People who prefer unconventional methods of treatment know firsthand what brine is and how it is useful. For many years it has been used for the treatment and prevention of various diseases. Talk about this and we.
What it is?
First of all, let's understand what brine is. So called too concentrated salt solution. In nature, high salt content is often found in lakes and estuaries.
There are two types of salt ponds:
The first are formed near and with the direct participation of the seas. Therefore, the salt in them is similar in its properties to sea salt.
The second - replenished with brine due to rocks, or rather - their leaching. Therefore, the salt in them has other properties. It contains much more sulfates and sodium. Special conditions are created here due to the influence of mainland waters on brine.
Depending on the season and hydrometeorological conditions, the parameters of brine also change: its composition, concentration and properties.
What is brine?
To understand exactly what brine is, you can simply imagine very salty water. The salt concentration here is more than 50 ppm. This means that more than 50 grams of salts are dissolved in 1 liter of such water.
Natural brine is estuary water, but you can create artificial one by equipping man-made reservoirs with increased salinity.
Depending on the chemical composition, there are 3 types of brine:
- sulfate;
- carbonate;
- chloride.
All of them differ among themselves by the increased presence of one or another chemical element.
If we consider the useful properties of brine, it is worth noting that it additionally contains such elements:
- trace elements: copper, bromine, nickel, silver, lead, zinc;
- cations: calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium;
- amino acids;
- anions: sulfates, chlorides, bicarbonates;
- biogenic stimulants;
- vitamins;
- hormones;
- fatty acids and polysaccharides;
- phenols;
- silicic acid.
Where to get it?
So, what is brine - you already understand. Now we turn to the question of where and how to get it.
Bathing in this wonderful brine is a very effective and healthy procedure. Therefore, the healing properties of this fluid are very popular all over the world.
The most famous brine of the Dead Sea and Crimean Lake Sivash. The brine of Astrakhan, Orenburg, Omsk and Novosibirsk regions, Krasnoyarsk and Altai Krai is also popular. In sanatoriums and mud spas, marine brine is used to equip therapeutic baths.
If in the near future you do not plan a trip to the salt resort - fearless. Rapa can also be purchased in dry form. You can search in online stores or shops selling natural cosmetics.
Medicinal properties and application
As a rule, people who have experienced on themselves what brine is, return to this method of treatment constantly. Due to what is the therapeutic effect achieved? The fact is that brine has a high thermal conductivity. Due to this, blood flow increases, blood vessels on the surface of the skin expand, and beneficial substances and trace elements enter the blood much faster and are absorbed by the body.
The healing possibilities of brine are extremely great:
- stimulation of immunity and tissue regeneration;
- reduction of all types of puffiness;
- analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect;
- desensitizing effect;
- increased tone of all muscle groups;
- stimulation of metabolic processes and the central nervous system;
- improvement of vascular activity;
- stabilization of cardiac activity;
- increased blood and lymph metabolism in various pathologies;
- treatment of skin diseases, including psoriasis and atopic dermatitis;
- persistent improvement in diseases of the spine and joints;
- solution of gynecological problems;
- treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract and dentistry.
Just a few sessions will make you ardent fans of brine baths. Procedures with this wonderful salt will quickly strengthen the body and activate its defenses.
However, be careful. Before use, be sure to consult your doctor. After all, even such a wonderful way of healing has its contraindications. They can be, for example, such:
- fever;
- bleeding of any etiology;
- pregnancy at any time;
- hypertension;
- atherosclerosis;
- angina pectoris;
- loss of strength and extreme exhaustion of the whole organism;
- tuberculosis of any tissues and organs;
- chronic diseases in the acute period;
- epilepsy;
- cirrhosis of the liver;
- untreated sexually transmitted diseases in the acute stage;
- cachexia;
- malignant neoplasms;
- other diseases.
As you can see, the list is not so small. Therefore, consulting a specialist in any case does not hurt.