Rosina Sonnenschmidt Liver and Gallbladder - Acquired Authority

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Rosina Sonnenschmidt
Liver and Gallbladder - Acquired Authority
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Liver and Gallbladder - Acquired Authority
of Rosina Sonnenschmidt
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About this Series 2
Preface 4
1. Liver Energy 6
1.1 The Symbolism of the Liver 9
1.2 The Liver Temperament 10
1.3 The Liver from a Spiritual Point of View 13
1.4 Liver and Gallbladder in the Chinese
Law of Systematic Correspondence 17
1.5 Liver and Gallbladder from an
Alchemical Point of View 20
2. Liver and Gallbladder Issues 28
3. Structure of the Liver 32
3.1 The External Form of the Liver 35
3.2 The Inner Architecture of the Liver 44
3.3 The Rhythm of the Liver 46
4. A Holistic View of Liver Funktion 50
4.1. The Liver as Queen of the Waters 52
4.2 From Carbohydrate to Will Power 53
4.3 From Protein to the Inner Breath 54
4.4 From Fat to Light 56
4.5 From Detoxi cation to Clarity and Purity 60
5. Diseases of the Liver and Gallbladder 62
5.1 Embryonic Germ Layer Classification of the Liver 63
5.2 A Miasmatic View of the Immune System 66
5.3 Drug-Induced Liver Disease 74
6. Holistic Liver and Gallbladder Therapies 78
6.1 Suggested Diet 80
6.2 De-acidi cation and Detoxi cation 85
6.3 Passing Liver and Gallstones 90
6.4 Homeopathy 91
6.4.1 Selected Liver Remedies 98
6.4.2 Remedies for Gallstones 104
6.4.3 Remedies for Ascites 106
6.4.4 Schüssler Tissue Salts in Liver Therapy 107
End Notes 109
App p endix 110
Biogarap hy 111
1
A t s
bout his eries
In my seminars and in the treatment of the • There are deeper reasons for a disease ma-
chronically ill, I attach great importance nifesting itself in an organ.
to a holistic approach to disease process and
• The level of consciousness creating
cure. Without doubt homeopathy is central
thought patterns is intimately linked to
to this approach because it reaches every le-
emotional and cellular vibrations. This is
vel of being and offers many ways of choo-
why a disease manifests exactly where the-
sing remedies according to individual criteria.
re is optimal resonance between energy
The therapist must be aware of the reason for
and matter.
prescribing a remedy, be it miasmatic, cons-
• In a state of health, all the organs in the
titutional or therapeutic. However, over the
system resonate together in synergy.
last twenty years I have noticed a discrepancy
between the claim of homeopathic treatment • Like in a piece of music written in part
to holism and its disapproval of naturopathic harmony, the cells associated to each or-
and nutritional approaches. gan have their own voice – or their own
frequency of resonance.
In addition, the conflicts which are inherent in
• The common bond between the individual
a physical manifestation of disease are given
cellular resonance of the organ, emotions
too little attention. Everywhere I hear the mes-
and thought patterns form a human issue
sage ‘The single dose will do it’. To me, this has
or potential. This can develop into either a
overtones of complacence and ignorance. And
conflict or a resolution – can cause disease
then there are the endless rules and warnings
or cure.
about all the things which can prevent, falsify
or antidote the remedies – in these I detect fear • Conflict and resolution are to be found in
and uncertainty. exactly the same place. The process of re-
solution is the actual healing process. It is
For me, healing is the way towards freedom
not enough to know the solution; it must
of the spirit, leading away from the restrictive be experienced and lived through.
energy of prohibitive rules, fears, constraints
• The human body is an organism with
and suppression. A free spirit trusts in itself
highly intelligent self-regulation that trig-
and the laws of nature, which the human body
gers healing mechanisms which I regard as
mirrors. To immerse oneself in the teachings
biological solutions. However a biological
of nature is to be filled daily with wonder and
solution does not bring cure of itself. Only
humility. The way that body and spirit heal
an intelligent solution backed by the whole
together completely overshadows all the re-
consciousness can bring about cure on the
medies and procedures that we in the healing
mental, emotional and physical planes.
professions have ever found.
• Every chronic disease begins with a harm-
This is an uncomfortable thought, as we think less human issue – most often to do with
we know better than nature – and for this at- the skin in a real or broader sense – that
titude we pay a yearly increasing price in the could not be resolved either mentally or
form of ever more complicated and destructive emotionally. Because of this lack of reso-
diseases. lution, the issue grows and becomes more
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A t s
bout his eries
entrenched and gradually results in the Apart from the Chinese correlation between
corresponding cellular manifestation. The organ, conflict and resolution and the mytho-
human energy body uses the most appro- logical /alchemistic view of the organs, I also
priate compensation strategies to survive. integrate – of course - the discoveries of neu-
robiology and brain research through which in
• I see it as my role as a therapist to help the
particular, the relationship between organ and
patient physically, emotionally and men-
conflict is and has been intensively examined.
tally on his step by step journey from the
most serious manifestation of disease. The
The structure and content of each volume is
whole energy body moves to a higher level
organised so that therapist and the layman
until the disease at last leaves it through
alike can profit from it. The following themes
the skin.
are covered:
At the beginning of my career as a therapist, • The organ system from a spiritual and phy-
these realisations led me to the sources of Tra- siological viewpoint
ditional Chinese Medicine with its law of sys-
• Diseases associated with the organ
tematic correspondence. Over the course of
• The mental and emotional issues of the
4500 years, an ever more sophisticated view
organ system.
developed in which an organ system/meridian
and a mental/emotional issue form an insepa- • Organ-related conflicts and their resolu-
rable whole. Life takes place in rhythms and tion.
cycles steered by diametrically opposed forces
• Miasmatic, therapeutic and constitutional
(Yin and Yang). These realisations were arrived
Homeopathy
at without the aid of microscopes, ultrasound,
• Nutritional advice
brain tomography and the dissection of corp-
ses. Through the mastery of observation alone • Naturopathic therapies
(as above, so below, as within, so without) the
In the volumes of this series, the emphasis on
Chinese created a unique law of systematic
individual issues may be different, but they
correspondence, which has retained its rele-
always form a fluid, dogma-free, flexible, spir-
vance to this day.
itual whole which, it is my hope, will inspire
colleagues to their own ideas and deeds.
This wisdom is concentrated in the engagingly
simple symbol of Yin and Yang. The law of sys-
tematic correspondence and the relationship
between organ, conflict and resolution have
formed the basis of my work in Homeopathy.
The circular consciousness of the old systems
of medicine helps me not to slip into the linear
thinking of ‘symptom, remedy, symptom, re-
medy’, which is sadly prevalent in Homeopa-
thy, but rather to perceive and treat the varied
levels of being of the person and his organs.
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P
refACe
Before I go into detail about my own the inner essence of liver and biliary function
thoughts and experiences with the theme and their diseases. In this process of approach-
of liver and gallbladder, I would like to let one ing the inner being of liver and gallbladder
of my favourite homeopaths speak, as it was problems, I am also interested in the mias-
he, the English doctor James Compton Burnett matic consciousness, the cause of the disease
(1840-1901), who most inspired me to regard which is manifesting mentally, emotionally
organ systems holistically: and physically. My approach is creative, asso-
If Homeopathy is to continue, we must ciative and sometimes perhaps even bold. But
look the question of what lies behind the it should be permitted to look at everything
symptoms squarely in the eye so that we concerning the liver and gallbladder both con-
treat not only the symptoms homeopa- ventionally and unconventionally so that we
thically, but above all the disease in its at least approximate the incredible creativity
essence. In other words, it will not be of the liver.
enough to find the simillimum of the The title of this volume will probably raise the
symptoms, but as soon as that is found, question “Is there anything other than acquired
we must ask the pertinent question “Is
authority? Are there different kinds of author-
this symptomatic simillimum also ho-
ity?” Yes there are. The heart stands for natural
meopathic in relation to the anatomical
authority. Everyone has their own personal
kernel of the disease itself?” Organs are
power which radiates from them. But every-
organisms within an organism: smaller
one also works on their own power throughout
systems within a larger system. They have
their life so the quality of it changes. I assume
a particular individuality, both in rela-
that in their heart of hearts everyone wants to
tionship to their function and their di-
change for the good. However, this wish can
seases. The liver is such an organ: it can
be confined in such narrow constructs, held
be made ill by the body, but it can also
prisoner by the vices of jealousy, avarice, lust
make the body ill. Body and liver react
and greed, that it manifests negatively.
to each other…
On the other hand, every attempt to become
I have said for a long time that Organopa-
the person one really is allows one’s personal
thy is elementary Homeopathy and that…
authority to mature. The question is – and this
Homeopathy necessarily includes it.
is a major theme in therapy – whether and
Burnett,
above all how a person is living in his power.
Diseases of the Liver
How is the person putting his authority into
action? Is he weak inside and compensating by
It is the aim of this volume to view and treat
exercising his power over others? Is he abusing
the liver and its associated organ the gallblad-
his authority? Has he released his inner power
der holistically, which naturally includes both
and is his authority thus naturally accepted?
miasmatic homeopathic and naturopathic
treatment. I regard good nutrition as part of Throughout our treatment of the liver we
naturopathic treatment, as most problems must address these questions, which concern
that lead to chronic disease start with the diet. us all because nothing is worse than authority
However, above and beyond reflecting on or- which compensates for its weakness by postur-
gan remedies, the book will try to understand ing and makes other people small and abuses
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or tortures them. Throughout the history of addiction to medication. Because it is very ca-
mankind it was always ‘little men’ or self-im- pable of regeneration, it takes a lot for the liver
portant pipsqueaks who instigated the blood to suffer and it is for this reason that we pay it
baths which ensured their fame for millions a lot of attention in holistic therapies.
of deaths. The truly great are powerful inside
In the treatment of cancer we are seeing an
and go their way without violence. They radi-
increase in the phenomenon of oedema, ei-
ate an authority that is accepted. Although the
ther in the abdomen (ascites) or the pleural
heart is the seat of natural authority, in order
cavities (hydrothorax). This is as a result of
to embody it naturally and with awareness, it
chemotherapy and the unresolved issue of
is necessary to undergo a process of becoming
abandonment in both of which the liver has
aware during which one acquires the power
major involvement.
which one actually already had. This is the case
for every journey towards spiritual realisation:
With this volume of the series I hope to raise
one becomes aware of what is already there.
the awareness of homeopaths to liver themes
In relation to the organ systems one can say:
and treatments.
Good liver energy leads one into the power
of the heart. The delusion that naturopathic interventions,
coffee, camphor or essential oils could jeop-
The following are further liver and gallblad-
der themes: ardise homeopathic treatment is not realistic.
Most of our chronically ill patients are already
• Creative power
so clogged up, over-acidified and poisoned by
• Humour
medication, artificial food stuffs and environ-
• Aggression
mental pollution that they are approaching a
• Instinct, intuition
still-stand of the regulatory system – so what
• Imagination
difference are a few cups of coffee or a couple
• Orderliness
of drops of eucalyptus oil going to make? It is
• Strength lying in tranquillity
amazing that homeopathic remedies can work
• Lust for life, enjoyment
at all in this dis-advantageous terrain. We live
All of these themes lie within the polarity of in times of immense negative creativity and
‘lack’ and ‘abundance’. The journey between destructiveness and if we want to be equal to
the two is the healing process to which we as-
the illnesses of our times, we must be healing-
pire with all chronic disease. The purpose of
and solution- orientated and cast off restrictive
this book is for therapists to become aware of
doctrines.
this because nowadays we are dealing mainly
with chronic diseases which are tending to be- With this volume I also hope to inspire naturo-
come more and more destructive. We can no paths to treat the chronically ill holistically
longer afford to ignore the fact that liver func- and to look into the homeopathic theory of
tion is at the heart of every chronic disease. miasms. Because I always try to see the detail
The liver is the collection place for valuable in the whole and the whole in the detail from
nutrients thanks to the careful processing of different points of view, I hope that this work
food, but also the dumping ground for the ef- will please both the general reader and the stu-
fects of poor nutrition, restlessness, greed and dent of the healing arts.
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1. L e
iver nergy
wherever he likes. The necklace stands for ex-
1.1 The Symbolism of the Liver
ternal decoration and inner beauty. The raised
arms show the inner freedom and invulner-
The Chinese have created a wonderful figure
ability of the great I AM. Yes, and the laughter
to symbolise healthy liver energy which, of-
– it’s catching and expresses pure joie de vivre,
ten mistaken for the Buddha, has a connec-
humour and vitality. He who laughs cannot be
tion with the nature of spiritual teaching in
manipulated. Laughing is a sign of inner pow-
Zen Buddhism. This is the god of happiness,
er and health, as all organs are massaged and
“Hotei” who also represents an enlightened
brought into the same rhythmic resonance.
being who “gives freely and takes freely” as
With every breath, the heart in particular,
is written in a Zen Koan.3
above the diaphragm, and the liver below it,
Freedom and happiness belong together and are moved. The upper part of the liver (Pars
to experience them both, one needs spiritual Affixa) is joined to the diaphragm so the liver
awakening which is called “Buddhi” in San- must change position with every breath. The
skrit. The bare belly stands for the “laughing liver is used to the movement of the in and out
liver”, the vessel in his hand contains healing breath. The intensity of the movement of the
herbs and symbolises health, the rucksack diaphragm depends on whether one breathes
symbolises simple needs – all his possessions fast and shallow or deep into the pelvis. The
fit into one bag – he is independent and can go more intense the movement, the better it is
for the heart and liver. Laughing and sobbing
cause the diaphragm to shake most.
3 The literal translation of Koan is “Sign or Announce-
ment” and it means that what one experiences at the
It is a fact that our air and our cheerful-
point of spiritual enlightenment is obvious, accessible
to all and completely self-explanatory. A Koan is used as ness in our social life depend most parti-
the focus for a Zen meditation and is to be experienced cularly on the state of our liver.
and demonstrated, not talked about.
Burnett, ibid, P. 62
Figure 1, 2 and 3 Hotei
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1. L e
iver nergy
So we have it in our culture too! Cheerfulness, actually want to achieve, that which holism
sociability and happiness flow from the liver. encompasses, the Hippocratic Oath and the
doctrine of humours look rather thin. Even
It is telling that the god of happiness is not
at the time of Samuel Hahnemann, there were
portrayed as a thin and earnest ascetic, but
still many adherents to the outdated doctrine
rather as a person who draws on his fullness
of humours, who with their bloodletting, urine
and is happy in body and soul. His laughter
examination, enemas and mercury washes
and his deeds are indeed “fresh from the liver”.
were fixated on secretions. They followed re-
ductionist theories similar to that of pharma-
As this symbolic figure so clearly expresses
ceutical medicine, which was to come many
the extroverted energy and power of the liver,
years later with its antibiotics (lat. “against
I will introduce the following chapters with
life”). Against the background of the persist-
words from one of the most famous Zen mas-
ent doctrine of humours we can measure the
ters: Han Shan or Cold Mountain, and portray
genius of Hahnemann, who was the first in
him as Hotei. In the seventh century he was fa-
western medicine to develop a holistic anam-
mous for his laughter and his happiness, which
neses, diagnosis and concept of cure.
he spread wherever he wandered and taught.
Nevertheless, the doctrine of humours re-
1.2 The Liver Temperament mained and was often taken up by scientists
in the form of the doctrine of temperaments.
The doctrine of temperaments has acknowl- It is interesting for us that this doctrine is con-
edged the interrelationship between body nected directly to the sphere of action of the
and soul since the Roman era. By observing liver and of the gallbladder and also to the four
differences in psychological excitability and temperaments. Whilst the four temperaments
their expression in the physical constitution, are never seen completely unadulterated, they
four underlying types were defined. The four are still very easy to recognise in people. As we
temperaments go back to Galenus or Galen shall see, the number four is very important. It
of Pergamum (129 AD –199 AD), the Greek is no coincidence that the liver comprises four
personal physician to Roman Emperor Marcus lobes and that the four temperaments reflect
Aurelius, who in turn took up Hippocrates’ liver and gallbladder function.
(460 BC – 377 BC) doctrine of humours. Ac-
The dynamics of this are interesting: The mel-
cording to the doctrine of humours, there is
ancholic and phlegmatic temperaments are
an unequal mixture of the four basic bodily
characterised by sustained heaviness of mood
substances: blood (lat. Sanguis), phlegm (lat.
and slow but strong reactions. It is in the na-
Phlegm), gall, or yellow bile (lat. Chol), and
ture of these temperaments to be resistant to
black bile (lat. Melaina chole). Galen’s doc-
change and to have difficulty letting go of cer-
trine of humours was the basis of medicine
tain experiences and events.
for over 1600 years, until well after the Mid-
dle Ages, and was also the greatest hindrance The melancholic temperament tends to great
to its development. Compared with what we seriousness and tension and of all the tem-
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2. L g i
iver And ALLbLAdder ssues
– stress over a long period of time is neces- py situation which suppressed anger and ag-
sary for this to happen. We say that someone gression only makes worse. Instead of sorting
is ‘tired to the bones’ and that is the kind of things out, they indulge in unspoken rivalry.
stuck situation which resonates with the liver The suppressed liver chi leads to the build-up
and gallbladder cells and to which they react. of bile and liver weakness.
The examples given demonstrate situations of
Whatever the issues behind liver and gallblad-
permanent stress, and anyone who has lived in
der problems may be, the central intelligent
similar circumstances will know how difficult
solution is always to work with reconciliation
it is to free oneself from these attachments and
combined with new ways of working with the
dependencies.
body (eating, chewing, digesting etc.), which
eliminate biological conflict and have a regu-
Example 2
latory physical effect. Furthermore all forms
A family conflict can arise when there is, for of creative psychotherapy and family therapy
example, a family business that the son is can be of use. Body and soul must always be
meant to take over. But the father undermi- integrated in the healing process so that the
nes the son’s authority, can’t let go of his senior patient can consciously experience changes
position and makes the junior boss feel that in thought, word and deed.
he doubts his ability. This is another unhap-
Does my body exist or not?
Am I or am I not?
Absorbed in the contemplation of such questions
I sit leaning against the rock whilst time passes.
The green grass sprouts between my toes,
The red dust settles on my head.
Already people of the world are coming
To offer fruit and wine at my death-bed.
Han Shan, S. 134
Figure 6 Hotei
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6. H l G t
olistic iver and allbladder Herapies
the laughing God of Luck Hotei for the idea like before, I entered the shop and encountered
of putting rhythm into therapy plans - Hotei a little grey mouse of a woman. She looked
who enjoys life and can let things be. at me suspiciously and whilst I studied many
healthy products she prowled around me as
6.2 De-acidification if I were her prey. At last she asked in a nasal
and Detoxification voice if she could help me and the following
dialogue ensued:
There are as many methods for deacidifying
Looking at you I can see your body is too acidic.
and detoxifying the body as there are diets.
Is that so?
Diet and detoxification are described one af-
I have been de-acidifying for 40 years! (mean-
ter the other in this book, but they may by
ingful undertone)
no means be seen as separate treatments. A
balanced diet does not make the body acidic Really?
and does not clog it up. For this reason a cure Yes, it’s important to constantly deacidify!
to reduce the body’s acidity and to detoxify it (threatening look that provokes my liver devil)
is necessary at the beginning of the therapy,
Could it be that you have been de-acidifying
and may be necessary again until the body has
39 years too long?
regulated its pH level.
The lady recoiled.
I also had a funny experience concerning this
I left the shop without buying anything and
theme.
said in farewell:
I came across an alternative practitioner who
From my heart I wish you joy in life so that
ran a health food shop next to her practice.
you aren’t so sour any more.
On her sign were the words ‘ De-acidifying for
Yes, those doctrines and fixed ideas! They call
40 years (Ich entsäure seit 40 Jahren). Smiling
at this statement because in German it could in the uric acid diathesis and everything turns
mean ‘I have been getting less cross for 40 ye- to stone.
ars’ and wondering what she must have been
Why is this person still so restless?
He even condemns the place the oracle gave me to live in:
Contaminating fumes threaten from the south,
Bitter frost and storms prevail in the north.
This wasteland is completely uninhabitable:
You cannot drink from the poisonous rivers.
My soul constantly wanders home,
Nibbles on the mulberries in the garden of my family home.
Han Shan, P.128
Figure 38 Hotei
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