The most important basis for the First Check of Thalassotherapy should be: Seaside spas that stand out because:             a) for sea based methods of treatment, they are by absolute requirement able to provide    the site-specific components such as: sea water, sea salt, saline and low-allergen air, algae             and silt or chalk for their therapeutic treatments which are held primarily in             ‘Thalassotherapy centers’            ...

Peloids are defined by Gomes et al. (2013) as follows: “Peloid is a maturated mud or muddy dispersion with healing and/or cosmetic properties, composed of a complex mixture of fine- grained natural materials of geologic and/or biologic origins, mineral water or sea water, and commonly organic compounds from biological metabolic activity”. Peloids are used for therapeutic treatments, rheumatic pathologies, arthritis, muscle and bone traumas, and...

Prof. Dr. Friedhart Raschke - comparison of climate & seawater North Sea vs. Baltic Sea in the application of Thalasso therapy The North Sea is a lateral branch of the Atlantic; the Baltic Sea represents an inland sea. This implies a couple of gradual differences shown in Table 1. Table 1: Comparison of climate and sea water between North Sea and Baltic Sea for application of...

The European Health Tourism Summit took place at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, organized by HTI Partner just before the European elections. The main objective of the event was to stimulate discussions on the future development of health tourism and to present demands and expectations of leading experts and leaders in the medical spa, and well-being sectors to key...

Kneipp spas and health resorts are officially recognized by the federal states Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, who took part in our panel discussion on the topic of Long Covid / Post Covid, was quite impressed by the fact that the other panellists, across all the disciplines they represented, completely agreed with the top of our association and its Kneipp PremiumClass in one...