Dead sea analogs

Everyone knows about the Dead Sea and its healing water. But many do not even think about whether there are analogues of the Dead Sea in other parts of the world? Respondents will be surprised. There are quite a lot of such reservoirs.

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Analogue of the Dead Sea in Russia

Russia is one of the largest countries on the globe, and where else but on its territory should one initially look for these relics?

1. The largest analogue of the Dead Sea in Russia is the Sol-Iletsk salt lakes, located in the Orenburg region at an altitude of more than one hundred and twenty meters above sea level. The area occupied by the complex is 53 hectares. The composition of the lakes' water is unique and is endowed not only with a high concentration of salt, but also with a wide range of minerals.

Five years ago the beaches were "wild", unequipped. There were few people who liked to relax. Today the territory of the salt lakes is rented by private individuals. A resort complex has been created on the fenced coast, the entrance to which is paid. The ticket price is 100 rubles.

The bathing season in the healing waters of Sol-Iletsk opens in June, but the peak influx of tourists occurs in the second summer month and until mid-August. On the hottest days, the lake beaches are filled with 25 to 30 thousand people.

The salt of the lake as a lens allows to enhance the effect of ultraviolet rays on the enzymes of the skin and an even chocolate tan covers the body of sunbathers faster. Therefore, after bathing, they do not rush to wash off the remains of salts from their body. Water makes human skin elastic, velvety, renewed, enriching it with nutrients.

But it's not just the amazing tan that attracts visitors. People also come to undergo a course of treatment, the minimum duration of which is seven days.

Indications for the use of medicinal baths:

• Epidermal lesions: eczema (excluding wet eczema), atopic dermatitis, allergic rash, psoriasis.
• Neuroses, irritability, insomnia.
• Apathy, loss of vitality.
• Inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs in women.
• Inflammation of the prostate gland and other organs of the male reproductive system.
• Vascular diseases: the recovery period after thrombophlebitis, bypassing the acute stage (not earlier than two months after the relief of severe symptoms).
• Infiltrates, adhesions formed after surgeries, wounds, injuries, infections. Exception: tuberculosis.
• Arthritis, arthrosis, bursitis, spondyloarthrosis, polyarthritis (not having a tuberculous source).
• Osteochondrosis and osteomyelitis.
• And some other diseases.

The Sol-Iletsk complex provides its visitors with a comfortable and safe holiday. The beaches are equipped with sun loungers and showers. On the territory there is a first aid station, several restaurants, cafes and many bars where you can eat and hide from the heat.

2. In the Pallasovsky district of the Volgograd region there is one of the largest mineralized lakes in the world - Elton. In its composition, it can be called an analogue of the Dead Sea in Russia. The reservoir has an almost round shape and occupies an area of 152 km2. Its depth varies significantly throughout the year from 1.5 meters in the spring to five to seven centimeters in the summer. The source of the endorheic reservoir is seven mineralized rivers and several underwater springs.

In spring, the salt brine, diluted with water, becomes less concentrated. In summer, after significant evaporation, the quantitative component of salts and minerals increases.

The balneological resort, located on the shores of the lake since 1910, still welcomes all those wishing to improve their health. For therapeutic purposes, they use the amazing climate, and the rarest sodium-chloride-magnesium water, brine and mud.

The beneficial properties of the salts and mud of Lake Elton are comparable and in no way inferior to the products of the Dead Sea.

Indications:

• Diseases of joints and connective tissues:
  • Rheumatoid and occupational polyarthritis.
  • Gout.
  • Deforming osteoarthritis.
  • Spondyloarthrosis.
  • Infectious-allergic polyarthritis.
  • Arthrosis.
  • Intervertebral osteochondrosis.
  • Traumatic arthritis.
  • And others.
• Failure in metabolic processes:
  • Gaining excess weight.
  • Diabetes mellitus.
  • Soft tissue pathology.
• Inflammatory processes of the musculoskeletal system:
  • Myositis.
  • Bursitis.
  • Post-thrombophlebitic syndrome.
• ENT diseases:
  • Rhinitis.
  • Laryngitis.
  • Pharyngitis.
  • Otitis.
• Gastrointestinal tract lesions:
  • Duodenal ulcer.
  • Chronic colitis, gastritis, enterocolitis.
  • Liver dysfunction.
  • Inflammation of the bile ducts.
  • Pathological failure of the central and peripheral nervous system:
  • Radiculitis of the lumbar and sacral region of various origins.
  • Complications after traumatic brain injury.
  • Infections (meningitis, encephalitis) and their consequences.
• Gynecological pathologies:
  • Disruptions in the functioning of female reproductive organs (menstrual cycle disorders).
  • Inability to get pregnant.
  • Climax (menopause).
  • Infiltrates formed after surgical intervention.
  • Pathology of ovarian function.
• Men's health issues:
  • Infertility.
  • Inflammation of the prostate gland.
  • Loss of male potency (impotence).
• Epidermal disease:
  • Neurodermatitis.
  • Eczema (except wet wounds).
  • Psoriasis.
• And some others.

But the healing waters of Lake Elton cannot be called a panacea for all diseases. Before deciding on therapeutic water procedures, it is necessary to consult with your doctor, as they also have their own contraindications.

• Absolutely all diseases during the acute stage.
• Malignant neoplasms - cancer.
• Hypertension.
• Tuberculous tissue lesions.
• Indicators of low blood clotting.
• Frequent bleeding of various origins.
• Pregnancy and lactation period.
• Mental illnesses.
• Chronic alcoholism.
• Blood diseases.
• Addiction.

3. The pearl of the Altai region can be called the lake Bolshoe Yarovoe, located near the city of Slavgorodsk and Yarovoe. Its waters and mud are known for their healing properties far beyond the region. Bolshoe Yarovoe can be called an analogue of the Dead Sea in many physical and chemical characteristics.

The lake waters are rich in bromine, sodium, hydrogen sulfide, and other water-soluble salts. The small amount of organic matter in its composition, subject to oxidation, allows it not to lose its medicinal properties. The mud of the reservoir is rich in iron sulfides. Coming into contact with hydrogen sulfide, undergoing complex chemical, physical and biological reactions, they create the basic component of sulfide silt formations used to treat many diseases. The plastic velvety consistency is easily applied to the skin, making it more elastic.

The basis of the mud is a complex lipid product with high antibacterial and antifungal activity. It has a calming and anti-inflammatory effect on the human body. It can increase the body's defenses. The adsorption characteristics of the water and mud of the lake actively affect pathogenic flora and exhibit detoxifying properties.

4. Lake Tus in Khakassia. The name translated from Khakass sounds like Salt. It was once mined here, but over time the mining was stopped, and the lake became a favorite place for rest and treatment for many people.

Due to the high concentration of salt, the water has a high density and mineralization level - 187.7-248.7 grams per liter of water. Today, the water and mud of the lake are widely used to treat many diseases.

5. The salt lake Baskunchak in the Astrakhan region can be called an analogue of the Dead Sea in Russia. Baskunchak brine contains about 37% salt, and the air is rich in bromine ions and fungicides. The brine of the reservoir contains a sodium chloride base and is enriched with micro and macroelements.

The lake products have high analgesic, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory qualities. Due to their unique properties, silt deposits effectively help to normalize the circulatory system, lymph drainage and trophism.

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Analogue of the Dead Sea in Essentuki

• On the border of Kalmykia and Stavropol Krai there is a salty-bitter lake Manych-Gudilo, the length of which is 150 km. Manych-Gudilo is the Russian equivalent of the Dead Sea.

Water with a high salt content has remarkable healing properties. Mud enriched with salts and hydrogen sulfide ions resembles thick sour cream in consistency. The iron sulfate present gives it an anthracite color. Studies have shown that hydrogen sulfide in the mud is contained in adapted therapeutic concentrations, giving the mud healing antibacterial properties. The lipid components of the mud make it suitable for therapeutic and prophylactic use.

• Tambukan and Lysogorsk lakes, located in the Stavropol region, are an analogue of the Dead Sea in Essentuki. The water of these lakes is dominated by chloride and sulfate salts, the content of which fluctuates from 7 to 347 g in one liter of water.

The mud of this pool has been known for its healing properties since the end of the 19th century and is widely used in both medicine and cosmetology.

Thanks to the microorganisms living in the waters and silt of the lakes, the mud is widely enriched with humic, biothermodynamically stable compounds, minerals, lipid fractions, and iron sulphide. Similar in composition to the products of the Dead Sea, the medicinal balneological mud of Essentuki remains quite popular today.

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Analogue of the Dead Sea in Ukraine

The whole world knows about the amazing healing properties of the water, mud and air of the Dead Sea. The list of diseases that can be cured is quite impressive. But many do not even realize that Ukraine is rich not only in its fertile land and forests, but also in unique rivers and lakes. There is no need to go on a long journey, spending huge amounts of money, to improve your health.

1. Lake Sasyk-Svash, located on the territory dividing the cities of Saki and Yevpatoria of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, is the analogue of the Dead Sea in Ukraine.

Its depth is small, only one and a half meters, but the healing mud of the lake has made it the most famous and popular balneological resort in the country. In addition to salts, minerals and microelements, the water and silt deposits of the lake are rich in biogenic activators, which are excellent stimulators of immune processes in the human body. Lipid compounds provide the products of the lake with active anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties.

2. The neighboring lake Moinaki also belongs to this group in terms of its characteristics. Both salt lakes are considered the best not only in their own country, but also in all of Europe.

Highly mineralized brine, healing silt deposits brought it fame as a balneological resort. The lake water is rich in magnesium, potassium and sodium salts, a wide range of microelements (manganese, gold, strontium, uranium, arsenic and others). The yellowish color of the brine and a sharp unpleasant smell indicate the presence of hydrogen sulfide. The content of salt fractions is approximately 150 - 180 grams per liter of water. The presence of uranium isotopes in it gives the mud layers signs of radioactivity (in therapeutic concentrations), which further enhances the effect of its use.

Baths and mud applications act as a powerful stimulant on all components of the body:

• Enhance blood circulation.
• They stimulate the peripheral and central nervous systems.
• They activate exchange and metabolic processes.
• They have analgesic, sedative and anti-inflammatory effects.
• Effectively dissolves adhesion scars.

3. Solotvino lakes (there are about ten of them) and the largest of them is Lake Kunigunda near the city of Solotvino in the Zakarpattia region, one of the cheapest, but no less worthy competitors - an analogue of the Dead Sea in Ukraine.

The salinity of the lakes is equal to 200 ppm. The temperature of the lake water does not fall below 17 degrees and does not rise above 27. Such refreshing mineralized baths will be an excellent supportive therapy for heart diseases. The products of the lake have a beneficial effect on the skin, stopping its multiple diseases. Bathing perfectly stimulates the general blood flow and microcirculation of blood plasma.

The lake waters have a beneficial effect on the respiratory system, allowing the peripheral and central nervous systems to fully function. Joints, bone and connective tissues will also receive help from it.

4. Lake Repnoe near Slavyansk, Donetsk region. The mineralization level is about 15 grams per liter. The depression is of karst origin. The maximum depth is seven and a half meters. Temperature indicators in the summer period are within 22-25 °C. The brine of the lake can be classified as sodium-chloride-sulphate type.
5. Lake Donuzlav in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The deepest body of water on the peninsula (up to 10 meters). Salty mineral water (in the southern part of the lake) is one of the five best analogues of the Dead Sea in its chemical composition. In the northern part of the reservoir, it is fresh. In terms of the component composition of the mud, Lake Donuzlav is similar to the silt deposits of Lake Moinakskoye.
6. Lake Sivash (or Rotten Sea) is a bay of the Sea of Azov in the Kherson region. This lake contains so much salt that there are places where protruding salt pillars allow you to walk on them without getting your feet wet – the density of the water is so high. The maximum concentration of salt is differentiated in the western part of the lake. Layers of healing silt were discovered in this area. The chemical composition of the mud can compete with the silt formations of the Dead Sea. Thanks to this, mud baths were once opened along the shoreline of the reservoir.

The equivalent of the Dead Sea in Europe

Europe is not poor in salt lakes either.

1. The Sovata Lakes in Romania are the equivalent of the Dead Sea in Europe. Since time immemorial, people have noticed and used the healing properties of the water and mud of these reservoirs. The Sovata complex consists of seven lakes: Alunis, Verde (Green), Ursu, Merlei (Drozdovoe), Negru (Black), Rosu (Red), Sherpelui (Snake).

The water can be classified as sodium chloride with a mineralization level of 77 to 260 grams per liter, so it is not recommended to move or stay in it for more than 15 minutes. Sapropel muds of reservoirs also have a high therapeutic effect.

Baths, inhalations, irrigations, applications, wraps, peelings are just a few of the procedures that Romanian resorts are ready to provide to anyone who wants to improve their health.

2. There is an analogue of the Dead Sea in Spain. Lakes Salinas de Torrevieja and La Salina de la Mata have no competitors in the whole of Europe in their rich chemical composition. They are located in the southeast of the country near the seaside town of Torrevieja. Thanks to the algae living in their waters, the waters of Salinas de Torrevieja are painted in an unusual pink color, while La Salina de la Mata has a green color. The beneficial climate and products of the lake help maintain the health of people who suffer from diseases of the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems. Skin diseases, recovery from injuries and fractures, problems with joints and the respiratory system - all this is effectively treated by the waters and mud of these unique lakes.

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Analogue of the Dead Sea in Asia

Another part of Eurasia should not be ignored. The salt lake Issyk-Kul, located in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan at an altitude of 1600 meters above sea level, is an analogue of the Dead Sea in Asia. The degree of salinity varies depending on the season: from 67 g/l in winter, reaching 236 g/l in summer, which makes it a full-fledged competitor to the products of the Dead Sea.

1. Drowning in the waters of Issyk-Kul is simply impossible due to the high saturation of the water with salt concentrates. Today, three types of silt deposits are mined in Issyk-Kul: blue, black and green.

High mineralization makes it possible to treat:

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (black mud).
• Gynecological problems (green mud).
• Skin diseases (blue mud).
• Cosmetology: rejuvenating masks (blue mud).

2. Lake Masazir in Azerbaijan. This reservoir is located near Baku in the Karadag region. The water of this unique reservoir has high concentrations of chlorides and sulfates in its chemical composition. The microorganisms that live in its depths give the water a delicate pink hue. The healing air, water and silt deposits of Lake Masazir have long been used by tourists and locals to treat many diseases.

The waters and muds of the Dead Sea are the pearl of Israel. The whole world knows about their healing properties. But look around, maybe you live next to a similar unique place – an analogue of the Dead Sea? And before you go to the ends of the earth for treatment, it is worth getting to know your homeland better. This will give you pride in your country and significantly save the contents of your wallet.

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