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Dandelion – a valuable medicinal plant

A sun-yellow glowing herb that has conquered a place on meadows, pastures, field edges and also in the garden.

Spring fatigue

When the days get longer and warmer again, our organism has to adapt again.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Salzburg: Hotel Gassner

The renowned LEADING SPA AWARD was presented for the 12th time. The visitors of the portal Leading Spa Resorts chose the Hotel Gassner as one of the winners. This officially makes the house one of the most popular Leading Spa Resorts in Salzburg.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Carinthia: Thermenwelt Hotel Pulverer

Enjoying time in Carinthia: Wellness tip from LEADING SPA. The whole world in harmony. This is what wellness feels like at Hotel Pulverer. Where healing water flows through the thermal world, tranquility flows through the rooms and the LEADING SPA AWARD CARINTHIA 2022 is finally at home.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Upper Austria - Hotel Gut Eichingerbauer

Famous wellness award goes to the Salzkammergut. The LEADING SPA AWARD has a clear message: top-class relaxation! And they are officially available at the Hotel Gut Eichingerbauer. The LEADING SPA AWARD OBERÖSTERREICH 2022 goes to the enchanting St. Lorenz am Mondsee.

LEADING SPA AWARD TYROL 2022: Bio wellness hotel Holzleiten

The Holzleiten convinced the visitors of the portal Leading Spa Resorts with a wellness world that you can simply let yourself go. A special experience that was awarded the coveted wellness prize for the first time in 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 South Tyrol: Feuerstein Nature Family Resort

Family wellness creams off the renowned LEADING SPA AWARD. The LEADING SPA AWARD has been recognizing the best wellness concepts for 12 years. In 2022, the Feuerstein Nature Family Resort brought the coveted award to South Tyrol.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Veneto: Quellenhof Luxury Resort Lazise

Bravissimo: Quellenhof Lazise wins international wellness award. The 5-star resort on Lake Garda turns out to be a wellness pearl. With its exclusive concept, it brings the coveted LEADING SPA AWARD to Veneto.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Baden-Württemberg: Treschers - The hotel on the lake

Award-winning: wellness at Treschers am Tiiisee. The LEADING SPA AWARD is well known to wellness connoisseurs. For 12 years it has been awarding spa hotels in the premium class. This year the Treschers am Titisee is happy about its second award in a row.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Vorarlberg: Sonne Lifestyle Resort

Reason to shine: Wellness Award for the sun. Nature, luxury, Bregenzerwald. Three good reasons to visit the Sonne Lifestyle Resort in Vorarlberg. But the main reason: The LEADING SPA AWARD VORARLBERG 2022 officially chooses the sun as one of the most popular wellness hotels in the country!

Leading Spa Award 2022 Styria: Spa Hotel Erzherzog Johann

Over 38,000 votes voted the Hotel Erzherzog Johann the most popular wellness hotel in Styria and awarded its coherent concept the LEADING SPA AWARD STYRIA 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Lower Austria: Schlosspark Mauerbach - Adults Only

Schlosspark Mauerbach named LEADING SPA AWARD winner. Top-class wellness has a new name in the Vienna Woods: Schlosspark Mauerbach. With its unique concept "Between business and relaxation", the wellness hotel wins the coveted LEADING SPA AWARD LOWER AUSTRIA 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Burgenland: Reduce Hotel Vital

The REDUCE Hotel Vital has created a feel-good place for all the senses. Between nature and culture, guests can experience top-class spa and wellness. An outstanding concept that has now been honored with the LEADING SPA AWARD BURGENLAND 2022.

Leading Spa Award 2022 North Rhine-Westphalia: Romantic & Wellness Hotel Deimann

Wellness in a class of its own: Romantik- & Wellnesshotel Deimann wins award. The LEADING SPA AWARD is one of the most coveted wellness awards in Germany. There can only be one winner per federal state and in 2022 the Deimann will win the coveted award.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Bavaria: Wellness Hotel Hüttenhof

Hüttenhof: A wellness heaven in the Bavarian Forest. This is how it feels when the moment becomes an unforgettable moment. The adult hotel in the Bavarian Forest will enchant you with award-winning pampering moments.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Rhineland-Palatinate: Pfalzblick Wald Spa Resort

Top address for wellness holidays: Pfalzblick Wald Spa Resort Water, vitality and sauna worlds: all good things come in threes. Or at least three. Because the Pfalzblick combines everything that makes a 4-star superior wellness holiday. It is not for nothing that the coveted LEADING SPA AWARD RHEINLAND PFALZ 2022 goes to Dahn.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Saarland: Seezeitlodge Hotel & Spa

Best of Spa: The Seezeitlodge wins the LEADING SPA AWARD. LEADING SPA has awarded 16 top-class wellness hotels. From more than 38,300 holiday reviews, the Seezeitlodge once again emerged as the favorite in Saarland.

Leading Spa Award 2022 Lower Saxony: Romantic angle - RoLigio® & Wellness Resort

Et voilà, the winners of the LEADING SPA AWARDS 2022 have been announced and a very special jewel in the wellness heaven of Lower Saxony can look forward to it: The Romantic Angle is bringing the award to Bad Sachsa.

LEADING SPA AWARD 2022: The winners have been chosen

The wellness world has 16 new LEADING SPA AWARD winners. Get to know the most popular Leading Spa Resorts in Austria, Germany and Italy now.

Leading Spa Award Voting 2023

Vote for your favorite hotels and help decide who will be the "Leading Spa Award Winner 2023".

3 ways to calm your mind.

Nettle "Master of Essences"

It is characteristic of the nettle that it is extremely poisonous on the outside and gentle and loving on the inside.

Leading Spa Awards - Vote for your favourite!

You can cast your vote on the respective hotel pages and award your hotel / resort with the Leading Spa Award 2022.

Draw energy with power soups

A power soup is the best thing you can do in the colder season. Regardless of the ingredients, it is mainly cooked for a long time, and the overcooked solid parts are strained.

Why a cooked breakfast?

Since our organs are more or less active at different times of the day, we can support our body in a very natural and simple way.

Autumn time is also chestnut time

In the colder season, chestnuts simply belong as a warming delicacy.

Dry and chapped skin from a TCM perspective

Is your skin tight or are your hands and feet cracked?

Astoria Resort Seefeld becomes Alpin Resort Sacher Seefeld-Tirol

From mid-September, the two hotels in Austria will become three: Astoria Resort Seefeld will operate as Alpin Resort Sacher Seefeld-Tirol from September 15th. With this step, the Sacher Group is entering the resort hotel industry and the family business is now also setting standards in this category.

Autumn time from the point of view of TCM

Autumn is just around the corner. The days are getting shorter and the temperatures cooler. It is a time of retreat and preparation for the dormant phase of winter.

Why veggie often tastes better in hotels

Bernhard König is chef at the Parkhotel Adler, also a certified master chef and one of the few spice sommeliers in Germany.

The Gian Mudra

One of the most important mudra in yoga!

St. Johns Wort

John's wort is one of the oldest medicinal plants in medical history.

Savory

……..awakens our spirits and has an invigorating effect on many of our organs.

Stomach 36 – the super point

There's a saying: take stomach 36, it always fits, no matter what's missing. It is also called the "point of longevity" or "the point of a hundred diseases".

Summer time - fire element

Stands for joie de vivre, zest for action, inspiration and lightness.

Cucumber Water with Lemon - Healthy & Isotonic

Cucumber water with lemon tastes good, refreshes and is quick and easy to make. We have known for a long time that water is the basis of a healthy diet.

Liver-Qi-blockade

Anyone who has had something in their liver is usually not in the best of moods and seems irritated.

Kapalabhati - the fire breathing

Kapalabhati is a yoga breathing technique. It cleans body, mind and soul and is one of the most important cleansing exercises. Fire breathing has an activating effect, stimulates the metabolism and gives new energy.

"Maiwipferl" syrup

May is the time when spruces and firs produce young shoots, the so-called Maiwipferl.

Herb tips for spring

Here are a few spring tips.

Rhodiola "anti-stress"

Rhodiola rosea, also known as roseroot, is a herbal remedy.

Linseed Oil - Liquid Gold

Linseed oil is one of the healthiest oils out there.

Icelandic moss

Icelandic moss, also known as lungwort or fever moss, is found in the cooler temperate latitudes of the northern hemisphere, such as Iceland and Norway.

Is my acid-base balance right?

The acid-base balance of our body is made up of various regulatory mechanisms and buffer systems to ensure that the body can regulate pH fluctuations.

Emergency point for heart and soul

"With instinct for more health and well-being"

Palo Santo "Holy Wood"

....a wonderfully fragrant incense with a great cleansing effect. In Spanish, the name literally means "holy wood".

Swedish bitters

Sweden bitter is a centuries-old natural remedy.

LEADING SPA AWARD TIROL 2021: Astoria Seefeld

Astoria Resort Seefeld wins Leading Spa Award.

LEADING SPA AWARD SALZBURG 2021: Cinderella Obertauern

Leading Spa Award goes to Obertauern.

LEADING SPA AWARD VORARLBERG 2021: Alpenstern

And the Leading Spa Award 2021 goes to… Vorarlberg.

LEADING SPA AWARD OBERÖSTERREICH 2021: Aviva

AVIVA wins award for most popular wellness hotel.

LEADING SPA AWARD VENEZIEN 2021: Almar

Five-star sea view wins wellness award.

LEADING SPA AWARD NIEDERSACHSEN 2021 - Romantischer Winkel

Leading Spa Award goes to the "Romantischen Winkel".

LEADING SPA AWARD Rheinland Pfalz 2021: Jordans Untermühle

Jordan's Untermühle received a spa award.

LEADING SPA AWARD SAARLAND 2021: Seezeitlodge

Best of Spa: The Seezeitlodge wins the Leading Spa Award.

LEADING SPA AWARD SÜDTIROL 2021: Gassenhof

Award-winning wellness in Gassenhofen.

LEADING SPA AWARD BAYERN 2021: Ortners Resort

Ortner's Resort wins Leading Spa Award.

LEADING SPA AWARD NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN 2021: Deimann

Do yourself good in Sauerland: Deimann wins the Wellness Award.

LEADING SPA AWARD BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG 2021: Treschers

Award-winning: wellness at Treschers am Titisee.

The power of the peanut – which is actually not a nut at all

Peanuts are actually legumes, like lentils and beans, with the difference that you can eat them raw.

The fairy tale of the parsley (in german "Petersilie")

His name was Peter. Her name was Silie. Both were young and complicated guys. Make life difficult for each other. Then a magician intervened. Combined both into one being, into the Peter-Silie (german word for parsley). Peter becomes the root and Silie becomes the herb. And from both together sprouted blossoms and seeds.

Leading Spa Award Winner 2021

Leading Spa Awards: The winners have been chosen!

Dandelion honey

How delicious honey is made from the golden-yellow dandelion blossoms.

Arnica

….I consider them to be the first cure for wounds, so I can't recommend them highly enough! (Sebastian Kneipp 1821-1897)

Acupressure point for self-treatment

For example, one of the most versatile and effective acupressure points is colon 4.

Cranio-sacral therapy "skull-sacrum therapy"

is a gentle and very effective form of manual therapy that is primarily used to relax the central nervous system and the body's fascia. The therapist tries to perceive the rhythmic movements of the patient's cerebral and spinal fluid and to influence them with gentle and targeted movements.

Acupuncture point "Du May 20"

This point clears the mind, calms and centers.

The healing power of hands

The massage is one of the most natural and gentle healing methods, because it is innate to a certain extent.

Quark with linseed oil

The combination of curd cheese and linseed oil is said to have it all and help with weight loss, among other things. Both linseed oil and curd cheese are excellent foods.

"Nux Vomica" globules

Nux vomica, also known as vomica, is a herbal homeopathic medicine and fits perfectly into today's lifestyle.

432 Hz - healing frequency

...is a vibration that must go around the world.

Elderflower syrup

The elder bush helps us to find harmony and inner balance.

Barley water

...the healing potion of the Queen.

9 herbal soup

…..a detoxifying, tasty and particularly valuable soup.

Make your own face mask

This face mask is easy to make, smoothes the skin, moisturizes and refreshes at the same time.

Liver wraps – fit for spring

Pollutants (from too much alcohol, poor diet, stress, medication, etc.) get through the blood vessels into the liver, which converts them or excretes them if possible. However, the liver has a very special property: within certain limits, it can renew itself and regenerate itself at the same time. The so-called liver wraps are supportive and helpful.

Falling asleep better with warm milk and honey

Milk contains a lot of the amino acid tryptophan, which in turn is converted into the sleep hormone melatonin and thus promotes falling asleep.

Horseradish – “the farmer’s antibiotic”

The healing powers of horseradish have been known since the Middle Ages and are still an important part of the natural pharmacy today.

The winners of the Leading Spa Awards 2020

For the first time in more than 10 years, the Leading Spa Award 2020 will be presented to Germany, Italy and Austria at the same time. Since all three finalists received more than 3,500 votes and come from different countries, three winners will be chosen this year for the first time.

How to strengthen the immune system.

Especially important in times like these. In addition to getting enough sleep, you can preventively keep the immune system healthy with the following measures.

Hotel Warmbaderhof with the Leading Spa Resort seal of approval

Well-known hotels & resorts guarantee the best quality!

Medicinal beers

Beer is not a bad drink, but a medicine…….it increases the substance, it turns into blood.” Therefore it is also a nutrient and nourishment, Paracelsus let us know. He's probably right about that, because a good beer - drunk in moderation - keeps you healthy. (The healing power of beer by Heidelore Kluge 2008)