Balneological resorts use mineral waters, which are formed under the influence of geological processes in the bowels of the earth and contain ions of various salts, as therapeutic factors.
According to the gas composition, there are rhodonite, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, in mineral composition - chloride, hydrocarbonate, nitrate and sulfide.
In addition, the chemical composition of the water allowsto subdivide them into glandular, siliceous, arsenic, iodine, and containing various biologically active microelements. By the amount of mineral salts in grams contained in 1 liter, they are divided into high, medium and weak mineral waters.
Balneological resorts, their wellnessThe effect is based on the effect of mineral water baths on the human body. Gases and salts dissolved in water have a specific local effect on skin receptors.
Carbonated mineral baths improvethe activity of the cardiovascular system, their influence is favorable for the coronary circulation, they normalize blood pressure, activate the work of the central nervous system and the endocrine glands. Balneological resorts of Russia using this type of water are located in Kislovodsk and Darasun.
Hydrogen sulfide baths expand skin vesselsfacilitating the work of the heart, help the healing of skin lesions, remove protein breakdown products from the body. Hydrogen sulfide has a resolving, anti-inflammatory, desensitizing and analgesic effect. On the cardiovascular system, its effect is the same as that of carbon dioxide baths. Russian spa resorts, where they are treated with hydrogen sulfide baths, are located in Pyatigorsk and Sochi-Matseste.
The effect of radon baths on the body due toalpha radiation that is released during the decay of radon atoms. Radon has an analgesic and sedative effect, lowers blood pressure, improves heart function. Under its influence, there is a faster healing of injuries in the bone and muscle tissue.
Spa resorts also usetherapeutic effect of mineral water, which it has when taken orally. It is caused by the salts, trace elements, and gases contained in the liquid. Mineral water is used, as a rule, in the treatment of the digestive system organs.
Typically, for medicinal purposes, mineral water is taken directly at the source - pump room. Thus its useful properties are better preserved.
Drinking mineral water acts on the body in accordance with its chemical composition.
Hydrocarbonate waters of the resorts of the CIS countries (Essentuki, Borjomi, Zheleznovodsk, Darasun, Morshin) regulate the motor and secretory functions of the stomach.
Chloride waters increase the secretion of gastric juice, as well as its acidity.
Sulfide waters, on the contrary, reduce the secretion of gastric juice and have a choleretic and laxative effect. In Russia, sulfide waters are treated in Pyatigorsk.
Bulgaria also has a lot of mineralsources. The balneological resorts of Bulgaria, of which there are over 50, are located throughout the country. The most famous are Albena, Pomorie, Velingrad, Hisar.
