In recent years the practice of
Holistic medicine
as a complement to traditional medicine, has become of more and more interest to
the general public. Almost 100 years ago the great natural healer and "mud
pastor", Emmanuel Felke rediscovered the four elements earth,
water, air and fire (the basic building blocks of life for
the ancient Greeks) as important methods of treatment.
mud bath or mudpack (earth)
Sitzreibebad and other cold water applications (water)
Air and sunbathing combined with gymnastics (air)
Liver packs, mudpacks, medicinal baths and sauna (heat)