Otto Buchinger (16 February 1878 – 16 April 1966) was a German doctor credited with documenting the supposed potential therapeutic effects of fasting on certain diseases.[1]

Biography

Buchinger was born on February 16, 1878, in Darmstadt. He attended the Ludwigs University and completed degrees in the fields of law and medicine. After starting his career as a physician in the German Navy, he was discharged in 1917 due to rheumatism affecting his joints.[2]

Upon seeking treatment via conventional methods and their unsatisfactory results, Buchinger sought alternative treatments for his rheumatism. He underwent a 19-day fasting regimen under Dr. Gustav Riedlin's supervision in Freiburg in 1919. This experience led to notable health improvements, as quoted from his daughter Maria Buchinger, he claimed that he "could move all [of his] joints like a healthy recruit".[3] The result with his treatment inspired him to develop a structured therapeutic fasting method. In 1920, he established his first fasting clinic, Kurheim Dr. Otto Buchinger, in Witzenhausen, Germany. He expanded his practice by opening a sanatorium in Bad Pyrmont in 1935. In 1953, he opened a clinic in Überlingen on Lake Constance with his daughter Maria and son-in-law Helmut Wilhelmi.[4][5] He promoted his fasting method in his 1935 book, The Therapeutic Fasting Cure.[6][7]

Buchinger died on April 16, 1966 in Überlingen, West Germany at the age of 88.

See also

References

  1. ^ Boschmann, Michael (December 16, 2013). "Fasting Therapy – Old and New Perspectives". Forschende Komplementärmedizin. 20 (6): 410–411. doi:10.1159/000357828. PMID 24434754. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Der Mediziner O. Buchinger" (PDF). www.vhghessen.de. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. ^ "Wer war Dr. Otto Buchinger? – Fasten bewegt" (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  4. ^ ONLINE, SPIEGEL (13 September 2018). "Als Deutschland das Heilfasten entdeckte". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  5. ^ "20. Juli 2010 - Vor 90 Jahren: Otto Buchinger gründet Fastenklinik". www1.wdr.de (in German). 2010-07-20. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  6. ^ Meffert, Von Christine (28 January 2008). "Gesundheit: Der Saftakt". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  7. ^ "History of the company - Buchinger Wilhelmi". Retrieved 2025-01-27.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Buchinger
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