The acronym ARCIM stands for Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine.

The bridging between different treatment and research approaches, disciplines and ways of thinking achieved by the research work of the ARCIM Institute can be symbolized by our logo’s bridge arch. ARCIM integrates this bridge-building metaphor within its name since the Latin term “arcus" means “arch" or “bridge."

The aim of the ARCIM research institute, founded in 2010, is to research complementary and integrative medicine, in particular anthroposophic medicine, on a scientific basis according to rigorous scientific standards established by the Equator Network criteria (http://www.equator-network.org/).