ИСТОРИЯ И ИНТЕГРАТИВНИ ПОДХОДИ НА БИОХИМИЧНАТА ТЕРАПИЯ
HISTORY AND INTEGRATIVE APPROACHES OF BIOCHEMICAL SCHUESSLER THERAPY
Author(s): Desislava VankovaSubject(s): History, History of ideas
Published by: Балканска асоциация по история и философия на медицината (БАИФМ)
Keywords: Schuеssler salts; integrative medicine; complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); biochemistry; history of medicine
Summary/Abstract: Integrative medicine approaches are becoming increasingly popular among many physicians and pharmacists who advocate the use of combinations of conventional and complementary therapies to achieve optimal health and healing. Biochemical therapy or tissue salts therapy is just such a complementary method. The aim is to present and affirm the active role of Shuessler therapy in the context of integrative medicine. The publication traces the stages and briefly presents the personalities in the modern history of biochemical therapy and prevention. A summary of the main 12 tissue salts is also made, as part of integrative approaches in medicine. The literature review is covering the second half of the XIXth century to the present, related to Schuessler therapy, in fulfillment of the purpose of the publication. Undoubtedly, Schuessler therapy is one of the significant European contributions to the development of complementary and integrative medicine. Today, the biochemical method is gaining more and more popularity all over the world.
Journal: Асклепий. Международно списание по история и философия на медицината
- Issue Year: XVIII/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 64-70
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Bulgarian
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