The family-owned company Heilerde-Gesellschaft (medicinal healing clay) LUVOS, founded in 1918 by Adolf Just and based in Friedrichsdorf near Frankfurt a. M., is today both a pharmaceutical manufacturer and a mining company with its own loess deposits. The company is market leader for healing earth in Germany and also offers its natural products internationally. With a team of recognized medical specialists, the therapeutic effects of the healing earth are scientifically investigated and further developed.