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Our history
Salus, during its more than 100 years of history, has remained faithful to the principles of its founder and to its holistic approach to preventing the health and well-being of the individual and of peoples in general.
From Bavaria to the whole world
The medical doctor Otto Greither suffered a serious illness for many years until, tired of so much ineffective therapy, he put into practice his knowledge as a doctor and his permanent concern for natural therapies, finding in it his own way to heal himself. same. With his original Cura Salus (Health Cure) he laid the first stone of a comprehensive health system and established the starting point of our company dedicated, since then, to the production of natural medicinal products (phyto-preparations for the care of health).
He learns through the following fundamental milestones the characteristics that have marked the work of Salus during these last 100 years and what is the philosophy behind our more than 1,500 products.
Dr. Greither was throughout his life a curious person eager for new knowledge. As soon as he received his doctorate, in 1896, he continued training as a specialist in neurology and studied with prestigious doctors of his time.
But since his concerns went much further, he also dedicated himself to studying veterinary medicine and later specialized in dentistry at the University of Berlin. “That made me realize how important a natural diet and the correct use of teeth when chewing food and salivation are to prevent countless diseases that have their origin in the digestive system and in a deficient process of The digestion".
To achieve the delight in an infusion and the maximum curative efficacy, it is necessary to put a lot of knowledge and care into the preparation. The history of healing herbal teas from Salus began 100 years ago, when medical doctor Otto Greither made the first infusion from it. The Munich healthy mix was a formula that stimulated the metabolism and helped eliminate uric acid, all of which were part of the “Cura Salus”. To make this infusion Greither mixed twenty different herbs such as: anise, fennel, cumin, pansy, yarrow and blackberry leaves.
In 1916 Greither opened the Salus factory in Munich's Türkenstraße to market its "Cura Salus". Those tasty and restorative infusions immediately gained many followers. In 1930 there were already 23 different Salus herbal infusions, and the vast majority already came from crops free of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
