One of the first thalassotherapy centers - if they were terms - appeared BC in Greece Tunisia. In the term was used not only sea water, but also mud and algae. Today, though Tunisia, along with France and Israel, is the world's leading thalassotherapy center, not have to go to the sea to treat them. Thalasso treatments with heated sea water and those practicing clinics and spas that are removed from the beach. Moreover, to arrange a thalasso treatment is possible even in private.
Seaweed in thalassotherapy used for wraps. Material consisting of pressed algae with the addition of sea mud, heated to 40 degrees and evenly applied to problem areas under special thermal film, and an hour later washed off with water. Typically, this procedure is used for rheumatism, arthritis, slagging of the body, cellulite, metabolic disorders, insomnia. Algae and mud is also applied in the form of masks on the face: they cleanse the pores, pull the body of excess fluid, accelerate blood circulation and gives the skin a fresh look.
Bath heated to 37 degrees seawater are shown to those who lack iodine and calcium in the body is suffering from skin diseases, disorders of the joints, stress, excess weight. In specialized thalasso centers also used the whirlpool effect to enhance the effect of sea water. However, this procedure is possible and at home, especially when there is a jacuzzi. In this case, sea water is replaced by a conventional hot water with the addition of sea salt (preferably - Dead Sea salt). Course relaxing baths with sea water or salt will help to get rid of minor skin problems (redness, peeling, acne), will shape the nervous system and the musculoskeletal system, improve the performance of the joints, reduce the load on the spine.
Unfortunately, there is in the treatment of algae, salt and mud contraindications. Thalassotherapy is forbidden to those who have revealed the tumor, diabetes, any type of acute infectious diseases, as well as a state of acute psychosis, hyperthyroidism, or are allergic to iodine. With care doctors prescribe thalasso treatments to patients during pregnancy and the elderly who have ever had a heart attack or stroke.