Psychosomatic medicine and traditional medicine: The holistic approach in ethnomedicine

Author: Iannuzzo, G.

Source:
Medicina Psicosomatica, Vol 32(3), Jul-Sep 1987: 233-248
Discusses psychosomatic aspects of traditional medical systems: the ancient Hindu Ayurveda system, Greco-Arab medicine, Chinese traditional medicine, and primitive medicine. It is maintained that in these systems, health is believed to be determined by the balance of physical, psychological, spiritual, and moral factors.