Do you think that oil is exclusively industrial raw materials? You are very mistaken, it is widely used in medicine. Of course, not any, because it is very important to evaluate the chemical composition and properties of a particular product. Naphthalan oil is a completely different substance, it is completely non-combustible and has a number of useful properties.
What it is?
Today we’ll talk in detail about naphthalan baths. We will try to disclose the indications and contraindications in detail. Naphthalan oil is a rather thick brown liquid that has a specific smell. The substance has a high specific gravity and an even greater viscosity, as well as an acid reaction. Hydrocarbons contained in this substance are the basis of many biologically active substances. Due to this, naphthalan began to be used in the treatment of a large number of diseases.
Origin
These deposits are very old and widely known not only among the local population. The extracted substance received its name thanks to the city of Naftalan in Azerbaijan, where it began to be extracted. Only 300 km will separate it from the capital, the city of Baku. According to historical data, as early as the middle of the 19th century, this oil was produced manually from shallow wells. However, when a German engineer noticed this, he laid down the oil rig, wanting to make a profit.
He was waiting for a big disappointment, products of naphthalan oil are not combustible. But, being a practical person, the engineer continued his observations and soon noted that local people regularly take baths from this substance. Then he released a healing ointment based on oil, and it gained wide popularity. A little later, it was he who began to advertise naphthalan baths. Indications and contraindications we will consider below.
The properties
There are no analogues to this substance anywhere else in the world. This is a unique compound that is rich in healing properties. Their study is still ongoing, and doctors are constantly discovering something new. Naphthalan oil is capable of exerting the most diverse effects on the human body.
There is practically no such patient in the world whose condition could not be improved using such a treatment method. Naphthalan oil has stimulating and analgesic, anti-inflammatory and vasodilating properties.
Doctors appreciate this substance for its ability to increase metabolism, which can be useful from the point of view of cosmetology and medicine. But that is not all. Oil perfectly accelerates the healing of wounds on the skin, stimulates the adrenal cortex to produce hormones, that is, restores the endocrine system, has an excellent antibacterial and sunscreen effect.
With a number of diseases, doctors today prescribe naphthalan baths. Reviews say that most of the chronic symptoms recede after ten procedures. Naftalan is very useful for various diseases of the respiratory system, as it leads to improved lung ventilation. During the course of treatment in patients, an increase in the level of red blood cells and hemoglobin is observed. You need to be careful here, since the method contributes to a slower blood coagulation. Therefore, it is not recommended for everyone to use naphthalan baths. Indications and contraindications should be evaluated by your doctor and only then prescribe treatment.
Treatment
The range of applications is very wide, therefore we will limit ourselves to those prescriptions that are most often found in medical practice. First of all, these are skin diseases: eczema and psoriasis, furunculosis and neurodermatitis, sycosis and seborrhea. However, this is not a complete list. Oil is great for pink lichen, torpid ulcers, urticaria, and pressure sores.
Neuropathologists very often use naphthalan baths in their appointments. Indications and contraindications should be carefully weighed, but the benefits often outweigh. This substance is very effective in the treatment of intercostal neuralgia and neuritis of the ulnar or facial nerves. Perfectly treatable neuralgia of the sciatic and occipital nerves. And for patients suffering from cervicobrachial and lumbosacral radiculitis, such baths will become a real salvation, giving peace and freedom from pain.
As you can see, naphthalan can help in the most diverse branches of medicine. Azerbaijan is a country that has generated a wonderful product and generously shares it with the whole world. With it, the treatment of vascular diseases (phlebitis, thrombophlebitis) is significantly accelerated. In most cases, extraarticular soft tissues and joints are cured.
Reproductive System Treatment
This is a relatively new area in which naphthalan is used. Azerbaijan regularly invites people suffering from chronic diseases in the field of gynecology and urology to resorts. Among the ailments that are successfully treated with naphthalan are infertility and amenorrhea, andexitis and the underdevelopment of the uterus. Men are also successfully treated here. For example, chronic prostatitis is best corrected.
Contraindications
There are quite a few diseases that a doctor must consider before prescribing such a procedure. Naftalan baths are contraindicated in myocardial infarction and all heart diseases, especially with coronary insufficiency and angina pectoris. You can not take such baths with any neoplasms, benign or malignant. Severe anemia, pregnancy and breastfeeding mean a complete rejection of such procedures. Renal failure or acute nephritis, acute gynecological diseases, tuberculosis, organic lesions of the nervous system - all these are reasons to at least delay treatment.
Treatment in the capital
Naftalan baths in Moscow today are no longer a wonder. For example, the sanatorium "Vorobyevo" offers its guests a similar procedure. Only 127 km separates it from Moscow, and it is here that you will have a course of these procedures. Treatment is carried out strictly according to the methods approved by the Ministry of Health, and therefore it is completely safe. This is not the only procedure in the arsenal of doctors, and it is often used in combination with other methods of treatment.
Treatment in Azerbaijan
But if you want to feel the very atmosphere of a sunny country, then come where this product is born. Naftalan (Azerbaijan) is a sanatorium that has been operating for almost 100 years. It initially functioned in the summer, and then became year-round. Every year, more and more patients began to use his services, and this meant only one thing: the resort complex should grow and develop. Other hospitals that actively use naphthalan began to appear. “Azerbaijan” is a sanatorium, which opened a little later, in 1982. Then, “Miles”, “Goran”, “Shirvan” and “Chinar” were added to them.