We are holobionts
We learned we are just plain human beings made of human eukaryotic cells. Viruses and bacteria can occasionally attack our cells. However, this vision is plainly wrong. We now know that we are a coherent mix of all kinds of life, running from unicellular microorganisms to pluricellular organisms. This process forms a human being. We are “holobionts” and as such the multiplicity of cells and viruses belonging to all kingdoms of life collaborate in an equilibrium that if perturbed can cause disease.
Ancient medicines and holistic view
Ancient medicines adopted a holistic view of life for to contrast diseases a return to balance. The ancient medicines used as primary tool the correction of the diet. They considered it as the restoration of the equilibrium between the energies (microorganisms) in the body.
A new medicinal system, the ABO groups, is standing in the scientific arena confirming its mechanism of action.
Unicellular organisms eat small fibers produced and absorbed by human body, a suitable balanced diet will interfere in this cycle. We can fuse ancient and modern medicine into a new medicinal system: the ABO West Constitutional Medicine bio-typology. This system can better explain the reality of the holobiont and transform modern science into a truly personalized approach. You can find more details in this post and this paper.
