Kneipp sebastian

Sebastian Kneipp (1821 - 1897) was a pastor and weaver who made a name for himself in the field of naturopathy by introducing pouring therapyinto medicine and using all traditional naturopathic methods for the first time to create an overall therapy.
Sebastian Kneipp recognized that all methods are important and had his patients jump over ditches as exercise therapy. Above all, Kneipp recognized the spiritual aspect and the importance of a simple lifestyle for maintaining health. What set Kneipp apart was the Catholic folk healing background of his convictions, which clearly differed from the anti-medical and anti-scientific tendencies of the naturopathic movement. This made Kneipp a pioneer of the doctors who practise naturopathy today.

Kneipp is known as the reformer of "hydrotherapy", as he recognized that even much shorter stimuli with cold water lead to the desired stimuli to the same extent. Kneipp added watering (watering can or hoses) and treading water to the classification of hydrotherapeutic measures at the time. Kneipp was not only concerned with the treatment with water, in large parts he represented the medicine chest of the countrymen and specific diseases. The inclusion of medicinal herbs was criticized by other medical hydrotherapists and naturopaths.
Kneipp was not radical when it came to diet, but praised "unadulterated home cooking".

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