Otto Buchinger

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Otto Buchinger
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Born(1878-02-16)16 February 1878
Darmstadt, Germany
Died(1966-04-16)April 16, 1966 (age 88)
Überlingen, Germany
Nationality German
OccupationPhysician

Otto Buchinger (1878-1966) was a German doctor, credited with documenting the potentially therapeutic effects of fasting on certain diseases. [1]

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Biography

Buchinger was born on February 16, 1878, in Darmstadt. He attended the Ludwigs University and received degrees in 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]

After conventional methods failed, Buchinger sought alternative treatments for his condition and underwent a 19-day fasting regimen under Dr. Gustav Riedlin's supervision in Freiburg in 1919. This experience led to significant health improvements, and according to his daughter Maria Buchinger, he claimed that he "could move all [of his] joints like a healthy recruit". [3] His success 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 later 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.

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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.
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