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With their attending physician, guests develop a diagnostic and therapy strategy for their own needs and goals. Prices are published for stays from 7–8 nights to 17–21 nights, and the property recommends two weeks.","What is included depends on the length of stay. The Classic page lists medical examinations with abdominal treatment, reflexology and therapeutic massages, detox drainage, detox algae packs with a liver wrap and detox foot baths, with bioimpedance, resting-lactate and urine diagnostics. A resort fee of €63 per person per night is charged on top, and accommodation is priced separately.","The 2026 Lans brochure says a stay can only be arranged with the Lanserhof fasting therapy, which the concept page calls the core of its method — though the German FAQ says fasting is not required and the guest Q&A calls it optional. The nutrition page says chewing training is taught at the start of a stay, with each bite chewed 30 to 40 times while fasting.",[441,442],"Guests who want a diagnostic and therapy strategy agreed with a physician as the basis of a stay","Stays of at least seven nights — the property recommends two weeks",[444,445,446,447],"Stays shorter than seven nights — the minimum for Lanserhof Classic; the property’s 4-day retreats are separate programmes","Children — the German FAQ says a stay with children is not possible; the guest Q&A says under-16s are generally not accommodated","Day-spa or outpatient visits — the German FAQ and Q&A say no; the Q&A says exceptions may be made for recent guests back for follow-up care","Guests travelling with pets — the brochure says cats and dogs cannot be accommodated; the German FAQ says to ask about exceptions",[],"",[],[452,453,454,455,456,457,458,459,460],"1 initial medical examination (50 min.)","Medical examinations with abdominal treatment (20 min.) — 2, 4, 6 or 8 by length of stay","1 discussion of medical findings (20 min.)","1 final medical examination (30 min.), listed for 7–8, 12–16 and 17–21-night stays","For 12–16 nights: 1 reflexology massage (25 min.), 2 therapeutic massages (50 min.)","For 12–16 nights: 2 detox drainages, 2 algae packs with liver wrap, 2 detox foot baths","Bioimpedance analysis, resting-lactate fat metabolism measurement and urinalysis","Listed under the resort fee: 24-hour on-call physician and daily Kneipp treatments","Also under the fee: daily group exercise and relaxation, lectures, cultural evenings",[462,463,464,465],"Accommodation","A resort fee of €63 per person a night","Dietary supplements and medication","More medical services — the German FAQ says they can be added after the first consultation",[467,470,473,476,479,482,485,488,491,494,497,500],{"q":468,"a":469},"How long should a stay be?","The Classic page sets the minimum stay at seven nights and recommends two weeks. Lanserhof’s German FAQ says many guests choose ten to fourteen nights.",{"q":471,"a":472},"Do I have to fast?","The diet is set with your attending physician, from gentle digestive relief to reduced-calorie programmes, and the guest Q&A says fasting is optional. Lanserhof’s method centres on its fasting therapy, so we confirm what your stay includes when we quote.",{"q":474,"a":475},"What does the daily programme look like?","Lanserhof’s guest Q&A, in an answer that does not name Lans or Lanserhof Classic, says a typical day might bring morning exercise or meditation and medical check-ins, then personalised therapies and movement sessions, relaxation or hydrotherapy, and dinner from Lanserhof Energy Cuisine. It says guests can usually adjust or skip sessions.",{"q":477,"a":478},"Is there medical care throughout the stay?","The German FAQ says its team of doctors looks after guests for the whole stay, with therapists and movement and nutrition experts. The Classic page lists a 24-hour on-call physician under the resort fee; the brochure ties the €63 flat rate to on-call and night-time medical services.",{"q":480,"a":481},"How many meals are served each day?","The German FAQ says three meals a day of Lanserhof Energy Cuisine, set to your health goal and therapy plan with your attending physician. The guest Q&A says the room rate includes doctor-prescribed meals, medicinal herbal teas, mineral water and alkaline broth.",{"q":483,"a":484},"Do I need to book treatments in advance?","The German FAQ says no: basic treatments are reserved when you book, and more can be added after the first consultation. The guest Q&A recommends booking the Lanserhof Advanced or Longevity Cure in advance, and says additional treatments can be booked during the stay, subject to availability.",{"q":486,"a":487},"Will health insurance pay for the stay?","The German FAQ says insurance does not usually cover the full cost, though some medical, diagnostic or therapy services may be reimbursable, and offers a detailed invoice of medical services. The brochure says reimbursement by private insurance cannot be guaranteed. The guest Q&A says a cost estimate can be prepared for the insurer.",{"q":489,"a":490},"When should I arrive and leave?","The 2026 Lans brochure asks guests to arrive on a Sunday by 5 p.m. if they can, with rooms available from 3 p.m., and gives check-out as 11 a.m. The German FAQ and the guest Q&A give check-out as 12:00 noon.",{"q":492,"a":493},"What are the cancellation terms?","The brochure says the property reserves the right to charge 50% of the room rate for cancelled nights less than four weeks before arrival, and 90% less than seven days before if the room cannot be given to another guest. The guest Q&A says these fees will apply. Both say the terms apply to everyone booked in the same room.",{"q":495,"a":496},"Can someone share my room without the programme?","Yes, arranged in advance. A companion without medical care can share the main guest’s room for an additional fee; we confirm the length and terms when we quote.",{"q":498,"a":499},"Can the programme be done as an outpatient?","No, according to the German FAQ and the guest Q&A. The Q&A says guests may have side effects such as headaches, dizziness or fatigue in the first days, and should stay on site where the medical team is available.",{"q":501,"a":502},"How can I prepare for the stay?","The German FAQ says no special preparation is needed, beyond thinking about your goals and slowing down beforehand. The guest Q&A suggests cutting back on coffee, alcohol and sugar, eating lighter and sleeping well for a few days before arrival. The brochure suggests tea instead of coffee.","photo-1501785888041-af3ef285b470","An Alpine lake below the Tyrolean mountains",{"amount":116,"currency":17},"12–16 nights, accommodation not included",[508,512,516,520],{"value":509,"label":510,"detail":511},"6","medical examinations","With abdominal treatment, 20 minutes each, for a 12–16-night stay, according to the Classic page.",{"value":513,"label":514,"detail":515},"7","nights minimum","Lanserhof sets the minimum stay for Lanserhof Classic at seven nights, and recommends two weeks.",{"value":517,"label":518,"detail":519},"3","meals a day","Lanserhof Energy Cuisine, set to your therapy plan with your attending physician, according to the German FAQ.",{"value":521,"label":522,"detail":523},"€63","resort fee per person per night","Charged on top of the programme price. The Classic page lists the on-call physician, Kneipp treatments, group therapies, lectures and evenings under it.","The programme’s medical examinations, treatments and diagnostics. Accommodation, a resort fee of €63 per person a night, supplements and medication are extra.",{"supervision":526,"team":527,"consultations":528},"The programme page says guests develop a diagnostic and therapy strategy with their attending physician. The Classic page lists a 24-hour on-call physician; the 2026 Lans brochure lists an on-call doctor, duty and night service.","Lanserhof’s German FAQ says its team of doctors looks after guests throughout the stay, working closely with therapists and with movement and nutrition experts.","For 12–16 nights: a 50-minute initial examination, 6 examinations with abdominal treatment, a findings discussion and a final one.",{"amount":116,"currency":17},{"slug":192,"name":193,"destinationSlug":111,"area":531,"country":94,"opened":532,"modalities":533,"character":183,"knownFor":534,"why":535,"signature":541,"typicalNights":542,"accolades":543,"honest":548,"relationship":549,"confidence":550,"image":503,"imageAlt":504,"website":551,"greatFor":552,"whoShouldGo":558,"team":559,"roomTypes":560,"facilities":592,"dining":598,"activities":608,"arrival":613,"destinationName":112,"programmeCount":42,"fromPrice":616},"Lans, near Innsbruck",1984,[114,75],"The Lans page says the first Lanserhof opened here in 1984 and calls it \"the origin of the Lanserhof Method\". An interview on the group’s site says a hotel built in 1974 became a health hotel in 1984, starting with F.X. Mayr medicine.",[536,537,538,539,540],"The group FAQ calls Lans its smallest resort, with a 'family' like, casual atmosphere.","The Lans page says guests work out a diagnostic and therapeutic strategy with their attending physician. The 2026 brochure’s Lanserhof Classic includes a 50-minute initial examination, bioimpedance, lactate diagnostics and a urinalysis.","The Lans page’s team section lists nine physicians, eight of whom include F.X. Mayr medicine or therapy among their qualifications.","Beyond Lanserhof Classic, the Lans page lists programmes for mental health, women’s hormone health, longevity, Long Covid and INUSpheresis blood purification, plus four-night retreats.","Innsbruck airport is 11 km, about 20 minutes by car, according to the arrival page. The 2026 brochure says Lanserhof Classic includes daily group movement and relaxation therapies.","Lanserhof Classic, the Lans page’s 'Medical Basic Programme': seven nights minimum, 14 days recommended, with initial and final examinations and two abdominal treatments.","7+ nights, 14 days advised; 4-night retreats",[544,545,546,547],"European Health & Spa Award, Best Medical Spa, 2017. The property says it was the eighth time.","Tatler Spa Awards 2017, 'Medical Maestro' category (group press release).","World Spa Awards 2018: World’s Best Spa Design and Austria’s Best Wellness Retreat (group press release, 26 October 2018).","RELAX Guide 2018 and 2019: four lilies and 20 points, the guide’s highest score (as reported on the group’s site).","Lanserhof’s method centres on its fasting therapy. The room and a binding EUR 63 fee per person a night, not refunded if unused, are extra. Outpatient stays are not offered, and the first days may bring headaches, dizziness or fatigue. Cancelling under four weeks out can cost 50% of the room rate.","bookable","medium","https:\u002F\u002Flanserhof.com\u002Fen\u002Flanserhof-lans\u002F",[553,554,555,556,557],"Physician-planned stays","Medical diagnostics","Longevity programmes","Women’s hormone health","Mental-health programmes","Somebody who wants a physician-planned stay of at least a week. Besides Lanserhof Classic, the Lans page lists mental-health, women’s hormone, longevity, Long Covid, INUSpheresis and weight-loss medication programmes, and four-night retreats. Ask before booking whether fasting is required.","The Lans page’s team section lists nine physicians: the medical director, a deputy and a second general-medicine specialist, and six internal-medicine specialists, one also in cardiology. Eight of the nine list F.X. Mayr medicine or therapy. The 2026 brochure adds physiotherapists and sports scientists, plus an on-call doctor and night service.",[561,565,569,573,577,581,584,588],{"name":562,"size":563,"note":564},"Single Room","20 m²","Floor-to-ceiling window; shower. The room pages list it from EUR 350 per person a night; the 2026 brochure gives EUR 350 classic, EUR 400 garden view and EUR 450 mountain view.",{"name":566,"size":567,"note":568},"Double Room","20–45 m²","Floor-to-ceiling windows; the Deluxe Double Rooms have a balcony with mountain views. The 2026 brochure gives EUR 490–630 for one guest, or EUR 375–445 per person for two.",{"name":570,"size":571,"note":572},"Grand Double Room","55–58 m²","Living and sleeping area with garden or Nordkette views and a private balcony; the room page says some add a small second bedroom and bathroom. EUR 690 for one guest, or EUR 475 per person for two (2026 brochure).",{"name":574,"size":575,"note":576},"Lanser Suite","About 50 m²","Balcony, bathtub and separate WC; the brochure says some have a steam or infrared shower. EUR 900 for one guest, or EUR 580 per person for two (2026 brochure).",{"name":578,"size":579,"note":580},"Loft Suite","55–70 m²","North side; the rooms page lists a panoramic window or Juliet balcony. EUR 990 for one guest, or EUR 625 per person for two (2026 brochure).",{"name":582,"size":575,"note":583},"Rooftop Suite","Balcony plus a private rooftop terrace. EUR 1,250 for one person (2026 brochure).",{"name":585,"size":586,"note":587},"Corner Suite","About 65 m²","Large balcony, bathtub and separate WC. EUR 1,400 for one person (2026 brochure).",{"name":589,"size":590,"note":591},"Panorama Suite","100 m²","Private sauna, second bedroom with en-suite bathroom, east-facing balcony. The 2026 brochure gives EUR 2,500 for one guest, or per person EUR 1,250 for two, EUR 920 for three and EUR 755 for four.",[593,594,595,596,597],"Laboratory diagnostics through partner laboratories in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia (brochure)","Outdoor pool and bathhouse, named in the Lans gallery captions","Cold chamber at −110°C (2026 brochure)","CellGym room and Kneipp corner (history page)","Reception, restaurant, shop, fireplace lounge and library in the entrance hall (2017 article)",[599,602,605],{"name":600,"note":601},"Energy Cuisine","The Lanserhof Concept page lists Energy Cuisine as the diet within the Lanserhof fasting cure. The group FAQ says the room rate includes doctor-prescribed meals, herbal teas, mineral water and alkaline broth.",{"name":603,"note":604},"Energy Cuisine Active","The Longevity and Long Covid pages charge EUR 69 per person a day for the Energy Cuisine Active programme.",{"name":606,"note":607},"Lanserhof Active Cuisine","The group’s press release says none of the four-day retreats follows a traditional fasting regimen; each uses Lanserhof Active Cuisine instead.",[609,610,611,612],"Daily group movement and relaxation sessions (included with Lanserhof Classic)","Introductory medical lecture, topical talks and a cultural evening programme","Yoga, Pilates and exercise in water (bookable therapies)","Meditation and guided deep relaxation (listed in the Longevity programme)",{"airport":614,"code":117,"transfer":615},"Innsbruck","About 20 minutes (11 km) by car; the property’s transfer is EUR 40 a trip. Munich airport is about 2.5 hours away, EUR 490.",{"amount":116,"currency":17},{"slug":111,"name":112,"place":618,"country":94,"countryCode":619,"cluster":81,"fame":42,"modalities":620,"hook":621,"caseFor":622,"hardFacts":627,"caveat":633,"season":634,"seasonNote":635,"practical":636,"figures":649,"faqs":662,"image":669,"imageAlt":670,"gallery":671,"coords":682,"gateway":685,"tempC":706,"climateNote":712,"leisure":713,"extensions":737,"resortCount":33,"programmeCount":33,"fromPrice":751,"minNights":434,"maxNights":432},"Lans, Igls and the Inn valley above Innsbruck","AT",[114,83],"Where the Mayr cure became a medical category — and where “going to Austria for your gut” came from.",[623,624,625,626],"This is the birthplace of the modern F. X. Mayr cure as an international product. Lanserhof opened at Lans in 1984 and turned a nineteenth-century digestive cure into a rigorous, doctor-led programme with diagnostics attached.","The tone is genuinely clinical rather than resort. A Mayr house runs a medical intake, blood work, manual abdominal treatment and a graded diet — and the well-known Austrian houses are unusually candid that the first three days are unpleasant.","It sits at altitude above Innsbruck with graded walking on the doorstep, which the doctors prescribe rather than suggest, and it is two hours from most of Europe.","The competition between the Tyrolean houses is real and useful: Lanserhof, Park Igls and the VIVAMAYR group have pushed each other on diagnostics for four decades, and the least resort-like of them is usually also the best value.",[628,629,630,631,632],"Lanserhof Lans opened in 1984 — the original house of the group that made Modern Mayr Medicine an international category.","The cure derives from Franz Xaver Mayr (1875–1965), an Austrian physician whose diagnostic and dietary system underpins every house here.","Lanserhof Tegernsee (2014) and Lanserhof Sylt (2022) are the group’s later flagships, in Germany.","Park Igls sits above Innsbruck at roughly 900 m and is consistently the most clinically-toned and least expensive of the famous Austrian Mayr houses.","A standard Mayr course is 7 to 14 nights; the houses themselves recommend 14 for a first cure.","The Mayr cure is not a spa week and the first seventy-two hours are genuinely miserable — headache, fatigue and hunger while caffeine and sugar come out. The evidence base is also thinner than the clinical presentation suggests: supervised caloric restriction, chewing training and a strict eating rhythm plausibly explain most of the benefit, and the more elaborate diagnostic claims made for abdominal palpation are not well supported. Go for the structure and the supervision, not for the theory.",[42,42,42,42,33,33,33,33,33,42,43,42],"May to September is the window, because the graded walking that the doctors prescribe needs open paths and long light. November is the Alpine Zwischensaison and much of the valley closes. Winter courses run and work perfectly well — you simply do the walking on cleared paths in the cold.",[637,640,643,646],{"label":638,"value":639},"Getting there","Innsbruck (INN) is twenty minutes away; Munich is two hours by road or rail and often better connected.",{"label":641,"value":642},"The first days","Expect headache and fatigue on days two and three. Taper caffeine at home for a fortnight beforehand and it is markedly easier.",{"label":644,"value":645},"Insurance","Austrian and German insurers occasionally contribute where a medical indication is documented. Ask before travelling; it is never automatic.",{"label":647,"value":648},"What to bring","Walking shoes. The prescription includes the hill, and the houses check that you are using it.",[650,653,656,659],{"value":651,"label":652},"1984","Lanserhof Lans opens",{"value":654,"label":655},"900 m","Park Igls altitude",{"value":657,"label":658},"7–14","Nights, standard course",{"value":660,"label":661},"3 days","Before it gets easier",[663,666],{"q":664,"a":665},"What actually is a Mayr cure?","A medically supervised digestive rest: a graded, deliberately dull diet, trained slow chewing, manual abdominal treatment, magnesium, and a strict eating rhythm with nothing after early evening. Diagnostics and blood work sit around it. It is dull by design and that is most of why it works.",{"q":667,"a":668},"Which house should I take?","Park Igls if you want the most clinical tone and the best value; Lanserhof if you want the diagnostics and the architecture and do not mind paying for both. We will tell you plainly which one your answers point at.","photo-1520769945061-0a448c463865","An Alpine meadow above the Inn valley",[672,674,676,679],{"src":503,"alt":673},"An Alpine lake below mountains",{"src":669,"alt":675},"The valley from the ridge above it",{"src":677,"alt":678},"photo-1439853949127-fa647821eba0","A mountain lake in the high Alps",{"src":680,"alt":681},"photo-1476231682828-37e571bc172f","Alpine forest from above",{"lat":683,"lng":684},47.23,11.41,{"airport":614,"code":117,"city":686,"routings":687,"transfer":704,"flightNote":705},"Innsbruck — the clinics are in the hills immediately above it",[688,692,696,700],{"from":689,"how":690,"time":691},"London & the UK","Direct to Innsbruck, heavily weighted to the ski season; Munich is the year-round alternative, two hours by road.","2 hours",{"from":693,"how":694,"time":695},"Continental Europe","Direct to Innsbruck or Munich, or the rail network through Munich and Zurich.","2–4 hours",{"from":697,"how":698,"time":699},"The Gulf & India","Direct to Munich or Vienna, then rail or road.","6–8 hours flying",{"from":701,"how":702,"time":703},"North America","One stop through Munich, Frankfurt, Vienna or Zurich.","10–12 hours","20 to 30 minutes up the hill from Innsbruck airport to Lans, Igls and the Hungerburg. Two hours from Munich.","The Innsbruck approach is a valley one and winter weather diverts it to Munich or Salzburg more often than any other alpine airport — the airline buses you on, but it adds three hours. If your programme starts the next morning, fly the day before.",[23,250,707,419,708,709,710,711,708,419,13,14],11,20,23,25,24,"A sheltered alpine valley at 600 m, with the clinics 300 m above it. Föhn winds make spring changeable; September and October are the settled months.",[714,720,725,728,732],{"name":715,"kind":716,"duration":717,"note":718,"when":719},"The Nordkette by cable car","nature","Half day","From the middle of Innsbruck to 2,300 m in twenty minutes on a Zaha Hadid funicular and two cable cars. The city is directly below your feet at the top.","any",{"name":721,"kind":722,"duration":691,"note":723,"when":724},"The Goldenes Dachl and the old town","culture","Maximilian’s golden roof of 1500, the Hofburg and the Hofkirche with its twenty-eight bronze mourners — the finest Renaissance monument north of the Alps.","rest-day",{"name":726,"kind":722,"duration":717,"note":727,"when":724},"Swarovski Kristallwelten","Twenty minutes east at Wattens. Divisive, spectacular, and the André Heller chambers are far stranger than the shop suggests.",{"name":729,"kind":716,"duration":730,"note":731,"when":719},"The Zillertal and the Achensee","Full day","A steam railway up the Ziller valley, or the lake steamer on the Achensee. Tyrol at its most postcard, an hour away.",{"name":733,"kind":734,"duration":717,"note":735,"when":736},"A mountain hut lunch","food","Fifty minutes up on foot to a Jausenstation for Kaiserschmarrn and a view. On a modified-fasting programme this is a genuinely bad idea and we will say so — take it after.","after",[738,743,747],{"name":739,"nights":740,"note":741,"side":742},"Salzburg","2 nights","Two hours by rail, and the natural pairing with an Innsbruck stay.","either",{"name":744,"nights":745,"note":746,"side":736},"The Dolomites","3 nights","Over the Brenner into Alto Adige — Alpe di Siusi, Ortisei and the best mountain food in Europe.",{"name":748,"nights":740,"note":749,"side":750},"Munich","Two hours north, and often the gateway anyway. The Pinakotheken and the Englischer Garten.","before",{"amount":116,"currency":17},{"slug":114,"name":416,"tagline":417,"origin":753,"regulated":392,"regulationNote":754,"indications":755,"cautions":761,"whatHappens":766,"minimumNights":434,"recommendedNights":432,"image":503,"imageAlt":767,"originPlace":94,"body":768,"hardFacts":772,"evidence":779,"treatments":802,"glossary":826,"confusedWith":848,"figures":851,"faqs":863,"destinationCount":42,"resortCount":33,"programmeCount":33},"Austria. Franz Xaver Mayr (1875–1965) built the diagnostic and dietary system that carries his name.","Delivered by licensed physicians in Austrian and German clinics under ordinary medical regulation — a Mayr house is a medical practice with a hotel attached rather than a spa with a doctor visiting. The method itself is not separately accredited; what is regulated is the doctor.",[756,757,758,759,760],"Bloating, reflux and functional digestive complaints that have been investigated and found structurally normal","Metabolic reset — insulin resistance, visceral fat, stubborn weight","Breaking an eating rhythm that has drifted into late nights and grazing","Fatigue with no identified cause, where a fortnight of structure is worth trying","Recovery from a long stretch of travel, alcohol and restaurant food",[762,763,764,765],"Any history of an eating disorder — the restriction and the weighing are inappropriate and good houses decline","Pregnancy and breastfeeding","Type 1 diabetes, and type 2 on insulin or sulfonylureas, without your own doctor’s written plan","Anyone underweight, or over seventy without a cardiology review","A medical intake with bloods on arrival, then a graded and deliberately dull diet — often beginning with broth and a stale roll you are taught to chew thirty times — with manual abdominal treatment, magnesium, and nothing to eat after early evening. Diagnostics and daily walking sit around it. Days two and three are unpleasant for almost everybody.","An alpine lake below the peaks, with a single boat",[769,770,771],"Modern Mayr medicine is the most rigorous of the European cure traditions and the least pleasant to undergo, and those two facts are related. It rests on a specific, testable proposition: that a large amount of general unwellness is digestive in origin, and that resting, cleansing and retraining the digestive tract changes it. Franz Xaver Mayr, an Austrian physician, developed the diagnostic approach in the early twentieth century; the modern form has added laboratory medicine and dropped much of the original severity.","What makes it medicine rather than a diet is the examination. A Mayr physician performs a structured abdominal assessment — palpation, posture, tongue, a defined set of findings — and the diet is prescribed from it and revised through the stay. There is no menu. What arrives at the table is a clinical decision, and it is often very little.","The technique guests find hardest is the simplest: chewing. Each mouthful is chewed to liquid, thirty or forty times, in silence, at a table where everyone else is doing the same. It sounds absurd. It is central, it is measurable in how you feel by day four, and it is the single habit most people take home.",[773,774,775,776,777,778],"Franz Xaver Mayr (1875–1965) was an Austrian physician; the diagnostic and dietary system carries his name.","Modern Mayr medicine is practised under physician supervision with laboratory diagnostics, and is taught through professional associations in Austria and Germany.","The classical cure length is fourteen days; the method is written around that duration.","The Tyrolean cure houses sit at roughly 900 m on the plateaux above Innsbruck, and graded walking is part of the prescription.","Manual abdominal treatment by a physician or trained therapist is a defining component, not an optional extra.","The historical \"milk and stale roll\" diet has largely been replaced by staged modern protocols.",[780,784,788,791,795,798],{"claim":781,"status":782,"note":783},"Caloric restriction and fasting produce metabolic improvements","good","Short-term improvements in weight, blood pressure, lipids and glycaemic markers under supervised fasting and severe restriction are well documented. The open question is durability after you go home, which is what the departure protocol exists for.",{"claim":785,"status":786,"note":787},"Supervised fasting improves symptoms in metabolic syndrome and hypertension","mixed","A reasonable observational and small-trial literature, much of it from German fasting clinics. Encouraging, not definitive, and heavily dependent on what happens in the following months.",{"claim":789,"status":786,"note":790},"Thorough chewing and slow eating reduce intake and improve digestive symptoms","Slower eating and increased chewing are associated with lower intake and improved satiety signalling in several studies. Modest effects; free; and the one thing every guest leaves with.",{"claim":792,"status":793,"note":794},"Manual abdominal treatment relieves functional digestive symptoms","traditional","A century of clinical practice, a coherent rationale, and very little controlled evidence. Guests are consistently positive about it.",{"claim":796,"status":786,"note":797},"The gut is the origin of most systemic disease","The foundational claim, and it has aged better than most such claims — gut–systemic links in inflammation and metabolism are a serious research field. That is a long way from the strong version the tradition asserts.",{"claim":799,"status":800,"note":801},"A cure \"detoxifies\" the body","none","The word appears on menus and should not. What is demonstrably happening is caloric restriction, dietary simplification, removal of alcohol and caffeine, sleep repair and daily walking under supervision — which is quite enough to explain the result.",[803,807,811,815,819,823],{"name":804,"duration":805,"body":806},"Mayr diagnostic examination","45–60 minutes, on arrival","Structured abdominal palpation, posture, tongue and history. The diet is written from this and from nothing else. Repeated through the stay.",{"name":808,"duration":809,"body":810},"The staged diet","The whole cure","Prescribed in stages from very restricted upward, revised as you respond. Plain, small, and eaten slowly. You will be hungry, particularly on days two and three, and that is expected rather than a sign of a mistake.",{"name":812,"duration":813,"body":814},"Manual abdominal treatment","20–30 minutes, most days","Hands-on work over the abdomen by a physician or trained therapist. The core technique of the method and, for most guests, the most surprising part of it.",{"name":816,"duration":817,"body":818},"Laboratory diagnostics","Start and end","Bloods at both ends so the result is measured rather than felt. A cure house that does not repeat the panel has left the most useful part out.",{"name":820,"duration":821,"body":822},"Graded walking","Daily","Prescribed, at altitude, at an intensity set to your state — usually far gentler than guests expect in week one. The alpine plateau is not decoration; it is part of the protocol.",{"name":824,"duration":821,"body":825},"Base powders and supplementation","Alkaline mineral supplementation and magnesium are standard within the method. Ask what each is for; a good physician answers precisely.",[827,830,833,836,839,842,845],{"term":828,"meaning":829},"Mayr cure","The full physician-led course: examination, staged diet, manual treatment, movement.",{"term":831,"meaning":832},"Modern Mayr medicine","The contemporary form, with laboratory diagnostics and without the original severity.",{"term":834,"meaning":835},"Kauen","Chewing — to liquid, thirty or forty times, in silence. The technique.",{"term":837,"meaning":838},"Bauchbehandlung","Manual abdominal treatment.",{"term":840,"meaning":841},"Basenpulver","Alkaline mineral powder used within the protocol.",{"term":843,"meaning":844},"Schonkost","The gentle, restricted diet stage.",{"term":846,"meaning":847},"Entlastungstag","A relief day — a deliberately reduced day within the cure.",{"name":849,"difference":850},"A juice-fast detox retreat","A juice fast is a product you order. A Mayr cure is a diagnosis followed by a prescription, with laboratory work at both ends and a physician who can stop it. The subjective experience of hunger is similar; everything around it — the assessment, the staging, the supervision, the measurement — is not.",[852,855,857,860],{"value":853,"label":854},"14","Days in a classical cure",{"value":654,"label":856},"Altitude of the Tyrolean houses",{"value":858,"label":859},"2","Laboratory panels: start and end",{"value":861,"label":862},"40","Chews per mouthful",[864,867,870,873],{"q":865,"a":866},"How hungry will I actually be?","Genuinely hungry, and worst on days two and three. It settles, and most guests report a strange clarity by the end of the first week. If that sounds intolerable rather than interesting, this is the wrong discipline and we will say so.",{"q":868,"a":869},"Is a week enough?","Seven nights is the shortest cure the houses take and it is enough to be uncomfortable, rarely enough to be changed. Fourteen is the length the method is written around and what the physicians will recommend. Ten is a workable compromise if the laboratory work is repeated.",{"q":871,"a":872},"Who should not do this?","Fasting programmes require clinical pre-screening and are generally unsuitable with a history of an eating disorder, during pregnancy or breastfeeding, with type 1 diabetes, significant underweight, or active treatment for serious illness. They can interact with several medicines, so discuss the programme with your own doctor and provide the property’s qualified team with a complete medication list.",{"q":874,"a":875},"Will I put the weight straight back on?","Some of it, and quickly — a meaningful part of what comes off in week one is water. What the cure is actually for is the metabolic picture, the digestive symptoms and the habits, and the eight weeks after you leave decide whether any of it lasts. That is what the departure protocol is for, and it is the part to take seriously.",[877,951],{"slug":878,"name":879,"resortSlug":127,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":880,"intention":430,"concerns":881,"nights":432,"lengths":882,"groupSize":43,"overview":883,"suitedTo":887,"notSuitedTo":888,"phases":890,"dayShape":891,"sampleDay":892,"included":920,"excluded":929,"faqs":933,"image":934,"imageAlt":935,"featured":392,"startingPrice":936,"priceBasis":937,"counted":938,"priceIncludes":945,"care":946,"price":950,"resortName":128,"resortCharacter":129,"destinationSlug":6,"destinationName":7,"country":8},"somatheeram-body-purification-therapy","Body Purification Therapy (Shodhana Chikilsa)","Somatheeram’s Panchakarma purification package — Shodhana Chikilsa — sold as a seven-night or fourteen-night stay.",[275],[434,432],[884,885,886],"Body Purification Therapy (Shodhana Chikilsa) is package 2 of Somatheeram’s Ayurveda Panchakarma and Rasayana packages. The property describes it as a process of purifying the whole body to attain proper balance of vatha, pitha and kapha, based on Panchakarma and Swethakarma treatment.","The property lists body massage, snehapanam, nasyam, virechanam (a medicated purgative), snehavasthi, dhara, pizhichil, njavarakizhi, karnapooranam, tharpanam, sirovasthi and a steam bath, with internal herbal medicines. Its tariff describes snehapanam as medicated ghee taken internally in gradually increasing amounts.","The tariff says the consulting doctor takes the final decision and the process may change with the patient’s body condition. The property states that each guest is given a tailor-made diet and treatment schedule after consultation with the doctors, and that all its medicines are manufactured by Somatheeram from medicinal plants grown organically in its own gardens.",[],[889],"Children under 12 — the tariff states that, as an Ayurveda hospital, it does not recommend them unless the doctors recommend admission",[],"The property publishes a general day: medicine at 6am, yoga and meditation, meals in set windows, two hours' treatment minimum, bed by 10pm.",[893,896,899,903,907,911,914,917],{"time":894,"what":895},"06:00","Internal medicine, as advised by the doctors",{"time":897,"what":898},"07:00–11:00","Vegetarian breakfast, as advised by the doctors",{"time":900,"what":901,"note":902},"07:00–19:00","Treatment","At least two hours a day in set slots. The property says it may vary with the doctor’s direction and therapy; some packages have two treatments.",{"time":904,"what":905,"note":906},"07:30–08:00","Meditation","The property allows half an hour of meditation a day.",{"time":908,"what":909,"note":910},"08:00–09:30","Yoga (advanced)","Or beginners' yoga at 10:00–11:30, or intermediate at 17:00–18:30. The property allows an hour and a half of yoga a day.",{"time":912,"what":913},"12:30–15:00","Vegetarian lunch, as advised by the doctors",{"time":915,"what":916},"19:00–22:00","Vegetarian dinner, as advised by the doctors",{"time":918,"what":919},"22:00","Bedtime — before 10pm",[921,922,923,924,925,926,927,928],"Accommodation as per the category of booking","Daily Ayurvedic treatments, with internal herbal medicines","Ayurvedic vegetarian full-board meals, with an individual Ayurveda diet menu","Initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor","Free medicines during the inpatient treatment period","One yoga session a day","Airport transfer from Thiruvananthapuram, complimentary","Language interpreters, complimentary",[930,931,932],"The half-day backwater boat tour, included only from 21 nights","A specific room on request, at 5% extra","Early check-in and late check-out — subject to availability, at an additional charge",[],"photo-1512290923902-8a9f81dc236c","A guest receiving a warm-oil head treatment",{"amount":16,"currency":17},"14 nights, sharing a Standard Room A\u002FC",[939,942],{"value":853,"label":940,"detail":941},"nights","It also sells a 7-night package.",{"value":858,"label":943,"detail":944},"hours of treatment a day","The property’s schedule states a minimum of two hours of treatment a day, which may vary with the doctor’s direction and the therapy booked.","Accommodation, daily Ayurvedic treatments with herbal medicines, vegetarian full board, the doctor’s consultations and medicines.",{"supervision":947,"team":948,"consultations":949},"The property states that all treatments are prescribed by Ayurvedic doctors at the hospital and carried out under supervision. Its tariff lists a resident Ayurveda doctor and a modern-medicine doctor on call.","The property states it has 20 Ayurvedic doctors and 90 therapists. Its tariff says pizhichil, listed for this package, is given by two to four trained therapists.","Initial, daily and final consultation by the doctor, according to the tariff.",{"amount":16,"currency":17},{"slug":952,"name":953,"resortSlug":131,"modalitySlug":11,"hook":954,"intention":430,"concerns":955,"nights":956,"lengths":957,"groupSize":43,"overview":959,"suitedTo":963,"notSuitedTo":967,"phases":976,"dayShape":449,"sampleDay":1017,"included":1018,"excluded":1027,"faqs":1028,"image":1041,"imageAlt":1042,"priceBasis":449,"counted":1043,"priceIncludes":449,"care":1048,"resortName":132,"resortCharacter":129,"destinationSlug":6,"destinationName":7,"country":8},"kalari-kovilakom-complete-detox","Complete Detox — Panchakarma Chikitsa","Panchakarma over 21 to 28 days at a palace near Kollengode the property describes as 200 years old and a NABH-accredited Ayurveda hospital.",[275],21,[956,958],28,[960,961,962],"The property describes Panchakarma as an intensive cleansing treatment that follows early Ayurvedic texts such as the Charaka Samhita. The name means five actions — induced vomiting, purgation, two kinds of medicated enema and nasal medication. A preparatory stage comes first, the doctor prescribes one or more of the five, and a corrective, rejuvenating stage closes a course of 21 to 28 days.","Kalari Kovilakom stands in the palace grounds of the erstwhile Vengunad kingdom near Kollengode, in the Palakkad district of Kerala. The property describes it as a 200-year-old palace with 19 rooms and a clinic of 12 treatment rooms. CGH Earth’s treatments page says its treatments are offered at both its healthcare facilities in Kerala, Kalari Kovilakom and Kalari Rasayana.","The property’s hospital rules set a Sattvic vegetarian diet with limits on portions and physical activity. Patients may not leave the premises, even for a walk, swimming is not permitted, and phones should be minimised or switched off. Tobacco, alcohol and any addictive substance are strictly prohibited within the property, and anyone using them would be asked to leave the programme.",[964,965,966],"Anyone who can stay the full course the doctor sets — the property says completing it is mandatory","Anyone prepared to eat a prescribed Sattvic vegetarian diet and stay within the hospital premises throughout","Anyone wanting cleansing in three stages — preparation, elimination, then corrective and rejuvenating care",[968,969,970,971,972,973,974,975],"Anyone who has had surgery, chemotherapy or radiation in the last six months — the property requires a six-month interval first","Patients who are bedridden, wheelchair-bound, critically ill or on life support — the property says it cannot treat or admit them","Anyone not fit for a given Panchakarma procedure — the property performs them only on patients fit for them under classical texts","Anyone with a communicable disease or a condition treatment could worsen — the property’s declaration asks patients to confirm neither","Older patients — the property says strong cleansing is not indicated for the aged, especially after 70","Anyone who may need to leave early — the property says it is not safe to stop a detox procedure midway","Anyone under 14 — the property takes only residents aged 14 and above (its enquiry form says 15 and above)","Anyone who would use tobacco, alcohol or any addictive substance during the stay — the property prohibits them within the property",[977,984,992,1001,1008],{"title":978,"days":449,"body":979,"points":980},"Diagnosis","The property says every treatment begins with three diagnostic procedures, from which the vaidya determines the patient’s doshas, or body constitution, and decides the course of treatment. CGH Earth’s blog says the initial days focus on the patient’s constitution, current imbalances and lifestyle.",[981,982,983],"Darshana — observation","Sparshana — physical examination","Prasna — questioning",{"title":985,"days":449,"body":986,"points":987},"Poorvakarma — preparation","The body is prepared for toxin removal by Snehanam, oleation inside and out, and Swedanam, therapeutic sweating. The vaidya chooses the methods to suit the patient’s condition and doshas, and the property says some patients first undergo Rookshna, a drying stage.",[988,989,990,991],"Achapanam — medicated ghee in rising doses over 3 to 7 days","Vicharana — medicated ghee taken with the normal diet","External oleation with medicated oils, such as Uzhichil","Swedanam — including Pizhichil, herbal-pouch kizhi massages and steam",{"title":993,"days":449,"body":994,"points":995},"Pradhanakarma — elimination","The property calls this the main stage of the treatment. Based on the diagnosis, the doctor prescribes one or more of the five Panchakarma procedures, and the property’s blog says most patients need not all five but one or two.",[996,997,998,999,1000],"Virechana — therapeutic purging","Nasyam — nasal cleansing","Vamana — therapeutic vomiting","Kashayavasthi — medicated enema","Snehavasthi — medicated enema with oil",{"title":1002,"days":449,"body":1003,"points":1004},"Samana — correction and rejuvenation","The final stage uses moderate corrective and rejuvenating treatments to maintain the effects of the cleansing, and the physician prescribes the diet and lifestyle to follow.",[1005,1006,1007],"Elakizhi, Narangakizhi, Dhanyakizhi or Njavarakizhi, as prescribed","Pizhichil, Kashaya dhara, Thakradhara or Ksheeradhara, as prescribed","Diet and lifestyle prescribed by the physician",{"title":1009,"days":449,"body":1010,"points":1011},"Upakarma — supporting treatments","The property says the doctor decides after diagnosis whether a patient needs supporting treatments or treatments for other ailments, and that the treatments listed are not all given to a person at one time.",[1012,1013,1014,1015,1016],"Netra Kalpana — treatment for the eye","Murdha Tailam — treatment for the head and neck region","Karna Kalpana — treatment for the ear","Mukhalepam — face treatment","Vasthy — medicated oil held on an area such as the lower back or knee",[],[1019,1020,1021,1022,1023,1024,1025,1026],"Doctor consultations","Ayurveda treatments","Herbal medicines made at the property from its garden, some from other Kerala pharmacies","Prescribed Sattvic diet, personalised to the patient’s doshas","Yoga consultations and meditation sessions","Accommodation, with single-occupancy and sharing options","Garments made from natural organic materials","Airport pick-up and drop-off — the property’s page names Trivandrum Airport",[],[1029,1032,1035,1038],{"q":1030,"a":1031},"When is Panchakarma recommended?","CGH Earth’s blog says the doctor prescribes Panchakarma when a patient is diagnosed with a disease for which it is recommended, and only if the patient is strong enough. It gives the ideal season as the time when the patient’s dosha is aggravated, leading to disease.",{"q":1033,"a":1034},"Are all five Panchakarma procedures used?","The property’s blog says most patients need only one or two of the five. Its Complete Detox page says the doctor prescribes one or more according to each individual’s condition.",{"q":1036,"a":1037},"Can the length of treatment change after arrival?","Yes, according to the property’s declaration. It says the recommended days are only an estimate that can change after admission, especially after heavy symptom-suppressing medication, so a patient may need to extend, subject to room availability, or plan a return visit.",{"q":1039,"a":1040},"What happens during the menstrual cycle?","The property’s hospital rules say certain treatment procedures are toned down or avoided during the menstrual cycle, and the vaidya advises which procedures can go ahead.","photo-1532092367580-3bd5bc78dd9d","Hands sorting fresh herbs on a table",[1044],{"value":1045,"label":1046,"detail":1047},"21","to 28 days of treatment","The treatment duration the property gives for Complete Detox: Panchakarma Chikitsa.",{"supervision":1049,"team":1050,"consultations":1051},"The property describes Kalari Kovilakom as an Ayurveda healthcare facility and hospital, certified and accredited by the NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers).","The property lists five vaidyas, all BAMS and one also MD (Ay), all specialising in Panchakarma and registered with the Kerala State Medical Council, with 4 to 26 years' experience.","Doctor and yoga consultations are included. The property says treatment begins with observation, examination and questioning.",1789312814593]