The blooming foods and fragrant medicines of the monks

The monasteries of the early and high Middle Ages were places of science, research and education also in the field of medicine. UNESCO has included this long-standing experience and proven knowledge in the field of medicine in the world cultural heritage.

In medieval monasteries, the religious laid the foundations of modern medicine. From the 6th to the 12th centuries, medical care for the population of Europe was in the hands of nuns and monks. Nevertheless, the ancient knowledge of herbal medicine has been experiencing a miraculous renaissance.

Let us show you the traditional healing knowledge from Europe. Our ancestors left an impressive medical legacy with monastery medicine and the medical school of Salerno based on it. The best recipe for stomach ache? Soak five slices of radish in honey and aloe, wrap in a linen cloth and tie onto the navel. claims the "Lorsch Pharmacopoeia" from 785 -> making it he oldest monastic healing book in the world.

With visiting this page and our day Spa in Northern Kentucky we wish to contribute to the preservation and deepening of monastery medicine and Traditional European Healing knowlegde.