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Anthroposophical Medicine

Anthroposophical medicine is a holistic and salutogenetic approach to health. It thus focuses on ensuring that the conditions for health are present in a person; combating illness is often necessary but is insufficient alone. The approach was founded in the 1920s by Rudolf Steiner in conjunction with Ita Wegman, who carried the impulse forward after Steiner's death in 1925.

Steiner called the new medicinal possibilities an extension of existing possibilities; thus, conventional medicines and therapies are also employed, though generally this is the case when anthroposophical medicine's approaches are not successful or do not promise to be successful.

Therapeutic approaches presently used by anthroposophical doctors include homeopathic remedies, oil dispersion baths, artistic and massage therapy (both based substantially on work by Margareta Hauschka), and biographical therapy. There are trainings for all of these therapeutic professions, as well as for anthroposophical nurses and doctors. The latter, however, must have a medical degree from an established and certified medical school.

Anthroposophical Medicine - Links

• Physician's Association for Anthroposophical Medicine
• Artemisia
• Swiss Association of Anthroposophical Doctors
• Goetheanum Medical Group

Category: Alternative medicine

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