Therapeutic muds (peloids or) - a natural organic-mineral formations, which have high ductility and emissivity. Furthermore, they contain active biological agents (such as salts, vitamins, gases, enzymes, hormones, and so forth), and live microorganisms.
Depending on origin, the mud is divided into:
1) peat (which are a type of wetland sediments);
2) Sapropelic (they differ by a large amount of vitamins, hormones, enzymes). This kind of mud is very popular in Russia in the Urals, and abroad - in Poland, Belarus, Estonia and Germany;
3) sulfide silt (they are poor in organic matter, but enriched with salt and iron sulfide). It is worth noting that they are inferior in their properties sapropelic and peat mud;
4) knoll
5) hydrothermal
The basis of all these therapeutic mud is a complex influence of mechanical, thermal and chemical factors on the body.
Peloids act on receptors in the skin and mucous membranes, also affect the neuro-vascular and neuro-endocrine mechanisms. In consequence of this there is the resolution of various inflammatory processes (internal and external), reducing scarring and adhesions.
In addition, under the influence of therapeutic mud is stimulation of adrenocortical function, an increase in the synthesis of catecholamines. This eventually leads to increasing immunity.
Heat treatment of dirt not only capable of exerting anti-inflammatory, but also antiseptic and analgesic action.
Although due to the rich content of trace elements, vitamins, amino acids and minerals and mud are used in cosmetics, however, should still refrain from passing mud treatments if you have at least one of the following contraindications:
1) fibroids
2) malignancy
3) acute inflammatory disease
4) ovarian cyst
5) TB
6) bleeding (or predisposition to its appearance)
7) ischemia
8) hypertension
9) Atherosclerosis
10) pregnancy (at all stages)
11) idiosyncrasy
12) epilepsy