The best known fasting cures are briefly described below:

Otto Buchinger was an internist of the early 20th century and is considered the founder of therapeutic fasting. He himself suffered from rheumatism and felt an improvement through fasting. It is the most frequently carried out cure and corresponds to the classical conception of a chamfering cure.

It is divided into three phases: Relief phase, chamfering time and structure phase. During the entire fasting period, only liquid food is consumed. These are mainly teas, vegetable broths, fruit juices and honey.

Approximately 200-300 calories should be consumed daily, but not more than 500 calories, so that the body is not completely starved. Additionally, the fasting period is accompanied by intestinal cleansing enemas. During the relief days, additional light foods such as fruit, vegetables, rice or potatoes may be taken in order to slowly accustom the body to the starvation period.

At the end of the cure in form of the structure phase likewise additionally firmer food, like apples, apple sauce or potato soup is permitted, in order to accustom the body again to the future solid food. Altogether the duration of the Buchinger cure varies between 7 and 20 days, depending upon how much time is planned for the actual chamfered. The welfare-chamfered after Buchinger is to be accomplished for the treatment and Vorbeugung of diseases.

A discharge of the organs and liberation of the body from poisons and cinders are in the foreground. The chamfering cure is begun with a fruit day, afterwards an intestine cleaning with Glauber’s salt follows. During the chamfering fruit or vegetable juices and sweet whey in small quantities are permitted.Also eating a so-called fasting soup (vegetable broth) in the evening is sometimes practiced.

The need of vital nutrients is not covered. Hildegard von Bingen was a Benedictine nun living in the monastery in the 12th century, who was mainly engaged in naturopathy, herbalism and the treatment of the sick. At that time, 150 days of compulsory fasting were foreseen in the monastery, which is why she could make many observations regarding fasting.

She recognized that every person is different and should therefore fast differently. She developed four different fasting cures, the “spelt fruit vegetable fasting”, the “spelt reduction diet“, the “spelt bread fasting” and the strict “Hildegard juice fasting”. A fasting cure according to Hildegard von Bingen lasts on average between six and 12 days and differs depending on the type of fasting cure.

Common to all cures is the goal of purifying the body, flushing out toxins, losing weight, strengthening the immune system, clearing the mind and releasing the body from mental blockages such as fears and worries. “Death sits in the intestine” claims the founder of this chamfering cure for healthy and sick people, the Austrian physician and researcher Dr. Franz Xaver Mayr. The intestine is the cradle of our well-being and health, beauty and vitality are closely related to digestion.

The nutritional concept is to redevelop the intestine from the ground up and make it healthy. Kursemmeln are stale bread rolls that are eaten with milk (by the teaspoonful). It is important to chew the rolls thoroughly until a sweetish pulp is formed.

By chewing sufficiently, the feeling of satiety can be felt more clearly again. There is also plenty of water and herbal teas. Glauber’s salt against constipation.

During this cure, you lose weight relatively quickly, but the nutrient supply that covers your needs is not given. The eating and movement habits are not changed. According to Dr. Mayr, the human body is said to be totally over acidic and he tries to compensate this over acidity with alkaline-forming foods such as so-called Kursemmeln and milk.

As the name suggests, this diet consists mainly of vegetable soups. Besides cabbage soup, there is salad, fruit, vegetables, rice, fish or poultry. The diet is rich in proteins, vitamins and fiber.

It contains relatively much meat and is therefore not suitable for vegetarians. A gentle breathing and exercise program should support. This form of nutrition is not sensible or feasible in the long term. Possible as a leap day or as an introduction to a more sensible diet on one day a week.