Seven Principles of Anthroposophical Medicine

• Spirit manifests both within the human organism and outside of it in the substances of the kingdoms of nature. Knowledge of this has been cultivated for centuries within the Western esoteric stream: Monastics, Alchymists, Rosicrucians, Paracelsus, Hahnemann.
  Anthroposophical Spiritual Science is a modern continuation of these traditions.

• The wisdom that created nature is also at work within the human being. Every substance and process in the nature kingdoms relates correspondingly to a substance or process within the human being. Man is a summary of nature and nature represents the forces and substances within the human being.

• Anthroposophical Medicine is a leading holistic health movement throughout Europe and has been on the cutting edge of preserving therapeutic freedom in the public and legal realm.

• Man has a divinely guided individual destiny which includes individual freedom with the potential for error and illness. Overriding principles, like the seven year cycle, govern the evolution of an individual over a lifetime. Illnesses are also opportunities for personal growth and overcoming of unfruitful conflicts in the patient’s life.

• Art is an indispensible part of human life. Skillful artistic therapies subtly but strongly affect disease processes and help people grow through their illness. Out of Anthroposophical Medicine, specialized disciplines of Therapeutic Eurythmy, Rhythmical Massage, clay modelling, painting and music therapy have evolved.

• Remedies are derived from substances of the mineral, plant or animal kingdom. They can be prepared homeopathically, alchymically or as whole substance. They can be given orally, by injection or through external application.

• Every treatment aims to enhance the life force of the patient as a basis for improved health and deepened self-knowledge.

from the Physicians’ Association for Anthroposophical Medicine website