Kneipp sebastian

Sebastian Kneipp (1821 - 1897) was a priest and weaver who earned merits for naturopathy by introducing cast therapyinto medicine as well as the first use of all classical naturopathic methods to an overall therapy.
Sebastian Kneipp recognized the importance of all procedures and had his patients jump over water ditches as exercise therapy. Above all, Kneipp had recognized the spiritual moment and the importance of a simple way of life for maintaining health. What distinguished Kneipp 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 physicians who practice naturopathic medicine today.

Kneipp is referred to as the reformer of "water healing" because he recognized that much shorter stimuli with cold water already lead to the desired stimuli to the same extent. Kneipp added to the classification of hydrotherapeutic measures of that time especially the watering (watering can or hoses) and the water treading . Kneipp was not only concerned with the treatment with water, in large parts it represents the medicine cabinet of the countrymen and specific diseases. The inclusion of medicinal herbs was criticized by other medical hydrotherapists and naturopaths.
Regarding diet, Kneipp did not give himself radical, but praised the "not artificial home cooking".

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