Volume 35, Issue 2, May 2014, Pages 71-75
[Urheimische Medizin: Moderne Heilkunde vor dem Hintergrund geografischer Herkunft und Ethnie]
Füchtenweg 3, 49219 Glandorf, Germany
Abstract
Urheimische Medizin. A
modern medicine against the background of geographical origin and
ethnicity The so-called Urheimische Medizin is a trophological and
medical concept that describes the involvement of people in their
familiar regional environment and their (epi-) genetic adaptations that
go beyond generations. This concept of ethno-medicine thus significantly
expands the scope of modern medicine with evolutionary-epigenetic
aspects of individualized origin. The concept explains why medications
which are proven for centuries are essential for health - but
exclusively within their respective ethno-context.
Author keywords
Autochthonous medicine (German: Urheimische Medizin); epigenetics; ethnicity; ethno-medicine; geographical context; individualized medicine; medicinal plants
Indexed keywords
EMTREE medical terms: article; ethnicity; human; medical geography; medical terminology; traditional medicine
