Dead Sea minerals - health and beauty benefits
The benefits of Dead Sea mineral salts have been well known since ancient times. Perhaps the most famous visitor to the "World’s Oldest Spa" was Cleopatra, who with her husband Herod the Great frequented the Dead sea for the restorative properties its minerals and mud.
Today, hundreds of scientific studies have proven that the Dead Sea benefits extolled by the ancients are quite real. A wide variety of medical conditions affecting different parts of the body are relieved by mineral-rich Dead Sea mud and Dead Sea mineral salt, perhaps because the minerals found in the Dead Sea are essential to human life itself.
How Dead Sea minerals and salts can help you
Magnesium
The concentration found in the Dead Sea is fifteen times higher than other seas. It is essential for cell metabolism. Combats fluid retention, slows skin ageing and calms the nervous system.
Potassium
Energizes the body, balances skin moisture and is an important mineral to replace following intense exercise. Improves oxidation and regulates the electrical process of the muscles and the nervous system. Vital in assisting cells to absorb nourishment and expel waist.
Sodium
Is important for lymphatic fluid balance and helps the immune system function properly. After penetrating into the skin Sodium binds the water and generates a feeling of suppleness, ideal for very dry skin.
Bromide
Helps relax and ease muscular aches and pains. Aid with natural repair of the body and can also be used as a natural antibiotic.
Calcium
Increases circulation and is necessary in strengthening cell membranes and cleansing the pores.Vital for production and maintenance of healthy teeth and bones, together with the regulation of heart muscles and nerves.
Zinc
Plays a role in enzymatic regulation of cell proliferation.
Iodine
Is necessary for the production of the hormone thyroxin, and is also vital for both energy and cell metabolism.
Bitumen
Is a natural tar, which acts as an anti-inflammatory agent.
The natural black mud is a mixture of many Dead Sea salts and minerals rich in magnesium, natural tar (bitumen), and the silicates (silicon compounds), the organic elements from the shoreline all blended with earth. It is the silicates that have the effect of a mask to the skin and are useful for cleansing and softening the skin resulting in a wonderful glow. Generally, Dead Sea mud on the skin improves and stimulates blood circulation, cleanses the skin and removes any dirt particles, impurities and toxins.
Dead Sea mud has many amazing health properties, and in addition to the ones listed above also helps treat and relieve some other ailments. These ailments include arthritis, muscle stiffness and aches, rheumatism, joint inflammation and even itchy, psoriasis, eczema, acne and wrinkles.