Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, otherwise known as Paracelsus, was a sixteenth-century Swiss physician and alchemist, often referred to as the father of modern medicine.

Paracelsus sought to bring medicine out of the dark ages of rote reliance on ancient texts and based his therapeutic approach on his spiritual and scientific research into the human being and nature. We feel that the combination of scientific rigor and spiritual awareness that Paracelsus extolled is still the most appropriate approach to medicine if we are to help and heal as opposed to simply removing symptoms.