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Dr. phil. J. Berchem (M.A., M.sc.agr.) is a professional holistic health practitioner and scholar of human ecology.

Jay studied African and Oriental studies, geology, tropical agriculture and development studies at the universities of Cologne and Göttingen. Furthermore he qualified at the universities of London and Cambridge.
After several intercontinental researches mainly about ethnobotany and the relationship between men and his environment, he came back to Europe. Soon he gained additional qualifications and became a holistic health practitioner.

For him holistic naturopathy means, to meet all people seeking his advice with caring attention, to accept them in their so-being, to understand them as a totality of body, soul and spirit, and to activate their self-healing power.

In his therapeutic practice he is ambitious to unfold everybody’s self-healing power, individual potentials with natural means, personal training and individual responsibility.

Jay’s main concern of the heart is to reconnect all people seeking his advise with their inner and outer nature and to develop positive emotionality and love

Jay is visiting lecturer of the German association for natural therapists, named Freie Heilpraktiker e.V., and manager of their regional workgroup.

Being an autonomous scientist he is interested in multi disciplinary topics. His publications are mainly related to ethnological, linguistic and naturopathic themes.

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Publications
Selection of books and articles

  • „Aspects of Traditional and Potential Utilisation of the Indigenous Vegetation of Northern East Africa - a contribution of ethnobotany to self-reliant and people-oriented development at the Horn of Africa”.
  • „Sprachbeziehungen im Bereich des Kulturwortschatzes zwischen den Bantusprachen und dem Malagasy”
  • „Referenzgrammatik des Somali”
  • "The Plants of East Africa: Swahili Vernacular Names. - Mimea ya Afrika Mashariki: Kamusi ya majina ya mimea"
  • „Elemente eines afro-austronesischen Kultursynkretismus”
  • “Das Wesen afrikanischer Heilkunst”
  • "Gesundheit ist kein Zufall"
  • "Hypnose, Heilhypnose, Hypnotherapie — Geschichte, Chancen, Möglichkeiten"
  • "Mahatma Gandhis Weg zur Gesundheit"
  • "Die 5×2 wichtigsten Gesundheitsregeln"
  • "Better Aging — Therapiekonzepte für die Praxis mit Regeneresen®"
  • "Baunscheidttherapie"

The ability to love

and the possibility to realize a dream

give value to our live.