Natural medicinal resources and their therapeutic applications

• Autorzy: Ziemska J. , Szynal T. , Mazanska M. , Solecka J.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Natural medicinal resources are a country’s natural wealth. Natural medicinal waters, medicinal gases, and peloids have many properties that enable their use in the treatment of gastrointestinal, circulatory, respiratory, bone and joint, and skin and soft tissue disorders. Balneotherapy can be also applicable in prevention of many diseases and rehabilitation. At present, because there are several chemicals of synthetic origin, there is a need to search for nonpharmacological approaches and explore natural healing sources, which better fit the human body. Compared to synthetic drugs, these resources rarely show side effects, which increases the comfort of therapy. The use of natural medicinal resources in the form of treatments in health resort medicine centers under the supervision of balneologists, combined with the healing properties of the climate, contributes not only to the reduction of treatment time for many diseases but also to improvement of therapy’s results. The article discusses natural medicinal resources and some of their therapeutic applications.

PL

Uzdrowiskowe surowce lecznicze stanowią naturalne bogactwo danego kraju. Naturalne wody lecznicze, gazy lecznicze oraz peloidy mają wiele właściwości wykorzystywanych w terapii schorzeń układu pokarmowego, krążenia, oddechowego, kostno-stawowego, a także skóry i tkanek miękkich. Balneoterapia może mieć również zastosowanie w profilaktyce, jak i rehabilitacji wielu chorób. W porównaniu do leków syntetycznych, naturalne surowce lecznicze bardzo rzadko wykazują działania niepożądane, co zwiększa komfort i bezpieczeństwo terapii. Wykorzystanie naturalnych surowców leczniczych w postaci zabiegów w uzdrowiskach pod nadzorem lekarzy balneologów, w połączeniu z leczniczymi właściwościami klimatu, przyczynia się nie tylko do skrócenia czasu terapii, ale także do poprawy wyników leczenia wielu schorzeń. W artykule omówiono naturalne surowce lecznicze i ich niektóre terapeutyczne zastosowania.

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Roczniki Państwowego Zakładu Higieny
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: 70
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.407-413,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Ziemska J.

• Department of Environmental Health and Safety, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, 24 Chocimska str., 00-791 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Szynal T.

• Department of Environmental Health and Safety, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, 24 Chocimska str., 00-791 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Mazanska M.

• Department of Environmental Health and Safety, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, 24 Chocimska str., 00-791 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Solecka J.

• Department of Environmental Health and Safety, National Institute of Public Health - National Institute of Hygiene, 24 Chocimska str., 00-791 Warsaw, Poland

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DOI

10.32394/rpzh/2019.0093