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'''Andreas Moritz''' (born 1954) is a book-author, [[iridology|iridologist]], vaccine opponent and inventor of pseudo-medical methods. He was born in Germany, and has been living in Greer (South Carolina, USA) since 1998.

'''Andreas Moritz''' (January 27, 1954 - October 21, 2012) was a book-author, [[iridology|iridologist]], vaccine opponent and inventor of pseudo-medical methods. He was born in Germany, and has been living in Greer (South Carolina, USA) since 1998.<ref>[http://www.black--seeds.com/2012/10/andreas-moritz-mysterious-death-of.html Andreas Moritz - The Mysterious Death of a Legend], Fansite Black Seeds, retrieved 2012-11-07</ref>

In his books and his own websites, Moritz propagates strange and [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] opinions on cancer as well as his [[liver cleansing]] method (liver cleansing according to Moritz).

In his books and his own websites, Moritz propagated strange and [[pseudoscience|pseudoscientific]] opinions on cancer as well as his [[liver cleansing]] method (liver cleansing according to Moritz).

In his own descriptions he views himself as a ''medical intuitive, practitioner of [[Ayurveda]], Iridology, [[Shiatsu]] and Vibrational Medicine'' and uses the title of a ''doctor of Ayurveda''.<ref>http://ener-chi.com/about.htm</ref> Moritz tells his website readers that he used to be a teacher for meditation in the past and that he was interested in Ayurveda when he was in New Zealand and India.

In his own descriptions he viewed himself as a ''medical intuitive, practitioner of [[Ayurveda]], Iridology, [[Shiatsu]] and Vibrational Medicine'' and used the title of a ''doctor of Ayurveda''.<ref>http://ener-chi.com/about.htm</ref> Moritz told his website readers that he used to be a teacher for meditation in the past and that he was interested in Ayurveda when he was in New Zealand and India.

He is not only the inventor of a liver cleansing method, but also of a "Ener-Chi Art" (Ener-Chi Wellness Center, LLC) claiming that the contemplation of a particular oil-painting had healing effects. His "Sacred Santèmony – Divine Chanting" - methods allegedly "deletes" interfering "Akasha-chronicle entries" by the use of "healing sounds".

He was not only the inventor of a liver cleansing method, but also of a "Ener-Chi Art" (Ener-Chi Wellness Center, LLC) claiming that the contemplation of a particular oil-painting had healing effects. His "Sacred Santèmony – Divine Chanting" - methods allegedly "deletes" interfering "Akasha-chronicle entries" by the use of "healing sounds".

==Andreas Moritz and Cancer==

==Andreas Moritz and Cancer==

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In his book ''Cancer is not a Disease - It's a Survival Mechanism'', Moritz describes cancer as but one of many ways the body tries to change the way you see and treat yourself. He adds: ''[...] as you are about to find out, cancer is on our side, not against us [...]''. 95% of all cancer cases healed spontaneously, if no medical treatment interfered such self-healing process. Similar convictions are known from the German quack and former physician (now barred) [[Ryke Geerd Hamer]], the inventor of [[Germanic New Medicine]], and also from followers of [[metamedicine]] and [[biologie totale]] of French Georges Sabbah.

In his book ''Cancer is not a Disease - It's a Survival Mechanism'', Moritz described cancer as but one of many ways the body tries to change the way you see and treat yourself. He added: ''[...] as you are about to find out, cancer is on our side, not against us [...]''. 95% of all cancer cases healed spontaneously, if no medical treatment interfered such self-healing process. Similar convictions are known from the German quack and former physician (now barred) [[Ryke Geerd Hamer]], the inventor of [[Germanic New Medicine]], and also from followers of [[metamedicine]] and [[biologie totale]] of French Georges Sabbah.

According to Moritz, cancer always was an extremely rare illness, except in industrialised nations during the past 40-50&nbsp;years. He ignores the fact that cancer is a disease affecting mostly elderly people. Progress in medicine led to an increase in life expectancy. Together with progress in cancer detection, the increase of life expectancy led to an increase of cancer incidence. Fewer cases of infectious diseases and fewer cases of death due to accidents led to an increase in the percentage of cancer as the cause of death.

According to Moritz, cancer always was an extremely rare illness, except in industrialized nations during the past 40-50&nbsp;years. He ignored the fact that cancer is a disease affecting mostly elderly people. Progress in medicine led to an increase in life expectancy. Together with progress in cancer detection, the increase of life expectancy led to an increase of cancer incidence. Fewer cases of infectious diseases and fewer cases of death due to accidents led to an increase in the percentage of cancer as the cause of death.

Moritz sees the origins of cancer in constant conflicts, guilt and shame, as they paralyzed basic functions of the body, and led to the growth of a cancerous tumour. Elimination of these alleged cancer-inducing factors would lead to a complete healing of cancer, says Moritz. Therapies used in scientific medicine (operation, radiation therapy or chemotherapy) would lead to a healing in only&nbsp;7% of the cases, and only a few patients would survive that form of healing. According to Moritz, more people died because of therapeutic efforts than due to their disease. These strange allegations without any proof are not backed by scientific literature and contradict solid scientific evidence of modern medicine.

Moritz saw the origins of cancer in constant conflicts, guilt and shame, as they paralyzed basic functions of the body, and led to the growth of a cancerous tumor. Elimination of these alleged cancer-inducing factors would lead to a complete healing of cancer, said Moritz. Therapies used in scientific medicine (operation, radiation therapy or chemotherapy) would lead to a healing in only&nbsp;7% of the cases, and only a few patients would survive that form of healing. According to Moritz, more people died because of therapeutic efforts than due to their disease. These strange allegations without any proof are not backed by scientific literature and contradict solid scientific evidence of modern medicine.

Moritz instead believes in alleged statements of a Dr. Hardin Jones (University of California, see below), who is quoted ''Den Patienten geht es genauso gut, oder noch besser, wenn Sie [sic] nicht behandelt werden [...]'', i.e. ''Patients are as well or even better without treatment [...]''.

Moritz instead believed in alleged statements of a Dr. Hardin Jones (University of California, see below), who is quoted ''Den Patienten geht es genauso gut, oder noch besser, wenn Sie [sic] nicht behandelt werden [...]'', i.e. ''Patients are as well or even better without treatment [...]''.

He also believes in the concept of a [[cancer prone personality]], obsolete and outdated theories of psychiatrists [[Wilhelm Reich]], Hans Eysenck, [[Ronald Grossarth-Maticek]], Lydia Temoshok (typus&nbsp;C) and Hürny and Adler (1991). He confounds personality traits and consequences of cancer (for instance depression as a consequence of a severe disease).

He also believed in the concept of a [[cancer prone personality]], obsolete and outdated theories of psychiatrists [[Wilhelm Reich]], Hans Eysenck, [[Ronald Grossarth-Maticek]], Lydia Temoshok (typus&nbsp;C) and Hürny and Adler (1991). He confounded personality traits and consequences of cancer (for instance depression as a consequence of a severe disease).

=="Liver Cleansing" According to Andreas Moritz==

=="Liver Cleansing" According to Andreas Moritz==

Moritz is the inventor of a pseudo-medical method called "liver cleansing" according to Andreas Moritz. Moritz believes that the majority of all adults in the industrialised world (and especially persons affected by heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, cancer or MS) carried hundreds or thousands of gall bladder stones, blocking liver function. A so-called "liver cleansing" (an almost identical method is known from American quack [[Hulda Clark]]) would "flush" gall bladder stones.

Moritz was the inventor of a pseudo-medical method he called "liver cleansing". Moritz believed that the majority of all adults in the industrialized world (and especially persons affected by heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, cancer or MS) carried hundreds or thousands of gall bladder stones, blocking liver function. A so-called "liver cleansing" (an almost identical method is known from American quack [[Hulda Clark]]) would "flush" gall bladder stones.

The patient must drink one litre of apple juice every day for six days and then take magnesium sulfate and 1/8&nbsp;litre of olive oil and grapefruit juice or lemon juice. These substances will build up in the gut soft lumps looking like gall stones in the gut; these will end up in the toilet and convince the patient he successfully eliminated his gall stones. In fact, as scientific evidence shows, no gall stone will be excreted in these cases.<ref>Christiaan W: Could these be gallstones? The Lancet, Volume 365, Issue 9468, Seite 1388, 16 April 2005, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66373-8</ref><ref>Dekkers R. Apple juice and the chemical-contact softening of gallstones. Lancet 1999 25:354, 2171</ref><ref>Ewald, N, Hardt, P D: Flushing stones? „Leberreinigung” und „Gallenspülungen”. DMW 36, 2009</ref>

The patient must drink one litre of apple juice every day for six days and then take magnesium sulfate and 1/8&nbsp;litre of olive oil and grapefruit juice or lemon juice. These substances will build up in the gut soft lumps looking like gall stones in the gut; these will end up in the toilet and convince the patient he successfully eliminated his gall stones. In fact, as scientific evidence shows, no gall stone will be excreted in these cases.<ref>Christiaan W: Could these be gallstones? The Lancet, Volume 365, Issue 9468, Seite 1388, 16 April 2005, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66373-8</ref><ref>Dekkers R. Apple juice and the chemical-contact softening of gallstones. Lancet 1999 25:354, 2171</ref><ref>Ewald, N, Hardt, P D: Flushing stones? „Leberreinigung” und „Gallenspülungen”. DMW 36, 2009</ref>