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The Kneipp cure - The 5 pillars of health theory

When Sebastian Kneipp came to Wörishofen in 1855 as confessor of the Dominican monastery, no one had any idea what the priest, who later also became pastor of St. Justina, had achieved until his death in 1897. The “water doctor” founded a holistic health theory consisting of five pillars

of hydrotherapy
of movement therapy
of phytotherapy
nutritional and order therapy.

Their interaction is recognized and respected under the term “Kneipp cure” and is continually developed further through science and research. Pastor Sebastian Kneipp already demanded that his healing method should be placed in the hands of doctors and continued. Today the Kneipp cure is a complex therapy, a holistic procedure in which the mental and emotional interconnection also receives the necessary consideration.