Nat. Milena Simeoni - Italia

Abstract of the presentation

Traditional European Medicine: Ancient Roots for the Health and Resilience of Today’s Citizens

Branch: Naturopathy (Traditional European Medicine)

Recording

Traditional European Medicine (TEM), referred to in Italy as Traditional European and Mediterranean Medicine (MTEM), has its roots in Hippocratic wisdom and represents a cultural and scientific heritage that remains undervalued in contemporary health policies. At the core of its approach is the promotion of health—distinct from health prophylaxis—pursued through healthy lifestyles, the nurturing of social relationships, harmony with the environment, and the enhancement of individuals' intrinsic resources.

In alignment with the new WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034, TEM can offer a meaningful contribution today by reducing the impact of non-communicable diseases and immunosenescence—a factor that also increases vulnerability to infections—while strengthening citizens' resilience and promoting sustainable healthy longevity.

Within this framework, the paradigm shift promoted by SALUS, which places health promotion at the center of European policies, acknowledges the recovery and integration of TEM—in dialogue with modern science—as an innovative pillar for building a healthier, longer-living, and more resilient Europe.

Curriculum vitae

Naturopath and Reflexologist, lecturer and teaching director of the LUMEN School of Naturopathy (https://scuola.naturopatia.org/). Formerly in charge, for the Piacenza center, of the DIANA 5 project (Study for the Prevention of Breast Cancer Relapses through Diet and Lifestyle) conducted by Prof. Franco Berrino of the IRCCS Foundation (National Institute for the Study and Treatment of Tumours in Milan), in 2021 she continued her research activity as creator and manager of the naturopathic treatment protocol of the "Randomised and controlled study on the efficacy of Naturopathy in the prophylaxis of migraine" conducted by Dr. Eugenia Rota, director of the SC Neurology of the San Giacomo Hospital in Novi Ligure. She conceived the Holistic Podalic Reflexology® method and is the author of numerous publications, of both an educational and popular nature, on Naturopathy and Traditional European and Mediterranean Medicine (https://bioshop.naturopatia.org/). Since 2019, she has conceived and led the European SALUS initiative (www.salusnetwork.eu) and, since 2021, has been a lecturer at the Omeonatura School in Switzerland, where MTE is one of the specialisations in Naturopathy training, a federally recognised pathway. In 2024, he joined the Presidium of the TEM Forum, an association concerned with the dissemination and enhancement of Traditional European Medicine. Since 2025 he has been co-president of the Scientific Philosophical Technical Committee supporting the Parliamentary Intergroup 'Health Promotion'. She is co-founder in 1992 of LUMEN, one of the most prosperous and largest ecovillages in Italy (www.ecovillaggiolumen.it).

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