Dead sea salt

The healing properties of the Dead Sea are the result of centuries of natural activity. Dead Sea salt is an ecological complex with mineral and microelement composition.

The concentration of salt in the Dead Sea is 30%, and this is not only sodium chloride, as in any other sea water. These are compounds of chlorine, bromine, magnesium, potassium, calcium.

It is interesting that in no other sea does salt fall out in the form of crystals. But in the Dead Sea this happens in the most natural way.

The rich natural composition allows using both water and Dead Sea salt to treat many diseases.

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Uses of Dead Sea Salt

How can you use Dead Sea salts?

• In the form of medicinal baths (about 200 g of salt per 150 l of water).
• In the form of baths for skin diseases or acne.
• In the form of rubdowns to improve microcirculation and cleanse the skin.
• In the form of compresses to relieve swelling and restore tissue.
• For salt compresses for inflammatory processes.
• As an inhalation for inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract.
• As a rinse for colds and oral diseases.
• In the form of scrubs to improve skin condition and remove dead epidermal cells.
• For lubrication of skin in dermatological pathologies.
• In the form of a salt massage to strengthen hair and combat cellulite.
• As a hair mask.
• In the form of procedures for strengthening nails.

Next, we will consider the use of salt in more detail.

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Indications for the use of Dead Sea salt

The use of Dead Sea salt is so multifaceted that the list of diseases and indications for its use can be huge. We will try to list the main indications:

• skin diseases (diathesis, urticaria, dermatitis, eczematous rashes, psoriasis, acne);
• joint diseases (arthrosis, arthritis, polyarthritis, osteomyelitis, bursitis, etc.);
• insomnia;
• excess weight and cellulite;
• the appearance of wrinkles and sagging skin;
• tired legs, vegetative-vascular dystonia;
• muscle pain after overexertion (delayed onset muscle soreness);
• condition after limb fractures;
• paralysis;
• cold, runny nose, sinusitis, sore throat, hypothermia;
• toothache, stomatitis, periodontal disease;
• heel spur;
• gynecological problems (vaginitis, adnexitis, salpingo-oophoritis);
• closed wounds, bruises, sprains;
• nervous tension, stress, depression;
• osteoporosis;
• vascular pathologies (varicose veins, hemorrhoids);
• condition after poisoning with toxic substances, including post-alcohol syndrome;
• respiratory tract pathologies (tracheitis, bronchitis);
• low blood pressure (in the form of baths);
• disease prevention and general health improvement of the skin and the body as a whole.

Composition of Dead Sea Salt

The uniqueness of the composition of natural Dead Sea salt is in the unique combination of a large number of minerals and microelements. A large proportion of the salt composition is represented by:

• chlorine compounds – regulate water and electrolyte balance in the body;
• magnesium compounds – strengthen cells, protect the body from stress, eliminate allergic reactions, slow down tissue aging;
• sodium salts – stabilize the amount of fluid in tissues, provide energy potential;
• calcium compounds – stabilize metabolic processes in the skin, heal wounds and serve as a preventative measure against infection in the body;
• potassium salts – facilitate cell nutrition;
• Bromide compounds – have bactericidal and anti-stress effects.

The properties of sea salt are actively used as a therapy for a number of pathologies, as well as for prevention or cosmetic purposes.

Useful properties of Dead Sea salt

Any type of salt mined in the sea can be beneficial. This is especially true for Dead Sea salt, which has a unique effect on the body. Baths with salt calm the nerves, stabilize the heart and blood vessels, and treat diseases of the articular apparatus. Dousing with water and salt is a wonderful tonic procedure. Salt can be used to prepare masks and peeling treatments: if you use anti-cellulite products at the same time as using salt, the result will be simply amazing!

Let's specify some of the beneficial properties of Dead Sea salt:

• cleanses the body and increases the number of red blood cells. Getting through the skin barrier into the body, dissolved salts stimulate the function of the thymus gland and hematopoietic organs, which serves as an excellent prevention of anemia;
• stabilizes metabolic processes and thyroid function. Dead Sea water contains a unique complex of catalytic substances that stimulate metabolic processes and regulate the hormonal system;
• normalizes the state of the nervous system, due to the large amount of bromide substances, which have a calming effect. In addition, magnesium compounds help remove excess fluid, which to some extent reduces intracranial pressure;
• renews the skin, and with it the entire body. The effect of renewal is enhanced by peeling massage using salt crystals;
• activates mental activity, invigorates, eliminates the effects of stress and long-term illnesses;
• enriches the body with essential microelements, the supply of which into the blood in everyday life is limited;
• strengthens the immune system, serves as an excellent preventative measure against colds, asthma, allergic and inflammatory processes.

Dead Sea Salt Treatment

Many tourists visit Israel to undergo treatment with Dead Sea salt. Nowadays, you can buy the salt while you are in your home country: such treatment will be no less effective if you know the basic therapeutic principles. We will tell you about them now.

• Dead Sea salt wrapping techniques: soak a cotton or linen nightgown (with long sleeves) or a sheet in the salt liquid. To prepare it, take 1 tablespoon of Dead Sea salt per 1 liter of clean warm water. Put on the soaked shirt or wrap yourself in a sheet and cover yourself with a warm blanket. Then lie down and rest for 1-2 hours. After the procedure, be sure to put on dry and clean clothes. The sheet should be washed and ironed with a hot iron after use.
• Dead Sea salt for acne: use salt compresses three times a week or every other day. Prepare a compress: take 1 teaspoon of salt and dilute it in a tablespoon of warm, clean water. Apply with a cotton pad or cotton swab to the areas of skin with acne. After 20 minutes, wash the skin with clean water. The best effect is achieved by combining compresses with mud applications. Be careful: in the first days of use, redness of the acne may occur. This is normal and should not be feared. If this occurs, do not stop the procedure: this is how the skin is cleansed. If the areas with acne are large, you can additionally sprinkle the surface with a streptocide tablet crushed into powder.
• Dead Sea Salt Mineral Toner: To maintain skin elasticity and a healthy complexion, you can make a salt toner. How to do it? Take 50 g of sea salt and add 5-7 drops of essential oil depending on your skin type. Mix and let sit for 1-2 hours, then add 100 ml of clean, melted water. Use for blotting or lightly wiping the skin before applying cream. What essential oils should be used:
  • to increase skin elasticity – mint, sage, tea tree oil;
  • for a delicate and sensitive face – lavender, chamomile, rose oil;
  • for irritated and inflamed skin – clove, cedar, pine oil;
  • for oily skin – yarrow, juniper, niaouli oil;
  • for dry, flabby skin – honey, rose, fennel oil;
  • for cellulite – cinnamon, citrus, marjoram oil;
  • to strengthen blood vessels – eucalyptus, cypress, lavender and myrtle oil;
  • for swelling – dill, fennel, coffee oil.

Toner oils can be combined using three or more options.

• Dead Sea salt for baths: used for joint diseases, polyarthritis, psoriasis, rheumatism, neurodermatitis, eczema. To prepare a bath, you need to use the proportion - from 0.5 to 1 kg of salt per 100 liters of water. The water in the bath should be about 38 ° C (no more than 45 ° C), the duration of the procedure is 25 minutes. After taking a bath, you need to rinse your body under the shower without using detergents, and then lie down and rest for at least half an hour. Baths can be taken 3 times a week, the duration of treatment is up to 15 sessions. It is not recommended to take salt baths during pregnancy, high blood pressure, oncological diseases.

Dead Sea Salt in Cosmetology

The use of Dead Sea salt in cosmetology is multifaceted: it is used for all kinds of procedures to restore and maintain the health of the skin, hair, nails, to combat cellulite and acne, and also as a preventive measure. Let's try to describe most of the known cosmetology procedures using Dead Sea salt.

1. Cryomassage procedure: Dead Sea mineral salt (1 tbsp.) is diluted in 500 ml of water, poured into ice containers and placed in the freezer. In the morning after waking up, wipe your face with a cube of such mineral ice for five minutes. This procedure, when used daily, eliminates fine wrinkles and renews the skin of the face.
2. Mask with Dead Sea salts for acne (inflammation of the sebaceous glands, acne): mix 3 tbsp. salt with 1 tbsp. clean water and 3-4 drops of essential oil. Apply the mixture to the face, avoiding the area around the eyes and mouth for 20 minutes. Then wash off the salt with warm water. If you do this procedure daily, then soon the problem skin will clear up, and acne will disappear.
3. Dead Sea salt for the face: used for deep cleansing of pores, drying of inflammatory elements. The procedure is carried out approximately three times a week. Dissolve a tablespoon of salt in 0.5 l of clean warm water, soak a cotton napkin or terry towel in the resulting solution and apply to the face previously cleansed of makeup. It is recommended to lie down for about 20 minutes, then remove the towel and rinse the face with cool water. This use of salt produces a visible positive effect: facial swelling goes away, the skin becomes smoother and softer, inflammatory phenomena pass.
4. Dead Sea salt for hair: used for dandruff, weak hair follicles, to improve the condition of dull and split ends. To achieve the effect, you can simply rub dry salt into pre-washed hair and scalp. After rubbing in the salt, leave it to soak in for 10 minutes, then rinse your hair with running water and blot with a towel. It is not recommended to force-dry your hair after the procedure. The hair restoration course can be long, up to 2 months, but the effect will exceed such a long wait.
5. If you want to speed up hair growth, you can use the following nourishing mask: take 1 teaspoon of Dead Sea salt, 1 tablespoon of natural honey and 80 ml of aloe juice. Mix all the ingredients, dilute a little with warm water (depending on the volume of hair) and apply to the hair (especially to the root area). Then put on a cap, wrap your head in a towel and rest for 1 hour. By the way, this mask should be applied to unwashed hair. After the procedure, wash your hair with shampoo.

For cosmetic purposes, you can use not only the Dead Sea salt itself, but also ready-made products that are produced on its basis. They can be bought in pharmacies, cosmetic stores, eco-shops and salons.

Ready-made cosmetics based on Dead Sea salt

• Soap with Dead Sea salts: produced by many cosmetic companies, in addition to salts, it may contain oils (palm, olive, coconut) and extracts from various plants, fruits or nuts. Such soap does not cause allergies, as it has a natural composition. Restores the natural balance of the skin, stabilizes the fluid content in the tissues, preventing both excessive dryness and over-hydration of the skin. Slows down the course of age-related changes in cells. Soap with Dead Sea salts can be used daily and for all skin types. Recommended for use instead of shampoo to improve the condition of the hair.
• Shampoo with Dead Sea salts has a delicate structure, thoroughly cleanses and nourishes hair, which after using the shampoo becomes fresher, softer and healthier. Salt-based shampoos are usually additionally enriched with plant extracts and vitamin supplements. Such detergents are hypoallergenic and suitable for any type of hair. Before use, shake the shampoo and apply to wet hair. Then massage a little, lightly rubbing the product into the skin, and then rinse with running water.
• Planeta Organica Dead Sea salt is 100% natural salt from the Dead Sea coast. It can be used for all types of procedures: for wraps, dousing, massages, scrubs, etc. The salt has all the properties of fresh sea salt from the Dead Sea. It stimulates cell renewal, facilitates the process of getting rid of extra pounds and cellulite, eliminates irritation and inflammation on the skin, slows down tissue aging. Based on this salt, you can effectively do peeling procedures, as well as cure joints and muscle diseases. Planeta Organica salt is available in plastic containers of 1 kg.
• Dead Sea Salt Dr. Nona is a biological organic-mineral complex that includes Dead Sea salt and a mixture of essential oils (lavender, jasmine, chamomile, anise, eucalyptus, patchouli, ylang-ylang, etc.). Dr. Nona salt can be used in dry form (for massage procedures), as a solution for rubbing, baths, dousing or for making a tonic, as a thick mixture for masks, and also in the form of inhalation procedures.
• Ahava Dead Sea salt is an effective remedy, available as natural bath salt, scrub, soap, and a new version - liquid salt. Natural salt is natural salt crystals that give the skin an energetic stimulus for renewal, relax muscle and joint tissues and give the skin an exceptionally healthy appearance.

Liquid Dead Sea salt is a new mineral complex that allows you to feel the effect of being on the Dead Sea coast without leaving your home. Liquid salt has a gel texture and a large number of useful minerals. What properties does liquid salt have:

• provides skin hydration;
• strengthens the skin;
• helps renew damaged cells;
• does not contain chemical fragrances and dyes, as well as parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate, petroleum derivatives and other aggressive substances.

Liquid Dead Sea salt can be applied as a mask to certain areas of the body (for 2-5 minutes), or added to the bath instead of dry sea salt. Do not apply undiluted liquid salt to the face or external genitalia.

Manufacturer: Israeli company Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories.

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Contraindications to the use of Dead Sea salt

Contraindications to the use of Dead Sea salt, fortunately, are much fewer than indications. However, they still exist, and they should definitely be paid attention to.

So, in what cases is the use of salt not recommended:

• Parkinson's disease (a neurodegenerative disease of the brain);
• all forms and types of tuberculosis;
• sunburn;
• severe stage of renal and hepatic failure;
• HIV;
• epilepsy;
• recent myocardial infarction or cerebral ischemia;
• severe mental disorders, schizophrenia;
• autoimmune diseases;
• acute period of infectious and inflammatory pathologies;
• high blood pressure;
• fever;
• pregnancy and breastfeeding.

The rationality of using Dead Sea salt for the listed conditions must be agreed upon with a doctor.

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Dead Sea Salt Price

The cost of Dead Sea salt may vary depending on the manufacturer, as well as where exactly you buy it: in a pharmacy, salon or cosmetics store.

We will provide you with only approximate prices, collected for general information:

• Dead Sea salt Salon Spa 200 g – about $2;
• Doctor Si salt 600 g – from $12 to $13;
• Planeta Organica salt 450 ml – from $5 to $7;
• Naomi salt 350 ml – from $7 to $8;
• Dead Sea salt Sea of Spa Israeli cosmetics 500 ml – $8;
• Spa Pro salt 25 kg – $145.

Dead Sea Salt Reviews

Rereading reviews of Dead Sea salt, one can conclude about the amazing benefits of this natural product, which is used for both therapeutic and preventive purposes.

Treatments with sea salt always guarantee a good effect, whether it is a spa treatment in a salon, on the sea coast or at home.

Sea salt is very popular for soothing baths: it is a great way to relax, relieve fatigue and simultaneously improve the condition of the skin and blood vessels. After using salts, efficiency and mood increase significantly, the effects of stress and fatigue go away. The effect of the procedures is enhanced if you add a few drops of essential oil to the salt solution to suit your mood. Citrus notes will invigorate and help you shed the burden of fatigue, and the smell of mint or jasmine, on the contrary, will calm you down and set you up for rest.

Dead Sea salt has become very popular lately. And this is a good sign that people care about their own health, because the use of Dead Sea salts and mud even at home brings great benefits to the human body at any age.