r/Anthroposophy • u/stonemilky • Mar 09 '26
Question Your experience with anthroposophic medicine?
I want to hear stories from people who have treated themselves with anthroposophic medicine and whether if they recommend it, whether it has been helpful to them, their particular experience with it, or even a bad situation that happened. That’s all, thank you and have a good week everyone.
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u/tzaddi_the_star Mar 09 '26
i have some really bad sleep and nightime anxiety, though it’s miles better than it once was. Passiflora comp. and Aurum Lavandula ointment really help me feel calm and warm before I sleep. I figured that what we call “placebo”, may actually be an understudied treatment option, especially when it comes to mental health issues…
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u/stonemilky Mar 10 '26
I need this! Was this prescribed by an anthro doctor? I have bad sleep sometimes and I would benefit from something like this
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u/tzaddi_the_star Mar 10 '26
It was not prescribed by an anthro doctor, unfortunately, it was just me and my hobbyist research. I think the ointment is less FA and FO than most other medicines, so I’d be pretty sure that’s safe to try. It has a lovely perfume and has become a core part of my bedtime routine, it’s akin to an essential oil made subtle, lighter, ethereal. Just a shame it’s relatively expensive :/
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Mar 09 '26
Used copper for ADHD and helped. Natural and homeopathic methods are always of some use, its more widespread in India and East than here—where its accepted more.
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u/stonemilky Mar 09 '26
I have ADHD too, how do you use the copper? I have to write a thesis and my mind is all over the place lol
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Mar 09 '26
I used to use 6mg of chelated or bio-available copper. The recommendation by steiner is for it to help ego-system back to a more normal state—prolonged usage, maybe more than a week or two in my experience(?), had much less effects to it.
Don't go above 6mg. 10mg is when it has detrimental effects on the body. Also, feel free to look up naturally occurring copper in your diet and just include more of it in.
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u/JournalistEast4224 Mar 09 '26
Top Natural Copper Sources Organ Meats: Beef liver is the highest source. Shellfish: Oysters (cooked), crab, and lobster. Nuts and Seeds: Cashews, sunflower seeds, and sesame seeds. Legumes: Chickpeas, soybeans, lentils, and tofu. Vegetables: Potatoes (especially the skin), sweet potatoes, and leafy greens. Other: Dark chocolate/cocoa, shiitake mushrooms, and dried fruits (prunes).
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u/tzaddi_the_star Mar 10 '26
I’d like to add Pumpkin Seeds to this list. They are also high in Zinc and Magnesium. I knew about the magnesium beforehand and started eating them because my grandma told me to (what can you do, am i right?).
As I was becoming more energetic and having some unexpected energy peaks, I started linking that to the handful of seeds I’d eaten 2hrs earlier. That’s the Zinc for you :)
It’s shocking that something so simple can have such an effect
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u/stonemilky Mar 09 '26
I found some chelated copper capsules here where I live, I will try them out, they’re of 2mg by the way. So you use the copper occasionally or situationally? Like for example I want to study all afternoon and so I take 6mg of copper to help me. But as you’re saying not to use it like a daily treatment, right?
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Mar 09 '26
Yeah, I used to. I do yoga nowadays, for transforming the subtle and gross bodies. This was something I discovered and applied from reading what Steiner wrote on anthro-medicine. There may be already established uses in modern anthro-medicine? Not sure.
I found it worked immediately quite well. Maybe start with a 2mg capsule, with a banana to sooth the stomach if you need. Then another later on. You can work your way up to 6mg if it is necessary—otherwise just start with 1 and if you feel the need for more then do another.
I never tried using it situationally like when I felt I needed to focus, because my current work-life balance needs more stability than daily projects.
That sounds like a good idea to try, to take when you need it, and that would be what I would try doing in your situation.
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u/SchneeBTabanic Mar 15 '26
My experience was with doctors who practiced both normal medicine and anthroposophic medicine; once they felt they had diagnosed me, and thought it could be something treatable with normal medicines, they then refused to treat me with Anthroposophic medicines as they felt they would be doing something against their conscience or something. The other experience I had was the difficulty in finding and making an appointment with a mainly Anthroposophic advertising doctor. They were either so busy that they could not take me, or the waiting time was nearly a month. So all my experiences so far have been a bit negative.
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u/steninga Mar 09 '26
All my family is surveilled by our anthroposophic doctor at the anthroposophic clinic, which of course is complimented with any kind of usual medicine (dentists, neurologists and so on). We are very happy to have anthroposophic medicine as a staple