Wollina Uwe, Barth Joachim
Klinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Friedrichstr. 41, 01067, Dresden, Deutschland.
, Leipzig, Deutschland.
Dermatologie (Heidelb). 2025 Sep 12. doi: 10.1007/s00105-025-05582-1.
In the second half of the 19th century, the Swiss autodidact Arnold Rikli developed his concept of the "atmospheric cure" as part of naturopathic efforts and implemented it in Veldes (today Bled, Slovenia).
What concepts did Riki develop and what indications did he see. How is this to be assessed from today's perspective?
Rikli's own writings are used to evaluate his "light air cure" as a form of phototherapy. Secondary literature is used to evaluate Rikli's status in his time as well as contradictions and ambivalences from a modern perspective.
For Rikli, the central linchpin of naturopathy is the "light air cure", which he combined with hydrotherapy, physical exercise, phytotherapy, and vegetable nutrition. He was very active as a writer with 53 publications in books and magazines and thus gained a great deal of fame. His views were not without controversy. He appeared as an outspoken opponent of conventional medicine and was a declared opponent of vaccination. His merit was to bring "light therapy" into the focus of attention. In the years that followed, it was increasingly scientifically processed and used in conventional medicine, for example, in the treatment of rickets and tuberculosis. Since 1989, the Arnold Rikli Prize for outstanding leadership in the field of photobiology has been awarded in memory of the "father of phototherapy".
As a nonphysician, Rikli popularized phototherapy as part of a holistic treatment concept in the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century. He eventually helped it gain recognition in conventional medicine, which initially focused on its use in nonpulmonary tuberculosis. Rikli's partly pseudoscientific justifications of his treatment methods have hindered their acceptance in medicine. Nevertheless, he is also a pioneer of phototherapy from a modern point of view and developed his own hydrotherapeutic approaches. His activities were also aimed at the development of tourism in the region around Bled. The combination of physical medicine with physical exercise, vegetable nutrition and phytotherapy seems almost modern compared to the spa medicine of its time. This is also recognized by the Arnold Rikli Prize for Photobiology.
19世纪下半叶，瑞士自学成才的阿诺德·里克利提出了“气候疗法”的概念，这是自然疗法的一部分，并在费尔德斯（今斯洛文尼亚的布莱德）付诸实践。
里克利提出了哪些概念，他认为有哪些适应症？从当今的角度应如何评估？
运用里克利自己的著作来评估他的 “光空气疗法” 作为一种光疗形式。利用二手文献从现代视角评估里克利在他那个时代的地位以及其中的矛盾和矛盾心理。
对里克利而言，自然疗法的核心关键是 “光空气疗法”，他将其与水疗法、体育锻炼、植物疗法和植物营养相结合。他作为一名作家非常活跃，在书籍和杂志上发表了53篇文章，从而声名远扬。他的观点并非毫无争议。他是传统医学直言不讳的反对者，也是疫苗接种的公开反对者。他的功绩在于使 “光疗法” 成为关注焦点。在随后的几年里，它在传统医学中得到了越来越多的科学处理和应用，例如用于治疗佝偻病和肺结核。自1989年以来，为纪念 “光疗之父”，设立了阿诺德·里克利光生物学杰出领导力奖。
作为一名非医生，里克利在19世纪下半叶和20世纪初将光疗作为整体治疗概念的一部分进行了推广。他最终帮助光疗在传统医学中获得认可，传统医学最初侧重于将其用于非肺结核治疗。里克利对其治疗方法部分伪科学的论证阻碍了它们在医学上的接受。然而，从现代观点来看，他也是光疗的先驱，并开发了自己的水疗方法。他的活动还旨在推动布莱德周边地区的旅游业发展。与当时的温泉医学相比，物理医学与体育锻炼、植物营养和植物疗法的结合似乎几乎具有现代性。这也得到了阿诺德·里克利光生物学奖的认可。
