Where does neural therapy come from?
Neural therapy was developed by two German physician-dentist brothers, Walter and Ferdinand Huneke, in the 1920s and '30s. They accidentally found that Novocaine (procaine)—a local anesthetic—when injected into certain spots such as scars (störfeld), can relieve pain in areas away from the place of injection.
They also found that the pain relief lasts much longer than would be expected from the anesthetic effect alone.Huneke brothers called this instant cure as “lightning reaction” and they first discovered the interference fields. Neural therapy is mainly the treatment of pain and other illnesses by finding and treating interference fields.

Where are interference fields found?
The best-known location for interference fields is in surgical scars. However, they also may be found in teeth, tonsils, paranasal sinuses, in autonomic ganglia (nerve "junction boxes," separate from the brain and spinal cord, that look after regulatory processes of organs or regions of the body), at sites of nerve entrapment, in organs, at sites of somatic dysfunction (joint or muscle mechanical dysfunction) or even in puncture sites.

How does neural therapy work?
Every single cell in the body,is a tiny battery with a charge of 40 to 90 milivolts.Any stimulus (such as heat, cold, chemicals, injuries. etc.)causes this potential to collapse. The cell’s oxygen metabolism supplies it with the energy for immediately recharging itself to the normal voltage. After excessive irritant stimuli (surgery, injuries, inflammations etc.) it sometimes no longer succeeds in doing so completely.A cell that has become sick due to permanent irritation has a lower mebrane resting potential and can no longer restore itself to normality by its own endeavours. Accordingly, it can not fulfil its functions. The tissues in which interference fields are found can be shown to have abnormal cell membrane resting potential (abnormal electrical charges on the cell surfaces). This creates electrophysiological instability and abnormal afferent signals (nerve signals to the spinal cord and brain) which, in turn, trigger abnormal autonomic nervous system responses. Procaine has a membrane-stabilizing effect (much like lidocaine in treating cases of irregular heartbeat or cardiac arrhythmia). By restoring cell membrane potential to normal for even a short time, cellular metabolism improves, a healthier local environment is created and the system stabilizes.

Is neural therapy about nerves?
Despite the name, neural therapy is not usually treatment of nerves. However, the nervous system, especially the autonomic nervous system, is very much involved.

What health conditions can neural therapy treat?
Neural therapy is best known for treating pain, but is also used for any condition where the autonomic nervous system is involved, such as asthma, migraine headaches, cervicalgia,back pain, sciatica, fibromyalgia, joint pain, arthritis, tendinitis, carpal tunnel, tenis elbow, sport injuries, anxiety, stress (sweating), panic attack, tics, depression, allergies, eating disorders (obesity), esthetic operation scars, facial rejuvenation, urinary incontinence, vertigo, tinnitus, certain hearing loss cases, trigeminal neuralgia, facial paralysis, hormonal dysfunctions, menstrual cramps, premenstrual syndrome, menpause, infertility, sleep disorders.

Are cures possible from neural therapy?
Occasionally, one neural therapy treatment will cure a condition. More commonly, repeat treatments are needed. However, if even a temporary response is obtained the first time, repeat treatments are usually increasingly effective. A limiting factor in the success of neural therapy is the general medical condition of the patient. If the patient is chronically tired, nutritionally deficient or toxic, neural therapy is less effective.

Does neural therapy have any side-effects?
About 10% of the time, neural therapy injections may provoke an increase in pain for a day or so. However, a painful reaction typically indicates that the interference field is nearby.

Are neural therapy injections painful?
Neural therapy injections (in certain areas) can be painful, but the pain usually lasts only a few seconds.

Does neural therapy offer any alternatives for patients who are afraid of needles?
Yes, especially in children it is possible to treat with lasers instead of needles ; but needles are always more effective than lasers.

Why is neural therapy not widely used or better known in Turkey?
Firstly, Conventional medicine (also called Western or allopathic medicine or orthodosk) is medicine as practiced by holders of medical doctors who are not familiar with integrative medicine (neuraltherapy, acupuncture, hypnosis, osteopathy, reflexotherapy, mesotherapy, etc). The boundaries or complemantary actions between neural therapy-integrative medicine- and modern medicine are not defined very clearly.

Secondly, Neural therapy was developed in Germany, where it is considered a normal part of medical practice. Virtually all the neural therapy literature has been published in German; very little has ever been translated into English, but Turkish.. Thus, the non-German-speaking world has simply not been exposed to neural therapy.

I am sure that, specific integrative medicine practices, neural therapy in particular, will become widely accepted and practiced by conventional medicine specialists.