NATUROPATHY
➢ Naturopathy or nature cure is vastly more than a system of curing aches
and pains.
➢ It is a complete revolution in the art and science of living.
➢ It is the practical realization and application of all that is good in natural
science, philosophy and religion.
➢ Like many other world-wide revolution and reformation, it and its
inception in Germany, the land of thinkers and philosophers.
➢ About 70 years ago, this greatest and most beneficent of reformation
movements was inaugurated by Prieesnitz in Grafenberg, a small village
in the Silesian mountains.
➢ The originator of Nature Cure was a simple farmer, but he had a natural
genius for the art of healing.
➢ Nature cure is the only system which heals without drugs.
➢ Rapidly the idea of drugless healing spread over Germany and over the
civilized world.
➢ Nature cure is a distinct system of healing based upon the philosophy of
like, health and disease and by no means a collection of facts.
➢ In the fatherland, Hahn the apothecary, Kuhne the weaves, Rikli the
manufacture, father Kneipp the priest, Lahmann the doctor and Jurnvatir
Jahn, the founder of physical culture, became enthusiastic pupils and
follows of Priessnitz.
➢ Each one of these men enlarged and enriched some special field of the
great realm of natural healing.
➢ Some elaborated some special field of the great water cure and natural
deities, others invented various systems of manipulative treatment, earth,
air and light cures, magnetic healing, mental therapeutics, curative
gymnastics, etc.
➢ They went for inspiration to field and forest rather than to the murky
atmosphere of the dissecting and vivisection rooms.
➢ Realising that man has lost his natural instinct and strayed for from
Nature’s ways, they studied and imitated the natural habits of the animal
creation rather than the confusing doctrines of the schools.
➢ Thus Nature cure says every human “Return to Nature” for a healthy
living.
,DISCOVERER OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CURE –ARNOLD RIKLI[1823-
1906]
I. TITLES:
i. The great sun doctor.
ii. Father of the ‘Atmospheric cure’.
Motto: Water is good; air is better, but light is best of
all
II. BOOKS:
The basic doctrines of Nature Cure
i. The Atmospheric Cure
ii. Let there be light
iii. Words of farewell
Article: Der Naturarzt (The Nature Doctor)-German
Journal
III. BIRTH:
➢ February 13, 1823 in Wanger on the Aare in the canton of
Bern.
➢ He was the fourth of six sons of the owner of a dyeing
factory
➢ Until the age of 17, he studied in private institutions of
Switzerland and Germany.
➢ As a young child he was drawn to nature. He first
experimented with sun and air baths and became a
rebellion against the theory of dangerous exposure to
open air.
➢ At the age of 20, he became the foreman in his father’s
company.
IV. MARRIAGE:
➢ At the age of 21, he got married in order to free himself
from the parental domination.
➢ He was happily married for a period of 58 years
V. BUSINESS:
➢ He established a business with his 2 brothers in 1845 in
Seebach, Australia and employed 300 people.
➢ He experienced early success as a born healer and his
reputation grew as he treated his sick workers.
, ➢ He applied the principle of contrast by using warmbath to
cure Nervous Insomnia.
VI. INVENITONS:
➢ Steam - to treat cold and other diseases which ran their
course without fever.
➢ Bed steam bath – 1847
➢ Der Wasser Freund – The water friend – construction and
use and justified the introduction of external heat to cold
water cure.
VII. TREATMENTS:
➢ In 1852, he cured himself of Pleurisy by natural
treatments.
➢ His patients were called the ‘Rikli nuts’ and he himself as
‘the king of fools’.
➢ In 1865, he discovered and used alternatives like air,
wind and storms and modes of treatments.
➢ In 1869, he gave the thesis of the superiority of air and
light to water in thermodistetics.
➢ At the age of 35, he appeared in the court for 7 times to
defeend himself against the charges of quackery, to a
proxy/licensed Physician.
➢ In 1895, he built a cure house, in 1899, 2 large bathing
establishments and the bath parks in valleys, mountains.
➢ He emphasized the importance of bare foot walking.
VIII. RULES:
1. Naked air bath everyday for ½ to 2 hours.
2. Light clothing, barefoot, bareheaded.
3. Keep youth outside even in the harsh weather.
4. 2 to 4 cleansing bats every month. Best employed is the
bed steam bath.
5. Nourishing, simply vegetarian diet Milk, flour, fruits,
IX. DEATH:
On April 30, 1906 at the age of 84. From the infirmities of old
age. His last words were “Cold Friction” When he was already
covered in the sweat of death.
, WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS NATURE DOCTOR-
SEBASTIAN KNEIPP
I. BIRTH:
➢ Sebastian kneipp was born on May 17, 1824 in Stefansried
a tiny Baverian hamlet.
➢ He desired to become a priest since childhood but couldn’t due to
poverty.
➢ At the age of 11 he took up weaving and at the age of 12 mastered
it to te extent that hid make 5 yards of given daily.
II. ILL HEALTH:
➢ Due to back of funds his diet was poor. This led to TB of lungs as
the weaved for long hours is the dump room.
➢ Further his rigorous hard work to study for exams made him more
fragile.
➢ He went under six months of self treatment.
➢ Winter, 1849- 2/3 times a week he sought out a lovely spot at the
Danube and bathed in icy water for a few minutes.
➢ August 6, 1852- became a priest and assigned as chaplain to
various places.
III. NAME AND FAME:
➢ In 1854, he was named as “cholera vicar” as he saved many lives
in the village during an epidemic.
➢ However, he was punished for illegaly healing and was
Worishofen. Even there he founded a school and orphanage for the
poor children.
➢ He then renovated the village church and introduced developed
agricultural methods.
➢ He treated a heifer (horse) which was at the userge of death. He
then used it at an agricultural fare in Munich and won the first
prize. He used hayseeds decoction for the entire treatment
procedure.
IV. TREATMENT METHODS:
i. Individualization
ii. Genthness
➢ His diagnosis included observation of Complexion, Coeight,
Posture, demeanor, assessed for toxicity, anaemia,
➢ Naturopathy or nature cure is vastly more than a system of curing aches
and pains.
➢ It is a complete revolution in the art and science of living.
➢ It is the practical realization and application of all that is good in natural
science, philosophy and religion.
➢ Like many other world-wide revolution and reformation, it and its
inception in Germany, the land of thinkers and philosophers.
➢ About 70 years ago, this greatest and most beneficent of reformation
movements was inaugurated by Prieesnitz in Grafenberg, a small village
in the Silesian mountains.
➢ The originator of Nature Cure was a simple farmer, but he had a natural
genius for the art of healing.
➢ Nature cure is the only system which heals without drugs.
➢ Rapidly the idea of drugless healing spread over Germany and over the
civilized world.
➢ Nature cure is a distinct system of healing based upon the philosophy of
like, health and disease and by no means a collection of facts.
➢ In the fatherland, Hahn the apothecary, Kuhne the weaves, Rikli the
manufacture, father Kneipp the priest, Lahmann the doctor and Jurnvatir
Jahn, the founder of physical culture, became enthusiastic pupils and
follows of Priessnitz.
➢ Each one of these men enlarged and enriched some special field of the
great realm of natural healing.
➢ Some elaborated some special field of the great water cure and natural
deities, others invented various systems of manipulative treatment, earth,
air and light cures, magnetic healing, mental therapeutics, curative
gymnastics, etc.
➢ They went for inspiration to field and forest rather than to the murky
atmosphere of the dissecting and vivisection rooms.
➢ Realising that man has lost his natural instinct and strayed for from
Nature’s ways, they studied and imitated the natural habits of the animal
creation rather than the confusing doctrines of the schools.
➢ Thus Nature cure says every human “Return to Nature” for a healthy
living.
,DISCOVERER OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CURE –ARNOLD RIKLI[1823-
1906]
I. TITLES:
i. The great sun doctor.
ii. Father of the ‘Atmospheric cure’.
Motto: Water is good; air is better, but light is best of
all
II. BOOKS:
The basic doctrines of Nature Cure
i. The Atmospheric Cure
ii. Let there be light
iii. Words of farewell
Article: Der Naturarzt (The Nature Doctor)-German
Journal
III. BIRTH:
➢ February 13, 1823 in Wanger on the Aare in the canton of
Bern.
➢ He was the fourth of six sons of the owner of a dyeing
factory
➢ Until the age of 17, he studied in private institutions of
Switzerland and Germany.
➢ As a young child he was drawn to nature. He first
experimented with sun and air baths and became a
rebellion against the theory of dangerous exposure to
open air.
➢ At the age of 20, he became the foreman in his father’s
company.
IV. MARRIAGE:
➢ At the age of 21, he got married in order to free himself
from the parental domination.
➢ He was happily married for a period of 58 years
V. BUSINESS:
➢ He established a business with his 2 brothers in 1845 in
Seebach, Australia and employed 300 people.
➢ He experienced early success as a born healer and his
reputation grew as he treated his sick workers.
, ➢ He applied the principle of contrast by using warmbath to
cure Nervous Insomnia.
VI. INVENITONS:
➢ Steam - to treat cold and other diseases which ran their
course without fever.
➢ Bed steam bath – 1847
➢ Der Wasser Freund – The water friend – construction and
use and justified the introduction of external heat to cold
water cure.
VII. TREATMENTS:
➢ In 1852, he cured himself of Pleurisy by natural
treatments.
➢ His patients were called the ‘Rikli nuts’ and he himself as
‘the king of fools’.
➢ In 1865, he discovered and used alternatives like air,
wind and storms and modes of treatments.
➢ In 1869, he gave the thesis of the superiority of air and
light to water in thermodistetics.
➢ At the age of 35, he appeared in the court for 7 times to
defeend himself against the charges of quackery, to a
proxy/licensed Physician.
➢ In 1895, he built a cure house, in 1899, 2 large bathing
establishments and the bath parks in valleys, mountains.
➢ He emphasized the importance of bare foot walking.
VIII. RULES:
1. Naked air bath everyday for ½ to 2 hours.
2. Light clothing, barefoot, bareheaded.
3. Keep youth outside even in the harsh weather.
4. 2 to 4 cleansing bats every month. Best employed is the
bed steam bath.
5. Nourishing, simply vegetarian diet Milk, flour, fruits,
IX. DEATH:
On April 30, 1906 at the age of 84. From the infirmities of old
age. His last words were “Cold Friction” When he was already
covered in the sweat of death.
, WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS NATURE DOCTOR-
SEBASTIAN KNEIPP
I. BIRTH:
➢ Sebastian kneipp was born on May 17, 1824 in Stefansried
a tiny Baverian hamlet.
➢ He desired to become a priest since childhood but couldn’t due to
poverty.
➢ At the age of 11 he took up weaving and at the age of 12 mastered
it to te extent that hid make 5 yards of given daily.
II. ILL HEALTH:
➢ Due to back of funds his diet was poor. This led to TB of lungs as
the weaved for long hours is the dump room.
➢ Further his rigorous hard work to study for exams made him more
fragile.
➢ He went under six months of self treatment.
➢ Winter, 1849- 2/3 times a week he sought out a lovely spot at the
Danube and bathed in icy water for a few minutes.
➢ August 6, 1852- became a priest and assigned as chaplain to
various places.
III. NAME AND FAME:
➢ In 1854, he was named as “cholera vicar” as he saved many lives
in the village during an epidemic.
➢ However, he was punished for illegaly healing and was
Worishofen. Even there he founded a school and orphanage for the
poor children.
➢ He then renovated the village church and introduced developed
agricultural methods.
➢ He treated a heifer (horse) which was at the userge of death. He
then used it at an agricultural fare in Munich and won the first
prize. He used hayseeds decoction for the entire treatment
procedure.
IV. TREATMENT METHODS:
i. Individualization
ii. Genthness
➢ His diagnosis included observation of Complexion, Coeight,
Posture, demeanor, assessed for toxicity, anaemia,
