If a body is only as strong as its weakest link, then let’s repair the weak links!
“…certain organs of the body are, as it were, organisms within the organism; minor systems within the general system. Such an organ is the liver. It can be made ill by the organism, but, in its turn, it can make the organism ill. They act and react upon one another. Neither can exist without the other.” Dr. James Compton-Burnett
Dr. Johann G. W. Rademacher, was a German physician in the early 1800’s. He followed the traditions of Hohenheim, also known as Paracelsus. He noticed that ill patients often had one or more bodily organs in poor condition. Brought on by illness, injury, trauma or family inheritance, the weakest organ often became “a locus of disease”, or contributor to ill health. He formulated an early understanding about how specific herbs improved organ health. Although he lived long before the term ‘microdose’ was coined, he pioneered the use of very small and frequent herbal doses, carefully attuned to the condition of his patient. Healthier organs made a healthier person. Rademacher’s very successful medical practice continually incorporated ‘organotherapy”; it was quite novel at the time. Decades later, Dr. James Compton-Burnett, a London physician, championed and expanded Dr. Rademacher’s work.
Traditional Use of Organ Support
These are the methods of traditional use taught by Drs. Rademacher and Compton-Burnett, followed for more than a hundred years!
Dr. Rademacher directed that each dose was given in a half to full teacup of fluid, such as spring water. He asked his patient to fill the cup, then add the organ support drops, and drink. If there was any increase in symptoms of organ weakness, Dr. Rademacher paused dosing for 3-4 days to allow organ repair, then resumed at half dose.
“And as to dose: one must begin gently and cautiously with 10, and in the very sensitive, 5 drops in half cup of water, taken 2 – 3 times daily.”
Dr. JGW Rademacher
Dr. Compton-Burnett often used an organ support for a few weeks at a time. This was usually alongside other indicated therapeutics for his patients. When the indicators of organ weakness were reduced or eliminated, the herb was stopped. If organ support was still needed, he often changed to a different herb. This ensured that the body did not begin to ignore the healing signal that it had been receiving.
Good quality self care, as well as collaboration and communication with your healthcare practitioner, includes noticing the response to organ support dosing, and adapting the plan week by week.
Traditional use organ support has never been intended for a “set and forget” strategy of long term dosing without review and adjustment.
Just as Drs. Rademacher and Compton-Burnett attuned the plan to the situation of the person, anyone following traditional use methods of organ support will carefully monitor their experience, with a regular rhythm of self observation and personal review of the indications of the organ weakness that guided the choice of herb tonic.