Matjaz

“Aaaprinciple of contrast was Rikli's most original contribution to nature cure philosophy. Monotony in treatment methods meant atony, stagnation and death. Priessnitz had best results when he used the contrast principle by having his patients sweat before receiving cold water applications. Without variety, Rikli believed, there could be no enlivening, strengthening or development. For him, polarity influenced all phenomena of life—the polarity of cold and warmth, night and day, rain and sunshine, summer and winter. "These atmospheric changes reflect natural laws and are absolutely necessary as stimuli for the plants, animals and humans living on earth." Changes are necessary in the atmospheric realm and in everyday life. Rikli believed that every change in lifestyle provoked a "new movement" and therefore had curative effects. Thus, even changes on the emotional level in the form of entertainment, music, dance and enjoyment of beautiful natural sights were needed to balance the monotony of everyday life. "The truth," Rikli noted, "lies in the observance of these contrasts" (Brauchle, 1951, 212)”
― Anonymous

“AaaWhether these reforms are adequately carried out depends mainly upon the patient’s understanding, intelligence and vital reserves. (Also upon the absence of such handicaps as disapproval or panic in the rest of the family”
― Anonymous

“AaaWe should laugh at anyone who asserted that the caterpillar is quite another being than the butterfly, and vice versa. And yet, it is to be regretted, a quite similar belief obtains to the present day as regards diseases, the unity of which has as yet been recognized by no one.”
― Anonymous

“AaaThe genius of love and the genius of hunger, those twin brothers, are the two moving forces behind all living things. All living things set themselves in motion to feed and to reproduce. Love and hunger share the same purpose. Life must never cease; life must be sustained and must create. Turgenev, Little poems in prose, XXIII”
― Anonymous