| The Healing Power of the Dead
Sea
The Dead Sea has a historical and spiritual
legacy of it’s own. It is believed to be the site of five biblical cities:
Sodom, Gomorra, Admah, Zeboin and Zoar. Today it’s Eastern Shore is sparsely
populated and serenely quiet. With much of the landscape virtually unchanged since biblical
times, it is a favorite spot for relaxing and letting nature’s power work.
For thousands of years the healing powers of the
water and the climate are known and sleeked for. The Egyptians used to make cosmetic products of the minerals and the Romans
treat their wounded soldiers there.
The Dead Sea lies 392 meters below sea level in
the Jordan Valley between Israel and Jordan. The temperatures in winter
are around 20° C and 60° C in high summer.
The natural pleasant therapy consisting of sun,
water, air and rest clears the skin lesions for longer remission periods
and avoids the serious side effects caused by other therapeutic regimes.
The intense salinity of the Dead Sea originates
in it’s extreme content of salts and minerals which actually are the highest
of all seas in the world. Especially high concentrations of Magnesium,
Calcium (anti-allergic effect), Bromine (relaxing effect),
Potassium and of Bitumen which make the skin
more photosensitive and also have and anti-inflammatory effect. The Dead
Sea salts and mineral concentration reaches 27-30%. There is an unique
content of highly oxygen's air which is caused by the high rate of evaporation of the water due to high
temperatures all year round, low humidity and high atmospheric pressure.
These climate conditions create a special atmospheric layer that outfitters
the majority of the harmful UVB rays through the atmospheric layer creating
a favorable UVA/UVB ratio.
The dark peloid mud found on the shores of the
Dead Sea is suitable for therapeutic purposes as well.
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The Hot Springs of Zarqa Ma’in
2000 years ago the natural healing powers of the
Dead Sea and it’s surrounding Hot Springs were already well known. ‘Callirhoe’
(beauty bath). The same thermal waters that once eased the aches and pains
of Herod the Great some 2,000 years ago are being tapped again, in full force and grand style,
for therapeutic benefit of today´s health-cum-holiday enthusiasts.
Open since 1988 and receiving visitors from near and far, the Ma´in
Spa Village is Jordan´s hospitable answer to anyone seeking not only
a physical cure but also a healing escape from
the enervating pressures of urban life: The Ma´in Spa Village, a
modern resort center nestled in a quiet valley, away from it all, amid
a remarkable abundance of hot mineral springs.
Rising with pressured force from a molten depth
of 1,200 meters beneath the earth's surface, the Zarqa Ma´in hot
waters spring forth at 59 different outlets, some in a gentle
bubble, others in cascading streams. The biggest and most spectaculars
is Esh-Shallal ("waterfall" in Arabic), nature's
own centerpiece and focal attraction in the valley; it tumbles down over
the water-worn boulders for ten of meters before
merging with the cold river below.
The springs are extremely hot, reaching a temperature
of 64°C - far above the accepted spa minimum of 35°C. they also
hold a very high concentration of mineral salts, accumulated
from the rich and many-layered properties of Ma´in´s rocky
depths.
According to accepted standards, a spring is
rated as mineral if the total portion of its dissolved salts is not less
than 1,000 per million. Those at Zarqa Ma´in tested at
2,000 per million. |
MEDICAL TOURS
