Dead Sea Bath Salt
The Dead Sea has been described as an “Endhoreic” lake which can also be said to be a salt lake situated between Israel and west bank at the left and Jordan to the east. It measures about 430 meters below the sea level and it is about 335 meters deep.
The Dead Sea has been described as the second saltiest sea in the world after Lake Asal in Djibouti. The Dead Sea has a Salinity measurement of about 32% and it is very much saltier than the Mediterranean Sea and about 9% saltier than any ocean. The Dead Sea is about 70 kilometers long and 20 kilometers wide and for thousands of years, it has become a refuge for all sorts of people looking for healing of some skin diseases .It remains the world’s first health resort.
The Dead Sea bath salt contains mineral contents which are quite different from what can be obtained from the ocean. The composition of the Dead Sea bath salt also varies with a number of factors which include; seasons, temperatures and depths. Some of the ionic contents of the surface of the Dead Sea bath salt water include those of sulphates, chlorides, Bromides, Potassium, Magnesium, and Calcium among others. Magnesium chlorides has the highest percentage of the composition of dead sea bath salt- 50.8%, while the Potassium Chloride composition stands at about 4.5%, Calcium Chloride- 14.8%, and the total salinity of the dead sea bath salt water was put at about 280g/kg.
The Dead Sea location has become a primary or major source of scientific researches in the modern era. The mineral content of the Dead Sea bath salt water contains a very minute quantity of allergens and pollens in the atmosphere. The ultraviolet radiation from the solar emissions at the Dead Sea bath salt lake is potent enough to cure some respiratory diseases. Patients who are suffering from reduced respiration as a result of Cystic Fibrosis will benefit immensely from the high atmospheric pressure from the lake. Some skin disorders such as Psoriasis will get relief when they sunbath in the Dead Sea bath salt water for a prolonged period of time. The position of the Dead Sea below the sea level and the evidences that most of the harmful Ultra violet rays are absent at that sea level makes the Dead Sea very helpful in the treatment of Psoriasis skin disorders.
People who have Skin itching, eczema problems can also take advantage of the mineral deposits in the Dead Sea bath salt water for cure and relief. Nowadays, chemists and skin care drug manufacturers have continued to extract the mineral contents of the Dead Sea to produce drugs, cosmetics for the treatment of skin disorders.
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