Gehwol (Gerlavit)

Eduard Gerlach GmbH, maker of Gehwol, has produced foot-care products in Germany since 1868 and describes itself as the country’s best-known foot-care range, still family-owned five generations later. Its 1882 foot cream is presented by the company as the first industrially produced foot-care product to reach market, and Gehwol says it won a 2025 Beauty Forum Stars Award. Gerlavit, one of its body-care lines, combines moor plant extract with vitamins in a Moor-Vitamin-Cream sold mainly through pharmacies — positioning moor-based care as pharmaceutical rather than cosmetic.

Gehwol (Gerlavit) is a Germany brand built around peat extract.

Peat from Germany is mainly lowland fen peat and raised bog peat. Peat — the organic sediment itself — is used in treatments like peat balneotherapy, peat body wraps, and peat mud pack, most often explored for psoriasis, back pain (chronic low back pain), joint inflammation (osteoarthritis, rheumatic conditions), and eczema (atopic dermatitis). See our evidence library for the studies.