What is Neural Therapy?
Neural Therapy is a regulatory and holistic therapy that acts on the autonomic nervous system, primarily the sympathetic nervous system.
It involves injecting small doses and low concentrations of a local anesthetic, usually procaine, to neutralize irritations that affect the autonomic nervous system throughout life.
What situations or conditions can alter the tone of the sympathetic nervous system?
The most common causes include infections, physical injuries, scars, inflammatory processes, emotional trauma, and problems affecting the teeth and mouth.
All these experiences leave a trace, a memory, in the nervous system. As long as the body has sufficient self-regulatory capacity, it can compensate for them. However, as these burdens accumulate, compensation becomes increasingly difficult. Eventually, a final event, such as a viral infection, surgery, or an emotionally stressful situation, may become the tipping point, triggering a symptom that begins to persist. This is understood as an expression of the disruption of the body’s self-regulatory mechanisms.
What do we aim to achieve with Neural Therapy?
The main objective of Neural Therapy is to neutralize irritating factors that disturb autonomic nervous system regulation by injecting procaine into specific areas of the body.
How does Neural Therapy work?
Procaine is a local anesthetic, but the aim of Neural Therapy is not to produce anesthesia. Instead, it seeks to interrupt the transmission of pathological signals, such as pain or inflammation, and reactivate the body’s self-regulating capacity.
Procaine also has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, muscle-relaxing, and cell membrane-stabilizing properties, and may help improve blood circulation, among other effects.
Are there any contraindications to Neural Therapy?
- An allergy to procaine is very uncommon, but it would be a contraindication to treatment. If there is any doubt, an allergy test is performed by injecting a small amount into the forearm.
- People taking anticoagulants may receive superficial injections.
- If the patient is taking sulfonamide antibiotics, Neural Therapy would be postponed until the antibiotic treatment has been completed.
What are the indications?
Neural Therapy can be used in people of all ages. It is also used in pregnant women and children, who may respond quickly to treatment. Its potential applications are wide-ranging. Common reasons for consultation include acute and chronic pain, acute and chronic inflammatory conditions, functional disorders, recurrent infections, anxiety, depression, and infertility of unknown origin.
What happens during a Neural Therapy session?
The most important tool in Neural Therapy is the LIFE HISTORY. The first part of the session therefore involves gathering information about the patient’s history of infections, inflammatory conditions, surgical procedures, scars, stressful situations, physical or emotional trauma, gynecological history in women, and dental procedures. The life history helps determine WHERE to administer the injections. After explaining Neural Therapy to the patient and answering any questions, the treatment is carried out.
How often are sessions scheduled?
Follow-up appointments are generally scheduled three weeks to one month apart. During this time, patients are encouraged to observe and record any physical, emotional, or energy-related changes. This information will be very useful for the next Neural Therapy session.
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COLLABORATION
- Specialist in Family and Community Medicine, 2005.
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2017.
- Postgraduate qualification in Neural Therapy and Neurofocal Dentistry (EUI Sant Joan de Déu – University of Barcelona), 2004–2005.
- Certified in Neural Therapy by the Internationale Gesellschaft Neuraltherapie nach Huneke (IGNH), Germany, 2009.
- Collaborating researcher in the Neural Therapy Department at IKOM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2009–2016.
- Collaborating lecturer on the Blended Learning Master’s Programme in Neural Therapy and Neurofocal Dentistry (EUI Sant Joan de Déu – University of Barcelona).
- Neural Therapy cooperation projects in Nicaragua, Senegal and India.
- Translation of the book “Terapia Neural según Huneke, Neurofisiología, técnicas de inyección y terapéutica”, by Lorenz Fischer, Mexico, 2012.
- Effects on hemodynamic variables and echocardiographic parameters after a stellate ganglion block in 15 healthy volunteers. Puente de la Vega Costa K, Gómez Perez MA, Roqueta C, Fischer L. Auton Neurosci. 2016 May;197:46-55. doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2016.04.002. Epub 2016 Apr 16.
- Long-term results of therapeutic local anesthesia (neural therapy) in 280 referred refractory chronic pain patients. Egli S, Pfister M, Ludin SM, Puente de la Vega K, Busato A, Fischer L. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2015 Jun 27;15:200. doi: 10.1186/s12906-015-0735-z.
- Neuralgia of the Glossopharyngeal Nerve in a Patient with Posttonsillectomy Scarring: Recovery after Local Infiltration of Procaine—Case Report and Pathophysiologic Discussion. L. Fischer, S. M. Ludin, K. Puente de la Vega and M. Sturzenegger. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. Volume 2015, article ID 560546, 5 pages. View publication