Balneological treatment has always been popular and brought health to many adherents of the use of natural factors. Peloid therapy is one of the available ways to painlessly and quickly get the result, but it is not as harmless as it seems at first glance. Like any medical procedure, mud treatment also requires a special approach. Indications and contraindications exist not only of a general nature, but also with respect to each type of raw material used.
History
One of the most famous and picturesque hospitals is located in the city of Essentuki. Semashko Mud Clinic began to be built in 1911, and met the first patients already in 1913. At the opening, it was called "Alekseevskaya", in honor of the well-respected prince Alexei. Leading architects, sculptors worked on the project. Construction work was carried out by Wirsch and Herzberg.
Mud clinic named after N. A. Semashko - a unique architectural complex, built at the beginning of the 20th century, is an object of historical heritage. The beauty and style of the building refer to the best buildings of the heyday of the Roman Empire. Porticos, portals, ionic columns, bas-reliefs are made of local stone - travertine, dolomite.
Exterior decoration is complemented by the interior surroundings of spacious rooms. Here there was a place for colored glass ceiling shades, classic statues, luxurious flooring and rounded arches. Essentuki mud bath helps to find health not only thanks to the huge list of procedures, but also due to its unusual architecture and aesthetics.
During the Civil War, the buildings of the complex were significantly damaged, restoration work and the revival of the health resort were initiated in 1923 by the People's Commissar N. A. Semashko. During the Great Patriotic War, the hospital was almost destroyed by the occupation authorities, only the swift offensive of Soviet troops prevented the blast of the pearl of the city of Essentuki. The mud bath soon after the Victory resumed activity.
Description
Since its inception, the spa resort has not changed its profile, due to which the technical equipment has only been modernized, and the number of procedures has increased. During the construction of the building, a ground floor was laid, where tanks designed for the regeneration of useful dirt still serve. In the mud bath used twelve names of peloids. The most popular is the mud of the Tambukinskoye field.
Today, the mud bath is a two-story building with a technical basement, where old architecture and the latest equipment are adjacent. The complex includes four buildings where up to 220 people can take procedures at the same time, the number of individual booths is 62 units, the institution is designed to provide 2500 treatment sessions throughout the day.
The institution takes about 80 kilograms of raw materials for one procedure that requires a full-body wrap, this luxury is not available at all domestic resorts, but you can enjoy it in the city of Essentuki. The mud bath provides a range of procedures using peloids intended for both local (zone) use and general strengthening purposes.
Tambukan mud
In the mud bath them. Semashko the most popular therapeutic agent is the mud extracted from the bottom of the Tambukan lake. It is located near Pyatigorsk, the water reserves in it are replenished due to groundwater and rainfall. The lake is closed, the water level fluctuates. In recent years, scientists have noticed a tendency to increase its area.
For millions of years, a mud layer saturated with useful elements has formed at the bottom of the lake. Peloid reserves are estimated at up to 1,400 thousand tons. The composition of the mud is sulfate-chloride-sodium-magnesium, black, the structure is oily, plastic. The composition includes minerals (magnesium, calcium, selenium, etc.), microorganisms, blue-green algae and their metabolic products, organic substances (amino acids, lipids, etc.).
The use of Tambukan mud has a positive effect on immunity, suppression of infections and focal diseases, significantly rejuvenates the skin, increases muscle tone and much more.
Indications for peloid therapy
Mud therapy is used to treat an extensive list of diseases. Main directions:
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (polyarthrosis, gout, arthrosis, ostechondrosis, etc.).
- Diseases of the nervous system (complications of ostechondrosis, neuralgia, etc.).
- Gynecological diseases (including infertility).
- Urogenital diseases (cystitis, pyelonephritis, prostatitis, including in chronic form).
- Skin diseases (eczema, acne, scars, neurodermatitis, etc.).
- Gastrointestinal diseases (peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, chronic colitis, cholecystitis, etc.).
- Vascular diseases (venous insufficiency, Raynaud's disease, etc.).
- Overweight, cellulite reduction, lifting, etc.
Contraindications
Mud procedures can not be carried out with the following diseases:
- Neoplasms (benign, malignant).
- Any bleeding (hemorrhoidal, uterine, etc.).
- Tuberculosis, respiratory failure (second and higher degree).
- Inflammatory processes and chronic diseases in the acute stage.
- Pregnancy in any trimester.
- Atherosclerosis of blood vessels in a pronounced form.
- Heart diseases: ischemia, myocardial infarction, cardiac abnormalities.
- Condition after abortion (until stabilization of the critical days cycle).
- Vascular diseases: varicose veins, hypertension (stage 3 and below) with blood pressure greater than 150/100 mm Hg, circulatory failure (degree 2 or more).
- All types of blood diseases.
- Epilepsy, thyrotoxicosis, glaucoma.
- Infectious diseases of any etiology.
- Liver diseases (cirrhosis, acute hepatitis).
- Cachexia, intestinal polyps, nodular goiter.
- Prostate hyperplasia (benign).
Most Yessentuki sanatoriums refer their patients to mud therapy. Indications and contraindications for pyelotherapy are determined by a specialist at the stage of diagnosis and the formation of therapeutic measures.
Types of Mud Procedures
Mud clinic named after N. A. Semashko uses local applications of peloids, wraps in therapy. The types of procedures received names from the zone of the human body for which they are intended:
- "General" (wraps).
- "Pants" (lower body).
- Collar zone (neck and upper back).
- "Cowards" (genitourinary system area).
- "Stockings" (leg wraps).
- "Knee and elbow joints" (local applications of directional action).
- "Face" (masks with therapeutic, cosmetic effect).
- "Gums" (applications of the mucosa).
- "Tampons" (rectal, vaginal).
- "Mud".
Mud therapy is prescribed for a certain number of procedures, passing a full circle of treatment helps to increase immunity, improve the condition of the skin. The result is the extinction of inflammatory processes on the surface of the skin, the stabilization of the body tone and the improvement of fat and lipid metabolism, the acceleration of metabolism.
Action factors
The mechanism of action of dirt on the body consists of four main factors:
- The presence of minerals in the composition of peloids (copper, calcium, selenium, etc.) determines the chemical effect.
- The biological factor is provided by organic substances, such as blue algae, amino acids, lipids, etc.
- The optimal temperature regime enhances the penetration of elements into the body (the average indicator of the working temperature is 40-42 ° C).
- Mechanical (mud applications reach a thickness of 6 cm).
Mud procedures, supported by drinking therapy, mineral baths, are the sum of the factors that allow to obtain a positive effect. The total number of treatment courses completed fixes the result, helping the patient to cope with the diseases on his own, reveals and stimulates the internal reserves of the body.
Complex treatment
Every year, the popularity of non-drug methods of treating diseases is increasing, and the demand for the services of a resort located in the city of Essentuki is growing. The mud bath is the main part of the entire complex of the balneological zone. The medical infrastructure includes:
- Drinking gallery with sources of mineral water, including "Essentuki No. 17". The waters were discovered in 1810 and, after careful study and analysis, are recommended for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Relate to mid-alkaline waters of chloride-hydrocarbonate sodium composition. Minerals - copper, iodine, bromine and others - are presented in biologically active form, the carbon dioxide content is 700-2000 milligrams per liter of water. Essentuki springs are not recommended to be drunk uncontrollably. The regimen of water intake, the amount and duration of therapy should be determined by a specialist. Water from the sources enters the drinking gallery, where the water is heated mechanically. The temperature of warm drinking is 35-38 ° C, hot - 38-45 ° C.
- Therapeutic baths. Mineral springs are used to treat diseases with mineral baths. For this type of procedure, in 1898 the Upper Nikolaev baths were built. Still preserved and are the bowl of bathtubs carved from solid marble. Currently, heated water from local sources No. 55 (carbonic-mineral) and No. 1E (carbonic-hydrogen) are used for procedures.
A set of health measures is an advantage of the resort. Mud therapy as the main factor of balneological procedures is supplemented by a positive effect on the body of drinking therapy and mineral baths.
Useful information
Comprehensive treatment is one of the benefits that everyone can use. Vacation of procedures occurs according to the sanatorium card of the institution from which the patient was referred for treatment, or at the commercial cost of the approved price list of the resort area of the city of Essentuki.
Mud clinic Semashko sets prices for procedures for a single visit. For example, according to the price list of 2016, the cost of local applications for gums is 120 rubles per session, and 600 rubles are required for one general wrap. Therapeutic baths have more than 10 items, the price for one procedure starts from 235 rubles / session. Healing showers, presented in several items, cost from 160 to 310 rubles per procedure. Also in the hospital are intracavitary irrigation, applications, massages, microclysters, ozone therapy, hirudotherapy and other recreational activities.
Address and contacts
The mud treatment center (Essentuki) has the following address: Semashko Street, building 10. For more general information, it is recommended to consult a telephone number 8 (87934) 6-66-89.
The schedule of the mud bath located on the street. Semashko: 9: 00-13: 30; on Saturdays, the work schedule is shortened - 9: 00-12: 30; Sunday is a day off. Reception phone: 8 (87934) 6-51-97.
Schedule of the Upper baths: daily - 8: 00-12: 30; on Saturday, the institution works 1 hour less - 9: 00-12: 30; Sunday is a day off. Contact phone of the head nurse, reception: 8 (87934) 6-55-91.
To get to the administrative building of the mud baths from the railway station, take a minibus No. 9 and No. 21 to the stop “Mud baths” (Semashko St.).