Fasting therapy in China: Modification and future development

作者:Qin Jian*
来源:Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2013, 19(12): 883-884.
DOI:10.1007/s11655-013-1510-y

摘要

Fasting is believed to have a religious context and it was demonstrated in several biblical accounts (The Bible.Samuel 12:16-18;Psalms 35:13),which include records on the effect of fasting.In 1820,fasting was applied as a clinical therapy by Dr.Otto Buchinger Ⅰ in Germany,who also set up the first fasting-based hospital in the South of Hannover and the hospital remains working now.Fasting therapy is primarily the act of abstaining from some or all food for a defined period.Both absolute fast and partially fast are normally unlimited to water.Fasting is one of a popular natural therapies in Europe because of the religious context,the believable efficacy and safety.