Dr. Olaf Koob, MD, was born in 1943. He studied medicine and worked
as a school doctor in Freiburg and Wanne-Eickel, Germany. He has been
a drug counselor, a general practitioner in Weimar and Berlin, a school
doctor at the Berlin Therapy Centre for children with special needs, and
spent many years collaborating on a research project into drug-related
diseases and social factors. He currently lectures and leads seminars
in Germany and around the world and is the author of numerous books
on medicine and healing.

At a time of increasing volatility in healthcare provision, we all have
to become more responsible for our own wellbeing. This book—an
imaginative, practical, and accessible guide to our inner organs—is
written for all who want to improve their health and develop resiliency
against illness.

Although trained as a medical doctor, Olaf Koob has the vision and
experience of a holistic physician. He has surveyed diverse medical
systems—orthodox medicine, naturopathy, homeopathy, traditional
Chinese, Ayurvedic, and anthroposophic medicine—and found their
common substance. Using this knowledge, he relates the essence of
each human organ: its position, color, form, embryonic development,
function, and characteristic attributes. Thus, the organs begin to tell
their own stories, revealing their “biographies,” physiognomy, and
the illnesses to which they are prone.

Inspired by esoteric wisdom, Koob creates living images of the pancreas
and the hormonal system and shows how the spleen, liver, gall bladder,
heart, kidneys, lungs, and reproductive organs relate to the whole cosmos.
He describes the nature of poison and detoxification, good and bad
nutrition, and the importance of secretion and elimination. 

If the Organs Could Speak is a unique work that enables us to think
more creatively about our bodies and how they function, and to help
us cope with crises, suffering and pain.