Rudolf Hauschka
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Rudolf Hauschka was an Austrian chemist
, author
, inventor, entrepreneur
and anthroposophist.
He was the founder of the company Wala Heilmittel GmbH and inventor of a "rhythmic" production process that excluded the use of alcohol as a preservative of plant extracts and can preserve the extract for over 30 years. 'Dr. Hauschka
' is the brand name given to the range of skin care and cosmetics made by the Wala company from his research.
and medicine
in Vienna
and Munich
. He graduated with his doctorate in June 1914. He was involved with Anthroposophy
and was president of a migratory bird movement in Austria. It was Karl Schubert who introduced Hauschka to Anthroposophy
during this time. He participated in the First World War as a medical officer.
After the War he went on several scientific expeditions. His travels took him to Australia, India and Egypt.
His works take into account rhythmic processes found in nature. Rudolf Steiner
influenced him greatly and anthroposophical medicine
became his methodological approach to the study of nature, medicine, plants and natural phenomena.
1935 Hauschka founded the first WALA Laboratory near Ludwigsburg
and later in 1953 this became WALA- Heilmittel Laboratorium.The people at WALA are not ordinary employees. They are responsible for their own work and share in the company profits. Indeed, WALA has been practising since 1969 what the former German President Horst Köhler
several decades later called on German industry to implement. That is to allow employees to share in the profits or productive wealth of their company in this era of globalisation, to counteract the growing gap between rich and poor.
Karl Kossmann, former Managing Director and co-initiator of the WALA employee profit-sharing scheme, later explained how the profit-sharing model came about.
In 1942 while in Vienna Hauschke married the anthroposophical doctor Margaret Stavenhagen whom he had first met in the Ita Wegman Clinical Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim
in 1929.
R. Hauschka’s weighing experiments were repeated by Stefan Baumgaertner and published in 1992.
Chemist
A chemist is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties such as density and acidity. Chemists carefully describe the properties they study in terms of quantities, with detail on the level of molecules and their component atoms...
, author
Author
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, inventor, entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
and anthroposophist.
He was the founder of the company Wala Heilmittel GmbH and inventor of a "rhythmic" production process that excluded the use of alcohol as a preservative of plant extracts and can preserve the extract for over 30 years. 'Dr. Hauschka
Dr. Hauschka
Dr. Hauschka is the brand name given to the range of skin care and cosmetics made by the German company WALA Heilmittel GmbH.The brand name originates from WALA's founder Dr. Rudolf Hauschka....
' is the brand name given to the range of skin care and cosmetics made by the Wala company from his research.
Biography
Rudolf Hauschka from 1908 studied chemistryChemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
and medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
in Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. He graduated with his doctorate in June 1914. He was involved with Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development...
and was president of a migratory bird movement in Austria. It was Karl Schubert who introduced Hauschka to Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy
Anthroposophy, a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner, postulates the existence of an objective, intellectually comprehensible spiritual world accessible to direct experience through inner development...
during this time. He participated in the First World War as a medical officer.
After the War he went on several scientific expeditions. His travels took him to Australia, India and Egypt.
His works take into account rhythmic processes found in nature. Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Steiner
Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, social reformer, architect, and esotericist. He gained initial recognition as a literary critic and cultural philosopher...
influenced him greatly and anthroposophical medicine
Anthroposophical Medicine
Anthroposophical medicine is a complementary approach to medicine that integrates the theories and practices of modern medicine with homeopathic medicines, physical and artistic therapies and biographical counseling...
became his methodological approach to the study of nature, medicine, plants and natural phenomena.
1935 Hauschka founded the first WALA Laboratory near Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about north of Stuttgart city centre, near the river Neckar. It is the largest and primary city of the Ludwigsburg urban district with about 87,000 inhabitants...
and later in 1953 this became WALA- Heilmittel Laboratorium.The people at WALA are not ordinary employees. They are responsible for their own work and share in the company profits. Indeed, WALA has been practising since 1969 what the former German President Horst Köhler
Horst Köhler
Horst Köhler is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union. He was President of Germany from 2004 to 2010. As the candidate of the two Christian Democratic sister parties, the CDU and the CSU, and the liberal FDP, Köhler was elected to his first five-year term by the Federal Assembly on...
several decades later called on German industry to implement. That is to allow employees to share in the profits or productive wealth of their company in this era of globalisation, to counteract the growing gap between rich and poor.
Karl Kossmann, former Managing Director and co-initiator of the WALA employee profit-sharing scheme, later explained how the profit-sharing model came about.
In 1942 while in Vienna Hauschke married the anthroposophical doctor Margaret Stavenhagen whom he had first met in the Ita Wegman Clinical Therapeutic Institute in Arlesheim
Arlesheim
Arlesheim is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. Its cathedral chapter seat, bishop's residence and cathedral are listed as a heritage site of national significance....
in 1929.
R. Hauschka’s weighing experiments were repeated by Stefan Baumgaertner and published in 1992.
Works
- Substance doctrine. To understand the physics, chemistry and therapeutic effects of the substances. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1942, 12 A. 2007, ISBN 3-465-03518-6
- Nutrition education. To understand the physiology of digestion and the ponderablen Imponderables and qualities of the food substances. With an appendix by Dr. Hauschka Grethe: Practical Diet Tips for Healthy and sick. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1951; 10th A. 1999, ISBN 3-465-03021-4
- Therapeutic teaching. A contribution to a contemporary therapeutic knowledge. With the cooperation of Dr. Margarethe Hauschka. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1965; 6 A. 2004, ISBN 3-465-03328-0
- Wetterleuchten a time shift. Living memory of a natural scientist. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1966 revised paperback edition: Verlag natural human-medicine, Bad Boll, 1997; 2nd unv. A. 2007, ISBN 3-928914-07-3
- The Nature of Substance ISBN 1-85584-122-3
- Nutrition ISBN 1-85584-117-7
- Heilmittellehre
- Ernaehrungslehre (both in German only)
- At the Dawn of a New Age—Memoirs of a Scientist, Canada: Steiner Book Centre 1985. Editor of English edition.
Sources
- WALA-Stiftung (Hg.): Rudolf Hauschka. To return his 100th Birthday on 6 November 1991. Publisher natural human-medicine, Bad Boll 1991
- Stephan Baumgartner: Hauschkas Wägeversuche. Weight variations of germinating plants in a closed system. Verlag am Goetheanum (Mathematisch-Astronomische leaves NF 16), Dornach 1992, ISBN 3-7235-0646-1
External links
- Literature By and About Rudolf Hauschka in the German National LibraryGerman National LibraryThe German National Library is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany...