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[[Rudolf Steiner]] developed the theoretical-methodological foundations of anthroposophical medicine in 1920-1924 in numerous lectures for doctors and medical students (Volumes 312 -319 of the [[Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works|Collected Works]]) as well as in the book [[Grundlegendes zu einer Erweiterung der Heilkunst nach geisteswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen]] (''Fundamentals of Therapy - An Extension of the Art of Healing through Spiritual Knowledge''), published in 1925 together with doctor [[Ita Wegman]] (1876-1943). Anthroposophically extended medicine is based on the principles of [[natural science]] as well as on [[anthroposophical spiritual science]], as founded by Rudolf Steiner, in order to investigate physical, living, mental and spiritual phenomena. In this way, an extension of the medical art results, which seeks to understand diagnostically and handle therapeutically the relationship of [[body]], [[soul]] and [[spirit]] of [[man]] in his individual situation in its relation to the [[substance]]s and [[force]]s in [[nature]] and in the [[cosmos]].
[[Rudolf Steiner]] developed the theoretical-methodological foundations of anthroposophical medicine in 1920-1924 in numerous lectures for doctors and medical students (Volumes 312 -319 of the [[Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works|Collected Works]]) as well as in the book [[Grundlegendes zu einer Erweiterung der Heilkunst nach geisteswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen]] (''Fundamentals of Therapy - An Extension of the Art of Healing through Spiritual Knowledge''), published in 1925 together with doctor [[Ita Wegman]] (1876-1943). Anthroposophically extended medicine is based on the principles of [[natural science]] as well as on [[anthroposophical spiritual science]], as founded by Rudolf Steiner, in order to investigate physical, living, mental and spiritual phenomena. In this way, an extension of the medical art results, which seeks to understand diagnostically and handle therapeutically the relationship of [[body]], [[soul]] and [[spirit]] of [[man]] in his individual situation in its relation to the [[substance]]s and [[force]]s in [[nature]] and in the [[cosmos]].
== Anthroposophical medical teachings ==
According to anthroposophical medical teachings, it is important for human health to take into account the manifold interrelationships between the [[individual]], his or her being and his or her environment. The treatment of a [[disease]] requires a [[holistic]] view of its causes. The choice of a certain therapy is therefore not only determined by the pure diagnosis, but also by the course of the disease, the life history, the social environment and the [[personality]] of the patient. Questions about the meaning and nature of being ill or [[dying]], as well as the goal of healing, are also attempted to be clarified holistically. In order to recover, [[body]], [[soul]] and [[spirit]] are to be brought back into harmonious interaction.
{{GZ|Man is what he is through body, etheric body, soul (astral body) and I (spirit). He must be looked upon as healthy from these members; he must be perceived as sick in the disturbed equilibrium of these members; remedies must be found for his health which restore the disturbed equilibrium.|27|18f}}
Of central importance for the differentiation of anthroposophical medicine from conventional medicine is the additional orientation towards the soul-spiritual needs of the human being as well as the choice of other, partly own forms of therapy.
== Medicine can only exist as a spiritual science ==
{{GZ|Medicine can only exist if it is a spiritual science. For diseases come from a spiritual being which only uses the human body to find its account, which it does not find in the place assigned to it by the wise world leadership, against which it has rebelled, as I have shown you; a being which is actually an ahrimanic-mephistophelian being in human nature, which enters the human body as its dwelling-place before birth, and which only leaves this human body because it cannot bear death under its present circumstances, which also cannot conquer death. Illnesses come from the fact that this being works in the human being. And when remedies are used, the purpose is to give this being from the outer world what it otherwise seeks through the human being. If I add a remedy to the human body when this ahrimanic-mephistophelian being is at work, then I give it something else; I stroke this being, so to speak, I expiate it, so that it lets go of the human being and is satisfied with what I throw down its throat as a remedy.
But all these things are in the beginning. Medicine will become a spiritual science. And just as in ancient times medicine was known as a spiritual science, so it will be recognised as a spiritual science.|178|74}}


== Literature ==
== Literature ==

Revision as of 11:23, 2 June 2021

Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925)
Ita Wegman (1876-1943)

Anthroposophic medicine, also anthroposophical medicine or more precisely anthroposophically extended medicine, sees itself as an integrative medicine that combines conventional and alternative healing methods in a meaningful way for the benefit of the patient. In anthroposophy, conventional orthodox medicine is understood as limited and material-technical, but at the same time as a well-founded natural scientific basis, which, however, is to be supplemented by certain spiritual-scientific insights. "It adds to the knowledge of the physical man, which alone can be gained by the natural scientific methods of the present day, that of the spiritual man." (Lit.:GA 27, p. 8)

Rudolf Steiner developed the theoretical-methodological foundations of anthroposophical medicine in 1920-1924 in numerous lectures for doctors and medical students (Volumes 312 -319 of the Collected Works) as well as in the book Grundlegendes zu einer Erweiterung der Heilkunst nach geisteswissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen (Fundamentals of Therapy - An Extension of the Art of Healing through Spiritual Knowledge), published in 1925 together with doctor Ita Wegman (1876-1943). Anthroposophically extended medicine is based on the principles of natural science as well as on anthroposophical spiritual science, as founded by Rudolf Steiner, in order to investigate physical, living, mental and spiritual phenomena. In this way, an extension of the medical art results, which seeks to understand diagnostically and handle therapeutically the relationship of body, soul and spirit of man in his individual situation in its relation to the substances and forces in nature and in the cosmos.

Anthroposophical medical teachings

According to anthroposophical medical teachings, it is important for human health to take into account the manifold interrelationships between the individual, his or her being and his or her environment. The treatment of a disease requires a holistic view of its causes. The choice of a certain therapy is therefore not only determined by the pure diagnosis, but also by the course of the disease, the life history, the social environment and the personality of the patient. Questions about the meaning and nature of being ill or dying, as well as the goal of healing, are also attempted to be clarified holistically. In order to recover, body, soul and spirit are to be brought back into harmonious interaction.

„Man is what he is through body, etheric body, soul (astral body) and I (spirit). He must be looked upon as healthy from these members; he must be perceived as sick in the disturbed equilibrium of these members; remedies must be found for his health which restore the disturbed equilibrium.“ (Lit.:GA 27, p. 18f)

Of central importance for the differentiation of anthroposophical medicine from conventional medicine is the additional orientation towards the soul-spiritual needs of the human being as well as the choice of other, partly own forms of therapy.

Medicine can only exist as a spiritual science

„Medicine can only exist if it is a spiritual science. For diseases come from a spiritual being which only uses the human body to find its account, which it does not find in the place assigned to it by the wise world leadership, against which it has rebelled, as I have shown you; a being which is actually an ahrimanic-mephistophelian being in human nature, which enters the human body as its dwelling-place before birth, and which only leaves this human body because it cannot bear death under its present circumstances, which also cannot conquer death. Illnesses come from the fact that this being works in the human being. And when remedies are used, the purpose is to give this being from the outer world what it otherwise seeks through the human being. If I add a remedy to the human body when this ahrimanic-mephistophelian being is at work, then I give it something else; I stroke this being, so to speak, I expiate it, so that it lets go of the human being and is satisfied with what I throw down its throat as a remedy.

But all these things are in the beginning. Medicine will become a spiritual science. And just as in ancient times medicine was known as a spiritual science, so it will be recognised as a spiritual science.“ (Lit.:GA 178, p. 74)

Literature

Works and Lectures by Rudolf Steiner

Writings
Lectures
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.

Other authors

  • Thomas Külken: Arbeitsbuch zur allgemeinen Menschenkunde und zur medizinischen Propädeutik Rudolf Steiners. Eine Annäherung an die Anthroposophie und den ersten medizinischen Kurs in vier Teilen. ISBN 978-3-96014-646-9 PDF with introduction and overview
  • Matthias Girke: Innere Medizin: Grundlagen und therapeutische Konzepte der Anthroposophischen Medizin. 2nd edition. salumed, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3928914291, p. 1168.
  • Gesellschaft Anthroposophischer Ärzte in Deutschland. Freie Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaft (Dornach). Medizinische Sektion. (editor): Vademecum Anthroposophische Arzneimittel. In: Der Merkurstab. 3rd edition. Gesellschaft Anthroposophischer Ärzte in Deutschland, Filderstadt 2013.
  • Michaela Glöckler (editor): Anthroposophische Arzneitherapie für Ärzte und Apotheker. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8047-2102-8.
  • Michaela Glöckler/Jürgen Schürholz/Martin Walker (editors): Anthroposophische Medizin. Ein Weg zum Patienten - Beiträge aus der Praxis. Vlg. Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 1993
  • Volker Fintelmann: Intuitive Medizin: Theorie und Praxis der Anthroposophischen Medizin. 6th revised edition. Hippokrates Verlag, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3132400795.
  • Volker Fintelmann: Die Wiedergewinnung des Heilens: Wege zu einer christlichen Medizin. Info3-Verlag 2017, ISBN 978-3957790521
  • Volker Fintelmann: Lehrbuch Phytotherapie, 12. Auflage. Verlag Karl F. Haug 2009, ISBN 978-3830454182
  • Peter Heusser: Anthroposophische Medizin und Wissenschaft. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-7945-2807-3.
  • Peter Heusser, Peter Selg: Das Leib-Seele-Problem: Zur Entwicklung eines geistgemäßen Menschenbildes in der Medizin des 20. Jahrhunderts. Verlag des Ita Wegman Instituts 2011, ISBN 978-3905919295
  • Peter Heusser (editor), Johannes Weinzirl (ed.): Medizin und die Frage nach dem Menschen, Wittener Kolloquium für Humanismus, Medizin und Philosophie. Volume 1, Königshausen u. Neumann 2013, ISBN 978-3826052217
  • Friedrich Husemann, Otto Wolff: Das Bild des Menschen als Grundlage der Heilkunst. 3 volumes, Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 1991
  • Friedrich Husemann: Goethe und die Heilkunst: Anregungen für die Therapeutische Erkenntnis und Praxis. 3rd edition. Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 978-3772505287
  • Herbert Sieweke: Anthroposophische Medizin. Volume 1, 3rd edition. Verlag am Goetheanum 2008, ISBN 978-3723502440
  • Herbert Sieweke: Anthroposophische Medizin. Gesundheit und Krankheit als Verwirklichungsformen menschlichen Daseins. Volume 2. 3rd edition, Verlag am Goetheanum 2008, ISBN 978-3723501108
  • Henning Schramm: Heilmittel der anthroposophischen Medizin. Grundlagen - Arzneimittelporträts - Anwendung. Urban & Fischer/Elsevier, München 2009
  • Stefan von Löwensprung, Natalie Rosenhauer von Löwensprung: Anthroposophische Medizin in der Naturheilpraxis. Verlag Karl F. Haug 2013, ISBN 978-3830475996
  • Peter Selg: Anfänge anthroposophischer Heilkunst. Ita Wegman, Friedrich Husemann, Eugen Kolisko, Frederik Willem Zeylmans van Emmichoven, Karl König, Gerhard Kienle. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2000 (Pioniere der Anthroposophie; volume 18), ISBN 3-7235-1088-4.
  • Peter Selg: Anthroposophische Ärzte. Lebens- und Arbeitswege im 20. Jahrhundert. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2000, ISBN 3-7235-1069-8.
  • Peter Selg: Vom Logos menschlicher Physis: Die Entfaltung einer anthroposophischen Humanphysiologie im Werk Rudolf Steiners. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2006, ISBN 978-3723512456
  • Peter Selg: Krankheit, Heilung und Schicksal des Menschen: Über Rudolf Steiners geisteswissenschaftliches Pathologie- und Therapieverständnis. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2004, ISBN 978-3723512159
  • Peter Selg: Die Würde des Leibes: und die gesundende Kraft des Geistes. Verlag des Ita Wegman Instituts 2016, ISBN 978-3905919813
  • Georg Soldner, Hermann Stellmann: Individuelle Pädiatrie - Anthroposophisch-homöopathische Therapie. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8047-1957-0.
  • Armin J. Husemann: Form, Leben, Bewusstsein. Grundlagen der Anthroposophischen Medizin. Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3772517020.
  • Armin Husemann: Die Blutbewegung und das Herz. Verlag Freies Geistesleben, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3772517037
  • Michaela Glöckler/Wolfgang Goebel/Karin Michael: Kindersprechstunde - Ein medizinisch-pädagogischer Ratgeber. Urachhaus Vlg., Stuttgart 2015
  • Michaela Glöckler: Was ist anthroposophische Medizin?: Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen, Therapeutische Möglichkeiten, Entwicklungsperspektiven. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2017, ISBN 978-3723514382
  • Henning Schramm: Heilmittel der anthroposophischen Medizin, Grundlagen - Arzneimittelporträits - Anwendung. Elsevier/Urban & Fischer, München 2009
  • Friedwart Husemann: Anthroposophische Medizin: Ein Weg zu den heilenden Kräften. 2nd extended edition. Verlag am Goetheanum 2011, ISBN 978-3723514184
  • Helmut Kiene: Komplementärmedizin - Schulmedizin. Der Wissenschaftsstreit am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts. Schattauer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 978-3794515929
  • Peter Heusser: Anthroposophie und Wissenschaft: Eine Einführung. Erkenntniswissenschaft, Physik, Chemie, Genetik, Biologie, Neurobiologie, Psychologie, Philosophie des Geistes, Anthropologie, Anthroposophie, Medizin. Verlag am Goetheanum, Dornach 2016, ISBN 978-3723515686
  • Franziska Roemer: Therapiekonzepte der Anthroposophischen Medizin: Stufenpläne mit Differenzialdiagnostik. 2nd edition. Thieme Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3132420434, eBook ASIN B07DLF2B7M
  • Volker Fintelmann (ed.), Markus Treichler (ed.): Onkologie auf anthroposophischer Grundlage. Volume 1: Zum Verständnis der Krebskrankheit. Info3-Verlag, Frankfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3957790132
  • Volker Fintelmann (ed.), Markus Treichler (ed.): Onkologie auf anthroposophischer Grundlage. Volume 2: Die Mistel als Krebsheilmittel. Info3-Verlag, Frankfurt 2014, ISBN 978-3957790149
  • Volker Fintelmann (ed.), Markus Treichler (ed.): Onkologie auf anthroposophischer Grundlage. Volume 3: Begleitende Therapien in der Krebsbehandlung. Info3-Verlag, Frankfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3957790156
  • Volker Fintelmann (ed.), Markus Treichler (ed.), Gunver Kienle (ed.): Onkologie auf anthroposophischer Grundlage. Volume 4: Methodologie und Wirksamkeitsnachweis der anthroposophischen Krebstherapie, Info3-Verlag, Frankfurt 2016, ISBN 978-3957790163
  • Thomas McKeen: Anthroposophische Medizin: Einführende Vorträge und Aufsätze. 2nd edition. Salumed-Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3981553598
  • Thomas McKeen, Claudia McKeen (ed.): Wesen und Gestalt des Menschen: Aufsätze und Vorträge zur anthroposophischen Menschenkunde und Medizin. Verlag Freies Geistesleben 1996, ISBN 978-3772501210

Periodicals

  • Der Merkurstab, Berlin und Dornach, official organ of the Medical Section of the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum, Dornach/Switzerland, and the Society of Anthroposophical Physicians in Germany, published bimonthly.
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