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Dispute with alternative practitioner Health authority prohibits therapies with bee air
Bees provide beneficial substances
Bees supply various substances that have long been used to treat patients. Healing with home remedies Honey is widely used. For example, it is used in warm milk as a home remedy for coughing. Even the poison of the bee is attributed a positive effect. In traditional Chinese medicine, bee sting therapy is used as a remedy for various diseases such as arthritis. And even from the air from beehives to a beneficial effect. Nationwide, numerous beekeepers and non-medical practitioners offer a beehive air therapy that is designed to alleviate symptoms of allergies and diseases such as asthma, bronchitis or respiratory tract infections. A Thuringian authority has now prohibited this treatment, with reference to health risks.
Bee therapy prohibited by authorities. Picture: hikrcn - fotolia Health Department prohibits hive air therapy
The Health Department Jena prohibited the naturopath Janett Conrad the further application of the inhalation of air from the hive under penalty of a penalty. The authority justified this in its letter with the fact that the treatment poses a "danger to life and limb and health" of patients. Non-medical practitioners now fear that a precedent will be created, which could make school nationwide school. At the weekend, the Mitteldeutscher Heilpraktiker congress in Dresden will discuss how to defend itself against it.
Inhale warm air from the hive
In this form of treatment, the patient inhales through a mask 35 to 37 degrees warm air from the hive. "The contained essential oils, phytochemicals or alcohols have an antibacterial and calming effect on the upper respiratory tract," explained Arno Bruder from the German Apitherapy Association (DAB) in Weilheim-Marnbach in Bavaria in a report by the dpa news agency. "Therefore, the therapy is also used particularly successfully in patients with inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract."
Treatment with bee products
"Apitherapy, the treatment of bee products for health maintenance and healing is one of the oldest healing methods with millennia-old tradition and experience. Unlike many modern chemically produced drugs with their negative side effects, bees' medicine is gentle, yet highly effective and well tolerated. It is inexpensive and over-the-counter for everyone, "says the DAB website. The experts refer to their practical experience - large scientific studies, which confirm the effect of the beehive air therapy, there are not yet.
Authorities see a danger to health
For the authorities in Thuringia and medical representatives outweigh the dangers of such therapy. In the letter that Ms Conrad received, it states: "When patients inhale beehive air, allergenic particles penetrate directly and deeply into the body. This can lead to serious reactions and thus to allergic complications. "These could only be treated by a doctor, but not by a natural health practitioner. The Landesverwaltungsamt, which has urgently advised the medical officer to take this step, relies on a statement from the State Medical Association. She explained that "against the background of the risks of an allergic complication, she considers that even in the case of hitherto healthy people (...) the implementation of inhalation treatment by a non-physician is not responsible".
Allergy test before any treatment
For the professional and professional association Freier Heilpraktiker with seat in Duesseldorf the procedure of the Thuringian authority is "an unbelievable case". Chairman Dieter Siewertsen said: "There has been massive interference with a non-medical practitioner's professional practice to prohibit the application of a traditional treatment method under the guise of hazard prevention." Janett Conrad, who worked as a nurse in an intensive care unit for many years before working as a naturopathic practitioner, has announced legal action and has already appealed against the decision: "The field-leading health hazards are not covered by any literature or case description and are purely hypothetical." She explained that she performed a thorough patient history and an allergy test before each inhalation. In addition, she always keeps an emergency bag ready, should it unexpectedly cause complications. (Ad)