 Around 1830 Schroth founded a health spa at Bad Lindewiese that gradually grew in importance as a cold water spa.After his death the business was taken over by his son, Emmanuel Schroth (1832-1890), who moderated his father's extreme regimen, and in doing so, increased the number of persons seeking the "Schrothkur".Today, the "Schroth Cure" is still practiced in Europe and elsewhere.