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A basic concept of the anthroposophical teaching of illness that remains almost unchanged to this day is the concept of the "threefold structure" of the human being developed by Steiner in the early 1920s.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Robert|last=Jütte|title=Geschichte der Alternativen Medizin|publisher=Beck|location=Munich|date=1996|pages=244f|trans-title=History of alternative medicine|isbn=978-3406404955}}</ref> Steiner distinguished three organ systems:

A basic concept of the anthroposophical teaching of illness that remains almost unchanged to this day is the concept of the "threefold structure" of the human being developed by Steiner in the early 1920s.<ref>{{Cite book|first=Robert|last=Jütte|title=Geschichte der Alternativen Medizin|publisher=Beck|location=Munich|date=1996|pages=244f|trans-title=History of alternative medicine|isbn=978-3406404955}}</ref> Steiner distinguished three organ systems:

# In the '''neurosensory system''' that has its center in the head, '''consciousness''' develops of our own inner world, and also of the outer world, which we perceive through our senses.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Matthias|last=Girke|title=Functional Threefolding|work=[[Anthromedics]]|access-date=2021-11-07|date=22 October 2018|url=https://www.anthromedics.org/BAS-0349-EN|first2=Georg|last2=Soldner}}</ref>

#In the '''neurosensory system''' that has its center in the head, '''consciousness''' develops of our own inner world, and also of the outer world, which we perceive through our senses.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Matthias|last=Girke|title=Functional Threefolding|work=[[Anthromedics]]|access-date=2021-11-07|date=22 October 2018|url=https://www.anthromedics.org/BAS-0349-EN|first2=Georg|last2=Soldner}}</ref>

# The '''motor-metabolic (limb) system''' deals with the material world. Matter can be moved with our hands and substances are being digested to nourish the human body.

#The '''motor-metabolic (limb) system''' deals with the material world. Matter can be moved with our hands and substances are being digested to nourish the human body.

# The '''rhythmic system''' mediates rhythmically between the two beforementioned poles. Central organs are the heart and the lungs but it encompasses all rhythmical processes in the human being.

#The '''rhythmic system''' mediates rhythmically between the two beforementioned poles. Central organs are the heart and the lungs but it encompasses all rhythmical processes in the human being.

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