The Buchinger Method

Preparation: Make the transition easier by having one to three relief days (e.g., fruit, potato, vegetable, or raw food days) before you begin fasting. You should also take a break from coffee and alcohol.

Medical appointment: This should take place on your first day of fasting. To ensure your fasting experience is a positive one, medical guidance and monitoring are both sensible and necessary.

Starting your fast: After your medical appointment, you will be given the famous Glauber's salt or another type of salt to act as a laxative. This cleanses the bowel and helps reduce feelings of hunger. Please drink plenty of fluids to compensate for the loss!

Fasting menu: Here is what you can expect on fasting days: herbal tea in the morning, a mild vegetable soup for lunch (you are welcome to have an extra cup of broth), and a freshly pressed fruit or vegetable juice and/or buttermilk in the evening.

Fluid intake: You should aim for at least 3 liters in total. Herbal teas, mineral water—perhaps with a squeeze of fresh lemon—or hot ginger water are all great options. Staying hydrated is important for your circulation and to support the kidneys in flushing out acids.

"Transition day": Around the second or third day of fasting, you may experience symptoms of low blood sugar, such as weakness, shakiness, mild nausea, and headaches. A strong, circulation-boosting green tea with honey can be very helpful.

Hay compresses: A hay compress supports our other vital detoxification organ: the liver. Alternatively, you can use a hot water bottle compress.

Enemas: You have the option of having an enema twice a week. This is primarily to prevent potential "re-toxification" from bile acids. Alternatively, you are welcome to take salt again.

Alkaline powder: Alkaline powder helps neutralize the acidic metabolic byproducts that increase during fasting.

Exercise: Moderate exercise is very important during fasting because it helps prevent muscle loss. Furthermore, the increased breathing helps your body deacidify. You will feel significantly better while fasting if you stay active!

Supporting treatments: Our fasting packages include treatments tailored to stimulate your circulation, strengthen your immune system, and support your detox organs—the skin, kidneys, and liver. Of course, you are also welcome to put together your own individual treatment package upon request.

Soul and introspection: Seize the opportunity! When fasting, your senses are sharpened, and we become more receptive and sensitive. We finally have time again to "listen to our inner selves" and can sort things out and set a new course. Our coaches Trixi Wolfseher (psychotherapeutic coaching), Birgit Holzwarth (nature coaching), Petra Reindl (communication coaching), and Nele von Mengershausen (art therapy) offer valuable support for this process.

Sleep and euphoria: Due to reduced serotonin breakdown, sleep can become significantly lighter. But don't worry, you need less sleep while fasting, giving you more time for good books or to put a few thoughts down on paper. The famous "fasting euphoria" is also triggered by altered serotonin levels, though it varies greatly from person to person.

Duration of the fast: This depends on how much time you have and your reasons for fasting. For first-timers, 7 days of fasting followed by 2-3 days of transition has proven optimal—a total of 10 days. If you are fasting for health reasons, it is better to aim for at least 10 days of pure fasting.

Breaking the fast and transition: The apple on the day you break your fast symbolizes the importance of chewing. Every bite should be chewed 30 to 40 times. The transition period should last about one-third of the fasting duration and is just as important as the fast itself.

And afterwards? If you are looking for a sustainable change in diet, it would be great if you could spare a few more days. You could then spend some time learning to eat intelligently with our low-carb "Slender Fir" program. Individual nutritional counseling might also be beneficial.

Fasting is the temporary, conscious abstinence

from solid food and stimulants. With the Buchinger method, you consume plenty of water, herbal teas, freshly pressed fruit juices, and vegetable broths. This provides the body with the necessary minerals, trace elements, and vitamins. If needed, protein or other nutritional supplements can be added.

Fasting is therefore both a philosophy - the conscious shift back to almost "zero" in times of abundance - and an enriching holistic therapy.

Fasting is the temporary, conscious abstinence

Fasting is therefore both a philosophy - the conscious shift back to almost "zero" in times of abundance - and an enriching holistic therapy.

from solid food and stimulants. With the Buchinger method, you consume plenty of water, herbal teas, freshly pressed fruit juices, and vegetable broths. This provides the body with the necessary minerals, trace elements, and vitamins. If needed, protein or other nutritional supplements can be added.

Whether for a change in diet, deep cleansing, or other health-related reasons.

Fasting provides positive support for conditions such as rheumatism, certain stages of cancer, asthma, allergies, food intolerances, migraines, type II diabetes mellitus, and much more.

"Fasting stimulates the inner physician"
(Otto Buchinger)

Fasting at Tannerhof is always medically supervised and sensibly combined with moderate exercise and relaxation, as well as detoxifying therapies, Kneipp treatments, and massages.