Richard Hammerschlag
Biochemist and acupuncture researcher, co-author of a foundational paper defining the biofield
Richard Hammerschlag (Biochemist and acupuncture researcher, co-author of a foundational paper defining the biofield) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Biofield, Fascia, Salutogenesis.
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Biofield
Hammerschlag argues the big B biofield implies that a person does not end at their skin.
“Big B biofield also asks us to consider that I don't end at my skin”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 16:35
Hammerschlag distinguishes little b biofields, measurable physiological fields such as the EEG and biophotons, from a composite big B biofield that emanates from the body.
“And the second area is what we'll then call big B biofield. And that is a composite field, perhaps a composite of all of these little biofields in the body”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 15:51
Hammerschlag describes his career shift from neurobiology to acupuncture research and then to biofield research.
“First, I'm a recovering biochemist. So what that means is I had about 25 years of a career in basic research in neurobiology”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 13:49
Fascia
Hammerschlag argues evolution would not produce a whole-body system that was not also a means of carrying information.
“Evolution doesn't evolve a whole body system without it also being a means of carrying information. That's what I really believe”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 43:59
Hammerschlag suggests this monitoring system could exist within the collagen-based fascial network, which touches all cells and can carry signals about their state of health.
“My sense is that this system, if it exists, could well exist within the fascia, what exists between the tissues”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 36:12
Salutogenesis
Hammerschlag proposes an overlooked 24-7 surveillance system in the body that detects imbalances before clinical signs appear.
“What I'm really interested in is the possibility that there's an overlooked surveillance system in the body that is engaged 24-7 in detecting where imbalances occur”
Mayim Bialik's Breakdown: Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena Podcast (Sep 12, 2026) · Listen from 33:02
Appearances
Re-Air: What is Energy? And Can Energy Therapy Heal?| Phenomena PodcastMayim Bialik's Breakdown · Sep 12, 2026 · 1 h 18 min
A re-aired Phenomena episode in which Ivy Ross, Martin Picard, Richard Hammerschlag, Neil Theise, Meredith Sprengel and Jonathan Cohen ask what energy is in healing.
Often appears with
- Mayim Bialik · 1 shared episode
- Jonathan Cohen · 1 shared episode
- Martin Picard · 1 shared episode
- Neil Theise · 1 shared episode
- Meredith Sprengel · 1 shared episode