Ehrenfried Pfeiffer`s Sensitive Crystallisation Method Applied to Blood

Goetheanum
Research Institute
The Laboratory for Sensitive Crystallisation
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer's
Sensitive Crystallisation Method
Applied to Blood
Copper chloride without added blood
Copper chloride with blood added
Four Levels of Observation for Characterising
Blood Crystallisation Pictures
1. Basic Structure
Example of a polar pattern
Fine-needled, dense basic structure and lack of form of
neurasthenia in a 33-year-old patient
Coarse-needled, open basic structures and poorly
organised, 'restless' forms in a 14-year-old female patient
with a lymphatic constitution
2. Disease-specific Disturbances (selected details)
Star form;
acute inflammation
Star form with holey
subsidiary deposits;
chronic inflammation
Holey structures;
degenerative processes
Hollow formation;
benign processes that
create space
Hollow formation with
transverse structures;
malignancy
3. Organ-specific Forms (selected details)
Polygon in the heart zone;
circulatory disturbances
Rosette in the
gastrointestinal zone;
digestive complaints
Fans in the kidney zones; bilateral
kidney insufficiency
Double wing formation,
specific for glands, with
small single-layered
hollow form; right
ovarian cyst
Fan with drawn-out tips,
specific for bone and
joint system;
degenerative changes of
the lumbar spine
4. Areas Where Disturbances are Located
left ovary
or testicle
uterus or
prostate,
bladder and
rectum
right
kidney
abdominal region
small intestine
descending Colon
spleen
ascending Colon
pancreas
stomach
liver
gallbladder
left breast
heart
right
lung
thoracic region
head-neck-zone
The centre of the picture is the eccentric point where
the first crystal seeds by chance. The crystallisation
divides into two fields with bilateral symmetry, one
with short rays and one with long rays.
If, by rotating the glass plate, the centre of the
picture is given a fixed position, for example below
the geometric centre, the forms can be assigned to
a specific location. This location corresponds
approximately to the position of the organs in the
body and the centre of the picture to the point in
the medial plane on the boundary between the
upper abdomen and the chest cavity. This enables
assignment of the observed forms or disturbances
to specific organs or organ systems.
This localisation is an overall formative principle
that influences the crystallisation in a way that is
typical of the individual. The scheme shown in the
diagram serves as a help in orientation.
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer's
Sensitive Crystallisation Method
Applied to Blood
Kristallisation:
Kupferchloridlösung mit Blutzusatz in der
Kristallisationskammer
Der Beurteilung werden 6 Kristallisationsbilder zugrunde gelegt
The Laboratory for Sensitive Crystallisation
at the Goetheanum
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer's laboratory investigational method of sensitive crystallisation can be applied to
whole blood. It is based on the principle that, when a salt crystallises out of an aqueous solution,
the crystal growth is influenced by the presence of other substances in the solution, such as blood
or plant extracts. Copper chloride (CuCl2.2H2O) has been found to be especially sensitive for this
purpose. If a mixture of copper chloride solution with a small amount of whole blood (haemolysate
of capillary blood) is allowed to crystallise on a level glass plate under controlled experimental
conditions, an aggregate of crystals forms, the blood crystallisation picture (BCP), which is specific
for the blood that is used.
Getrocknet auf Filterpapier ist
das Kapillarblut etwa eine Woche
lang haltbar und kann per Post
verschickt werden.
Many investigations of blood have revealed empirically the relationships between various disease
processes and the phenomena of the BCP. The specific morphological features and the overall
impression of the crystallisation resulting from the blood indicate illnesses such as inflammatory
processes or tumour development. The crystal pattern is significant not only for its disease-specific
characteristics but also because of its position in the field of crystal growth. The latter indicates
which organs or organ systems are affected.
A decade of experimental research has shown that the morphological features of the crystallisation
are an expression of not only a clinically present illness but also illness tendencies. Thus BCP can
give the doctor information about disease processes and their early stages. This is particularly
important in the development of cancer. The method has also proved itself in monitoring the
progress of therapeutic procedures, especially during treatment with mistletoe.
Blood crystallisation is separate from the usual clinical diagnostic methods because it is not a test
procedure in the strict sense, i.e. patients are not tested for cancer or some other illness. The result
of the investigation is not primarily an indicator of changes in the body that present clinically, such
as pathological anatomy for which good imaging procedures already exist. Instead, its main
purpose is to give a pictorial impression of the patient's disposition to illness and the status of their
reaction to it at the level of organ functions.
Das getrocknete Blut wird in
destilliertem Wasser gelöst.
Das Hämolysat wird in die
Kupferchlorid-Lösung pipettiert.
The BCP enhances the analytical findings because, as a picture, it is holistic in character and makes
visible the functional relationships and early pathological processes in the human organism. The
practitioner can use it as an aid to orientation in diagnosis even though it does not constitute a
diagnostic result per se.
Interpreting the Blood Crystallisation Picture
Reading a blood crystallisation picture involves four levels of observation:
1. The basic structure is the radial arrangement of the crystal needles that grow from a primary
centre towards the periphery. Their composition gives indications as to the vitality and
functionality of the organism.
2. The disease-specific disturbances, which interrupt the arrangement of the basic structure,
point to disease tendencies, for example towards inflammation or tumorous formations.
3. The organ-specific forms give expression to disturbances in the functions of organs.
4. An overall formative principle shows itself on the one hand in the individual nature of a
particular blood crystallisation picture and, on the other hand, in the localisation of the
disturbances in the field of growth. Through this it is possible to assign the disturbances to
particular organs or organ systems.
The next stage requires that the interpretation is placed in context. This comprises:
1. The extent of variation of the experimental conditions.
2. The patient with their medical history and clinical findings.
3. The clinicians giving treatment who have particular questions and wish to integrate the result
into their diagnostic and therapeutic considerations.
4. The experiences and intentions of the person who examines the crystallisation pictures.
The result is a characterisation of how the patient engages with the disease process at the level
of organ functions.
Research Aims
Our research focuses on further developing how to read the pictures in accord with medical science
extended by anthroposophy, and on the four aforementioned contextual aspects. At the same time,
we pay a lot of attention to constantly improving the methodological basis of the procedure, aiming
to increase the reliability of its evidence and thus support as best we can the diagnostic and
therapeutic concerns of clinicians.
In this respect we follow Ehrenfried Pfeiffer's original intention: 'Crystallisation research was started in
order to apply "intuitive perception" to life processes, i.e. in order to get closer to the etheric and
formative forces'.
General Information
Investigations of blood are carried out only at the request of a doctor. The resulting
report is sent to the doctor concerned unless they have requested otherwise.
We supply the equipment and directions for blood sampling as well as the form for
submitting patient information.
Reimbursement of the costs of blood investigation through health insurance
schemes is optional.
For further information please contact:
The Laboratory for Sensitive Crystallisation
Goetheanum Research Institute
Postfach
CH-4143 Dornach 1
Tel.: +41 61 706 4363 / +41 61 706 4365
Fax: +41 61 706 4366
Email: [email protected]
www.kristallisationslabor.ch
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. med. Birgit Seitz
Klaus Suppan, technician
Text: Haijo Knijpenga; Photos Beatrix Waldburger