Welcome to Dr. Berkowsky’s
Natural Health Science System™,
Spiritual PhytoEssencing™,
Vital Chi Skin Brushing System™ & Cell Salts Paradigm
For over 40 years, Dr. Bruce Berkowsky has devoted himself to the study and practice of the art and science of natural healing.
His unique and dynamic system of health creation is a synthesis of the complementary aspects of traditional nature-cures, classical homeopathy, traditional eastern healing arts, anthroposophical/spiritual science and modern science.
Modern physiological and biochemical knowledge has been incorporated into a context that acknowledges the unity of human life with the fundamental elements and rhythms of nature.
Dr. Bruce Berkowsky is a master practitioner, and one of the world’s preeminent teachers, of deep psycho-spiritual work with essential oils. If you would like to study with him without ever having to leave your home, consider the subscribing to the newsletter.


Bruce Berkowsky, N.M.D., M.H., H.M.C. is the President of Joseph Ben Hil-Meyer Research, Inc., founder/teacher of the Natural Health Science System™ which includes traditional naturopathy (N.M.D., MRN, CTN); herbology (M.H.); nutrition (Ph.D.); homeopathy (DHM, H.M.C.); massage and bodywork (NCTMB); aromatherapy (cert.); constitutional iridology (cert.) as well as East/West healing arts/exercises/bodywork.
He has also developed natural healing techniques and systems such as Spiritual Phytoessencing and Vital Chi Brushing.
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Spiritual Phytoessencing
The art of Spiritual PhytoEssencing™ (SPE), developed by Dr. Berkowsky over the course of last 20 years, uses customized combinations of essential oils for deep soul-level healing work, which involves what he refers to as archetypal blending. Currently available SPE resources include the Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils and Repertory Of Essential Oils which are the required material to practice SPE. Individual Chapters from Synthesis Materia Medica are also available.
Spiritual PhytoEssencing is not intended for use in disease treatment. Instead its focus is upon helping to resolve soul-level disharmony. The specific mix of archetypal qualities and thematic expressions that are encoded into each soul gives rise to the various traits, behavioral modes and characteristic symptoms of emotional and physical disharmony we manifest in our lives.
Vital Chi Skin Brushing
Vital Chi Skin Brushing can sustain or reestablish the skin’s functional integrity and youthful glow. The skin is as major an organ as the heart, lungs and kidneys. Its primary functions include: respiration, excretion, blood and lymph circulation, immunity and the conduction of vital chi. However, unlike other vital organs, the skin can be non-invasively accessed and mediate systemic rejuvenation by a variety of therapeutic techniques, including proper Skin Brushing. Vital Chi Skin Brushing is a particularly powerful therapy which can positively impact the entire body.
Latest Articles
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) Therapy
Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) are worthy of consideration for those who are seeking to improve mind, body and spirit wellbeing. Read this article to learn more about PEMF, Human being as a Bio-electromagnetic organism, PEMF and rootedness, SPE Gemstone Essence charging with PEMF and my favorite PEMF therapy devices.
The Neutral Bath: A Relaxing Bath for 21st Century Stress
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Neutral Bath—a type of full-bath—served as an important sedative therapy for institutionalized, emotionally agitated individuals. In this era of unrelenting emotional and physical stresses, the Neutral Bath may be effectively used to soothe and relax the mind/body organism, affording it the opportunity to restore equilibrium. Learn how to take a Neutral Bath and the complementary essential oils for the Neutral Bath.
What Inspired Me to Develop the Art of Spiritual Phytoessencing
In the mid-1990s, after nearly 20 years of clinical practice, I came to two crucial conclusions. The first is that all chronic disease, and to a great extent human unhappiness, is characterized by inertia or “stuckness.” The second is that disharmony on both physical...
The Inner Nature of Essential Oils
Essential oils are both biochemical and bioenergetic entities. The practice of Spiritual PhytoEssencing involves the use of phytoessences (i.e., plant essential oils) that are generated and stored by the plant in specialized cells. Virtually every part of the plant...
The Self-Actualizing Tendency, Real Self and Ideal Self
The self-actualizing drive is the innate creative force within the soul regarding the actualization of one’s potentials. A person who is continually evolving on a deep psychospiritual level is someone whose self-actualizing drive is active and sustaining its...
Homeopathic-Style Potentized Dilution of the Custom Blend
Given my background as, among other things, a classical homeopath, and my focus upon the bioenergetic potential of essential oils, the use of a homeopathic-style potentized dilution is prepared from a customized essential oil blend (in addition to the use of the blend...