Neural therapy
Neural therapy was developed by two German doctors, Ferdinand and Walter Huneke, in the 1920s. This method, involving the local short-acting anaesthetic procaine (another substance, lidocaine, is sometimes used as well), has since developed from a "fringe" technique into a recognized method that is now taught at universities.
The method is based on the principle of regulating the body through the autonomic nervous system. This system controls all the body's functions and is affected directly by all forms of illness and disease. Neural therapy with procaine or lidocaine is used in various ways:
Segment therapy:
very thin needles are used to inject the drug under the skin in certain areas of the body (along the spine, for example). The normal function of even internal organs is restored through reflex pathways.
Local pain therapy:
injection into hardened, acidified muscle or muscle with impaired circulation (all known as trigger points) can relieve both local problems (spastic, hardened muscles) and pain and impaired function in other places.
Therapy of foci and interference fields:
careful injection of procaine in certain places (teeth with root-canal fillings, chronically damaged tonsils, sinuses) can show whether chronic conditions resistant to therapy (migraines, menstrual disorders, allergies etc.) are being triggered or maintained by these interferences. An electronic diagnostic system (such as a VEGA decoder) is often used in addition to verify the findings. In many cases, the correct local therapy for an interference field can trigger something known as the "second phenomenon"; in other words, even painful conditions of long duration can disappear almost instantly.
Therapy applied to nerve centres (known as ganglia).
The action of procaine brings about a deep reversal, i.e. normalization, of the electrical state in an important part of the nervous system. The effects of this are unusually varied: improved blood flow in the affected area (e.g. head, chest, pelvis, legs), pain relief, improved lymphatic function, and normalization of hormonal processes. The conditions for which this special technique is used range from impaired circulation in the head and diseases of the coronary vessels to neuropathies affecting the legs.
