Dead Sea mud
Instructions for use:
- 1. Release form and composition
- 2. Indications for use
- 3. Contraindications
- 4. Method of application and dosage
- 5. Side effects
- 6. Special instructions
- 7. Drug interactions
- 8. Terms and conditions of storage
Dead Sea mud is a drug with immunomodulatory, bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects, used for mud therapy.
Release form and composition
The drug is produced in the form of a plastic paste: homogeneous, from dark gray to black, with a very salty taste and a characteristic sulfur smell (in bags (sachets) of 250, 600 or 1000 g).
The Dead Sea Mud contains active substances: minerals, salts and trace elements (in high concentration), as well as biologically active substances. The composition of the liquid phase is similar to the water part of the Dead Sea, the solid phase is formed by the crystalline skeleton of mud.
Indications for use
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system, including arthritis, polyarthritis (dystrophic, traumatic, infectious, with a chronic course and in the stage of a subsiding exacerbation), rheumatic arthritis, rheumatism (in articular form, 8-9 months after the acute process), spondyloarthrosis, osteochondrosis, ankylosing spondylitis, traumatic injuries of tendons, bones, muscles, fractures with delayed bone regeneration, osteitis, myositis, periostitis, bursitis, osteomyelitis, occurring without symptoms of the activity of the inflammatory process;
- ENT diseases (in chronic course), including subatrophic and atrophic processes in the nasopharynx, inflammation of the paranasal sinuses, inflammatory ear diseases, tonsillitis in the stage of compensation;
- Diseases and consequences of injuries of the central nervous system (after the end of the acute period), including meningoencephalitis, encephalopathy, myelitis (including epidemic poliomyelitis);
- Diseases and consequences of injuries of the peripheral nervous system, including primary (infectious-toxic) and secondary (against the background of osteochondrosis) radiculitis, plexitis, polyneuritis, neuritis (with chronic and subacute course);
- Trophic ulcers;
- Skin diseases, including neurodermatitis, chronic forms of eczema, psoriasis (without exacerbation).
Contraindications
- Inflammatory processes during an exacerbation;
- Neoplasms (malignant and benign);
- Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs;
- Arterial hypertension, circulatory failure II-III degree, severe atherosclerosis;
- Severe forms of diabetes mellitus, endocrine diseases, thyrotoxicosis;
- Diseases of the urinary tract and kidneys;
- Mental illness, including progressive paralysis, epilepsy, severe neuroses;
- Liver cirrhosis, jaundice;
- Pregnancy;
- Age from 65 years (according to indications, it is allowed to carry out local procedures with a small application area);
- Hypersensitivity to drug components.
Method of administration and dosage
To choose the option for mud therapy, it is necessary to take into account the form of the disease, localization, phase and stage of the pathological process, as well as the age of the patient and the presence of concomitant diseases.
It must be borne in mind that the place of application of the Dead Sea Mud and the occupied area have different therapeutic effects.
Applications that are applied to the so-called reflexogenic zones (pelvic and shoulder girdles, some areas of the lower and upper extremities, especially the hands and feet), due to irritation of these zones, cause a number of changes in organs that are metamerically associated with the corresponding segments of the spinal cord and spinal autonomic ganglia.
The intensive method is usually prescribed for young patients. Mud therapy is effective for reducing the severity of acute joint pain, rapid recovery of functions (in the post-traumatic period), weight loss (in obesity); Women are prescribed Dead Sea Mud as a natural anti-cellulite remedy. A procedure lasting up to 30 minutes is carried out at a mud temperature of 40-42 ° C, a course of 14-15 procedures (a break between procedures is 2-3 days).
Patients with subacute inflammatory diseases, diseases of the central nervous system, as well as with the application method on the reflexogenic zones, are usually prescribed a gentle method. Procedures lasting 10-15 minutes are carried out every other day or less, the temperature of the mud is 38-40 ° C, the course is 10-15 procedures.
Depending on the indications, mineral mud can be applied to the whole body (in the form of wraps), locally to problem and painful areas, joints and muscles, and also as a mask to strengthen hair and eliminate dandruff.
General mud treatments are used to detoxify, accelerate metabolic processes, reduce excess weight and volume, rejuvenate the skin and the whole body, as well as relieve stress, overwork, muscle tension, and chronic fatigue. For general mud procedures, mud heated to 40-42 ° C is used.
Mud therapy strengthens hair and hair follicles. For this purpose, the mud is applied along the entire length of the hair and on the roots, massaged for 2-3 minutes, after which the head is wrapped with a terry towel. The total duration of the procedure is 20 minutes, then the dirt is washed off with warm water using shampoo.
Side effects
Possible side effects when using Dead Sea Mud are not described in the instructions.
special instructions
Before starting to use Dead Sea Mud, as well as in cases of development of atypical symptoms, you should consult a doctor.
Drug interactions
There are no data on interaction with other drugs.
Terms and conditions of storage
Keep out of the reach of children.
Information about the drug is generalized, provided for informational purposes only and does not replace the official instructions. Self-medication is hazardous to health!
