Non-Pathological Medicine is proposed as an exploratory conceptual framework for a clinical field oriented not primarily toward the diagnosis and treatment of established pathology, but toward the observation, interpretation, and support of functional dysregulation before it becomes disease. This preprint situates the concept within the broader SOMATHEON / Essentia.H research line, arguing that many human bodily states — biomechanical restriction, autonomic imbalance, chronic tension, fatigue, pain predisposition, endocrine variability, immune reactivity, and cellular-metabolic adaptation — may deserve systematic clinical and scientific attention even when they do not yet meet conventional pathological thresholds. Rather than opposing classical medicine, the paper proposes an additional horizon: a non-pathological clinical field where medical specialties can investigate functional coherence, early dysregulation, embodied adaptation, and the transitional zones between health, discomfort, vulnerability, and disease. Endocrinology, immunology, metabolism, neurology, biomechanics, rehabilitation, psychosomatic medicine, preventive medicine, and primary care may all contribute to this field. The article is presented as a conceptual and phenomenological-operational essay, grounded in clinical observation and intended to open a research agenda rather than to offer diagnostic criteria, therapeutic claims, or finalized medical protocols.
Joaquim Santos Albino (Tue,) studied this question.