can feel that way every day, in every aspect of life, awaking each morning excited to create the day ahead and enthusiastic about each moment and then falling asleep at night embracing a profound feeling of gratitude for all the good we know and have. Happiness is contagious and becomes an upward spiral of joy naturally shared with others.
Start today by launching a daily gratitude journal. This single action, the simplest and quickest way to get results, will foster a habit geared to change everything forever. It fills up our love tank, sparks success and benefits everyone. To embrace better relationships, health, clarity, life and tangible and intangible wealth:
• Set a daily time for journal writing.
• Pick a handful of things that prompt gratitude that day. Perhaps begin with people that support you in some way. Everything counts, from expressions of beauty to basic conveniences. Eventually the daily list will grow, generating the joy of gratitude at ever-higher levels.
• It’s important to write with love and joy, because such feelings create your world. Even if something’s a work in progress, like encouraging steps in a relationship, focus on what makes you feel good and want more of and you’ll start seeing more evidence of them.
• Elaborate in detail about a particular thing that earns extra gratitude. This carries more benefits from intense feelings than creating a list. When we see how blessed we are with what we already have, it creates more of what we are grateful for, generating an endless cycle of gratitude.
• Take notice of the surprises and little miracles that occur, and be sure to make note of them to evoke an even stronger level of awe and gratitude.
Robert Emmons, Ph.D., of the University of California-Davis, a leading authority in researching the science of gratitude and its impact on wellbeing, instructs his study participants, “Be aware of your feelings and how you ‘relish’ and ‘savor’ this gift in your imagination. Take the time to be especially aware of the depth of your gratitude.” In other words, don’t hurry through this exercise like a to-do list.
An all-day-long attitude of gratitude ramps up our awareness of life’s pleasures. It takes an already good life to a whole new zone of zest.

Mary Lynn Ziemer is a master of Advanced Life Concepts, certified life and business coach, motivational speaker and author, with more than 30 years as an entrepreneur and corporate executive at two Fortune 100 companies. Connect at LivingAJoyfulLifeNow.com.