title: [Neurology in medieval regimina sanitatis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In medical medieval literature some works about dietetics stand out. Dietetics, as a separate branch of medicine, includes not only food or drinks, but other environmental factors influencing on health. They are known as regimina sanitatis or salutis, and specially developed in the Christian west. They generally consisted of a balance between the Galenic "six non-natural things"; factors regulating health and its protection: environment, exercise, food, sleep, bowel movements and emotions.
  
  
  METHODS
  After reviewing the sources and defining the different stages of this genre, we have considered three of the most out-standing medieval regimina, the anonymous Regimen sanitatis salernitanum, Arnaldo de Vilanova's Regimen sanitatis ad regem aragonum and Bernardo de Gordon's Tractatus of conservatione vite humane. In them we review references to neurological disease.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Though not independently considered, there is a significant presence of neurological diseases in the regimina. Dietetics measures are proposed to preserve memory, nerves, or hearing, as well as for the treatment of migraine, epilepsy, stroke or dizziness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regimina are quiet representative among medical medieval literature, and they show medieval physicians vision of neurological diseases. Dietetics was considered useful to preserve health, and therapeutics was based on natural remedies.
authors.affiliation: G. I. R. Speculum medicinae, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, España.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Frutos González
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Guerrero Peral
mesh_terms: D001688:Biological Products / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004032:Diet / Q000266:history*; D006262:Health; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D008092:Literature, Medieval / Q000266:history*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products