Salt cooling towers in the resorts of the world - travel company "Scarab". Salt spring

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Salt springs, which give water with a high content of NaCl, deposit table salt as a result of the evaporation of water. Its deposits are known in Staraya Russa, Kirov, Perm and other regions.

Salt springs often accompany oil fields. It is no coincidence that the first finds of West Siberian oil in the Uray and Shaim region turned out to be very close to the Pelym salt springs: in a straight line, the distance from Pelym to Uray is no more than 100 km, and underground gas emissions are observed throughout the territory from Tavda to the Ob.

Numerous salt springs of Usolye (Ural) provide significant amounts of evaporated (table) salt.

Evaporation of brines from salt springs or underground brines is mainly used to obtain edible salt. Such salt is much more expensive than rock or self-planting. In some cases, the evaporation of the brine is also necessary in the production of chlorine by the method of electrolysis with a mercury cathode, when the anolyte needs to be resaturated with solid salt. In the process of evaporation, pure salt is released, most of the impurities remain in the mother brine. Modern plants use single or multi-vessel vacuum evaporators. The mother liquor after separating the released salt is returned to the evaporator together with fresh brine. When the concentration of sodium sulfate in the mother brine reaches 50 g/l, the brine is withdrawn from the cycle.

Concentrated salt spring waters used in therapy (eg Kreuznach waters); mixtures of salts prepared for therapeutic baths (sulphuric, iodine and other baths), including those with the addition of flavoring substances.

Obtaining table salt from natural salt sources, from brines extracted through wells and wells, as well as from sea ​​water became an important area of ​​human activity long before our era in Egypt, in China and a number of European countries.

In Michigan, thanks to the presence of salt springs, the production of chlorine and organochlorine products has received significant development. A major center of the chemical industry is the city of Detroit, where, along with the production of basic inorganic and organic chemicals, chemical industries serving the automotive industry are especially developed: the production of paints and varnishes, the production of synthetic resins and plastics, and plastics processing.

In ancient fragmented Germany, the presence of salt springs in one or another of its territories was considered quite sufficient and convincing reason for the military invasion of neighbors.

Ancient peoples often had wars over salt springs.

These terms refer to salt obtained from salt springs or sea water.

Sodium chloride dihydrate is released in winter in the salt springs of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, as well as in many other lakes. The released dihydrate does not contain impurities, and its freezing from brine is one of the methods for obtaining pure salt.

salt cooling tower (German gradieren - to thicken the brine; originally, the cooling towers were used to extract salt by evaporation) is a wooden structure made of coniferous trees (pine, spruce), birch branches or blackthorn, and also equipped for pumping brine. The brine is pumped up from adjacent springs to the height of the cooling tower, then flows down the tightly bound tufts of sloes. Sparingly soluble minerals evaporate or are deposited on brushwood, which increases the concentration of salt in the solution. Today, cooling towers operate mainly only in the summer. Inhalations in a cooling tower have an effect similar to inhaling a sea breeze.

An important healing factor is the microclimate around the salt springs. In many German, Austrian and Polish balneo-climatic resorts with sodium chloride water cooling towers were built (from German gradieren - to thicken brine), a device for cooling water with atmospheric air. Initially, the cooling towers served for the extraction of salt by evaporation; in the resorts they play the role of balneological structures.

Cooling towers are a wooden frame, up to several hundred meters long, filled with blackthorn brushwood. X sodium chloride (salt) water With the help of pumps, it enters the top of the cooling towers (up to 15 m) and the brine flows freely through the pipes along the branches, and its excess is collected in a chute placed on the floor. The brine supplied in this way evaporates intensively, saturating the air around with iodine, bromine and a whole range of other trace elements, such as magnesium, sodium, potassium, iron and others, and the air around the cooling towers is saturated with aerosol. The smallest particles of water are sprayed at a distance of up to 500 m, forming an aerosol and creating a microclimate that primarily stimulates breathing and lung activity. This air treatment is especially good for allergy sufferers. This microclimate is close to the conditions of sea coasts: humidified, ionized air, saturated with salts and air ions. Staying close to cooling towers around which a natural inhalation is formed is extremely effective. in the treatment of nonspecific, including bronchial asthma. The microclimate of the cooling tower is also used in the prevention and treatment of diseases, inflammation of the nasal sinuses, emphysema, high blood pressure, autonomic neurosis, as well as general exhaustion. Inhalations used in prevention contribute to the growth of immunological protection in healthy people. Aerosol particles are negatively charged and also have a bactericidal effect. The most useful in the treatment process is a saline solution with a concentration of 3-5%.

There are cooling towers in the resorts: Bad Kreuznach, Bad Reichenhall, Bad Kissingen (Germany), , and Inowroclaw .

IN THE SUMMER everyone is drawn to the sun, to the sea. By the way, you can enjoy the taste of salty splashes on your lips and breathe almost sea air right inside continental Europe, or rather, in Germany and in . The largest outdoor inhalers in Europe are also located here.

The Germans have the word "cooling tower" (Gradierwerk) only specialists use it, and in everyday conversation you will be understood faster if we are talking about salt pans (Salinen). Looking at these gigantic structures, it is somehow difficult to come to terms with the fact that in the past they had only a utilitarian use - the extraction of an important food additive - salt. Cooling towers have come down to us from the time when salt ruled the world. She then played a city-forming role, and later became one of the factors contributing to the creation of resorts in the same places.

With the advent of the idea of ​​thickening the brine before evaporation, the first cooling towers appeared (from German gradieren - to increase the concentration). There is evidence that they reached 300–500 m in length and eight meters in height. The space between the wooden frames was filled with twigs of trees or shrubs. From the brine, making its way through a layer of branches, water gradually evaporated. At the same time, impurities settled on the branches. The process made it possible to gradually increase the saturation of the solution up to 25 percent.

Healing Spray

It is INTERESTING that we also had cooling towers in Russia. At the end of the 18th century, their rows were a feature of the industrial appearance of Staraya Russa (one of oldest centers salt mining in Russia). Here, salt water, which came through pipes from mineral springs, flowed through a many-meter layer of birch twigs.

But they are most widely used in Germany. On old engravings you can see Salt valley of Bad Kreuznach , all partitioned off by dams of cooling towers. Today this region between the resort areas Bad Muenster am Stein-Ebernburg and Bad Kreuznach claims to be the largest outdoor inhaler not only Germany but throughout Europe. Thanks to the work of the 10 cooling towers located here, which saturate the air with the evaporation of salt water, a climate is created in these places, which is usually only enjoyed on the coast. Here you can not only take a couple of breaths at the source, but also engage in active sports (cycling, walking tours), without interrupting for a minute inhalation procedures.

What to do when you are near a cooling tower?

The main thing is not to forget to breathe deeply. Benches are always located nearby: you sit, read a book or just admire nature and - ventilate your lungs with healing air. Many doctors find saline inhalations helpful for cleansing. respiratory tract (salt, in particular, is able to kill pathogenic bacteria), as well as to strengthen the whole body.

Spas for your lungs

Ciechocinek (Czechochinek). Three cooling towers built in the 19th century. cooling towers– unique salt inhalers and the largest in Europe. The wooden structure of natural evaporators originated at the beginning of the 19th century. Height - 15.8 m, total length - 1741.5 m, built of wooden blocks and timber filled with dry thorns. The brine from the source is pressurized upward to the cooling tower and distributed over its upper galleries. When falling down through the blackthorn, the saline solution is concentrated. During this process, a large amount of iodine is formed, the air is saturated with trace elements that have proven medicinal properties. The concentrated brine from the tanks located at the foot of the cooling tower is fed into the saltworks.

Thanks to the cooling tower, the salt pool, numerous parks and green areas, as well as the location of the resort in the Vistula Valley, a microclimate favorable for humans and nature has been formed in Czechocinek.

On the edge of the park resort, at the iodine-bromine salt spring "Helena" is located cooling tower and a pavilion of mineral waters, shaped like a rotunda. This is the first cooling tower in Lesser Poland. The local microclimate contributes to the prevention and treatment of sinusitis, emphysema, arterial hypertension, allergies, and neurosis. Due to the unique properties of salt water, the air generated around the cooling tower is unparalleled in the country and the world.

Cooling tower in Inowroclaw - a complex of salt cooling towers located in the Salt Park, opened in the second half of the twentieth century. The cooling tower was finally opened in 2001. after completion of work that began in 1984. It consists of two connected polyhedrons with a perimeter of 300 meters and a height of 9 meters. At its top there is an observation deck from which you can see a magnificent panorama of the resort of Inowratslav and the Salt Park. The hodgepodge (salt water) pumped up to the top of the cooling tower flows along the thorns that line its walls, and under the influence of wind and sun, a natural salt aerosol is formed. The radius of its action is estimated at 300 meters. The recommended stay at a minimum distance from the cooling tower (about 30 m) is no more than 15-30 minutes per day. Staying close to the cooling tower helps patients with arterial hypertension, with diseases of the respiratory system, and for everyone, even healthy ones, it increases immunity and creates the impression of relaxing on the seashore.

Indications for treatment at the resort Inowroclaw:

  • chronic bronchitis, respiratory catarrh, COPD

Circulatory system:

  • hypertension, coronary disease, post-infarction conditions, cardiovascular neurosis, conditions after operations on the heart, valves and large vessels

Metabolism:

  • diabetes, obesity

Neurological:

  • post-stroke conditions, multiple sclerosis, neuralgia, gout, osteochondrosis
  • sciatica, lumbago
  • post-traumatic conditions of joints and bones, post-traumatic conditions of soft tissues, inflammation of the joints (arthritis), inflammation of the spine, arthrosis, curvature of the spine and birth defects, osteoporosis, rehabilitation after mastoidectomy, rehabilitation of the disabled

Rheumatological:

  • rheumatoid arthritis

German spas with brine cooling towers:

  • Bad Kreuznach (Bad Kreuznach) - open inhalatorium (gradeworks) - the largest in Europe. It consists of eight almost ten-meter cooling towers, with a total length of 1.1 km, which rise between rocky mountain slopes in the river area of ​​the Saltworks Valley. In hot summers, cooling towers refresh the surroundings. Salt air inhalations have a beneficial effect on the respiratory tract. There is another inhalatorium in the Spa Park with two smaller cooling towers and one brine sprayer that sprays a saline saline solution around the area. Here, in the shade on the banks of the river. Nae, you can enjoy the fresh action of the salty sea breeze for hours. Nowhere in Europe has a larger inhalatorium of this type been preserved.
  • Bad Reichenhall - the cooling tower is a 160-meter veranda with a height of 13 meters. In one session, it is recommended to walk along it at least ten times back and forth.

Chloride mineral waters- natural waters with a predominance of chlorine (Cl) anions, having a different ionic composition, salinity and temperature. Among the chloride waters, according to the cationic composition, sodium (Na) (the most common), calcium-sodium (Ca-Na), magnesium-calcium-sodium (Mg-Ca-Na), sodium-calcium (Na-Ca), magnesium-calcium (Mg-Ca) are distinguished.

From the history of the use of chloride (salt) waters in the treatment of diseases

Sodium chloride or salt water has been used for salt extraction since ancient times. The discovery of the healing properties of such sources occurred empirically. Since ancient times, the inhabitants of Staraya Russa, famous for its salt mines, noted that even during cholera epidemics among workers salt factory there were no cases of disease. With this water, the local population treated rubella, scrofula, aching bones, and ulcers.

They used the Staraya Russian salt mineral waters haphazardly, and, probably, for a long time the waters would have been known only local residents if the disease had not overtaken General Samsonov. During military campaigns, the general visited foreign resorts, had an idea about mineral waters and how to use them. Wounded in battles, he suffered from articular rheumatism and, having learned from local residents about healing springs, he decided to try them on himself. He cleared one of the springs on the outskirts of the city, made a wooden frame and began to bathe in it. Many residents of Staraya Russa began to use Samson's spring to cure many diseases, sometimes on the advice of doctors, sometimes at their own discretion. The idea of ​​​​developing a resort belongs to the life physician Rauh. Having visited Staraya Russa in 1928, he reported this to Emperor Nicholas I, and soon an imperial decree was issued on the arrangement of the resort, and in 1834 a bathroom building for soldiers was built.

Scientific studies of the beneficial effects of salt water were made by the doctors of the Starorussky military hospital. Their reports, dissertations, practical observations remain valuable to this day. They could get such results thanks to hospital treatment that did not exist at other resorts. The health resort helped many sick soldiers to get on their feet, more than a third fully recovered and were able to return to duty. In 1854, the resort was transferred to a civil department. Count Muravyov, who at that time headed the Ministry of State Property, left his name in the history of the health resort: with his assistance, the first stone building was built here and the most powerful self-flowing mineral water fountain in Europe was drilled, which became the symbol and decoration of the health resort. The resort hosted both the Grand Dukes and the Queen of Greece Olga Konstantinovna, writers and artists, musicians and artists. The flourishing of the resort was largely facilitated by the fact that in the homeland of the wife of Alexander I - Elizabeth Alekseevna, nee Princess Louise of Baden-Baden, the resort flourished, and, perhaps, it was this circumstance that prompted the decision to build a luxurious "royal" resort in Staraya Russa.

The opening of the spa resort on the salt springs of Bad Ischl in the Salzkammergut region, which in German means "Pantry of salt", took place at the beginning of the 19th century. At this time, mineral baths were arranged on the sea coast. After examining the composition of the sources, local doctors came to the conclusion that the mineral composition is very similar to sea water, and a higher mineralization will contribute to a greater therapeutic effect. So the small provincial town began to turn into popular resort. However, it owes its truly universal recognition to the stay and successful treatment Habsburg couple, Archduke Karl and Princess Sophie. Before that, a fruitless marriage after medical procedures turned into a joyful opposite: three sons were born, whom popular rumor dubbed “salt princes”.

Some resorts built on salt mines use not only lakes formed after the flooding of salt mines, such as Lake Razval and Tuzluchoe in Sol-Iletsk, but also used salt mines. IN salt mines underground clinics were built. These are the sanatoriums Soligorsk in Belarus, Solotvino and Salt Symphony (Soledar) in Ukraine, Chon-Tuz in Kyrgyzstan, the Avan-Arinj salt mine in Armenia, Berchtesgaden in Germany, Velichka in Poland, speleological clinics in the salt mines of Praida and Tirgu Okna in Romania. Cm. .

There are also unusual salt spas. On South salt desert Altiplano, in Bolivia, at an altitude of about 3700 m is the Uyuni salt marsh (Spanish. Salar de Uyuni), where the hotel was built from salt blocks. These blocks are mined here. Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt lake in the world. Only during the rainy season does it become a lake, and the biggest mirror: when the Salar de Uyuni is covered with water, every cloud is reflected in it. Its area is 10.5 sq. km. The Hotel de Sal Playa in the vicinity of Uyuni was built in 1993. In it, not only the walls are made of salt blocks and fastened together with a solution of salt and water, which the builders used as cement. Everything is made of salt: chairs, tables, beds, walls, floors. The hotel consists of 15 bedrooms, it has a dining room, a lounge-lounge and a restaurant in which everything except food is made of salt.

Deposits of chloride (salt) waters, resorts

Salt waters are often called the waters of ancient seas brought to the surface. One of the largest underground seas is located in the center of the East European Plain - with an area of ​​\u200b\u200babout 360 thousand km2. In the deepest parts artesian basin there is a zone of slow water exchange, where salt brines high concentration.

The waters of the Moscow Basin include the springs of Central Russia, on which the resorts of Kashin in the Tver region, Staraya Russa in Novgorod region. Opened by deep wells (some over 1000 m), they are used for drinking treatment, baths and other balneological procedures in sanatoriums and rehabilitation centers in Moscow and the Moscow region. The waters of the "underground sea" with mineralization from 50 to 270 g/l are predominantly sodium chloride in composition, other cations - potassium, calcium, as well as trace elements are contained in these waters in smaller quantities, but they also determine the therapeutic effect of the waters. For example, the waters of the Staraya Russa resort contain an increased amount of bromine, so the sedative effect is more pronounced.

Salt waters of underground sources are the basis of the resorts of Usolye-Sibirskoye, Angara in the Irkutsk region, the sanatoriums "Obolsunovo" and "Green Town" in the Ivanovo region, "Big Salts" in the Yaroslavl region, as well as the sanatoriums of the Green Town near Nizhny Novgorod (Nizhny Novgorod region), etc.

Resorts on salt lakes are very popular: "Lake Yarovoye" in the Altai Territory, "Lake Uchum" in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, "" in the Kurgan Region, "" in, Sol-Iletsk in the Orenburg Region, Tinaki, Baskunchak, Elton in the Volga region. Cm.

Chloride waters of high and medium mineralization are used externally for baths, irrigation, in therapeutic pools. Low-mineralized waters are mainly used as medicinal table waters, less often - medium mineralization.

Drinking treatment with chloride mineral waters

Indications for the use of chloride waters

  • Inflammatory diseases in subacute and chronic stages.
  • Diseases (neurocirculatory dystonia of cardiac and hypertensive types, stage I-II hypertension, hypotension, chronic venous insufficiency, Raynaud's disease).
  • Diseases (polyarthritis, damage to ligaments, tendons, bones, deforming osteoarthritis).
  • Peripheral diseases: plexitis, sciatica, neurological manifestations of osteochondrosis, consequences of injuries and injuries of the spinal cord.
  • Diseases. The Staraya Russa resort has developed a method for early (7 days after the operation) rehabilitation after surgical treatment for diseases of the digestive system.
  • against the background of unchanged hormonal function and hypoestrogenia.
  • Diseases: hypothyroidism, obesity of the 1st degree, gout..

General list of Unique resorts (sanatoriums) in Russia

    Resort town Belokurikha:

    Pallasovsky district:

    Kondopoga region:

    Staraya Russa:

    Porkhovsky district:

    Tunkinsky district:

    Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk:

    Salavatsky district:

    Narimanov district:

    Suvorovsky district:

    Sergievsky district:

    Alnashsky district:

    Abzelilovsky district:

    Ruza district:

    Liskinsky district:

  • Usolsky district:

    Konakovsky district:

    List of diseases

    A unique urological resort in Siberia!

    The only sanatorium in Siberia, which has natural opportunities for the treatment of kidney diseases and urolithiasis, gastrointestinal tract.

    Urolithiasis, cholelithiasis;

    kidney disease in children;

    Of cardio-vascular system;

    Nervous, respiratory systems;

    Musculoskeletal system;

    Gastrointestinal tract;

    Diseases of the female, male genital area, including male and female infertility.

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral silver water.

    Blue silver clay.

    Altai medicinal herbs.

    The sanatorium is a supporter of natural, natural forms of treatment: a calm, psychological climate, herbs, clay, mineral waters, dynamic loads.

    Description of healing factors

    Mineral water "Silver Key" with the content of natural silver, in combination with silicic acid and a unique composition of mineral salts, it has a bactericidal, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and catalytic effect. It is indispensable in the effective treatment and prevention of urological diseases. Since 1990, research on the mineral water "Silver Key" and local blue clays engaged in Tomsk NIIKF, Novosibirsk Medical Academy, Altai State Medical. University, Moscow RNTsVMiK, Tomsk SPC "Siberian Mineral Waters" on the basis of the Altai sanatorium "Dawns over Biya", which highly appreciate the possibilities of the resort, due to the rare natural features. In addition to the effective rehabilitating effect on urological patients, the "Silver Key" has a therapeutic effect in gastroenterology: against the background of its use, healing (scarring) of stomach and duodenal ulcers, ulcerative colitis occurs twice as fast. Natural mineral water "Silver Key" helps with respiratory diseases, gynecological, dental and other pathologies.

    Clay "Bekhtemir deposit" - a natural natural and highly effective remedy, rich in mineral salts and microelements in biologically compatible forms. Applications from silver-containing blue clay, which has been accumulating its healing power for more than 30 million years, have a miraculous effect on the treatment of the musculoskeletal system, incl. osteochondrosis, arthritis, neuralgia, consequences of injuries, treatment of various inflammatory diseases of internal organs. Rectal application of clay helps to successfully cope with chronic prostatitis and male infertility.

    List of diseases

    Sanatorium "Elton" specializes in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system,

    diseases of the nervous system,

    gynecological,

    urological diseases,

    skin diseases,

    digestive organs,

    ENT organs and respiratory organs.

    Natural healing factors

    Unique therapeutic mud and brine of Lake Elton.

    Description of healing factors

    Steppe clean clear air, powerful sun, but the main healing factors are mud and brine. medical factors.

    Dirt - is a mineral sludge and brine impregnating it.

    Brine - water of mineral salt lakes, estuaries, is a saturated solution (brine) of concentrated salts.

    List of diseases

    Of cardio-vascular system;

    musculoskeletal,

    blood diseases,

    digestive organs,

    Respiratory diseases (non-tuberculous nature),

    Diseases of the nervous system,

    urinary system,

    Rehabilitation

    Natural healing factors

    Martial waters

    Gabozerskaya healing mud

    Description of healing factors

    Martial waters
    Martial waters belong to ferruginous nitrogen hydrocarbonate-sulfate low-mineralized waters. Their main value lies in the high concentration of active (ferrous) iron, the amount of which is much greater than in other ferrous sources of our and foreign resorts. In addition to iron, the water of marcial springs contains sodium, magnesium, calcium, and manganese.

    Gabozerskaya healing mud
    Gabozero mud belongs to the group of lacustrine springs (freshwater, ferruginous, sapropelic), which is mined from Lake Gabozero, a few kilometers from the sanatorium. Silt mud has complex physicochemical and biological properties, it contains substances similar to hormones and vitamins.

    List of diseases

    At the Staraya Russa Resort, treatment is carried out according to the following medical profiles:

    Diseases of the digestive system (gastrointestinal tract)

    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (musculoskeletal system)

    Diseases of the nervous system

    Respiratory diseases of a non-tuberculous nature

    Diseases of the endocrine system

    Gynecological diseases, infertility

    Skin diseases

    Diseases of the ENT organs

    Natural healing factors

    Unique natural healing factors:

    Mineral water (drinking and external use), not inferior in healing properties to the waters of the Czech Republic and Germany.
    Sulfide-silt mud "Starorusskie", having no analogues in the world in terms of their composition and therapeutic effect, is a GENERALLY RECOGNIZED WORLD STANDARD in the class of sulfide-silt therapeutic muds.

    Microclimate of the Resort - the air is saturated with bromine, magnesium and calcium ions.

    Description of healing factors

    Order of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation of December 29, 1999 No. The resort "Staraya Russa" is included in the list of 18 unique resorts in Russia due to its colossal reserves of underground mineral waters, optimal chemical composition and mineralization of water and mud.

    Mineral waters "Starorusskiye"
    The resort "Staraya Russa" has sources of both highly mineralized mineral waters intended for external use and cavity irrigation and low-mineralized mineral waters for oral administration. According to the chemical composition, "Staraya Russa" mineral waters are bromine chloride calcium-sodium containing magnesium, potassium, lithium, fluorine, iron, etc., the reaction of the medium is neutral. "Starorussky" mineral waters have anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic effects, improve trophism, blood circulation and metabolic processes, contribute to the normalization of the body's immune status.

    Therapeutic mud "Starorusskie"
    Therapeutic mud "Starorusskiye" refers to sulfide-silt with a record content of iron sulfide, contains bromine. Mud is local, of lacustrine-spring origin, the therapeutic effect of which is provided by high viscous-plastic and thermal properties. It is no coincidence that they have their own name in the classification of therapeutic mud and are reference, having no analogues in the world in their class. Muds have anti-inflammatory, absorbable, antispasmodic, analgesic effects, improve blood microcirculation in the lesion and thereby help to improve the condition of the diseased part of the body.

    Microclimate of the Resort
    Continental climate of temperate latitudes. Due to the location on the territory of salty mineral lakes, the air of the Resort is unique in its composition - it is saturated with bromine, magnesium and calcium ions, due to which the effect of a natural inhalation is achieved.

    List of diseases

    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the musculoskeletal system;

    Diseases of the nervous system;

    Skin diseases;

    Diseases of the digestive system;

    Respiratory diseases;

    Diseases of the circulatory system;

    Diseases of the endocrine system;

    Eye diseases;

    Diseases of the genitourinary system (gynecological diseases, urological diseases, chronic prostatitis);

    Rehabilitation of patients after injuries and occupational diseases, orthopedic and traumatological operations, endoprosthetics

    Natural healing factors

    Hydromineral base :

    1. Sulfate-chloride-magnesium-calcium-sodium water
    2. Hydrocarbonate-sulfate-calcium water

    3. Chloride-sodium-bromine-boron brines

    Peloid therapy : sapropel mud.

    Description of healing factors

    Sulfate-chloride-magnesium-calcium-sodium water (for external and internal use) belongs to the mineral natural drinking medical table, XIX group, Khilovsky type. Mineral water "Khilovskaya" - natural medicinal table water, extracted from the unique natural springs of the resort "Khilovo". The springs are located in the center of the sanitary protection zone, isolated from the harmful effects of the urban environment. Water is extracted from a depth of more than 250 m, complies with GOST and is recommended by the Russian Scientific Center for Restorative Medicine and Balneology for drinking treatment.

    Hydrocarbonate-sulfate-calcium water (for external use) refers to mineral balneological, group 2.1.2, Khilovsky type. Water contains hydrogen sulfide in conditioned quantities, which has an important balneotherapeutic value. Hydrogen sulfide rejuvenates the skin and restores its derivatives: hair, nails; enhances the exchange of cartilage, bone tissue. After a course of baths, the level of cholesterol in the blood and hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus decrease. Hydrogen sulfide affects the functional state of the central nervous system, enhances the process of inhibition, stimulates the pituitary gland - thyroid gland - ovaries. Under the action of hydrogen sulfide baths, blood pressure decreases and cardiac output increases, the functional state of the myocardium improves, blood flow in the kidneys, liver, brain, and muscles increases. Hydrogen sulfide increases the amount of reduced and reduces the amount of oxidized forms of proteins, as a result, the biosynthesis of fatty acids and cholesterol decreases. Microcirculation improves by increasing the volumetric velocity of muscle blood flow, reducing perivascular edema, reducing platelet aggregation and blood viscosity. All this is an important link in the mechanism of therapeutic action in coronary heart disease, cerebral ischemia, peripheral vascular disease and other diseases of the cardiovascular system.

    Chloride-sodium-bromine-boron brines (for external use) are mineral balneological. Baths affect the leading systems of the body: nervous, cardiovascular, sympathetic-adrenal and pituitary-adrenal. They create favorable conditions for the formation of compensatory-adaptive and recovery reactions of the body. The main mechanism of action of these baths is the deposition of mineral salts on the skin and the formation of the so-called "salt cloak", which is a source of prolonged irritation of receptors and a reflex effect on functional systems. The presence of a "salt cloak" on the skin determines the characteristics of heat transfer in sodium chloride baths, which are characterized by greater heating of the body than in other baths. An increase in body temperature causes a compensatory vasodilating reaction, an increase in oxygen uptake. An increase in skin circulation is accompanied by the release of deposited blood, an increase in the volume of circulating blood and venous blood flow to the heart, a decrease in blood viscosity, and normalization of blood pressure. Baths improve all kinds of exchange. Due to the bromine contained in the water, baths have a pronounced sedative effect, enhance inhibitory processes in the cerebral cortex. Normalize immune properties, improve cerebral and general hemodynamics, affect the tone of peripheral veins.

    Sapropel mud in the sanatorium "Khilovo" it is mined from the bottom of the lake, located 12 km from the resort. Therapeutic mud refers to sapropelic low-sulfide, low-mineralized, medium-ash peloids, which have a balneological value. The therapeutic significance of sapropel is determined by its high thermal properties, the presence of a large amount of organic substances - humic, bitumen, as well as vitamins (B1, B12, C, D, E), enzymes, hormones, iron sulfides. Mud therapy actively improves all types of metabolism, microcirculation, tissue trophism, promotes healing and growth of bones, eliminates the inflammatory process without damaging beneficial microflora, relaxes muscle and nerve fibers, and has a powerful immunomodulatory effect.

    List of diseases

    Undorovskaya mineral water is highly effective in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, urinary system, incl. kidney stones, urological diseases, improves liver function. In complex therapy, it allows treating diseases of the cardiovascular system, the musculoskeletal system, the female genital area, the nervous system, the respiratory system, the endocrine system, skin diseases, and a wide range of occupational diseases.

    Natural healing factors

    There are 17 self-flowing springs on the territory of the resort, 9 of them are mineral healing and have a peculiar chemical composition.

    Treatment is based on the use of unique natural factors:

    Undorovsky mineral water.

    Medium mineralized sulfate-magnesium-calcium mineral water.

    Sodium chloride brines enriched with iodine and bromine.

    Kimeridge blue clay of the Undorovsky deposit.

    The microclimate of the resort is close to the sea.

    Description of healing factors

    The Undory resort, which is included in the list of unique resorts in Russia, is also famous for the fact that it is the only resort in our country that uses waters with a high content of organic substances, including those that reduce the activity of the thyroid gland, and ingredients belonging to the anti-cancer group. It belongs to the group of waters, which includes mineral water "Naftusya" (Truskavets resort, Ukraine). The real Undorovskaya mineral water can only be tasted by going for treatment to local sanatoriums (named after V.I. Lenin and "Dubki").

    Three main types of mineral water are used in the Undory resort:

    1 type. Undorovskaya mineral water of source No. 1 is a low-mineralized hydrocarbonate-sulfate-magnesium water with a high content of organic substances, used for internal use. Clean, transparent, colorless, odorless and impurity free.

    A unique feature of the Undorovo mineral water is the high content of organic substances, including healthy carbohydrates, carboxylic acids, fulvic acids, humic acids, silicic acid, carbonic anhydride, bitumen. Mineral water contains up to 20 useful trace elements.

    2 type. Medium mineralized sulfate calcium-magnesium-sodium water, for indoor and outdoor use.

    It is mined from a depth of 330-380 meters. It is used for drinking treatment for gastroenterological diseases, in the form of microclysters, intestinal irrigation, gum irrigation, tubage, gastric lavage, inhalation. Contains lithium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, fluorine, chlorine, sulfates, bicarbonates, phosphates and other trace elements.

    3 type. Chloride-sodium-bromine brine is extracted from wells up to 1000 meters deep, for outdoor use. Contains hydrogen, lithium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, chlorine, bromine, iodine, sulfates, bicarbonates and a number of other useful substances. Chloride-sodium-bromine brine is used for balneotherapy in the form of baths, in the pool for physiotherapy exercises or free swimming. Baths have anti-inflammatory, soothing effect, normalize metabolism, improve blood microcirculation.

    Blue clay of the Undorovo deposit contains potassium, sodium, calcium, iodine, bromine, aluminum, zinc and copper. It is effective in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system, nervous system, digestive organs, as well as in gynecological, urological pathologies and some skin diseases. Applications with blue clay have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiseptic, vasodilating effects, improve joint and spinal mobility, and normalize blood pressure. Clay is also actively used in cosmetology.

    Resort climate temperate continental with warm summers and moderately cold winters. Microclimate coastal zone reservoir approaches the sea. Sunshine during the year 1500-2000 hours. The specific natural factor of the resort is natural ionization up to 1105 light aerons per 1 cubic cm. air. The combination of these factors makes it possible to carry out landscape therapy, aerotherapy, terenkur, light-air baths, heliotherapy, tallasotherapy ..

    List of diseases

    Diseases of the digestive system,

    gynecological diseases,

    urinary tract diseases,

    diseases of the musculoskeletal system,

    diseases of the nervous system,

    skin diseases,

    respiratory diseases,

    diseases of the ear and mastoid process,

    diabetes.

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral water

    Description of healing factors

    The composition of the lake water is sulfate-chloride, sodium-potassium, with a high content of magnesium, slightly alkaline. The content of salts in its area is not the same. It is highest in the central part of the lake, where it is 18-20 grams per liter of moisture, off the coast, especially close to the mouth of the Son River. The salt content is usually a few grams lower. With depth, the mineralization of moisture increases everywhere, and in the central part of the Shire, the near-bottom stratum is already brines. The main healing factors of Lake Shira are its mineral water, mud, underground mineral springs and the very healthy climate of these places. These factors are usually used in combination with all conventional healing methods. A very important therapeutic factor of the Shira resort is its medicinal and drinking mineral water. It is taken orally and, depending on the time of its intake and temperature, it has a different effect on the patient. Taken orally, it causes irritation of the receptors of the gastrointestinal tract, reflexively affects the central nervous system. After absorption, the constituent elements of water lead to some changes in the body, which entail complex, beneficial effects. At the same time, cold water introduced into the stomach causes an increase in secretory activity, and heated to 40-45 degrees, on the contrary, inhibits it. The same goes for the reception time.

    List of diseases

    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue;

    respiratory organs;

    nervous and autonomic nervous system;

    gynecological;

    urological;

    nephrological;

    gastrointestinal tract.

    Natural healing factors

    Geothermal natural wet and dry gases,

    mineral water spring "Kurgazak",

    a unique set of resort and recreational landscape factors.

    Description of healing factors

    Thermal vapors and gases , used in the sanatorium for treatment, stand out from the natural cracks of the Yangan-Tau mountain and wells drilled to different depths in the same place. Steam baths, dry air and steam condensate are used. The composition of the steam condensate includes ions of about 30 active microelements (copper, zinc, iron, etc.), as well as organic substances (resins, phenols, organic acids, etc.).

    Mineral water "Kurgazak" " - hydrocarbonate calcium-magnesium water. Water from the source is supplied to the sanatorium through a special pipeline and is used for medicinal purposes both internally and externally. Resort and recreational landscape factors (mountain relief, water bodies, cultural landscape sanatorium park, forest, open meadow spaces).

    List of diseases

    Resort "Angara" specializes in the treatment and prevention of diseases:

    of cardio-vascular system

    nervous system

    digestive and endocrine systems (including diabetes mellitus)

    musculoskeletal system

    skin diseases

    upper respiratory diseases

    Specialized rehabilitation departments:

    patients who have had acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris, patients after surgery on the heart and coronary vessels;

    patients who have undergone acute cerebrovascular accident (stroke);

    persons injured at work (industrial injuries, diseases associated with harmful working conditions)

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral water

    Description of healing factors

    The uniqueness of the resort lies in the fact that it has its own sources of mineral waters, which are extracted directly on the territory of the complex: weakly sulfide sodium chloride brine, used externally for balneotherapy and mineral drinking medical table water. Silt sulfide mud of Lake Nukha-Nur in the Bayandaevsky region and sapropelic mud from the Usolsky region are also used as a therapeutic factor.

    List of diseases

    The resort is a center for medical rehabilitation for diseases:

    digestive organs;

    peripheral nervous system;

    musculoskeletal system and connective tissue;

    female genital organs;

    genitourinary system;

    endocrine system;

    eating disorders and metabolic disorders.

    rehabilitation of patients with occupational diseases and after injuries at work;

    respiratory organs;

    circulatory organs;

    Natural healing factors

    Four types of unique mineral waters included in the book "Mineral Waters of the World", published in Italy.

    Mineral water "Krainskaya" was awarded gold medals at the international exhibitions "Cairo-98", "Paris-98", "Cologne-99", "Milan-2001".

    Therapeutic peat mud containing hydrogen sulfide.

    Description of healing factors

    According to the amount of mineral salts, mineral waters are divided into dining, medical-dining and therapeutic, and according to the chemical composition they are divided into: Hydrocarbonate: intended for those who play sports, are used in the treatment of urolithiasis; Sulfate: for those who have problems with the gallbladder, liver; Chloride: regulate the functioning of the liver, intestinal and biliary tract; Magnesium: used in stressful situations. Peat mud is also actively used in the treatment of the resort. From the peat bog "Commune", located just 1.5 km from the resort.

    List of diseases

    Treatment and prevention of the nervous system is the main direction of the medical rehabilitation center, you can undergo a course of treatment and rehabilitation of diseases of the circulatory system, skin, diseases of the male and female genitourinary organs, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, cerebral palsy, the consequences of traumatic brain injuries and spinal injuries. In addition, the center provides assistance to patients who have undergone surgery on the spine and joints. For children, there is a pediatric department on the territory of the health resort.

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral hydrogen sulfide water

    Description of healing factors

    MRC has unique natural healing factors - sulfate - bicarbonate calcium - magnesium waters, as well as healing sulfide-silt mud. They contain almost all chemical elements.

    Mineral water
    The main natural factor in the treatment at the resort are natural mineral hydrogen sulfide sulfate-hydrocarbonate calcium-magnesium waters and sulfide silt mud mined on the lake. Treatment with hydrogen sulfide water changes the colloidal properties of the skin, changes the barrier function, activates enzymatic processes in the body. The result of this effect is a pronounced anti-inflammatory, absorbable, analgesic, trophic-regenerative effect (improved metabolism).

    In healing mud contains almost the entire periodic table. The mud also contains antibiotic-like, hormone-like biologically active substances that have a strong anti-inflammatory effect, relax muscles, reduce pain in the joints and spine, increase immunity, dissolve scars, scars on the skin, have an anti-cellulite effect, and mud masks help get rid of acne and skin fatigue. During mud procedures, intense sweating occurs, which helps to reduce body weight up to 400-800 grams. Finally, the procedure itself is pleasant - surprisingly, the mud has a very good warming effect, increases the emotional mood, and after the mud baths a pleasant relaxation sets in, a surge of strength is felt.

    List of diseases

    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system,

    Diseases of the nervous system,

    gynecological diseases,

    andrological diseases,

    diseases of the urinary tract,

    skin diseases,

    Diseases of the digestive system

    Diseases of the upper respiratory tract,

    Occupational diseases

    Natural healing factors

    Therapeutic mud

    Mineral water

    Description of healing factors

    Climate

    Sanatorium "Varzi-Yatchi" is distinguished by a special microclimate, characteristic only of this area. Its climate is characterized as temperate continental with pronounced seasons. According to the bioclimatic passport of the territory, "the landscape and climatic conditions of the sanatorium are a high-quality natural healing factor for use in resort and health-improving and rehabilitation practice for climate treatment and climate prevention of diseases."

    Rare, in its composition, peat mud - "living medicine", extracted from a peat bog located on the territory. According to the conclusion of the Russian Scientific Center for Restorative Medicine and Balneology (Moscow, 2007), this mud should be classified as a therapeutic low-mineralized low-sulfide high-ash peat mud. In its composition and medicinal properties, it is unique and is considered as a reference. On the territory of Russia is "the only representative of this type used for medicinal purposes." The balneological value of mud is due to its very high thermal and plastic properties, the presence of therapeutically active mineral components: sulfides, free hydrogen sulfide, water-soluble salts, big amount organic substances, including balneologically valuable ones - humic acids and their salts, fulphonic acids, bitumens, as well as the presence of organic biostimulants - lipids, vitamins, enzymes, hormones, etc.

    Mineral water.
    Currently, the sanatorium "Varzi-Yatchi" has a diverse hydro-mineral base, which is represented by 4 types of waters:

    1. Low-mineralized sulfate sodium-magnesium-calcium composition, with a slightly alkaline reaction of the medium (This water is of particular interest because it contains silver ions. The results of clinical studies indicate the high effectiveness of this water in the treatment of patients with diseases of the stomach, biliary and urinary tract, as well as in the treatment of diabetes mellitus and gout).

    2. Low-mineralized sulfate calcium composition.

    3. Medium mineralized chloride-sulfate-calcium-sodium composition.

    4. Strong brine of sodium chloride composition (A feature of the brines of the sanatorium "Varzi-Yatchi" is that they do not contain hydrogen sulfide. This expands the possibility of their use in the treatment of many diseases, in particular the cardiovascular system, upper respiratory tract and diseases of the female genital area.)

    List of diseases

    Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, Diseases of metabolism and endocrine glands, Diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract, Diseases of the oral cavity and nasopharynx, Functional disorders of the nervous system, Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, Diseases of the cardiovascular system, Diseases of the respiratory system, Rehabilitation departments. Unique programs (Anti-Diabetes, Anti-Asthma, Men's Health, Fasting Therapy, etc.)

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral water, mud therapy.

    Description of healing factors

    The natural source of our mineral water is located in sanitary zone on the territory of the sanatorium. Mineral water "Brotherly" refers to the so-called. living waters that carry the soul in the form of ancient organic life and living relict protobacteria that retain unique reference bioinformation that has not changed, being isolated from solar and cosmic storms and cataclysms on the surface of the earth. Such water, upon contact with damaged human tissues, transfers its reference bioinformation to them, which contributes to their rapid recovery. In the treatment, the sanatorium actively uses Usolye therapeutic mud.

    List of diseases

    treatment of the digestive system,

    musculoskeletal system,

    circulatory organs,

    neurology.

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral water, mud

    Description of healing factors

    One of the main therapeutic factors of the sanatorium "Dorohovo" are therapeutic mineral waters:

    1. Low-mineralized sulfate-magnesium-calcium water, which is used in the health-improving procedures of the sanatorium, and under the name "Dorokhovskaya" is bottled in containers for wide sale to the consumer.

    2. Water of high mineralization - sodium chloride brine (RAPA) is used for mineral baths, swimming pools, diseases of the oral cavity.

    Peat mud from the Yukhovskoye deposit is used in combination with galvanic current.

    List of diseases

    diseases of the joints and spine,

    nervous diseases,

    cardiovascular diseases,

    diseases of the female genital area.

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral natural radon water

    Description of healing factors

    For more than a hundred years, progressive balneology has been using the unique chemical element Radon to treat various diseases. However, until now, the methods of treatment using radon have not deservedly remained in the shadow against the background of the use of other natural factors, such as mineral waters and mud. On the one hand, this gives Radon some mystery and elitism, on the other hand, many patients suffering from rather serious ailments are deprived of the opportunity to experience its wonderful, truly effective and unique therapeutic power. We want to fill this gap and give our potential clients the opportunity to learn about the existence of such a treatment method as radon therapy and to familiarize them with all its nuances in more detail. We can talk about two ways of radon action - neuro-reflex, through the nerve endings of the skin, and humoral - the penetration of radon with blood and lymph into the subcutaneous fat and other organs and tissues. 2.5 hours after the radon procedure, radon is completely eliminated from the body, and after another two hours, the daughter products disappear. Within a few hours after a radon bath in the skin and, to a lesser extent, in other organs and tissues, as a result of alpha irradiation, a state of ionization of the tissue fluid occurs, which changes the direction and intensity of biochemical processes, which serves as a trigger for the restoration of impaired functions of human organs and tissues.

    Brine of Lake "Bear" sulfate-chloride magnesium-sodium type (salt content in concentration is not inferior to the Dead Sea - Israel)

    Mineral water "Medvezhye-11" is characterized as medical table sodium chloride.

    List of diseases

    Diseases of the nervous system: neuroses, neurasthenia.

    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system: osteochondrosis, sciatica, consequences of fractures and injuries, ostomyelitis.

    Respiratory diseases: bronchitis, bronchial asthma, tonsillitis, etc.

    Diseases of the female genital area: inflammatory processes, ovarian dysfunction, infertility of various etiologies.

    Diseases of the male genital area: chronic prostatitis, infertility.

    Treatment of frequently ill children: tonsillitis, bronchitis, increased immunity.

    Scoliosis, violation of posture, flat feet, cerebral palsy.

    Treatment of postoperative adhesions, post-burn scars.

    Natural healing factors

    Mineral water, mud.

    Natural mineral waters and therapeutic mud are the main wealth of the Usolsky sanatorium.

    Description of healing factors

    Mineral water
    The composition of water is unique. According to the analyzes of the "Institute for Problems of Technology of Microelectronics and Highly Pure Materials of the Russian Academy of Sciences" of the Moscow Region, the "Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution named after A.N. Severtsev" in Moscow, the "Tomsk Research Institute of Balneology and Physiotherapy" in Tomsk, the Usol baths are called, according to the main ingredients, - bromine-chloride-sodium, their healing properties are enhanced by a high content of hydrogen sulfide, as well as bromine, iodine, flint oh acid, potassium, manganese, a fraction of strontium for better absorption of calcium.

    The natural water of Usolsky springs, traveling through underground labyrinths, washes the occurring rocks, is saturated with underground salts, minerals, gases and acquires healing properties, and then rises to the surface with springs and springs. The uniqueness of the Usolsky deposit is the natural pressure with which water jets rise to the surface of the reservoir. Two artesian wells with a depth of 500 meters open a free path for water to the surface of the earth.

    Another powerful healing factor in the "Sanatorium Usolye" is peat-silt mud.
    They are mined 12 km from the "Sanatorium Usolye" from the lake "Salt". The history of the appearance of healing mud in the Usolsky district is also very interesting. At the beginning of the century before last, the British, conducting geodetic research, drilled a well 12 kilometers from Usolye. The water taken from it for testing, for some reason, was not suitable for salt extraction, and the foreigners abandoned the well. The water flowing outside caused a lot of trouble for the locals, and they threw stones at the artificial source. However, moisture still seeped out and gradually a small peat bog formed in this place, which was saturated with brine for more than a hundred years. In 1928, the "centenary-aged" mud from this place was studied for its healing properties and has since been actively used to treat various diseases. It should be noted that the reserves of healing mud are not dimensionless. According to estimates, they will only last for the next decades. So, those who want to experience their healing properties for themselves should hurry up. Based on the study of therapeutic mud by the Tomsk Research Institute, according to the main classification criteria, one can recognize the mud as corresponding to mineralized sulfide peat therapeutic mud.

    Mineral water

    Description of healing factors

    Mineral water
    In 1975, 2 wells were drilled on the territory of the Karacharovo sanatorium center to provide a hydro-mineral base and treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. According to hydrochemical studies, mineral water taken from the well belongs to low mineralized sulfate-magnesium-calcium waters. (XII group Ashgabat waters).

    It is extracted from a well 480 m deep, where it is guaranteed that there is no contact with the aquifers of the upper layers;

    The chemical composition of water has not changed since the start of well operation. The place of accumulation of water was carried out in lime-gypsum caves, which are a natural filter, which ensures crystal clearness and a refreshing spring taste;

    Toxic trace elements, including nitrogen compounds, heavy metals, and radionuclides were not detected or their concentration is significantly below the maximum allowable limits;

    The water is low-mineralized, is actively used as a table water, and does not taste salty. It contains only the amount of mineral salts necessary for treatment, which does not lead to their excessive accumulation in the body.

    According to its chemical composition, it is a unique product of nature.

    At the International Congress of Balneology in 1996 in Moscow, she was awarded a diploma, and entered the top ten of the 160 waters of the world presented.

    Since 1970, mineral natural drinking table water has been extracted on the territory of the Karacharovo sanatorium center. According to hydrochemical studies, mineral water belongs to weakly mineralized fresh waters of hydrocarbonate magnesium-calcium composition. Natural drinking table water "Karacharovo" is used without boiling as a table and as a basis for cooking, drinks, diluting juices and concentrates.

    Distinctive features compared to other analogues:

    It is extracted from a well 180 m deep, where it is guaranteed that there is no contact with the aquifers of the upper layers;

    The chemical composition of water has not changed since the start of well operation;

    Water "Karacharovo" is unique in its chemical composition, balance of mineral properties that have a healing effect on the human body, favorably affects digestion, removes toxins from the body, refreshes and tones;

    "Karacharovo" compensates for the lack of useful minerals and microelements, which are so necessary for the health of an adult, and indispensable for the formation and growth of a child;

    Mineral water (brine) for external use
    The main therapeutic factor in the sanatorium is mineral water (brine) for external use from a well, which is drilled on the territory of the sanatorium complex. It is directly supplied to the medical building, to the bathroom department.
    In accordance with the MU of the Ministry of Health of Russia No. 2000/34 "Classification of mineral waters and therapeutic mud for the purposes of their certification", the mineral waters of the well belong to bromine chloride sodium strong brines that can be used for the release of outdoor balneological procedures with appropriate dilution.

    Sanatorium "Sosnovy Bor" offers spa treatment using sulphide-silt lake-spring mud from the floodplain of the Ivkinka River, containing up to 1500 mg / kg of hydrogen sulfide, saturated with highly mineralized chloride-sulphate-sodium water from its own well.

Everyone knows the Dead Sea for its miraculous properties, but not everyone knows that there are many similar places in Russia. Many salt lakes, so beneficial to human health, are located in many corners of the vast homeland. Deposits based on water and mud treatment have long been a national treasure of Russia, and mineral (salt) lakes are unique in their composition, temperature regime and medicinal properties.

AND history of development of therapeutic mud, rock salt, brine and others natural resources lakes are more than one century old. Lakes have a huge bioenergy. For example, salt lakes are sacred to Muslims and, due to their healing qualities, are places of worship. Legends say that the lakes have a powerful healing energy that cleanses people from damage and the evil eye, granting them recovery. Vacationers who are on the territory of salt lakes, the aura is restored, and the body is cleansed of negative energy.

In ancient Rus', in gratitude for the healing received along the lake, nomads put up on spears shreds of bright fabric with coins wrapped in a bundle. The healers performed the ceremony by bathing naked in the salty brine of the lake. Since the middle of the 20th century, folk custom in gratitude for the recovery, throw into the water with the words of a prayer coins, gold and silver jewelry, which to this day are stored at the bottom of the lakes in countless quantities. But not only people thank the lakes for their healing properties, the lakes also give people health and good luck for caring for them. And who disrespectfully treated the healing waters of salty lakes, those lakes did not help in strengthening and did not bring recovery.

The legend says that Emperor Alexander III in 1888 in Kharkov got into a railway accident, while holding the roof of the car on his shoulders and saving his family: his sons and wife. As a result, his health was damaged. Upon returning to Moscow, messengers were sent to all points of the Earth to search for therapeutic agents. Rumors reached the Imperial Court about the miraculous healing mud located in the steppes of the Orenburg Province. An expedition was sent to the unique salt lakes, which later delivered to Moscow therapeutic mud and Beshofit salt water, which helped in the treatment of the Emperor. In gratitude for the healing gift, a decree was issued on the creation in 1888 of a medical and recreational zone in the city of Sol - Iletsk. The news of the miraculous healing of Emperor Alexander III spread to all ends of vast Russia.

The great Russian scientist M.V. Lomonosov was the first to produce physical and chemical analysis of salt from the Iletsk salt dome. The scientist came to the conclusion: “Iletsk natural salt is harder than all other salts, and if it is not crushed, it gets a very white color, and does not absorb moisture from the air. For such properties, it is necessary to prefer this salt in hardness, strength and arrogance to other salts. WITHAt the end of the 19th century, the rapid development of salt lakes began in Russia. Salt mud began to be delivered to all resorts in Russia. As a result, salt mining and mud deposits began to actively develop, gaining worldwide fame as a country of salt lakes, generously giving people health and well-being.

According to the established tradition, every first Saturday of June, the Russian Orthodox Church, accompanied by a church choir, consecrates lakes in various parts of Russia. And all vacationers, sprinkled with blessed water, are blessed for recovery and prosperity.

There is an interesting tradition among Muslims. According to tradition, the "folk - small hajj" of Russian Muslims begins in unique places in summer. Every year on the third Saturday of June, a sacrifice (sadaqah) is offered on Mount Tuz-Tube ( salt mountain). At its very top, elders read prayers for the recovery and well-being of people, and pilgrims are treated to the broth of a sacrificial ram, who must drink three sips, having received a blessing to improve their health.

Elton - golden lake among the steppes Volgograd region. The appearance of the lake is quite unusual- golden pink the surface of the reservoir fascinates and attracts many. Note that the Polovtsian khans knew about the existence of the lake, and it was considered sacred by them. And not in vain, today many examples have proven the healing properties of local mud and lake waters. The reason for this, of course, is not clear to scientists. But there are suggestions that the whole point is in the properties of the Elton rocks, preserved from the Jurassic period (not without reason in local mountains— Ulagan and Presny estuary, scientists find fossilized remains of fossil plants and animals).

Health resorts built on the basis of medical factors, lakes have no analogues in the whole world. Already at the beginning of the century there were original health resorts, popular among many. And the treatment was quite simple: a hole was dug out on the lake, where the patient was placed. His body was covered with mud, and after an hour spent in this state, the person was washed in a brine. PAfter the Second World War, medicine established that balneotherapy (treatment with mud and mineral waters) is a unique type of treatment based on the deep use of natural resources. For this reason, a kind of boom in visiting salt lakes began. And now Elton is visited by thousands of tourists, eager to rejuvenate and heal from ailments. Yes, and the prices of the tour for a unique salt Lake only rejoice.

Bitter-salty lake Bulukhta(from Kolmyk "spring") - the second largest bitter-salty lake, after Elton, located in the Volgograd region. Essentially ethat swamp, but with spring water. Another unique property of the lake is the bizarre shape of the shore and the ever-changing boundaries of the lake. Lake Bulukhta is a piece of wild nature, its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is far from civilization, it is not so easy to get here.

The lucky ones who have been here will have the opportunity to see numerous populations of ground squirrels and steppe birds. The most unforgettable sight is the flight Imperial Eagle, listed in the Red Book of Russia, its nests are often found, sometimes very close to the road. A dangerous phenomenon - the salt marsh barely holds the weight of a person, it can meet under your feet right here. Going to the lake will be easy exciting journey, during which you can find yourself among the wild, unexplored nature!

Lake Razval in Sol-Iletsk considered e another unique salt lake.An important part of the history of the Iletsk deposit is the history of Lake Razval, which made the resort famous. The concentration of salt is very high here, so drowning in it is a difficult task.Razval Lake was formed at the site of the salt production of Mount Tuztube. The depth of the lake is 18 meters. On east coast The lake has a beach of fine sand with salt. The salty spring “Salty Tears” has been flowing through Mount Tuztube for a long time.

The salt concentration here is almost 10 times higher than the concentration of salts in the water of the Black and Mediterranean Seas. In addition to sodium chloride, the lake contains other salts. Salt water has predominantly hyperosmolar, locally irritating and antimicrobial effects, in connection with this, the cleansing reaction on the skin and mucous membranes, as well as the adaptogenic reaction, is most pronounced. Swimming in the lake is recommended for patients with diseases of the skin, internal organs, musculoskeletal apparatus and many other factors.

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Indications for bathing in salt lakes and taking salt procedures:

1. Atopic dermatitis and children's eczema, psoriasis (without exacerbation); including in children.

2. Diseases musculoskeletal systems: arthritis, and polyarthritis of non-tuberculous origin (rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis of a certain nature, osteoarthritis, osteoarthritis, traumatic arthritis); spondylosis, spondylarthrosis, osteochondrosis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondylopathy, diseases of bones, tendon muscles; osteomyelitis that does not require surgical intervention, trophic ulcers after long-term treatment of non-healing wounds of traumatic origin. Heel spur.

3. Diseases of the nervous system: diseases and consequences of injuries of the peripheral nervous system in the stage of fading exacerbation, complete or incomplete remission (radiculitis, plexitis, neuritis, myelitis); the consequences of injuries and other injuries of the spinal cord and its membranes in the absence of disorders of the function of the pelvic organs and with the patient's ability to move independently;
dyscirculatory encephalopathy up to 2 degrees.

4. Diseases of the female genital area: chronic cervicitis, chronic metroendometritis, uterine deviation with limited mobility; chronic inflammatory diseases of the uterine appendages of various etiologies, with the exception of tuberculosis, chronic pelvic peritonitis, perimetritis; infertility due to inflammatory disease of the tubes and uterus, as well as mildly pronounced underdevelopment of the uterus; functional insufficiency of the ovaries on the basis of their primary lesion with the normal size of the uterus; postoperative infiltrates at the end of the acute period; erosion of the cervix (subject to the exclusion of malignancy); primary and secondary infertility of various origins.

Indications for referring children:

Long-term and frequently ill children (secondary immunodeficiency); cerebral palsy, enuresis, scoliosis of 1-4 degrees, joint contractures (after burns, fractures), diseases and consequences of injuries of the central and peripheral system, neuroses, cerebroasthenic syndrome. Children are admitted for treatment together with one of the parents.

(!!!) CONTRAINDICATIONS: on contraindications, it is strongly recommended to consult a specialist!

1. General contraindications, in which spa treatment is generally excluded (tumors, bleeding of any localization, especially repeated ones, infections, sexually transmitted and mental diseases, diseases in the acute phase, for balneo-mud treatment, foreign bodies (plates, artificial joints, a single kidney);
2. Tuberculosis of any localization;
3. Nephrites and other diseases of the kidneys with impaired function;
4. Hypothyroidism and diabetes mellitus;
5. Polyarthritis with a progressive course, with a tendency to ankylosis and contractures in the exacerbation of the process;
6. Diseases of the cardiovascular system with circulatory failure 2−3 st (heart failure);
7. Chronic ischemic heart disease with arrhythmia, conduction, with angina pectoris above functional class 2;
8. Hypertension above II A stage;
9. Exacerbation of atopic dermatitis and childhood eczema with the presence of erosions on the skin (with ESR above 35 mm/h);
10. Bronchial asthma in exacerbation, hormone-dependent bronchial asthma;
11. Epilepsy and convulsive conditions;
12. Constant and long-term use of hormonal drugs.