Therapeutic mud is a rich silt that accumulates at the bottom of salt lakes and estuaries and consists of a mineral base (soil, sand, clay) coated and bonded with gelatinous organic matter.

The mud forms as a result of living organisms decomposing without oxygen. Proteins contain sulfur, which cannot be fully oxidized and is released as hydrogen sulfide.

External use of therapeutic mud:

  • Therapeutic mud treatment for skeletal diseases (silt sulfide mud from Lake Tambukan).
  • Electrophoresis of medications for bone pathology.
  • Application of medication to the oral mucosa.
  • Insertion of rectal mud tampons for colon diseases.

 

Mud applications can be used to treat musculoskeletal disorders:

Treatment of digestive diseases is also possible:

  • peptic ulcer disease (out of exacerbation);
  • hepatitis;
  • cholecystitis;
  • enterocolitis;
  • colitis;
  • gastritis, etc.
21 October 2021
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