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Rudolf Steiner

1861 – 1925

Founded anthroposophic medicine with Ita Wegman; still practised in European hospitals.

Austria·Integrative Medicine · Philosophy · Education

J. R. Worsley

1923 – 2003

Founded Five Element acupuncture and the colleges that carried it across the English-speaking world.

United Kingdom·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Education

Giovanni Maciocia

1945 – 2018

The Foundations of Chinese Medicine became the standard Western textbook of the field.

Italy·Traditional Chinese Medicine · Education