Seawater can be called a saturated brine, consisting of minerals, salts and practically the entire periodic table. Therefore, it is worthwhile to know about the usefulness of sea water for our organism.
Useful properties of sea water
Sea water has medicinal and cosmetic properties at the same time. It increases immunity and has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, is involved in the prevention and treatment of many diseases. And also raises the level of red bodies in the blood, normalizes thermoregulation, etc. During bathing in the sea, excess fat, dead skin cells and surface microbes are washed away. This is all possible due to a rich in useful substances composition, which includes:
- salt;
- mineral salts;
- atmospheric gases.
- iodine;
- potassium;
- magnesium;
- calcium;
- iron;
- chromium;
- chlorine;
- barium;
- gold;
- silver, etc.
The more salts in the water, the more it will bring health benefits, for example, the Dead Sea, the most salty and has long been famous for the whole world with its healing properties.
Sea salt is very useful to use in cooking, and on the supermarket shelves you can find it shredded and adapted for culinary purposes. This is especially important for people living in a zone of high radiation background, for example, near nuclear power plants.
What is the use of sea water for the body?
- Did you know that sea water is very useful for the skin, nails and hair, since it nourishes and strengthens them? Nails, having absorbed potassium, calcium, magnesium and iodine, become stronger, cease to separate , and the nail plate itself becomes whiter.
- With its healing properties, sea water is good for the skin and it's better than using medicines, because with it, wounds are quickly tightened, acne and some skin diseases go away. Therefore, do not immediately after a bath in the sea to be washed with fresh water, give another couple of hours your body is most full of useful substances.
- Many doctors recommend annually to visit the sea in summer, since even the sea air has a very beneficial effect on the respiratory system. Therefore, rest at sea is especially useful for people suffering from various diseases of the bronchi and lungs, as well as for allergy sufferers and asthmatics. The closer you breathe the air near the sea, the more it is saturated with iodine, therefore, being in the water and on the shore, your body receives prevention of thyroid gland diseases.
- For the cardiovascular system, bathing in sea water is not less useful than hardening. When you get warm in the sun, you enter the cool water, then you feel goose bumps on the skin and there is a slight chill. At this point, your blood vessels are tapering, and blood flows to the internal organs, and when the body gets used to the temperature of the water, then there is an expansion of the vessels and the outflow of blood. Such charging strengthens the walls of blood vessels, normalizes the heart rhythm and is the prevention of heart disease, stroke , etc.
- If the rhinitis is played out, then you can wash the nasal passage with sea water, and if you have pain in your throat, rinse is recommended. These procedures disinfect the mucous membranes and saturate them with useful substances.
Precautionary measures
With caution, one should treat marine procedures and rest to people with:
- an allergy to iodine;
- malignant tumors;
- infectious diseases and acute chronic.
In this case, a doctor's consultation is required.
It is better not to open the eyes in water, especially in the seas with a high salt content, since a burning sensation may appear.
Unfortunately, about 30% of the world's coasts are built up or spoiled by human production activities. Therefore, for recovery, choose cleaner parts of the sea coast away from industry.