Yessentuki, mud baths named after Semashko: address, procedures. Mud Treatment: Indications and Contraindications

Balneological treatment has always been popular and has brought health to many adherents of the use of natural factors. Peloid therapy is one of the available ways to get painless and quickly, but it is not as harmless as it seems at first glance. Like any medical procedure, a special approach requires mud therapy. Indications and contra-indications exist not only of a general nature, but also in relation to each type of raw materials used.

History

One of the most famous and picturesque hospitals is located in the city of Essentuki. The mud plant named after Semashko began to be built in 1911, and the first patients were met already in 1913. At the opening it was called "Alekseevskaya", in honor of the reigning Tsarevich Alexei. The project involved leading architects, sculptors. The construction work was carried out by the company "Virsch and Herzberg".

Gryazelechebnitsa them. NA Semashko - a unique architectural complex, built in the early 20th century, is an object of historical heritage. The beauty and style of the building refer to the best buildings of the heyday of the Roman Empire. Portics, portals, ionic columns, bas-reliefs are made of local stone - travertine, dolomite.

External trim is complemented by an internal entourage of spacious rooms. There was a place for ceiling shades made of colored glass, classical statues, luxurious floor design and rounded arches. Essentuki mud baths help to gain health not only thanks to a huge list of procedures, but also its unusual architecture and aesthetics.

During the Civil War, the building complex was significantly damaged, restoration work and the revival of the health resort were initiated in 1923 by the People's Commissar NA Semashko. During the Great Patriotic War, the clinic was almost destroyed by the occupation authorities, only the rapid advance of Soviet troops prevented the exploding pearl of the city of Essentuki. The mud cure soon resumed its activities after the Victory.

Description

Since its foundation, the balneological resort has not changed its profile, due to which the technical equipment has only been modernized, and the number of procedures has increased. During the construction of the building, a ground floor was laid, where until now there are tanks intended for regeneration of useful mud. Twelve names of peloids are used in the mud baths. The most demanded is the mud of the Tambukinskoye deposit.

To date, the mud bath is a two-story building with a technical cellar, where the ancient architecture and the latest equipment coexist. The complex includes four buildings, where at the same time can take procedures for up to 220 people, the number of individual cabins - 62 units, the institution is designed to provide 2500 sessions of treatment during the day.

In an institution for one procedure that requires wrapping the entire body, it takes about 80 kilograms of raw materials, this luxury is not available at all domestic resorts, but it can be enjoyed in the city of Essentuki. The mud bath provides a range of procedures with the use of peloids designed for both local (zone) applications and for general strengthening purposes.

Tambukan mud

In the mud baths to them. Semashko the most popular medical agent is the mud, extracted from the bottom of the Tambukansky lake. It is located not far from Pyatigorsk, water reserves in it are replenished due to groundwater and precipitation. The lake is drainless, the water level fluctuates. In recent years, scientists have noticed a tendency to increase its area.

At the bottom of the lake for millions of years formed a mud layer, saturated with useful elements. The reserves of peloids are estimated to be up to 1400 thousand tons. The composition of the mud is sulphate-chloride-sodium-magnesium, the color is black, the structure is oily, plastic. The composition includes minerals (magnesium, calcium, selenium, etc.), microorganisms, blue-green algae and products of their vital activity, organic substances (amino acids, lipids, etc.).

The use of Tambukan mud positively affects immunity, suppression of infections and focal diseases, significantly rejuvenates the skin, increases muscle tone and much more.

Indications for peloidotherapy

Mud therapy is used to treat a wide range of diseases. Main directions:

• Diseases of the musculoskeletal system (polyarthrosis, gout, arthrosis, osteochondrosis, etc.).
• Diseases of the nervous system (complications of osteochondrosis, neuralgia, etc.).
• Gynecological diseases (including infertility).
• Diseases of the genitourinary sphere (cystitis, pyelonephritis, prostatitis, including in chronic form).
• Skin diseases (eczema, acne, scars, neurodermatitis, etc.).
• Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (ulcerous diseases of the stomach and duodenum, chronic colitis, cholecystitis, etc.).
• Vascular diseases (venous insufficiency, Raynaud's disease, etc.).
• Overweight, cellulite reduction, lifting, etc.

Contraindications

Mud procedures can not be performed with the following diseases:

• Neoplasms (benign, malignant).
• Any bleeding (hemorrhoidal, uterine, etc.).
• Tuberculosis, respiratory failure (second and higher degree).
• Inflammatory processes and chronic diseases in the stage of exacerbation.
• Pregnancy in any trimester.
• Atherosclerosis of vessels in pronounced form.
• Cardiac diseases: ischemia, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias.
• The condition after the abortion (before the stabilization of the cycle of critical days).
• Vascular diseases: varicosity, hypertension (3rd stage and below) with blood pressure values of more than 150/100 mm Hg, circulatory failure (2nd degree and more).
• All kinds of blood diseases.
• Epilepsy, thyrotoxicosis, glaucoma.
• Infectious diseases of any etiology.
• Diseases of the liver (cirrhosis, hepatitis in the acute stage).
• Cachexia, polyps of the intestine, nodal goiter.
• Hyperplasia of the prostate (benign).

Most of Yessentuki's sanatoriums send their patients to mud cure. Indications and contraindications to pyelotherapy are determined by a specialist at the stage of diagnosis and the formation of therapeutic measures.

Types of mud treatments

Gryazelechebnitsa them. NA Semashko uses in local therapies applications from peloids, wraps. Types of procedures have received names from the human body area for which they are intended:

• "General" (wraps).
• "Trousers" (lower body part).
• "Collar zone" (neck and upper back).
• "Panties" (zone of the genitourinary system).
• "Stockings" (body wraps).
• "Knee and elbow joints" (local applications of directional action).
• "Face" (masks with therapeutic, cosmetological effect).
• "Gums" (mucous application).
• "Tampons" (rectal, vaginal).
• "Electric mud".

Mud therapy is prescribed by the course for a certain number of procedures, the passage of a full range of treatments helps to improve immunity, improve the condition of the skin. The result is the extinction of inflammatory processes on the surface of the skin, the stabilization of the body's tone and the improvement of fat, lipid metabolism, the acceleration of metabolism.

Factors of action

The mechanism of action of mud on the body consists of four main factors:

• The presence of minerals in the peloids (copper, calcium, selenium, etc.) causes a chemical effect.
• Biological factor provides organic substances, such as blue algae, amino acids, lipids, etc.
• The optimum temperature regime enhances the penetration of elements into the body (the average indicator of the operating temperature is 40-42 ° C).
• Mechanical (mud applications reach a thickness of 6 cm).

Mud procedures, backed up by drinking therapy, mineral baths, are the sum of factors that make it possible to get a positive effect. The total number of completed courses of treatment fixes the result, helping the patient cope with the diseases on his own, reveals and stimulates the body's internal reserves.

Complex treatment

Every year the popularity of non-medicinal methods of treatment of diseases increases, and the demand for the services of a resort located in the city of Essentuki is also growing. Mud resort is the main part of the whole complex of the balneological zone. Therapeutic infrastructure includes:

• Drinking gallery with sources of mineral water, including "Essentuki No. 17". The waters were discovered in 1810 and after careful study and analysis are recommended for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases. Relate to medium alkaline waters of chloride-hydrocarbonate sodium composition. Mineral substances - copper, iodine, bromine and others - are presented in a biologically active form, the carbon dioxide content is 700-2000 milligrams per liter of water. Waters of Essentuk sources are not recommended to drink uncontrolled. The scheme of water intake, the number and duration of therapy should be determined by a specialist. Water from the sources goes to the drinking gallery, where the water is heated mechanically. The temperature of warm drinking is 35-38 ° C, hot - 38-45 ° C.
• Healing baths. The waters of mineral springs are used to treat diseases with mineral baths. For this type of procedure in 1898, the Upper Nikolayev baths were built. Until now, preserved and operated bowls of baths, carved from solid marble. Currently, for procedures use the heated waters of local sources No. 55 (carbonic-mineral) and No. 1E (carbon dioxide-hydrogen).

The complex of measures for improvement is the advantage of the resort. Mud therapy as the main factor of balneological procedures is supplemented by a positive effect on the body of drinking therapy and mineral baths.

Helpful information

Complex treatment is one of the advantages that everyone can take advantage of. Leave procedures occur according to the sanatorium card of the institution from which the patient was sent for treatment, or at the commercial cost of the approved price list of the resort area of the city of Essentuki.

Semashko mud treatment costs the procedure for a single visit. For example, according to the price list in 2016, the cost of local applications for gums is 120 rubles per session, and for one general wrap it is necessary to pay 600 rubles. Therapeutic baths number more than 10 items, the price for one procedure starts from 235 rubles per session. Healing showers, represented in several names, cost from 160 to 310 rubles for one procedure. Also in the hospital are intracavitary irrigation, applications, massages, microclysters, ozone therapy, hirudotherapy and other recreational activities.

Address and contacts

Gryazelechebnitsa (Essentuki) has the following address: Semashko street, building 10. For further general information it is recommended to consult for advice at 8 (87934) 6-66-89.

The schedule of mud baths located on the street. Semashko: 9: 00-13: 30; On Saturdays the work schedule is shortened - 9: 00-12: 30; Sunday is a day off. Telephone of the registry: 8 (87934) 6-51-97.

The schedule of work of the Upper baths: daily - 8: 00-12: 30; On Saturday, the institution works 1 hour less - 9: 00-12: 30; On Sunday - the day off. Contact phone of the senior nurse, registry: 8 (87934) 6-55-91.

To get to the administrative building of the mud baths from the railway station, you can take a fixed-route taxi No. 9 and No. 21 to the stop "Gryazelechebnitsa" (Semashko street).