This info from Wikipedia is one of many reasons why Pam and I chose the skincare company Seacret and the Dead Sea products they provide! The Dead Sea has attracted visitors from around the Mediterranean basin for thousands of years. Biblically, it was a place of refuge for King David. It was one of the worlds first health resorts (for Herod the Great), and it has been the supplier of a wide variety of products, from balms for Egyptian mummification to potash for fertilizers. People also use the salt and the minerals from the Dead Sea to create cosmetics and herbal sachets. The Dead Sea area has become a major center for health research and treatment for several reasons. The mineral content of the water, the regions climate and low elevation have made it a popular center for several types of therapies: Climatotherapy: Treatment which exploits local climatic features such as temperature, humidity, sunshine, barometric pressure and special atmospheric constituents Heliotherapy: Treatment that exploits the biological effects of the suns radiation Thalassotherapy: Treatment that exploits bathing in Dead Sea water Treatment for psoriasis: Climatotherapy at the Dead Sea is an effective therapy for patients with psoriasis,[26] who benefit from sunbathing for long periods in the area due to its position below sea level and subsequent result that many of the suns harmful UV rays are reduced.[27] Treatment for rhinosinusitis: Rhinosinusitis patients receiving Dead Sea saline nasal irrigation exhibited significantly better symptom relief compared to standard hypertonic saline spray.[28] Treatment for osteoarthritis: Dead Sea mud pack therapy has been suggested to temporarily relieve pain in patients with osteoarthritis of the knees. According to researchers of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, treatment with mineral-rich mud compresses can be used to augment conventional medical therapy.[29]
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