Israeli Dead Sea Salt

In ancient times, nomads traveled the desert to enjoy the soothing baths of the Dead Sea salts. Royalty also traveled for miles to take advantage of the Dead Sea salts that they believed restored their youth. They dubbed the Dead Sea salts "the fountain of youth". It was known in Biblical times as the Eastern Sea, the Romans called it Mare Mortuum, and the Israeli Geographic office called it The Sea of Salt.

The Dead Sea as it is commonly known is in a secluded location. The Dead Sea is near Jerusalem in the Judean Desert. The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth and so the Dead Sea salt was spared the ravages of modern pollution and environmental impact. The Dead Sea is actually a gift of nature, a place of health and beauty forever. Some of the same salts found in human cells are located in the Dead Sea salts. These synonymous Dead Sea salts or minerals are calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium and iron, sulfur, phosphorus and chlorine. These same compatible components with the Dead Sea salt most beneficial and produce a rejuvenating and revitalizing effect on skin today.

History and medical indications:

For many years the Dead Sea salts were thought to contain healing powers. Medical researchers in the Dead Sea area have proved this ancient prophecy true. Dead Sea salts and minerals regulate and activate cell functions.

We age, we eat poorly and we suffer effects of pollution and stress. Our bodies soon lack the vital salts and minerals. Without these we accelerate the aging process; we lack hydration; are prone to infections and lack energy. Dead Sea salt products replace these vital minerals through the skin. Dead Sea salt products replenish cells, re-hydrate; re-stabilize and defy the aging process. The skin only absorbs substances it recognizes as similar components to its own cells. The Dead Sea salts and minerals are consistent with ours.

Dead Sea salt has a beneficial effect on the skin and body:

Dead Sea salt products are especially beneficial for those seeking relief from skin and medical disorders such as skin, rheumatic, joint and inflammatory diseases.

Dead Sea salt products stimulate circulation.

Dead Sea salt products enhance cell regeneration.

Dead Sea salt products improve skin tone.

Dead Sea salt products help keep the skin healthy.

Dead Sea salt products refresh as well as cure muscular pains and stress.

The largest organ in the body, the skin, seems to have the most noticeable effect from the Dead Sea salt. The skin absorbs the Dead Sea salt, vitamins and other substances into the body.

Technical Data

The therapeutic effects of bathing in the Dead Sea were well known even in times of antiquity. Galen us, for instance, stated that this salt water was good for the treatment of rheumatism, and the Jewish Roman historian, Flavius, wrote 2000 years ago - "The Dead Sea cannot be praised too highly, travelers take as much of this salt as they are able to home with them because it heals the human body and is therefore used in many medicines".

The waters of the Dead Sea are unique compared to other seas and lakes due to the high concentration of salts reaching 27% compared to 3% in ordinary seawater. The composition of the Dead Sea salts is also unique. Whereas in ordinary seawater sodium chloride (common salt) is the major constituent (about 8O% of the total salt content) the Dead Sea on the other hand contains a considerable smaller proportion of sodium chloride, the balance consisting of magnesium, potassium and calcium chlorides and a comparatively high concentration of bromides. It is believed that the therapeutic properties of the Dead Sea are due to a large extent to the presence of these other salts, mainly those of magnesium, potassium and bromide.

These special chemical composition and special climatic conditions help make the Dead Sea an ideal spot for the curing of rheumatic and certain skin diseases. The Government of Israel has encouraged the establishment of modern, first class hotels on the shore of the Dead Sea, to enable people suffering from rheumatic and skin diseases from all over the world to come and obtain treatment with full comfort. Advanced medical care and clinics are available on the spot.

Dead Sea salts are a mixture of bath salts, which contain the important salts of the Dead Sea. The mixture is obtained by fractional evaporation and crystallization of Dead Sea salts from the brines. This process enriches the therapeutically valuable potassium and magnesium salts, while retaining all the other mineral elements of the Dead Sea. The bath salts contain no additives and are of excellent bacteriological quality.