St Hildegard von Bingen, the famed 12th century Christian mystic and herbalist taught a holistic approach to treating and preventing heart diseases. Singapore's first medical herbalist Sebastian shares what he practices in his clinic with you.

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Unlock Nature’s Secrets to True
Health
A Healthy Heart Cures All –
The drug free approach
Sebastian Liew, ND, MHS, MNHAA
Medical Herbalist, Doctor of Naturopathy
University of New England
Sebastian Liew Centre, Singapore
http://www.slnaturopath.com
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If the only prayer you ever said in your
entire life is thank you, it will be enough
Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), German spiritual master

3. St Hildegard of Bingen
(1098 -1179)
Mystic, Music Composer,
First Female Published
‘nature cure’ doctor ,
Benedictine Abbess,
counselor, poet, visionary,
naturalist, philosopher

4. May God, who is magnified above and
all things and in all ways not reject me
from his honour, but may He preserve,
strengthen and established me with His
blessings.
Hildegard of Bingen’s Prayer

5. St Hildegard of
Bingen canonised
by Pope Benedict
xvi on 7 October
2012 as 4th
Women Doctor of
the Church.

6. Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
 Born in 1098, Bermerscheim, Germany
 Given special gifts of seeing invisible objects
 Dedicated to God at an early age
 Entrusted to the Benedictine sisters at 8 yrs old
 Became a nun at age 16.
 Chosen to be abbess after Junta’s death

7. Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
 Began receiving visions starting from the year
1141.
 Received commission as a prophet
 Written her first visionary work – Scivias
( know the ways)
 Scivias was approved by Pope Eugene III and
supported by St Bernard Clairveaux

8. Who is Hildegard of Bingen?
 Year 1159, founded an independent convent
near Bingen
 Thousands attracted to seek council including
popes, cardinals, emperors, kings and people
from various levels

11. Her Works
 Liber Simplicus Medicinae (Handbook on nature)
 Liber Compositae ( Causes and Cures)
 Symphonia Harmonia Coelestium Revolutionum
(Harmonic symphony of cosmic revolutions)
 Lingua Ignota ( The unknown language)
 Liber Vitae Meritorum (book of life’s merits)
 Liber Divinorum Operum (Book of divine works)
 2000 remedies and health suggestions
 Died 17 September 1179, 81 years

12. ‘Everything I ever wrote came wholly from
the source of my heavenly vision’
Pitra, 333

13. Humanity, take a look at
yourself.
Inside, you’ve got
heaven and earth, and all
of creation.
You’re a world –
everything is hidden in
you
Hildegard, causes and
cures
Humanity, take a look at
yourself.
Inside, you’ve got
heaven and earth, and all
of creation.
You’re a world –
everything is hidden in
you
Hildegard, causes and
cures

15. humankind cannot live or
survive without nature
St Hildegard – Physica

16. ‘ Everywhere in creation
(trees, plants, animals
and precious stones),
there are mysterious
healing forces, which no
person can know unless
they have been revealed
by God’
Hildegard - LDO I, 6,
PL893C
‘ Everywhere in creation
(trees, plants, animals
and precious stones),
there are mysterious
healing forces, which no
person can know unless
they have been revealed
by God’
Hildegard - LDO I, 6,
PL893C

18. Hildegard’s Wellness Spirituality
Pray and Work ( Benedictine Rule)
Natural Foods and Medicine
Elimination of spiritual risk factors

19. Hildegard’s Wellness Spirituality –
6 golden rules of life
 The healing forces from the 4 elements: fire, air,
water and earth
 Curative value found in proper food and drink
 The power of life itself through exercise and rest
 The restoration of health through sleeping and
waking
 Regeneration through elimination and secretion
 Healing force found in the Christian virtues

20. Uniqueness of Hildegard’s medicine
 Divinely inspired
 Unique medicine not found in any ancient
traditions
 No extreme foods; neither all raw foods, strict
vegetarian nor overly cooked foods and meat
 Emphasis on whole foods
 Clinically used and tested on thousands by Dr
Hertzka MD and Dr Strehlow
 Physical, Emotional and Spiritual medicine

21. Dr Gottfried Hertzka (1913-1997)
Dr Wighard Strehlow

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“ I’m sending you to a specialist
who treats drug side effects from
drug side effects”

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Naturopathic Phytotherapy (Medical Herbalism)
• Integrating scientific data and methodology with
traditional herbal practice
• Tailoring treatment to individual treatment
• Treating the cause of health issues as well as symptoms
• Utilizing physiological enhancement more than
competition
• Prescribing pharmaceutical grade & dose herbal
products
Associate Professor Kerry Bone,
University of New England (Aus.)

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Body
Mind
Soul
Nature

27. Herbs
Environment
Assimilation
Love H E A L E R
S
Exercise
Ritual
Spirituality
The 7 Sacred Letters of Wellness™
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Atherogenesis begins
injury to the
endothelial cells of
arteries.
Parkinson, C.F. (2004).
Understanding pathophysiology.
St Louis, MI: Mosby

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The initial stages of
atherosclerosis are a
derangement of cellular
function due to inadequate
healing or over compensating
repair process.
Osiecki, H. (2006). The Physician’s handbook of
Clinical Nutrition. QLD, Australia: Bioconcepts.

30. Atherogenesis is no longer considered a
disorder of lipid accumulation, but a disease
process characterized by a dynamic
interaction between endothelial (vessel
lining) dysfunction, subendothelial
inflammation and a ‘wound healing’
response of the vascular smooth muscle
cells.
Bone, K., Mills, S. (2013). Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy.
Edinburge: Churchill Livingstone.
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31. Conventional causes of endothelial
injury
• Lifestyle: Smoking, lack of physical
activity
• Hypertension
• Insulin resistance
• Low HDL cholesterol / Hyperlipidemia /
HDL/LDL ratio
• Infection
• Autoimmune
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‘If the stomach is irritated through different harmful foods and the bladder
weakened through miscellaneous detrimental drinks, then they both will
bring bad juices to the intestines and send a foul smoke to the spleen…
create heart pain and cause slime to appear around the heart…’
Hildegard of Bingen
(1098-1179), German mystic, Herbalist

33. Overlooked causes of endothelial injury
• Hyperhomocystinemia
• Oxidative stress
• Tissue damage as a result of deficiency of oxygenated
blood and fluids
• Capillary wall integrity
• Vitamin deficiency
• Inflammation
• Indigestion
• Overeating
• Emotional stress: worry, impatience and anger
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Bone, K., Mills, S. (2013). Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy.
Edinburge: Churchill Livingstone ; Lippy, P. (2000). Libby, P. (2000).
Changing concepts of atherogenesis. Journal of Internal Medicine, 247(3),
349-358.
Key factors in a heart attack

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“A review of 77 systematic reviews published
between 2001 and 2003 suggested that there is now
evidence of the benefits of naturopathy and
Western herbal medicine for almost every body
system and all major illnesses. It can be concluded
that the ‘tools of the trade’ of naturopathy and
Western herbal medicine can be effective and that
the practice of naturopathy and Western herbal
medicine is therefore potentially effective” ((Lin et
al., 2006, p.5).
Victoria Department of Health (Australia), La Trobe University
Reference: Lin, V., Bensoussan, A., Myers, S.P., McCabe, P., Cohen, M., Hill, S., Howse, G. (2006). The
Practice and Regulatory Requirements of Naturopathy and Western Medicine. Bundoora, Victoria: School
of Public Health, La Trobe University.

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‘… the available evidence suggests that
herbal medicine are relatively safe…the
risks minimal, at least when compared
to pharmaceutical products…’
Barret, B., Kierfer, D., Rabago, D. (1999). Assessing the risks and
benefits of herbal medicine. An overview of scientific evidence,
Alternative therapies in Health and Medicine, 5, p.40.
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wiscosin

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“Whoever values his
health and wishes for a
long life must, therefore,
take care to have well
regulated, even
circulation” (p. 206).
Fr. Sebastian Kneipp (1889, p.206), in
Thus Shalt Thou Live . Pioneer in
European naturopathy

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The role of the cardiovascular system in
maintaining homeostasis depends on
the continuous and controlled
movement of blood through the
numerous capillaries that permeate every
tissue and cell in the body and being
appropriate for the metabolic demands of
each region
Dampney, R., Coleman, M.J., Fontes, M.A.P., Hirooka, Y., Horiuchi, J., Li,
Y.W., Polson, J.W., Potts, P.D., Tagawa, T. (2002). Central Mechanisms
Underlying Short- And Long-Term Regulation Of The Cardiovascular System.
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 29(4), 261–268,
doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03640.x. Retrieved from
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03640.x/full

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Alpinia Galangal acts as potential
source of platelet-activating factor
(PAF) antagonists.
Jantan, I., Raffi, I.A.A., Jalil, J. (2005). Platelet-activating factor (PAF) receptor-binding
antagonist activity of Malaysian medicinal plants. Phytomedicine, 12(1-2), 88-92.

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Galangal
Part used: Root
Main actions: Anti-spasmodic, carminative, peripheral
circulatory stimulant, anti-inflammatory (inhibit
prostaglandin synthesis), anti-colic, anti-platelet,
aromatic digestive
Indications: Nausea, travel sickness, digestive
weakness (cold), colic, abdominal bloating, acute
infections, common cold, heart pain, impaired
peripheral circulation, fatigue
Major safety issues: caution in peptic ulceration,
pregnancy, and warfarin ( as a tablet extract).
Otherwise safe medicine ( German BGA).

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Galangal Elixir
Galangal powder 2
tablespoons
Organic red wine 2
cups
Boil 3 minutes
Or tea infusion with
honey

46. Atherosclerotic process is undoubtedly affected by
cross-talk between the hypothalamic-pituitary-
adrenal axis, the sympathetic nervous system, and
inflammatory mediators such as catecholamines,
which strongly stimulate production of interleukin
6, the major cytokine inducer of C-reactive protein.
Brotman, D.J., Golden, S., Wittstein, I.S. (2007). The cardiovascular toll of
stress. The Lancet, 370(9592), 1089-1100, doi:10.1016/S0140-
6736(07)61305.
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Quenched Wine
To ease anger, frustration and stress
Boil 1 glass organic red wine
Turn down heat
Pour half a glass of cold water in one motion
Drink 50ml daily
Recipe based on German Christian mystic and healer
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

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