Saint Charles, an apothecary in the heart of Vienna’s fashionable Mariahilf district, has been making and selling herbal remedies under the epithet “right to the roots” since the rule of the Habsburgs. Established in 1886 by pharmacist Alfred Blumenthal, it was taken over by sixth-generation Austrian pharmacist Alexander Ehrmann and his business partner Richard K?nig in 2006. Together they have sought to mix modern science with the ancient wisdom of traditional European medicine (TEM), which advises combining botanical remedies with holistic practices. In Saint Charles’s case, this means creating cosmetics, potions and tinctures made from lavender and linseed oil pressed in Lower Austria’s Weinviertel region, or hemp from Waldviertel in the north-west.
圣查爾斯是位于維也納時尚的瑪麗亞希爾夫區中心的一家藥房，自哈布斯堡王朝統治以來，一直以“正本清源”的說法制作和銷售草藥。它于1886年由藥劑師阿爾弗雷德·布盧門撒爾(Alfred Blumenthal)創立，2006年由第六代奧地利藥劑師亞歷山大·埃爾曼(Alexander Ehrmann)和他的商業伙伴理查德·考尼格(Richard K?nig)接管。他們共同尋求將現代科學與歐洲傳統醫學(TEM)的古老智慧相結合，后者建議將植物療法與整體實踐相結合。在圣查爾斯的案例中，這意味著創造化妝品、藥水和酊劑，其原料是下奧地利州魏恩維爾特地區的薰衣草和亞麻籽油，或西北部瓦爾德維爾特地區的大麻。