Otto Buchinger

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

Otto Buchinger (1878–1966) was a German physician, credited with being the first to document the beneficial effects of fasting on some diseases.[1]

Biography

Buchinger was born on February 16, 1878, in Darmstadt. He attended the Ludwigs-University in Gießen, Germany, and received degrees in law and medicine. He then started his career as an army physician in the German Navy.[2] In 1917, he was discharged due to rheumatism in his joints.[2] According to his daughter, Maria Buchinger, he took the advice of a physician colleague, Gustav Riedlin, and tried fasting for the first time. After the 19th day of fasting, he claimed that he "could move all [of his] joints like a healthy recruit".[3]

In 1920, he founded a fasting clinic in Witzenhausen, Germany.[4] In 1935, he founded a sanatorium in Bad Pyrmont.[5] He promoted his fasting method it in his 1935 book, The Therapeutic Fasting Cure. In 1953, he founded a new clinic at Überlingen on Lake Constance with his daughter and son-in-law.[6]

Buchinger died on April 16, 1966, in Überlingen.

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. ^ a b "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.