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Sebastian Kneipp (17 May 1821 – 17 June 1897) was a German Catholic priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic movement. He is most commonly associated with the "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy (often called "Kneipp therapy" or "Kneippism" [1] [2] ), the application of water through various methods, temperatures and pressures ...
4 April 1901. (1901-04-04) (aged 66) Nationality. German. Occupation. naturopath. Louis Kuhne (14 March 1835 – 4 April 1901) was a German naturopath primarily known for his cold water hydrotherapy methods that were meant to improve detoxification functions of the body by stimulation of the lower abdomen.
Naturopathy, or naturopathic medicine, is a form of alternative medicine. [ 1] A wide array of practices branded as "natural", "non-invasive", or promoting "self-healing" are employed by its practitioners, who are known as naturopaths. Difficult to generalize, these treatments range from the pseudoscientific and thoroughly discredited, like ...
Freikörperkultur ( FKK) is a social and health culture that originated in the German Empire; its beginnings were historically part of the Lebensreform social movement in the late 19th century. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Freikörperkultur, which translated as 'free body culture', includes both the health aspects of being naked in light, air and sun and an ...
Heilpraktiker often specialize in a complementary and alternative field of healthcare that could be anything from faith healing, homeopathy, phytotherapy, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic medicine, to reflexology or acupuncture. A heilpraktiker is a person who is allowed to practice as a non-medical practitioner using any unconventional therapy.
Arnold Ehret (July 29, 1866 – October 10, 1922) [ 1][ 2] was a German naturopath, alternative health educator and germ theory denialist, best known for developing the Mucusless Diet Healing System. [ 1][ 3][ 4] Ehret authored books and articles on dieting, detoxification, fruitarianism, fasting, food combining, health, longevity, naturopathy ...
Naturism is a cultural and social movement practicing, advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public. It is particularly strong in Germany where it goes under the name Freikörperkultur (FKK). [ 1] It refers to a lifestyle based on personal, family and/or social nudism in the "great outdoors" environment. [ 2]
Lotte Herrlich. Lotte Herrlich (1883–1956) was a German photographer. She is regarded as the most important female photographer of the German naturism. This mainly was during the 1920s, in which the Freikörperkultur ( Free Body Culture) was popular within Germany, before the Nazi Party assumed power (1930s), promptly prohibiting it.