Bathing in mineral rich waters such as in the Dead Sea has been a simple natural and enjoyable treatment used for many people with skin problems such as Psoriasis.
As far back as the ancient Egyptians “health tourists” visited the Dead Sea and took full advantage of it’s healing properties.
So what is special about the Dead sea, and what could be responsible for the benefit gained by so my people over thousands of years?
The answer is the minerals in the sea water.
The Dead Sea is huge mineral healing bath
The mineral composition of the sea water is special . it is very rich in some minerals much used by Natural Health Practitioners to help their patients.
Here is a Table from the Wikipedia showing the mineral composition of the Dead Sea
Main minerals in the water of the Dead Sea
Dead Sea water is very rich in magnesium -sometimes called the magic mineral. It is very soothing and relaxing as wellas having more healing properties which I’ll blog about soon in a separate post.
How does this help you?
About now you may be wondering how all this can help you. If you are not in the position of being able to go to the Dead sea and stay in one of the health spas for a few weeks – is there another way to benefit?
Yes there is because you can recreate some of the benefits gained in your own bathroom simply by getting a box of Dead sea mineral salts and bathing in it whenever you like.
Your local health store may stock it or perhaps if they don’t have what you want you could try shopping for Dead sea minerals at Amazon. One caution I’d like to give is to be very choosy about what you buy. I have looked at several of the products that claim to be Dead Sea minerals and many of them have scent and other additions which may not be good for your skin.
I had a rummage around on Amazon to show you what I recommend and this is as good as I could get Natural Dead Sea Salt – Unscented, Treat Psoriasis – 10 Pounds
If you know of a better Dead Sea salts product please let me know – leave a comment.
Best of Health to You!
Filed under Dead Sea Psoriasis by on Aug 6th, 2009. 1 Comment. 
