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The causes of Epilepsy from a holistic point of view
By Dr. Thomas Rau, M.D.,
Medical Director of the Paracelsus Klinik, Switzerland
Reviewed by Dr. Kirk R. Slagel, N.M.D., M.Ed., U.S.A.

In epilepsy, potentials of the central nervous system are released in batches in large quantities, which can lead to convulsions, but also to small eruptions and failures of the motor system or sensory nerves. Read more >


The future of natural healing.
Last fall, during the first, hectic weekend of the current two-year PBMN seminar series, two prominent physicians managed to steal away for a cup of tea and a quite conversation. Dr. Mark Hyman, former Co-Medical Director at Canyon Ranch Lenox and author of the recent New York Times bestselling book Ultraprevention, and Dr. Thomas Rau, Medical Director of the Paracelsus Klink in Lustmühle, Switzerland and author of The Swiss Secret to Optimal Health: Dr. Rau's Diet for Whole Body Healing sequestered themselves for an hour to discuss medicine, well being and life. The current issue of Alternative Therapies documents that fascinating, precious conversation.

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The Best Defense.
A finely tuned immune system is at the core of all good health. Dr. Rau was interviewed by Experience Life Magazine regarding a healthy immune system. That article, The Best Defense, written by Alyssa Ford, will appear in the October issue of Experience Life.

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Amalgam Has Left the Building!
By Kathleen Muto
July 2007, Dental Truth
When they come to pick up already removed amalgam fillings in our separators for disposal they are dressed as if they are in a Nuclear Power Plant. There it is, toxic hazardous waste, and we have had this in our mouths and bodies. People come from all over the world to the Paracelsus Clinic, where I work, to be treated for a myriad of problems such as chronic/long term illness, MS, cancer, tumors, Lyme disease, autism, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, environmental illness, heart disease, pulmonary disease, and diabetes to name a few. Just about everything imaginable can be linked to an overburdened toxic load. Illness is multifaceted and stems from the totality of a person’s life. Read more >


Dr. Rau’s Detox Diet featured.
The September 25 issue of Woman’s World magazine contains a cover story about the benefits of Dr. Rau’s detoxification plan, including a sample menu for following this diet.

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Dr. Rau is in Vogue.

The following excerpt was taken from an article entitled Destination Diets, in the February, 2007 issue of Vogue.

We’ve lived [and lost] through diets based on food groups, blood types, and carb quotients... For those who like the comfort of a diet heavily weighted with science, get ready for “The Swiss Secret to Optimal Health: Dr. Rau’s Diet for Whole Body Healing” [Berkeley Books, April]. Its no-nonsense tone is a throwback to a rigorous European health clinic from the fifties, recommending complete elimination of pork, shellfish, swordfish, and all dairy products from cows (this from the Swiss!) to balance the body’s alkaline levels by reducing protein.

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First and foremost.
Dr. Rau's new book The Swiss Secret to Optimal Health: Dr. Rau's Diet for Whole Body Healing is now on bookstore shelves and is for sale at Amazon. You can also download a free copy of the first chapter at DrRau.com