This material was presented at the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and cybernetics at their meeting in Baden Baden, Germany on August 2-7, 2000 where Dr. Schuldt was one of the panelists.

Standard medicine in most developed countries is highly regulated and expensive whether this relates to individual complaints on price or to governments’ trouble in financing national health programs. Bio-energetic medicine offers enormous cost savings by its non-invasive, fast, reliable diagnosis as well as selection of treatment and, especially, a better recovery for those afflicted. This system, as an informative method in diagnosis and therapy, has reached sufficient maturity to be incorporated into standard medical practice.

In Dr. Voll’s practice of electro-acupuncture he would tell the patient the nature of his/her disease after completion of the testing procedure on various points, as prescribed by the art, without prior examination of the patient’s history. This manner of establishing the patient’s history is most dramatic and convincing to anyone applying for treatment in electro-acupuncture. There is one drawback in that it is quite time-consuming.

In the operation of a busy medical clinic, time is an important factor. It is imperative that diagnosis be achieved not only accurately but with efficiency. Therefore, I found it necessary in bio-energetic medicine to reverse the process of establishing the diagnosis in that communication with the patient is given first priority. That is to say, diagnostic tests with the instrument are conducted according to the patient’s own description of his health or complaints or observations to confirm or discard the statements obtained. On the basis of this, therapy is planned. Following this regimen a multitude of symptoms disclosed by patients can be transformed into proper homeopathic prescriptions. This is very precise and, by re-affirmation, fully complies with the requirements of holistic medical practice.

The term bio-energetic medicine was used years ago by various practitioners of medical treatment outside the mainstream, such as physiotherapists and psychologists. In such fields the term seems a little displaced since it applies only indirectly. When using electrical current as a means of intervention with the body’s own energy, the term bio-energetic is justified and most appropriate. I adopted this term, therefore, in teaching and publications in spite of its being in use elsewhere, as it cannot be described any better; in short, to assign it to the virtual mode of action.

This modality has developed steadily over the past 40 years. Bio-energetic medicine, which refers to the body’s energy and its intervention from outside, developed from electro-acupuncture in a stepwise manner as my work proceeded. While electro acupuncture concentrated chiefly on the anatomical location of a symptom or disease, bio-energetic medicine is based on physiology and patho-physiology. By measuring the body’s micro energy the skilled diagnostician can determine the precise nature of a disease as well as select the most appropriate therapy. With the measuring device, a portable instrument, the presence of pathology can be determined even before the onset of overt symptoms, thus, to The patient’s observation, preventing disease. Also, followup care during recovery can be adapted quickly and inexpensively to the individual’s needs. Many diseases termed cured by standard diagnostic procedures are found to leave residual pathology amenable to removal by this technique, resulting in a healthier patient

Electro-Acupuncture

When I introduced electro-acupuncture worldwide in company with Reinhold Voll, MD who along with others founded the discipline commonly called EAV, the acceptance by a significant portion of the medical profession was cordial and encouraging. At that time I did not foresee the forces that would develop to ban this modality from standard medicine, even without examining the evidence as should be expected of reliable scientists. On the other hand, the medical profession without dispute accepts diagnoses obtained electrically with the electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram to verify conditions of the brain and heart, but refuses to study the possibility that similar micro current can be very useful for evaluations of the entire body. Bio-energetic medicine is of great informative value. It yields data that can be most difficult, if not impossible, to obtain by standard medical methods. Its multitude of information is of great importance for cybernetic evaluation in its pragmatic or intentional aspects. Syste mic series of information could be run by cybernetic derivation in order to determine scope, intensity, duration, frequency, interrelations of outcome besides establishing criteria to confirm those already in use. The process of aging may also be researched this way. When added to standard medical procedures, or used in conjunction with such procedures, bio-energetic medicine yields quick uncomplicated resolution of health problems as well as easy management of differentiated and complex pathology without invasive or damaging procedures. Treatment can be adapted to the specific needs of each patient rather than the prescription of one medication for all patients afflicted with a disease of the same title, or one medication for many different diseases. Pre- and after-care can be individually selected according to the actual condition and requirements of each patient rather than one mass treatment regimen based on statistics from many people, many of which do not conform to a specific individual’s need. From su ch data it is no longer a matter of far-fetched conclusions to give precise recommendations for lifestyle and guidance tailored to each individual’s need, such as nutrition. Bio-energetic medicine has a secure base, repeated and evaluated by many physicians from worldwide sources and institutions.