Basic descriptions of Anthroposophic Medicine, its view of the human being and its spectrum of integrative therapies
Anthroposophic Medicine
Anthroposophic Medicine is a form of integrative medicine, based on evidence-based medicine and
an anthroposophic understanding of the human being and the world.
View of the Human Being and Understanding of Disease
Anthroposophic Medicine understands the human being to be a physical, ensouled and spiritual being,
and bases diagnostics and therapy on this comprehensive understanding.
The following therapeutic methods are used in Anthroposophic Medicine: medicines, nursing and
external applications, body therapy, eurythmy therapy, art therapy and psychotherapy.
The task of Anthroposophic Pharmacy is to go beyond the view of medicinal substances as just dead
material and pay attention to their formative processes and potentials.
Anthroposophic medical research is carried out in institutions worldwide and uses established
methods that follow general guidelines or develops new methods.
Basic concepts of illness and recovery, the patient-doctor relationship and ethical decision-making
all depend on the doctor’s view of the human being.
For both patients and therapists, Anthroposophic Medicine combines inner development with the
healing process. We can only meet patients competently if we have relationship skills and
ethical-spiritual competence, as well as professional competence.