Health as Goal? An Attempt at an Overview.

Abstract

Medicine has always been on a problematic path. In the past, it was the Catholic Church and the aristocracy who tried to prevent knowledge about causes, effects and their treatments. Today, it is the capitalist-oriented industry that has an interest in ensuring that there are as many sick people and illnesses as possible. Selflessness as a motivation - as was occasionally the case in the form of charity - can only be found sporadically. Similarly, in today's conventional medicine there is no strengthening of the self-healing powers that would be able to restore the "status quo ante". The great healers in the history of mankind for around 2500 years have strived to achieve this goal without causing any harm, but their teachings have been forgotten. A return to them would be necessary.