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| mud therapySummarySummary: The therapeutic use of mud in packs or baths taking advantage of the absorptive qualities of the mud. It has been used for rheumatism and skin problems. Top Publications
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[Is mud an anti-inflammatory?]M I Giacomino
Departmento de Postgrado Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos Argentina
An Med Interna 24:352-3. 2007..Furthermore, steroids and antimicrobial activity of certain therapeutic mud has been suggested...- Final report on the safety assessment of Malic Acid and Sodium MalateZ Fiume
Cosmetic Ingredient Review, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Int J Toxicol 20:47-55. 2001..Until these data are available, it is concluded that the available data are insufficient to support the safety of these ingredients in cosmetic formulations for functions other than use as a pH adjuster... - [Sulphur mud-bath treatment in osteoarthrosis: therapeutic activity and efficiency on the quality of life]M Costantino
Dip Medicina Sperimentale sezione Farmacologia L Donatelli, Scuola di Specializzazione in Idrologia Medica, Centro Ricerche e Studi Termali srl inserito in Anagrafe Nazionale di Ricerche del MIUR, Napoli, Italia
Clin Ter 157:525-9. 2006..The aim of our study was to investigate the "short-term" therapeutic effects and the impact on the quality of life using sulphur FBT in OA... - The efficacy of balneotherapy and mud-pack therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritisDeniz Evcik
Kocatepe University, School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Afyon, Turkey
Joint Bone Spine 74:60-5. 2007..Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic degenerative disorder. There are various treatment modalities. This study was planned to investigate the efficacy of balneotherapy, mud-pack therapy in patients with knee OA... - Antimicrobial properties of Dead Sea black mineral mudZeev Ma'or
Dead Sea Research Center, 86910 Dead Sea, Israel
Int J Dermatol 45:504-11. 2006.... - Thermal rehabilitation and osteoarticular diseases of the elderlyStefano Masiero
Department of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Aging Clin Exp Res 20:189-94. 2008Elderly people with osteoarticular disease (OAD) traditionally visit spas for cycles of treatment comprising mud therapy and balneotherapy... - [The examination of humic acids in therapeutic and cosmetic products manufactured of peat base]Michał Drobnik
Zakład Tworzyw Uzdrowiskowych, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Poznan
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 62:225-31. 2011..On a base of obtained differential spectra of humic acids their quantitative participation in examined materials was estimated... 
Does mud pack treatment have any chemical effect? A randomized controlled clinical studyErsin Odabasi
Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
J Altern Complement Med 14:559-65. 2008..The aim of this study was to reveal the efficacy of mud pack treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis and to find the contribution of chemical factors to the build up of these effects...- [Pelotherapy of patients with diabetic poloyneuropathy: a clinical-immunological study]A V Musaev
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova 108:17-23. 2008..Pelotherapy led to the regress of basic objective and subjective manifestations of DP in all stages of disease. The immunocorrective effect of the treatment was revealed... - Changes of skin characteristics during and after local Parafango therapy as used in physiotherapyRon Clijsen
Int Akademie Physiotherapie Thim van der Laan, Landquart, Switzerland
Skin Res Technol 14:237-42. 2008..At the same time, cardiovascular parameters such as heart rate, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) were recorded... - [The impact of physical therapy on the quality of life of patients with rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis]Dusan Mustur
Institut za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabilitaciju i reumatologiju Dr Simo Milosević, Igalo
Med Pregl 60:241-6. 2007..This open, uncontrolled study examined the effects of physical therapy and rehabilitation on the quality of life in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA)... - [Prescription of the thermal spa]Patrice Queneau
, 42100 Saint-Etienne
Rev Prat 57:1261-5. 2007 - The efficacy of Brazilian black mud treatment in chronic experimental arthritisZélia Maria Nogueira Britschka
Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av Dr Arnaldo, 455, São Paulo 0124 6903, SP, Brazil
Rheumatol Int 28:39-45. 2007..These results demonstrate a protective effect of Brazilian mud on this model of arthritis, suggesting that this therapy may be useful as a complementary approach to treat articular diseases... - Effects of mud-bath treatment on fibromyalgia patients: a randomized clinical trialAntonella Fioravanti
Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunogical Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Rheumatol Int 27:1157-61. 2007..Mud packs were well tolerated and no drop-outs were recorded. Our results suggest the efficacy and the tolerability of mud-bath treatment in primary FS... - A facial mask comprising Dead Sea mudBasim Abu-Jdayil
Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
J Cosmet Sci 57:441-54. 2006..Moreover, particle sedimentation, which in this case would negatively affect consumer acceptance of the product, occurs slowly due to high viscosity at rest conditions... - Therapeutic effect of spa therapy and short wave therapy in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized, single blind, controlled trialLuca Cantarini
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Rheumatol Int 27:523-9. 2007..Our study demonstrated the superiority of arsenical ferruginous spa therapy compared to short wave therapy in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee, probably in relationship to the specific effects of the minerals in this water... - [Skin infection with Fusarium in an immunocompetent patient]Andres Ruiz de Casas
Departamento de Dermatología M Q, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Espana
Actas Dermosifiliogr 97:278-80. 2006..The condition was cured with oral itraconazole and local treatments... - Low levels of toxic elements in Dead Sea black mud and mud-derived cosmetic productsAhmad Abdel-Fattah
Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA
Environ Geochem Health 31:487-92. 2009.... - [New evidences on spa therapy in fibromyalgia]C Giannitti
UOC di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Scienze Immunologiche, Universita di Siena, Siena, Italia
Clin Ter 159:377-80. 2008..The review of international data from 2000 to 2007 confirms that spa therapy should be a valid tool in the multidisciplinary approach of the Primary FS... - Vibrio vulnificus: an unusual mode of acquisition and novel use of rapid susceptibility testingD G Partridge
Department of Microbiology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Northern General Hospital, UK
J Clin Pathol 62:370-2. 2009..The report also describes how early management was optimised using gradient diffusion antibiotic strips to provide rapid susceptibility data... - Mechanisms of action of spa therapies in rheumatic diseases: what scientific evidence is there?Antonella Fioravanti
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunology, University of Siena, Viale Bracci 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
Rheumatol Int 31:1-8. 2011.... - Oxidative stress, hemoglobin content, superoxide dismutase and catalase activity influenced by sulphur baths and mud packs in patients with osteoarthritisAleksandar Jokić
Specialized Hospital for Rehabilitation, Banja Koviljaca Spa, Serbia
Vojnosanit Pregl 67:573-8. 2010.... - Comparison of intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections and mud-pack therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritisBora Bostan
Department of Orthopedics, Gaziosmanpasa University, Tokat, Turkey
Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc 44:42-7. 2010..This study was designed to evaluate the short-term effects of mud-pack therapy on pain relief and functional improvement in knee osteoarthritis in comparison with intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections... - [SPA treatments of diseases pertaining to internal medicine]A Fraioli
UOC Medicina Interna E, Terapia Medica e Medicina Termale, Scuola di Specializzazione in Idrologia Medica, Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italia
Clin Ter 161:e63-79. 2010..Patients must drink at least 2L every day, substantially for ever. Chloruratesodic and bicarbonate mineral waters show improvement in disorders of lipidic and urate metabolism... - Exploratory data analysis on the effects of non pharmacological treatment for knee osteoarthritisF Ceccarelli
Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, Sezione di Reumatologia, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
Clin Exp Rheumatol 28:250-3. 2010.... - A study on the efficacy of treatment with mud packs and baths with Sillene mineral water (Chianciano Spa Italy) in patients suffering from knee osteoarthritisAntonio Fraioli
Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica, UOC Medicina Interna E, Terapia Medica e Medicina Termale, Scuola di Specializzazione in Idrologia Medica, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, V le del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy
Rheumatol Int 31:1333-40. 2011.... - Effects of spa therapy on serum leptin and adiponectin levels in patients with knee osteoarthritisAntonella Fioravanti
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Viale Bracci, 1, 53100, Siena, Italy
Rheumatol Int 31:879-82. 2011..Whether this effect may play a potential role in OA needs further investigations... - [Efficacy of mud-bath therapy with Mineral Water from the Sillene spring at Italy's Chianciano Spa for osteoarthritis of the knee: a clinical statistical study]A Fraioli
UOC Medicina Interna E, Terapia Medica e Medicina Termale, Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Termale, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Roma, Italia
Clin Ter 160:e63-74. 2009..Our study evalues the efficacy of mud-bath therapy with mineral water from the Sillene Spring at Italy's Chianciano Spa in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee... - [Spa therapy in rheumatology. Indications based on the clinical guidelines of the French National Authority for health and the European League Against Rheumatism, and the results of 19 randomized clinical trials]Alain Francon
Centre de recherches rhumatologiques et thermales, 73100 Aix les Bains
Bull Acad Natl Med 193:1345-56; discussion 1356-8. 2009..in spa therapy and rheumatology by using the key words spa therapy, balneology, balneotherapy, hydrotherapy, mud therapy and mineral water in the Pubmed, Pascal and Embase databases... - [Application of the differential absorption UV-VIS spectrum to assay some of humic compounds in therapeutic peats]Michał Drobnik
Zakład Tworzyw Uzdrowiskowych, Narodowy Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego, Państwowy Zakład Higieny, Poznan
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 60:221-8. 2009..Certified are the presence of hymatomelanoic acid, fulvic acid, humic acid in examined peat of low type. These acids occurred in different quantity and proportions... - The efficacy of a topical gel prepared using Lake Urmia mud in patients with knee osteoarthritisNemati Mahboob
Department of Pharmacognosy and Hydrology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
J Altern Complement Med 15:1239-42. 2009..Studies have shown that mud therapy may influence serum levels of several cytokines involved in the pathogenesis of OA and chondrocyte metabolism... - Short- and long-term effects of spa therapy in knee osteoarthritisAntonella Fioravanti
Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Immunological Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Am J Phys Med Rehabil 89:125-32. 2010..To assess both the short- and long-term effectiveness of spa therapy in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis in a prospective, randomized, single-blinded, controlled trial... - [Spa therapy in osteoarthritis: experience in Cervia]G Mennuni
UOC Medicina Interna E, Terapia Medica e Medicina Termale, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Rome, Italy
Clin Ter 160:115-9. 2009..Objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of mud therapy by natural limans of Cervia on clinical parameters in patients with lumbar spine osteoarthrosis (OA). - [Clinical study on 40 cases of inflammatory pathologies of upper respiratory and digestive tract treated by inhalatory crenotherapy]A Vassallo
U O C di Otorinolaringoiatria A O G Rummo, Div O R L Impresa A Minieri S p A, Terme di Telese, Benevento, Italia
Clin Ter 160:17-20. 2009..Authors present beneficial effects of crenotherapy on 40 patients suffering from inflammatory mucosal conditions of upper respiratory-digestive tract (URDT)... - [Fine tuning of the many regulations of quality system: the role of the quality in the thermal medicine]A Pisani
Department of Clinical and Applied Medical Therapy, School of Thermal Medicine, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Ann Ig 18:179-88. 2006..Finally, we indicate that the cost of the lack of quality can be so prohibitive that the firms which do not follow the new standards, are put out of the market... - [The influence of the initial humidity of balneological peat on its pharmacological features]A M Beer
, Klinik Blankenstein, Im Vogelsang 5-11, 45527 Hattingen, Deutschland
Biomed Tech (Berl) 50:366-70. 2005..Second, the results show that the initial humidity of peat got no influence on the pharmacological features... - [Psoriasis and mud bath therapy: clinical-experimental study]M Costantino
Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Crisceb Centro di Ricerche Interdipartimentali, Scienze Computazionali e Biotecnologiche, Scuola di Specializzazione in Idrologia Medica, Napoli, Italia
Clin Ter 156:145-9. 2005..The aim of research it has been that of quantify the benefits of the mud-bath therapy with mineral water in the psoriasis... - [Experimental study on efficacy of thermal muds of Ischia Island combined with balneotherapy in the treatment of psoriasis vulgaris with plaques]M Delfino
Clinica Dermatologica, , Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli
Clin Ter 154:167-71. 2003..Results obtained can be considered useful, considering that thermal treatment was used alone in the treatment of all patients... - [Fangotherapy in chronic degenerative rheumatic diseases]M Grassi
Dipartimento di Clinica e Terapia Medica Applicata, Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Italia
Clin Ter 154:45-8. 2003..muds on plasmatic hormones, cytokines, endorphins; a great deal of care is devoted to evaluation of efficacy of mud therapy and relating end points. The clinic outcomes of mud therapy, namely in osteoarthritis patients, were referred... - [Effectiveness of an intensive pelobalneotherapy course in the treatment of patients with duodenal ulcer]V S Petrakova
Klin Med (Mosk) 80:43-5. 2002.... - Bone remodelling in osteoarthrosic subjects undergoing a physical exercise programSimona Bellometti
P d Abano Scientific Research Center, L go Marconi 8, Abano T PD, Italy
Clin Chim Acta 325:97-104. 2002..It has been observed that mud pack treatment (MPT) induces a decrease in cytokines with bone-resorbing effects. The aim of this study is to evaluate the response of bone and connective tissue to physical exercise and thermal treatment... - Contribution of individual spa therapies in the treatment of chronic painGerhard Strauss-Blasche
Department of Physiology, University of Vienna, Australia
Clin J Pain 18:302-9. 2002..The aim of the present study was to evaluate the contribution of individual spa therapies administered during a period of 3 weeks on measures of well being and pain in a sample of patients with chronic back pain... - Both serum receptors of tumor necrosis factor are influenced by mud pack treatment in osteoarthrotic patientsS Bellometti
Pietro d Abano Research Centre, Padova, Italy
Int J Tissue React 24:57-64. 2002.... - Seasonal variation in effect of spa therapy on chronic painGerhard Strauss-Blasche
Department of Physiology, University of Vienna, Austria
Chronobiol Int 19:483-95. 2002..The results suggest that the effects of spa therapy and possibly other related treatments, such as physical and alternative therapies, are subject to seasonal variation... - Effects of mud-pack treatment on plasma cytokine and soluble adhesion molecule levels in healthy volunteersS Basili
Department of Medical Therapy, University of Rome La Sapienza, Viale del Policlinico, 155 00161 Rome, Italy
Clin Chim Acta 314:209-14. 2001.... - Final report on the safety assessment of Corylus Avellana (Hazel) Seed Oil, Corylus Americana (Hazel) Seed Oil, Corylus Avellana (Hazel) Seed Extract, Corylus Americana (Hazel) Seed Extract, Corylus Avellana (Hazel) Leaf Extract, Corylus Americana (HazelN Madhaven
Cosmetic Ingredient Review, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Int J Toxicol 20:15-20. 2001.... - Mud bath therapy influences nitric oxide, myeloperoxidase and glutathione peroxidase serum levels in arthritic patientsS Bellometti
P d Abano Scientific Research Centre, Via P d Abano 11, 35031 Abano T, PD, Italy
Int J Clin Pharmacol Res 20:69-80. 2000..The increase in GSH-peroxidase was not correlated with the reduction of other biochemical markers, suggesting that mud bath treatment has different mechanisms of action... - [Mechanism of the effect of aqueous peat extract on spontaneous contractile activity of smooth muscles]A M Beer
Balneologisches Institut Bad Kissingen Deutschland
Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 7:237-41. 2000..After longstanding (4-5 h) influence from aqueous peat extract, a self-blocking effect of these influences can be observed. The mechanism of action could not be determined up to now... - [The ultrastructural changes to the ovaries and oviducts in experimental inflammation under the influence of eplir phonophoresis]S V Logvinov
Department of Histology and Embryology, Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk
Morfologiia 117:68-72. 2000..Effect of physiotherapy is manifested though activity of fibroclasts and macrophages, that regulate collagen production/resorption ratio thus preventing the development of fibrotic changes of ovary stroma and oviduct wall... - Physical and biochemical changes of thermal mud after maturationL Galzigna
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Paduva, Italy
Biomed Pharmacother 50:306-8. 1996..The compound may be responsible for the antirheumatic effect of the mud and is produced by the colonizing species which develop in a period of maturation subsequent to that of production of photosynthetic pigments... - [Use of tambuil suppositories in the treatment of chronic prostatitis]L V Shaplygin
Voen Med Zh 324:53-6. 2003 - Clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness evidence of spa therapy in osteoarthritis. The results of "Naiade" Italian ProjectA Fioravanti
Institute of Rheumatology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Panminerva Med 45:211-7. 2003..In this study the authors refer to the results obtained in osteoarthritis (OA)... 
The multicentre south European study 'Helios'. I: Skin characteristics and sunburns in basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas of the skinR Zanetti
, Escuela Andaluza de Salud Publica, Spain
Br J Cancer 73:1440-6. 1996..Nevertheless, its association with BCC suggests, by analogy with melanoma, a relationship with intense sun exposure. Conversely, SCC would require prolonged exposure to sunlight...- Combined inpatient rehabilitation and spa therapy for breast cancer patients: effects on quality of life and CA 15-3Gerhard Strauss-Blasche
Center of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Medical University of Vienna, Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Cancer Nurs 28:390-8. 2005..Hot mud packs inducing hyperthermia did not affect CA 15-3. In conclusion, the combination of inpatient rehabilitation with spa therapy provides a promising approach for breast cancer rehabilitation... - Production of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in osteoarthritic patients undergoing mud bath therapyS Bellometti
Postgraduate School of Medical Hydrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy
Int J Clin Pharmacol Res 25:77-94. 2005..There could be a synergic and sequential association with pharmacologic therapy and/or interventions... - [Health resorts and development of the health resort medicine in Lithuania]Aleksandras Kriščiūnas
Clinic of Rehabilitation, Kaunas University of Medicine, Eiveniu 2, 50009 Kaunas, Lithuania
Medicina (Kaunas) 41:355-8. 2005..Possibilities of revival of studies concerning the effects of health resort factors on the rehabilities are discussed... - Mud bath dermatitis due to cinnamon oilJosé Luis García-Abujeta
Unidad de Alergia, Centro de Especialidades de Foietes Benidorm, Alicante, Spain
Contact Dermatitis 52:234. 2005..Fragrance mix, cinnamon essence, eugenol, cinnamic alcohol and cinnamic aldehyde yielded a positive result. To our knowledge, this is the first case of cinnamon dermatitis after a mud bath... - Clinical improvement and serum amino acid levels after mud-bath therapyG Bagnato
Department of Rheumatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Int J Clin Pharmacol Res 24:39-47. 2004..The results of this study confirm the efficacy of spa therapy in the treatment of osteoarthritis. A possible role for changes in serum amino acid concentration is discussed... - Anti-inflammatory effect of mud-bath applications on adjuvant arthritis in ratsF Cozzi
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
Clin Exp Rheumatol 22:763-6. 2004..The real effects of mud-bath applications on the inflammatory process are still not clarified. We studied these effects on rat adjuvant-induced arthritis... - Geochemical estimation of copper contamination in the healing mud from Makirina Bay, central AdriaticPolona Vreca
Department of Environmental Sciences, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Environ Int 31:53-61. 2005..The results also show that more detailed studies on Cu mobility are necessary prior to actual use of peloid in medical treatment... - Mud compress therapy for the hands of patients with rheumatoid arthritisShlomi Codish
Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Rheumatol Int 25:49-54. 2005..This treatment can augment conventional medical therapy in these patients... - [Mud and baththerapy in the acne cure]G Argenziano
Istituto di Clinica Dermosifilopatica, , Italia
Clin Ter 155:121-5. 2004..They are: follicular keratinisation, sebum synthesis by sebaceum glands, skin inflammation, loss of gate function of epidermidis. Results are showed... - [Balneotherapy and spa therapy of rheumatic diseases in Turkey: a systematic review]M Z Karagülle
Medizinische Okologie und Hydroklimatologie, Medizinische Fakultät Istanbul der Universität Istanbul, Turkey
Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 11:33-41. 2004..This article is aimed at presenting the characteristics of traditional and modern balneological and spa therapy forms in Turkey... - Comparative study of the thermal properties of mud and peat solutions applied in clinical practiceA M Beer
Department Naturopathy, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hattingen, BRD
Biomed Tech (Berl) 48:301-5. 2003..This difference is due to a greater extent to the high values of the dynamic viscosity, not allowing cooling by convection and protecting the surface of the skin upon applications of peloid solutions with a higher temperature... - Mud-bath treatment in spondylitis associated with inflammatory bowel disease--a pilot randomised clinical trialFranco Cozzi
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy
Joint Bone Spine 74:436-9. 2007..The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects and the tolerability of mud packs and thermal baths in a group of patients affected with this disease... - [Observations on organic components of thermal mud: morphohistochemical and biochemical studies on lipid components of mud of the Terme dei Papi (Laghetto del Bagnaccio, Viterbo). Chemical bases of the interpretation of biological and therapeutic actions S B Curri
Centro di Biologia Molecolare, Milano Indena S p A, Milano
Clin Ter 148:637-54. 1997..The richness of these components in the Popes Thermal springs seems to be great interest in the dermatological and cosmetic applications, other then the traditional use... - Lipophilic components of different therapeutic mud speciesErsin Odabasi
Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
J Altern Complement Med 13:1115-8. 2007..Unlike hydrophilic components, the lipophilic components of the mud extract have not been described precisely thus far. Thus, we aimed to determine the lipophilic components of the different mud species... - The effect of peat components on endocrine and immunological parameters and on trace elements--results of two pilot studiesA M Beer
Department of Natural Cure, Blankenstein Hospital, Hattingen, Germany
Clin Lab 47:161-7. 2001..The effect of the peat components is thought to be the reason for this... - [Therapeutic efficacy of peloid plasters in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the peripheral joints and spondylosis]Piotr Adrian Klimiuk
Klinika Reumatologii i Chorób Wewnetrznych AM w Bialymstoku
Pol Merkur Lekarski 16:344-7. 2004..No allergic or other side effects were observed. Peloid plasters through the analgesic action improve the comfort of life and reduce the use of oral analgesic drugs... - Effects of mud pack treatment on skin microcirculationDominique Poensin
, Joseph Fourier University, , Savoie, France
Joint Bone Spine 70:367-70. 2003..Further studies are in order to identify the other mechanisms involved...