When this glossary was first developed, it was intended to define the terms that would appear in several chapters which were subsequently never written. But I have decided to leave the glossary anyway - in order to give an introduction to the differences between traditional and vibrational medicine. Richard Gerber's Vibrational Medicine explores the subject thoroughly. Glossary
An extreme, normally immediate, allergic reaction to a toxic agent, usually insect venom, food or medications. Mild symptoms are usually confined to the skin and mucus membranes and include swelling, redness, rash, and itching. Severe symptoms are life threatening and require emergency attention. These include constriction of the chest and throat, choking, difficulty breathing, nausea, dizziness and unconsciousness.
AntidoteTo render useless or ineffectual.
BlockerCommon term for any medication that acts by inhibiting some of the natural biochemical, and other, processes in the body. Many over-the-counter and prescription drugs are blockers.
ComplaintAny discomfort which the lay person experiences. May include one or more medical symptoms.
Constitutional TreatmentThe vibrational medicine remedies in The Paper Doctor offer help for common acute and self-limiting complaints. More serious illnesses - as defined by vibrational medicine - require what is known as constitutional treatment. This must be administered by a properly trained acupuncturist or homeopath. See
Drug, see Medication, below.Level of Health , below.Geometric Pattern
One form of printed design which stores the healing potential of any substance, expressed as a microdose, for retrieval at a later date.
Healing ActionThe ability of a remedy to relieve one or more complaints.Healing CrisisA temporary aggravation of one's complaint can occur after taking a Paper Doctor remedy. When the remedy is a close match to the complaint, the Healing Response temporarily stimulates the complaint before removing it. This stimulation makes the complaint feel stronger.This phenomenon has been observed and reported by many clinicians practicing a variety of remedial measures including psychotherapy, Science of Mind, and homeopathy. It is always reported as a sign that a remedy is acting deeply and the beneficial effect will last a long time.
Simplified graph of a healing crisis:
Healing Potential
Most likely path of complaint
if no remedy was takenFormer level
of healthOnset of
complaintHealing crisis begins Complaint improves
after crisisHealth
restoredThe ability to heal exists and is ready for action, but is not active. It is stored.Healing ResponseThe "intelligence" behind your immune system defenses, and your greatest health resource. The Healing Response is known variously as the healing Power of Nature, the Vital Force, the Healer Within or the Placebo Effect. It has been observed and reported in the medical literature since the writings of Hippocrates.
(Divided Legacy: A History Of The Schism In Medical Thought, Harris L. Coulter, Wehawken, Washington, D.C., 1975. (3 volumes))
Natural healing by definition triggers the Healing Response. It always stimulates (never blocks or suppresses) the organism's attempts to heal itself. But beware, many people claim to know about or use natural healing who still give drugs or do something else that blocks or suppresses natural processes. This means that they want to do natural healing but lack the tools or understanding to carry out their intention.
HealthNatural healing always proceeds according to known laws, (see
Hering's Law , below).Most medical drugs act by blocking or suppressing natural processes (see Blockers, above). Over time this suppression can weaken or disorganize the immune system.
Paper Doctor remedies only support and stimulate the Healing Response, which means the body cures the illness. See
STIMULATING YOUR HEALING RESPONSE , page 253.The continued enjoyment, over time, of three capabilities: mental clarity, emotional calm and physical well-being. I first learned of this concept from George Vithoulkas of Athens, Greece. See
Healing PotentialLevel Of Health , below.The ability to heal exists and is ready for action, but is not active. It is stored.
Hering's LawNamed after Constantine Hering, the 19th century American physician who first expressed the principles of natural healing as a clinical technique. Hering's Law has been developed and refined by many physicians, most notably Proceso Ortega and George Vithoulkas.
Briefly, Hering's Law states that after a person receives any therapy (drug regimen, surgery, radiation, Paper Doctor remedy, body work, etc.) a cure will be seen to be taken place if the symptoms change in one or more of the following ways:
- the illness moves away from the vital centers in the person (the mind and emotions) and more into the body.
- the illness moves away from the vital organs (heart, lungs, stomach, liver, etc.) into the less essential organs.
- the illness moves from the upper body toward the lower body or out from inside the body toward the skin.
- the current symptoms recede and ones previously experienced, even years ago, temporarily reappear.
Hering's Law is important because it defines the basis of natural healing. With this tool one can know whether they are growing more healthy or more ill as a result of any therapeutic regimen.
HomeopathyAn advanced form of non-toxic medicine more popular in Europe than America. It is especially useful in treating chronic disease. Homeopathy is a recognized form of vibrational medicine.
IllnessAny temporary or sustained condition of pronounced deviation from a healthy state. Illness can be viewed as a limitation on health. See Health, above, and Level Of Health, below.
Level Of HealthThis important concept was developed by George Vithoulkas of Athens, Greece.
Magnetic Pattern
(The Science Of Homeopathy, vol 1., G. Vithoulkas, A.S.O.H.M., Athens, Greece, 1978.)
He discovered that human health appears to be organized in layers, which he calls "levels". At any one level, each person will uniquely display certain symptoms, and some functions of their body, mind and emotions will be vulnerable to illness.if, though natural healing, their health is raised, the old symptoms and tendencies to illness will disappear and new, less severe ones will appear. If, on the other hand, through trauma or suppressive medical treatment, a person's health is lowered, their present symptoms and tendencies will still disappear, but the new ones that appear later will always be more severe. Often traditional medical practices remove symptoms, but leave the organism weakened so that illnesses which appear later in life are internal, and more serious.
Effective natural healing requires careful treatment by a highly trained practitioner so that, over the years, layer by layer, a person's health is raised rather than lowered, and their next illnesses are more external and less severe. From this perspective natural healing is an advanced form of medicine. Homeopathy and acupuncture are examples of it.
The concept of Level Of Health is actually a refinement of
Hering's Law , above.One of the 58 geometric patterns in the Paper Doctor from which a remedy can be made. Each magnetic pattern stores the healing potential of an known remedy.
MedicationThe thoughtful use of any drug or remedy in an attempt to eliminate symptoms or cure a perceived disease.
Natural HealingA method of restoring health that does not block, suppress or intervene in any biochemical or other organic processes. Natural healing works by stimulating the Healing Response so that the organism itself will remove the illness by whatever means is at its disposal.
Non-toxicNot harmful or poisonous. Paper Doctor remedies are non-toxic.
OrganismThat living entity comprising the spirit, mind, emotions and physical body, which functions together as a whole being or person.
OTCA slang abbreviation for any over-the-counter medication.
Over-the-counter MedicationAny drug deemed safe by the drug companies and federal government for unsupervised use by the general public.
PainAny sensation, usually localized, of discomfort, distress or agony supposedly resulting from a stimulation of the nerve endings, and which serves a protective purpose if it induces the person to react to a threatening stimulus.
PharmaceuticalPertaining to drugs or to the art of preparing them.
Placebo EffectAny change in one's complaint or illness that occurs in the absence of a recognized medical treatment. It is thought that the person, by the power of their beliefs, was able to trigger Healing Response, which caused the cure. The remedies made from Paper Doctor patterns trigger the placebo effect (Healing Response) whether you believe in them or not.
Psychoneuroimmunology or PNI
"The placebo is the doctor who resides within." Norman CousinsThe relatively new science that investigates the relationships between a person's beliefs and their ability to influence a serious disease state in the body.
RemedyAny substance or agent that removes, improves or prevents an imbalance or illness in the organism.
Remedy BoardUsed to make each Paper Doctor remedy. The Remedy Board contains a magnet which supplies the force that transfers the healing potential stored in the magnetic pattern of the remedy you want to use into the water in your glass. Each copy of The Paper Doctor comes with a Remedy Board.
Self-Limiting ComplaintThe human organism has a powerful built-in mechanism for maintaining health and fighting disease called the Healing Response. A self-limiting complaint is any complaint which will "run its course" then disappear from the organism entirely by the efforts of this Healing Response.
ShockA condition of coldness of the skin, abnormally low blood pressure, rapid heartbeat and anxiety. Because it deranges the vital signs, it threatens life. Shock is a medical emergency!
Side EffectsThe name side effects implies that the new complaints you get when taking medical drugs are somehow unimportant. This is inaccurate since some side effects can be serious or life-threatening. "Side effects" is a misnomer that belittles the significance of an adverse reaction.
PharmaceuticalAll medical drugs cause some side effects because they block or suppress the body's natural processes. Some side effects occur soon after taking a drug; others may not appear unless a drug is continued for months, or even years. Some side effects are temporary, others as long as the drug is taken. Some people
Pertaining to drugs or to the art of preparing them.
Placebo EffectAny change in one's complaint or illness that occurs in the absence of a recognized medical treatment. It is thought that the person, by the power of their suffer more from side effects than other people do. These variables are dependent upon the strength of a person's Healing Response.
SuppressionThe inhibition or prevention of the normal functioning of any part of the organism, whether it's of one or more organs, a nerve's signal, or the activity of a single cell.
SymptomMedical drugs act by suppressing an organ or part that is thought to be dysfunctional. The suppression forces the organ or part to speed up, slow down, or otherwise conform to "normal functioning". Thus it is observed to have returned to a state of health. Actually the organ or part is functioning under the constant pressure of the drug, which stresses the organ, drains the Healing Response and weakens the immune system. The consequences of this action may not be noticed for years.
Any evidence of disease as perceived by the patient.
TraumaAny physical wound or injury to the body. Also, any shock or injury to one's mental or emotional state.
Vibrational MedicineThe generic term for non-chemical remedies as defined by Richard Gerber, M.D., in his book of the same name. The types of vibrational medicines include acupuncture, homeopathy, flower essences, and (now) magnetic patterns. Vibrational medicine remedies are thought to act on the "standing wave form" or "subtle body" rather than directly on the physical organism. They alter the energy, not the chemistry, of the body.
Vital Signs (Pulse Rate, Respiratory Rate and Temperature)These essential bodily measurements must be maintained within certain narrow limits in order that a healthy life can be sustained. The pulse rate can vary from 50 to 100 beats per minute. The respiratory rate vary between 14 and 20 breaths per minute. The body temperature must be maintained near 98.6 °F; 99 °F is considered an elevation.
For The Complaints Index, see next page(341). (index).