Since ancient times, many cultures have used mud or sand baths. The latter are indicated for a wide variety of ailments of the bone system – rickets, rheumatism, arthritis, decalcification – and of the nervous system , such as low back pain and neuralgia.
Therapists agree on the advantage of using beach sand, heated by the sun, completely dry and fine-grained.
For a time, which varies between 5 and 30 minutes, the patient remains with the whole body, except the head, covered with a layer of about 4 centimeters of sand.
The therapeutic power of this practice is based both on the sand's ability to transmit heat and on the salts it contains -magnesium, potassium, iodine, chlorine and calcium-, especially if they are of marine origin, and which are absorbed by the organism.
Thermal muds and clays are also bactericidal, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory , help to eliminate toxins from the body and provide minerals. In addition, they have a calming effect on painful areas.
