The healing properties of sheep wool
One of the mysteries of evolution is that man survived, despite the fact that from the point of view of bio-survival mechanisms, he has a significant disadvantage over other mammals - he has no wool. It is not known whether sheep's wool helped humanity survive and even succeed in evolutionary mechanisms, or something else, but one thing is known for certain: if it were not for the unique properties of wool, man would hardly have populated the northern territories. Although, in fact, sheep wool is widely used both in the southern latitudes and in the northern ones.
Sheep wool has many qualities that make it unique and irreplaceable even now, in our age of magnificent high-tech synthetic fabrics. Such a property of wool as low thermal conductivity allows it to be used both as an ideal material for warm blankets and winter outerwear, and as a fabric for capes and turbans of indigenous people of Africa. Moreover, in such difficult conditions with a sharp temperature drop, such as in the Sahara Desert, sheep wool fabric is generally indispensable, since it protects from the heat during the day and perfectly protects from the cold at night.
Another property of sheep wool is air permeability. The body in it, as they say, breathes, that is, air circulates freely between the body and, say, a woolen sheep blanket. This is the great advantage of natural woolen blankets - sleeping under them is never stuffy, air exchange flows freely, there is no sauna effect. These are all important conditions for maintaining quality sleep, especially in our time, when one in three townspeople can be diagnosed with chronic fatigue, and every second has problems with sleep.
This list of useful properties of sheep wool is not exhausted. Sheep wool products are hygroscopic, which means they have the ability to absorb moisture. But the uniqueness lies in the fact that sheep wool not only absorbs moisture, but absorbs up to 35% of its own weight and remains dry to the touch. And this most valuable quality makes it not only useful and convenient, but also curative. Dry heat is what is necessary for the treatment of diseases of the joints, spine, lungs and bronchi. In fact, this is not just warming, but a highly effective physiotherapy procedure.
There is one more thing. It has been convincingly proven that sheep's wool has the ability to detoxify toxins, such as those that are excreted in a person's sweat, while remaining clean. This means that with woolen clothing you are relieved of skin irritation. Apparently, this is why in Australia, the land of sheep, babies, are wrapped in sheep blankets, and they are also allowed to crawl on - prickly heat does not threaten children in this case.
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