Marine Therapy

The therapeutic properties in mud and clay are popular from ancient times. The Chinese used them for centuries as cataplasms. Many other cultures from the Indian subcontinent and South America found relief in sands and clays for rheumatic problems. Hippocrates (460-337 b.C), one of the inventors of western medicine, recommended them in his treatments and many other scholars of the time such as Empedocles (490-430 b.C.), Galeno in the 2nd century of our time, or Paracelsus in the 16th century, collected in their natural medical treaties many home remedies based on the use of clay and mud, which provided the body with the basic mineral ions, such as calcium, magnesium, silicon, iron or potassium.