[Article in German]
Abstract
"Monastery
medicine" refers to the traditional medieval European medicine, which
was above all in the hands of monks and nuns. We warn against the
uncritical application of the historical treatment recommendations, such
as by Hildegard von Bingen, as herbal
humoralpathological drugs are not always harmless. Modern phytotherapy,
however, is well-founded in science. Combined with adapted monastic
elements such as dietetics and regulative therapy, as the basis of a
"new monastery medicine", it can be used as a supplement to academic
medicine.
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