Our times demand constant performance. We function day after day, caught between work, responsibility, and constant digital availability. We measure, plan, and optimize—even ourselves. Amidst all this, our subtle sense of self is easily lost. But those who do not perceive themselves lose their orientation. Health then becomes a chore rather than an experience. Tannerhof provides the setting where you can re-enter this inner space and feel yourself again. A place where pressure and constant tension can fall away. Where you can re-engage in a balanced dialogue with your body and learn to consciously apply the stimuli that do you good and make you stronger.
Care and support
Especially now, as the days grow shorter, the air turns cooler, and the body’s immune system is put to the test, this sense of self becomes more important. It is time to turn your attention to it and support it. Not with pills and powders, but with genuine stimuli. With cold, heat, oxygen, and abstinence—and the body’s wonderful ability to respond to all of this with self-healing.
This is where the Immune Booster package at Tannerhof comes in. It is based on the fundamental principle of naturopathy: stimulus and response. A deliberate, low-dose stimulus briefly upsets the body’s balance, triggering a response: the organism self-regulates, strengthens, and trains its adaptability. The Immune Booster package combines three classic stimulus therapies: ozone autohemotherapy, IHHT altitude training, and Kneipp contrast hydrotherapy.
Together, they form a powerful system that activates immune strength, metabolism, and cellular health:
Ozone autohemotherapy
Ozone is the high-energy form of oxygen—three atoms that exert a strong biological effect. In major ozone autohemotherapy, a small amount of blood is drawn from the body, enriched with a precisely dosed ozone-oxygen mixture, and then returned. This targeted oxidative stimulus stimulates the immune system, improves oxygen utilization, and has an anti-inflammatory effect. Ozone increases energy production in the mitochondria, the power plants of the cell. Furthermore, the body’s own antioxidants are activated, free radicals are scavenged, and the immune system becomes more efficient. Vitamin infusions or alkaline procaine infusions provide additional support for the detoxifying effect.
IHHT
Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia Therapy (IHHT) is a gentle yet profound stimulus therapy. It is based on alternating between breathing oxygen-poor and oxygen-rich air. The body experiences short phases of "oxygen deficiency," to which it responds with a cascade of adaptive reactions. During these phases, mitochondrial regeneration is stimulated. Old, weakened mitochondria are broken down, and new ones are created. The result: more energy, improved stress resistance, and a strengthened immune system.
Kneipp contrast showers
Here, water—the element that best conducts heat and cold—is used specifically to train the circulation, blood vessels, and defenses. When alternating between cold and warm showers, the vessels constrict and dilate—vasoconstriction and vasodilation. This small, everyday challenge trains vascular response, promotes blood circulation, and strengthens autonomic balance. The immune system responds with increased white blood cell activity, and the metabolism is stimulated.
Kneipp applications are simple but effective—especially in the months when cold is often perceived as a threat. When dosed correctly, it becomes the immune system’s best friend.
Nature is the best pharmacy
In addition to these three "stimulating" stimuli, the Immune Booster is framed by an initial medical assessment and a final consultation. The small package includes two soothing treatments: a foot reflexology massage, which stimulates organs and blood flow via reflex points, and breathing therapy, which sharpens awareness of your own breath flow. In the medium package, two additional applications expand the program. A detox bath, which supports elimination and stimulates metabolism through heat and salt, and a craniosacral treatment, which uses manual impulses on the skull and sacrum to release blockages and calm the nervous system.
And for those wishing to deepen the effects of the immune booster, it pairs perfectly with a week of fasting. Fasting is perhaps the most primal of all stimulus therapies. It is not deprivation, but a conscious, targeted abstinence—a healing impulse that breaks old patterns and activates new processes. During Buchinger therapeutic fasting, the body dials down its energy expenditure, switches to fat and ketone metabolism, and activates autophagy—the natural cellular recycling process. Old, damaged cell components are broken down, making way for new structures. At the same time, the concentration of protective and repairing molecules increases. The immune system uses this phase of "inner housecleaning" to regenerate and renew itself. Studies show that fasting has an anti-inflammatory effect, positively influences the microbiome, and balances the immune response.
At Tannerhof, fasting is medically supervised—with broths, teas, exercise, rest, and the trust that the body knows what to do.
Giving up the superfluous creates the opportunity to feel what is essential
In an age of sensory overload, the Tannerhof focuses on carefully measured physical stimuli. Our Immune Booster package is not a traditional cure, but an invitation to yourself: to consciously expose your body to stimuli in order to regain balance. Not to achieve more, but to reconnect with yourself. Because only when you truly feel your body do you know what is good for you. It is not about short-term defense, but long-term resilience—and the trust that, when properly stimulated, our body is its own best medicine.
