HEALING EARTH Guidebook Luvos® Healing Earth Natural and effective treatment. Subscribe to our newsletter Newsletter and follow us Facebook. 19. Edition 2019 ©Heilerde-Gesellschaft Luvos Just GmbH & Co. KG | Otto-Hahn-Straße 23 | 61381 Friedrichsdorf Germany Telefon +49 6175 9323-0 | Fax +49 6175 9323-445 | www.luvos.net | [email protected] Guidebook Contents Introduction Luvos® Healing Earth – a 100-year-old natural remedy .................................... 4 Looking back ........................................................................ 6 What is Luvos® Healing Earth? ......................................................... 8 Luvos® Heilerde digest calm – excellent acid-binding properties ........... 10 Naturally effective against heartburn ................................................... 12 A study confirms: Luvos® Healing Earth naturally relieves heartburn, fast onset, long lasting ... 13 Naturopathy tips for heartburn relief ................................................... 14 Natural diarrhoea relief ............................................................... 15 Natural relief for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) ............................. 16 Natural relief for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) .......................................... 18 What to do with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) .......................................... 21 Luvos® Healing Earth redux plus with special binding capacity .............. 22 Lower cholesterol naturally . 24 Naturopathy tips for a nutrition healthy for the heart .................................... 26 Luvos® Healing Earth imutox – Hollistic detox ................................ 28 Naturally effective detox .............................................................. 30 Subscribe to our newsletter Newsletter and follow us Facebook. Luvos® Healing Earth relieves the symptoms of histamine intolerance ....................... 34 Recommended usage ............................................................ 36 Luvos® Healing Earth derma intense – deep effect to feel .................. 38 For acne and skin conditions ........................................................... 41 Treating inflammation ................................................................ 44 Treating muscle and joint pain – sports injuries .......................................... 46 100 Years of Luvos Healing Earth Luvos® Healing Earth – 100 years old and up to date he Luvos® family business celebra- T ted its 100th Anniversary in 2018, we combine traditional naturopathy with modern medical knowledge. The long-forgotten Healing Earth was redis- covered by Adolf Just. He founded the Heilerde-Gesellschaft Luvos ( Luvos Healing Earth Society) in Blankenburg in the Harz Mountains on 15 January 1918. Today, the all natural Luvos® Healing Earth is essential in modern naturopa- thy. Treatment options are conti- nuously developed on the basis of current medical knowledge. Efficacy scientifically proven From the very beginning, working with specialists and on the basis of modern science, the Heilerde Gesell- schaft has been dedicated to rese- arch on Healing Earth. A recently pu- The loess extraction and drying plant in Blankenburg, blished study shows that Luvos® approx. 1930. Healing Earth treatments were part and Healing Earth digest calm can relieve parcel of the holistic approach at the Jungborn spa heartburn and other acid-related conditions quickly and effectively, due to its excellent acid-binding capacity. 4 100 Years of Luvos Healing Earth Development of the family business And what do the coming and the move to Hesse years have in store? After the Second World War, the Ariane Kaestener, great founder‘s son-in-law, Otto Köhler, re- granddaughter of the built the company in Bad Homburg/ founder, Adolf Just, has Hesse, in 1951. A state-owned com- headed up the company, in pany continued to produce Luvos® the fourth generation, Healing Earth at the original site in since 2006. Over the past Eastern Germany, until the reunifica- years, she has expanded tion of Germany. On 6 February 1976, the product range consi- the company moved its production to derably, bringing it up to Friedrichsdorf-Köppern in the Taunus date for the 21st Century. Mountains. Luvos® is both, a pharma- Luvos® will continue to ceutical manufacturer and a mining provide you with innova- company, with organic certification. tive products that are de- veloped in accordance Luvos® is Germany‘s market leader for with nature, in order to heal, care and Healing Earth and also distributes its support your health holistically, true products in many other countries. In to Adolf Just‘s motto: „Healing Earth 2017, the Gesellschaft für Konsum- is nature‘s best remedy.“ forschung (Growth from Knowledge, GfK)* declared Luvos® Healing Earth trend product in Germany. * GfK Household Panel, 30,000 households, in the FMCG market, OTC category Luvos® Healing Earth produc- tion in Fried- richsdorf/Hesse 5 Luvos Healing Earth Looking back down in timeless books. His classic „Return to Nature!“ has been trans- lated into many languages. Unquestionably, the greatest accom- plishment of Adolf Just (1859 - 1936) remains the rediscovery of Healing Earth for modern naturopathy. From 1896 onwards, he treated successfully different diseases. Unique Luvos® Healing Earth As a naturopath, Just realised that only certain types of earth could be hroughout history, people have used therapeutically. During his re- T tried to relieve ailments and search, he discovered a special Loess heal diseases. For thousands of that was very well suited to medical years, the only available remedies, purposes, due to its composition. He such as plants, minerals and healing also discovered that the Loess earth, were found in nature. But this became more effective the finer the valuable knowledge was forgotten granularity. with the passage of time, and became displaced; particularly through the For that reason, Just began grinding development of synthetically pro- this special Loess into an even finer duced pharmaceuticals. powder in 1918, and called it Luvos® Healing Earth for the first time. As early as the 19th Century, a num- ber of people began to rediscover Ever since, Luvos® Healing Earth has naturopathy. The pioneers among been highly regarded as a natural re- them were the priests Sebastian medy for internal use against gast- Kneipp and Emanuel Felke, as well as rointestinal ailments, but also for ex- Vincent Prießnitz and, of course, ternal applications. Adolf Just, who became a real life coach with his programme: „Nature Today, Luvos® Healing Earth is the does not make mistakes, she is al- only natural medicine with the active ways right.“ He wrote his knowledge ingredient “healing earth” that is 6 Guide to the Guidebookapplication approved for heartburn, acid-related treatments. Just wanted to urge the stomach complaints and diarrhoea by sick to indulge in self-reflection and the BfArM (Federal Institute for Drugs seek healing in harmony with nature. and Medical devices) in Germany. The day would start with various ac- tivities at six in the morning: Instead A holistic way of life in harmony of today‘s Yoga, there were outdoor with nature – then and now callisthenics, instead of endurance Adolf Just founded the Jungborn sports, people hiked; and for inure- centre for naturopathy in the Harz ment, they would bathe in the cold mountains. This „Institute for natu- natural pond or expose themselves ral healing and a natural lifestyle“ to the rain and fresh air, unclothed. soon became famous around the Breathing exercises fostered inner world: Until the middle of the 20th peace and there was visual training century, it was the place sought out to heighten one‘s senses. Regular by both sick and healthy people, sleep was based on a natural rhythm who were looking for a natural way – once it got dark, the lights were of life and alternatives to conventio- turned off. nal medicine. The writer Franz Kafka, actress Marika Rökk and the philo- sopher and anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner all visited Germany‘s largest For additional information, see the biography centre for naturopathy. „Adolf Just“ by Andrea Schrickel, ISBN 978-3-00-053055-6, published by the Mahatma Gandhi was impressed Heilerde-Gesellschaft Luvos by Adolf Just‘s ideas, the Jungborn centre and Just’s book „Return to Nature!“. He wrote about the great healing properties of Healing Earth. The first chapter of his book „Nature Cure“ was dedicated to the therapeutic use of Healing Earth. Holistic treatments were the main focus at Jungborn. This included a healthy diet, physical activity, sun- light, fresh air and Healing Earth 7 Luvos Healing Earth What is Luvos® Healing Earth? uvos® Healing Earth is a 100% natu- Unique active principle – Lral product extracted from glacial as simple as it is brilliant loess in Germany. It has a unique na- tural composition of valuable mine- Luvos® Healing Earth‘s versatile thera- rals and trace elements. The loess is peutic effects are based on four suc- assumed to have been formed from cess factors: rocks, which were transported from Scandinavia to Germany by ice-age Q Unique Composition glaciers during the last ice-age (dilu- Luvos® Healing Earth contains a per- vium) and ground into powder in the fect, natural mix of minerals and trace process. This rocky powder was then elements. carried to its current location by the wind, and „weathered“ into loess Q Outstanding acid-binding properties through the impact of water. Due to its composition, Luvos® Healing Earth binds excess acid quickly