History of Neural Therapy in Turkey

In 1843, Koller described the effect and therapeutic possibilities of topical cocaine.

In 1890, C. L. Schleich performed the first surgical intervention by infiltration anesthesia with 0.1% cocaine solution.

In 1903, Cathelin performed the first caudal epidural injection with cocaine.

In 1905 Einhow discovered novocaine.

In 1906 G. Spiers reported faster and more uniform healing of wounds with regional infiltration of novocaine.

In 1925 R. Leriche attempted the first blockade of the ganglion stellatum with novocaine.

In 1925, German physiologist Von Hering stated that the neurovegetative system would be one of the most important elements of future medicine.

Neural therapy began in 1926 with an event that attracted the attention of two German physician brothers, Ferdinand and Walter HUNEKE.

In 1926, Ferdinand Huneke watched a patient's chronic migraine improve after an IV application in which novacaine inadvertently overflowed into the vein. Then, in 1940, he observed the disappearance of a patient's long-term shoulder pain after an injection of procaine into an itchy osteomyelitis scurvy in the leg.

When both physicians administered a combination of drugs recommended for rheumatic diseases intravenously to their sister, whose migraines they could not get rid of, they observed that she suddenly became cheerful and happy even before the drug was finished.

When they investigated this, they realized that they had mistakenly drawn into the syringe the form of the drug administered intramuscularly, not intravenously, and that this form contained procaine, unlike the intravenous form. They discovered that the healing that took place before the drug was absorbed was caused by the effect of the drug on the nerve network surrounding the vein. While laying the foundation of neural therapy, the Huneke brothers developed a new field of medical practice by examining the positive results of simple mistakes and coincidences. They presented their 3-year studies and experiments to the medical world under the title “Unusual Remote Effects of Local Anesthetics” .

In 1940, Dr. F. Huneke was unable to cure a patient with persistent pain and limitation of movement in his right shoulder with procaine applied to the shoulder area. However, the same patient soon afterward presented with a recurrence of pain at the site of a childhood osteomyelitis in his left foot. When F. Huneke applied procaine to this area, he witnessed that the shoulder pain on the opposite side disappeared instantly. This is described as a “flash effect - a lightning effect ”. From then on, F. Huneke was recognized as the father of neural therapy and interference field application took its place in neural therapy.

Over the years, scientific explanations of Huneke's treatment methods took their place in the medical world and Von Hering's prediction was realized as a result of Rickers' effective work.

Histopathologist Dr. Rickers' theory that the external stimuli that cause diseases cause frequency and amplitude changes in sympathetic nerve endings before the cell was revealed years ago with the clinical experiments and observations of the Neural Therapy Academy, but with the fall of the iron curtain, the information was opened to general sharing. Rickers' work was later confirmed by extensive studies led by Prof. Dr. Pischinger.

In Vienna, a group of researchers (Prof. Harrer, Prof. Fleischacker, Prof. Kellner and Prof. Pischinger, led by Prof. Dr. F. Hopfer ) proved that diseases are caused by problems of the basic vegetative system and that there is a cell-environment system interaction. This theory has recently been developed by Prof. Pischinger and Prof. Heine and is called “Matrix theory”. Neural therapy is now widely used as the first choice of treatment for physicians dealing with pain, especially in European countries.

In 2004, the Scientific Neural Therapy and Regulation Association (BNR) was established in our country. This association provides trainings accepted by the International Neural Therapy Association (IGNH) according to Huneke and trains Turkish physicians on this subject.

Neural Therapy, which is an unknown treatment for those who have not been to Germany as a physician, was opened to Turkish Physicians under the leadership of Dr. Hüseyin Nazlikul, M.D., PhD. in accordance with the IGNH training curriculum and systematics, and neural therapy trainings were given in this context. Later, these trainings were given a diploma within the scope of the Scientific Neural Therapy and Regulation Association, and the physicians who received Neural Therapy training were authorized and certified in this regard. To date, the Scientific Neural Therapy and Regulation Association has organized 7 scientific congresses with international participation and 14 national symposiums. One of the most important tasks undertaken by the Association is to introduce Neural Therapy and Regulatory Medicine to physicians trained in school medicine by using scientific grounds. BNR, together with 2 sister associations (BAR and BTR), started its publishing life in 2006 with BARNAT (Scientific Journal of Neuraltherapy, Acupuncture and Complementary Medicine). To date, 33 regular issues and 2 special issues have been published and it reaches you with a new identity since its 20th issue.

BNR has organized more than 200 training seminars in 15 years and hosted 1100 physicians. 290 physicians have completed all the training steps and are ready for the exam, 120 certified graduates have been given.

Dr. Hüseyin Nazlikul, M.D., PhD. is one of the 4 scientists who has been working as a Trainer of Trainers within IGNH since 1996 as a training officer of both the Neural Therapy Association in Turkey and IGNH. He is the president of the Scientific Neural Therapy and Regulation Association in Turkey and the World Federation of Neural Therapy (IFMANT). In May 2008, he was awarded the Huneke medal for his work in neuratherapy.

The IGNH Association organizes two congresses, three symposia and numerous seminars in Germany every year. It also organizes trainings with similar frequency and intensity in Switzerland and Austria. In addition, the Chair of Neural Therapy at the Bern Medical School in Switzerland under the direction of Prof. Dr. Lorenz Fischer continues its scientific work in this field.