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[[File:Öldispersionsbad mit badendem Menschen und Bürstenmassage.jpg|thumbnail|Oil dispersion bath with brush massage|link=Special:FilePath/Öldispersionsbad_mit_badendem_Menschen_und_Bürstenmassage.jpg|alt=]]The '''oil dispersion bath (or Junge bath)''' is a [[bath therapy]] of [[anthroposophic medicine]]. It was developed by [[Werner Junge]], inspired by statements of [[Rudolf Steiner]]. By purely physical principles a mixture of [[Wikipedia:Oil|oil]] and [[Wikipedia:Water|water]] is achieved. For this purpose, a swirling apparatus made of glass is flowed through by the incoming bath water. The pear shape of the glass creates a vortex in the center of which oil flows in through a fine inlet. The oil is atomized into very fine droplets and forms a dispersion with the water, which remains stable for the duration of the bath and for a certain time beyond. The oils used as a base are various vegetable oils such as olive or linseed oil, to which essential oils or other additives such as metals are added. Often the oil dispersion bath is performed by a bath therapist who performs a brush massage. The temperature of the bath water should be approximately equal to the body heat and should not provide a heat or cold stimulus. After the bath there is a rest about the length of the bath. Wrapped in a cotton cloth and (wool) blankets, the aim is to warm the body by stimulating its own heat. The oil dispersion bath is used in addition to other therapeutic measures, especially in chronic diseases.

[[File:Öldispersionsbad mit badendem Menschen und Bürstenmassage.jpg|thumbnail|Oil dispersion bath with brush massage|link=Special:FilePath/Öldispersionsbad_mit_badendem_Menschen_und_Bürstenmassage.jpg|alt=]]The '''oil dispersion bath (or Junge bath)''' is a [[bath therapy]] of [[anthroposophic medicine]]. It was developed by [[Werner Junge]], inspired by statements of [[Rudolf Steiner]]. By purely physical principles a mixture of [[Wikipedia:Oil|oil]] and [[Wikipedia:Water|water]] is achieved. For this purpose, a swirling apparatus made of glass is flowed through by the incoming bath water. The pear shape of the glass creates a vortex in the center of which oil flows in through a fine inlet. The oil is atomized into very fine droplets and forms a dispersion with the water, which remains stable for the duration of the bath and for a certain time beyond. The oils used as a base are various vegetable oils such as olive or linseed oil, to which essential oils or other additives such as metals are added. Often the oil dispersion bath is performed by a bath therapist who performs a brush massage. The temperature of the bath water should be approximately equal to the body heat and should not provide a heat or cold stimulus. After the bath there is a rest about the length of the bath. Wrapped in a cotton cloth and (wool) blankets, the aim is to warm the body by stimulating its own heat. The oil dispersion bath is used in addition to other therapeutic measures, especially in chronic diseases.[[File:Öldispersionsbad Befüllen mit Öl.JPG|thumbnail|Filling a Jungebad apparatus with oil|link=https://de.imedwiki.org/wiki/Datei:%C3%96ldispersionsbad_Bef%C3%BCllen_mit_%C3%96l.JPG|alt=]]

 

===History===

===History===

[[File:Öldispersionsbad Befüllen mit Öl.JPG|thumbnail|Filling a Jungebad apparatus with oil|link=https://de.imedwiki.org/wiki/Datei:%C3%96ldispersionsbad_Bef%C3%BCllen_mit_%C3%96l.JPG|alt=]]The oil dispersion bath was developed by [[Werner Junge]] in 1937 as a medical therapy. Based on a note by Rudolf Steiner on the treatment of sugar dysentery ([[diabetes mellitus]]) (I. Medical Course, 1920, Dornach) "on the effect of finely atomized oils,"<ref>{{GZ||312|286}}</ref> he designed the first oil dispersion bath apparatus. <ref>{{Internetquelle |autor=Erika Boschan |url=https://www.oelundwasser.de/das-oeldispersionsbad/ |titel=Das Oeldispersionsbad |werk=Website des Internationalen Vereines für Öldispersionsbadetherapie |hrsg= |datum= |abruf=2020-11-09 |sprache=}}</ref> The name oil dispersion bath goes back to the anthroposophical physician [[Hans Klett]], who called the oil-water mixture dispersion.<ref>{{Literatur |Autor=Franziska Junge |Titel=So entstand das Öldispersionsbad |Hrsg= |Sammelwerk=Merkurstab |Band=5 |Nummer= |Auflage= |Verlag= |Ort= |Datum=1990-09 |ISBN= |Seiten= |Online=https://www.firma-indruk.nl/pags/docs/22_entstehen_oldisp.pdf_2825.pdf}}</ref> In 2001, bath therapists joined forces in the International Association for Oil Dispersion Bath Therapy according to Werner Junge.<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor= |url=https://www.100jahrezukunft.de/anthro-medizin/historie/in-der-praxis/die-oeldiespersionsbadetherapie-entsteht |titel=Die Öldispersionsbadetherapie entsteht |werk=100 Jahre Zukunft |hrsg= |datum= |abruf=2020-11-09 |sprache=}}</ref>

The oil dispersion bath was developed by [[Werner Junge]] in 1937 as a medical therapy. Based on a note by Rudolf Steiner on the treatment of sugar dysentery ([[diabetes mellitus]]) (I. Medical Course, 1920, Dornach) "on the effect of finely atomized oils,"<ref>{{GZ||312|286}}</ref> he designed the first oil dispersion bath apparatus. <ref>{{Internetquelle |autor=Erika Boschan |url=https://www.oelundwasser.de/das-oeldispersionsbad/ |titel=Das Oeldispersionsbad |werk=Website des Internationalen Vereines für Öldispersionsbadetherapie |hrsg= |datum= |abruf=2020-11-09 |sprache=}}</ref> The name oil dispersion bath goes back to the anthroposophical physician [[Hans Klett]], who called the oil-water mixture dispersion.<ref>{{Literatur |Autor=Franziska Junge |Titel=So entstand das Öldispersionsbad |Hrsg= |Sammelwerk=Merkurstab |Band=5 |Nummer= |Auflage= |Verlag= |Ort= |Datum=1990-09 |ISBN= |Seiten= |Online=https://www.firma-indruk.nl/pags/docs/22_entstehen_oldisp.pdf_2825.pdf}}</ref> In 2001, bath therapists joined forces in the International Association for Oil Dispersion Bath Therapy according to Werner Junge.<ref>{{Internetquelle |autor= |url=https://www.100jahrezukunft.de/anthro-medizin/historie/in-der-praxis/die-oeldiespersionsbadetherapie-entsteht |titel=Die Öldispersionsbadetherapie entsteht |werk=100 Jahre Zukunft |hrsg= |datum= |abruf=2020-11-09 |sprache=}}</ref>

===Implementation===

===Implementation===

Incomplete list of oils with added essential oils: angelica, lavender, rosemary, sage, thyme, wintergreen.

Incomplete list of oils with added essential oils: angelica, lavender, rosemary, sage, thyme, wintergreen.

=== Brush massage ===

===Brush massage===

[[File:Jungebad Bürstenmassage Hand.jpg|thumbnail|Brush massage of the hand|link=https://de.imedwiki.org/wiki/Datei:Jungebad_B%C3%BCrstenmassage_Hand.jpg|alt=]]Brush massage is performed according to a fixed pattern typically in two sequences. First on the front, then in prone position on the back of the body. It begins on the feet, on the lower person, and proceeds to the upper person.<ref name=":0">{{Literatur |Autor=Albrecht Warning, Markus Krüger |Titel=Das Öldispersionsbad nach Werner Junge |Hrsg= |Sammelwerk=Der Merkurstab |WerkErg=Zeitschrift für Anthroposophische Medizin |Band= |Nummer=2 (67) |Auflage= |Verlag= |Ort= |Datum=2014-03 |ISBN= |DOI=10.14271/DMS-20288-DE |Seiten=108-115}}</ref> It was developed by Werner Junge from elements of classical massage and rhythmic massage according to Wegman/Hauschka.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Jungebad Bürstenmassage Hand.jpg|thumbnail|Brush massage of the hand|link=https://de.imedwiki.org/wiki/Datei:Jungebad_B%C3%BCrstenmassage_Hand.jpg|alt=]]Brush massage is performed according to a fixed pattern typically in two sequences. First on the front, then in prone position on the back of the body. It begins on the feet, on the lower person, and proceeds to the upper person.<ref name=":0">{{Literatur |Autor=Albrecht Warning, Markus Krüger |Titel=Das Öldispersionsbad nach Werner Junge |Hrsg= |Sammelwerk=Der Merkurstab |WerkErg=Zeitschrift für Anthroposophische Medizin |Band= |Nummer=2 (67) |Auflage= |Verlag= |Ort= |Datum=2014-03 |ISBN= |DOI=10.14271/DMS-20288-DE |Seiten=108-115}}</ref> It was developed by Werner Junge from elements of classical massage and rhythmic massage according to Wegman/Hauschka.<ref name=":0" />

=== Oil dispersion bath apparatus ===

===Oil dispersion bath apparatus===

[[File:Öldispersionsbadeapparat.JPG|thumbnail|Oil dispersion bath apparatus|link=https://de.imedwiki.org/wiki/Datei:%C3%96ldispersionsbadeapparat.JPG|alt=]]The oil dispersion bathing apparatus is a pear-shaped glass device that swirls incoming water and adds oil, sucked in from an inserted pipette, drop by drop to the outgoing water at the point of the vortex's highest rotational speed. This development was a synthesis of various ideas that Werner Junge had formed from his own observations and research, based on the knowledge of Rudolf Steiner's data and the scientific writings of Goethe.[8] In this, occupations with the nature of water and its vortices, lemniscate and projective geometry played a role.

[[File:Öldispersionsbadeapparat.JPG|thumbnail|Oil dispersion bath apparatus|link=https://de.imedwiki.org/wiki/Datei:%C3%96ldispersionsbadeapparat.JPG|alt=]]The oil dispersion bathing apparatus is a pear-shaped glass device that swirls incoming water and adds oil, sucked in from an inserted pipette, drop by drop to the outgoing water at the point of the vortex's highest rotational speed. This development was a synthesis of various ideas that Werner Junge had formed from his own observations and research, based on the knowledge of Rudolf Steiner's data and the scientific writings of Goethe.<ref>{{Literatur |Autor=Dr. Albrecht Warning |Titel=Das Öldispersionsbad nach Werner Junge

Als Chronik verfasst im Sommer 2016. |Hrsg= |Sammelwerk= |Band= |Nummer= |Auflage= |Verlag= |Ort= |Datum=2016 |ISBN= |Seiten=}}</ref> In this, occupations with the nature of water and its vortices, lemniscate and projective geometry played a role.

 

 

* A 2008 systematic literature review<ref name=":1" /> found a small number of studies (1 prospective clinical study, 3 experimental studies with healthy subjects, 5 case reports, and 3 experience reports). The studies described improvement in almost all cases, although the methodological quality of most studies was weak. The main indications were metabolic/internal, and psychiatric/neurologic.