Waterfalls and health
Your wellbeing and health
Close proximity to the waterfalls will also have a positive effect on your wellbeing and health. Millions of negatively charged ions stimulate the immune system, leading to a lasting improvement of the respiratory system and pulmonary function. Scientific tests have shown that even people with allergies or asthma were able to significantly reduce their symptoms over a longer period of exposure. The Grossglockner Hochalpenstrassen AG commissioned the Paracelsus Private Medical University in Salzburg to conduct a scientific study. The miniute, electrically-charged water particles that travel from the micro-fine spray of the Krimml Waterfalls to the respiratory system and lungs are important for the cleansing effect of the lungs, leading to a lasting, efficient, symptomatic and immunological improvement.A visit to the waterfalls is an active contribution to your well-being and health!
Krimml Waterfalls – a health spa against stress
The Krimml Waterfalls were already said to a healing effect at the beginning of the 19th century:The Krimml Waterfalls were officially declared a health spa as early as 1803. The local doctor in Zell am See, Dr. Paul Oberlechner, described the situation as follows:
"The Krimml Waterfalls as a remedy for city life and sensibility"
"… because the spa surpasses all the medication under the sun for nervous debility, caused by city life, sedentary habits, headache, stress, grief, strong coffee, excessive medication or bloodletting, poor diet, insomnia, abstinence of meat dishes, strict diet, pubescent or excessive lust, self abuse and menstruation, where reading novels and sensibility arise.Those who love simplicity will find the health spa a worthwhile experiment – and anyone not familiar with it should visit at the first opportunity. Here you can experience weak and strong forces, the gentle and the powerful, yes, and I would even say, the mild and the radical, which not only serve to alleviate the previously mentioned nervous symptoms, but also act as a source of healing in the case where such debilities are, in part or full, the result of some mechanical cause". (Source: Salzburger Landeschronik)
The special exhibition "The Krimml Falls – A natural remedy" and the film of the same name at the WaterWonderWorld offer information on the healing effect of the waterfalls.
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