HEEL INC. WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO IN 1979 BY HANS-HEINRICH RECKEWEG, MD, AS BIOLOGICAL HOMEOPATHIC INDUSTRIES (BHI). DR. RECKEWEG, WHO ALSO FOUNDED HEEL IN BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY IN 1936, RELOCATED TO THE UNITED STATES TO CONTINUE HIS SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS AND INTRODUCE U.S. PRACTITIONERS TO HOMOTOXICOLOGY AND THE HEEL PRODUCTS INVOLVED IN ITS APPLICATION. TODAY, HEEL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS IN THE WORLD, WITH DISTRIBUTION IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES. “HEEL” STANDS FOR HERBA EST EX LUCE, WHICH TRANSLATES TO: “PLANTS COME FROM THE LIGHT”.