Health travel, word by word.
What actually is a Mayr cure? What sets a medical spa apart from a wellness hotel? Here you find the key terms around health travel, explained briefly and without promises of healing.
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- Alkaline fastingAlkaline fasting is not fasting in the strict sense: you eat until you are full, but only so-called alkaline foods such as vegetables, fruit, herbs and sprouts. Meat, grains, dairy, sugar, coffee and alcohol are left out.
- AyurvedaAyurveda is India's traditional system of medicine; the word roughly means knowledge of life. It combines nutrition, herbs, oil treatments, yoga and daily rhythm, all tailored to your constitution type.
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- Biological ageBiological age is an estimate of how old your body seems, as opposed to the years in your passport. It is calculated from measurements such as blood values or changes to your DNA.
- Buchinger fastingBuchinger fasting is a form of fasting in which you go without solid food for several days and take only vegetable broth, juices, tea and a little honey. It was developed by the German physician Otto Buchinger.
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- Mayr cureThe Mayr cure is a medically supervised cure to relieve the gut, developed by the Austrian physician Franz Xaver Mayr. At its core are light meals eaten very slowly, rest and a manual abdominal treatment.
- Medical spaA medical spa is a hotel or resort with its own medical department. Doctors examine, advise and guide the programmes, while the spa provides rest.
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- Thermal spa cureA thermal spa cure is a stay centred on baths in warm spring water, often complemented by mud, exercise and massages. In Germany water counts as thermal water if it leaves the spring at 20 degrees Celsius or more.
- Traditional Chinese medicineTraditional Chinese medicine, TCM for short, is a system of healing from China that has grown over centuries. It includes acupuncture, herbal medicine, massage, dietetics and movement practices such as qigong and tai chi.
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