Dead Sea products: indications, contraindications, benefits

Dead Sea products include Dead Sea salts and muds, as well as a very large and varied range of cosmetics that are made from these natural ingredients.

For example, the Israeli company Dead Sea Works (part of the Israel Chemicals Ltd concern) extracts from the Dead Sea not only raw materials for the cosmetics industry and bath salts, but also industrial potassium and magnesium salts for the production of anti-icing compounds, food emulsifiers and other Dead Sea chemical products.

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Application of Dead Sea products

The mentioned chloride and sulfate potassium salts of the Dead Sea are obtained by evaporation of water. And this process is possible only with the evaporation of Dead Sea water, as it has an extremely high concentration of salts (about 340 g per liter). This is 15-18% more than the salt content in the water of the Great Salt Lake in Utah (USA), which is called the "American Dead Sea". And the level of potassium compounds in a kilogram of Dead Sea salt is 118.5 g.

Potassium salts are an excellent fertilizer, as well as raw material for obtaining caustic potash, potassium nitrate, potassium chlorate, potassium dichromate and permanganate, etc. All these chemicals are needed for the production of soap and detergents, glass, paints, etc.

However, the most widely known use of Dead Sea products is related to cosmetology and medicine. The beneficial properties of Dead Sea minerals help not only to improve skin health and appearance, but also to treat a number of diseases.

Benefits of Dead Sea Products

The benefits of Dead Sea products lie in their mineral composition. Baths with the addition of Dead Sea salt have a positive effect on the human body, stimulating blood circulation, activating intra-tissue metabolism, normalizing the work of the autonomic nervous and neuroendocrine systems.

After procedures with Dead Sea salt and mud, which contain ions of many essential microelements, the acid-base balance (Ph level) of internal fluids returns to normal, which has a positive effect on the condition of chronic inflammatory diseases and metabolic pathologies.

Due to the effect of microelement ion receptors on cells, therapeutic muds reduce the intensity of pain in joints and muscles. Thanks to magnesium chloride and potassium, the condition of the heart muscle and vascular walls improves, blood pressure stabilizes, the feeling of fatigue goes away, and resistance to infectious diseases increases.

The effect of Dead Sea cosmetic products - micro- and macroelements of salt and mud - cleanses the skin of toxins, dead cells (thanks to selenium sulfide), promotes hydration and nutrition of the epidermis, increases elasticity, relieves swelling and inflammation (due to potassium and magnesium salts), helps regenerate damaged cells (under the influence of calcium, sodium salts and zinc halides).

In addition, additional ingredients are introduced into the composition of cosmetics for different skin types (in particular, into face creams) in order to increase efficiency: essential oils, honey, propolis, extracts of medicinal plants and algae. Vitamins in Dead Sea products - A, B, C, D, E - are also included in the formulations of many moisturizing, nourishing and regenerating creams and masks for facial skin.

Indications and contraindications for the use of Dead Sea products

Indications for the use of Dead Sea products include almost all joint pathologies; chronic radiculitis, neuralgia and myositis; dermatological diseases (psoriasis, vitiligo, seborrhea, eczema, dermatoses and neurodermatitis, acne); diseases of the female and male reproductive system.

The positive effect of procedures with Dead Sea salt (containing sodium, magnesium and calcium bromides) has been noted in chronic fatigue syndrome, stress, vegetative and neurotic disorders.

The use of Dead Sea cosmetic products is useful for skin that is too dry or oily, in case of loss of elasticity, clogged pores with sebum, in the presence of inflammation, peeling, rashes, age spots and premature wrinkles.

As physiotherapists note, contraindications to the use of Dead Sea products concern exacerbations of most chronic inflammatory diseases; infectious and venereal diseases; any malignant tumors, cysts, benign neoplasms of muscle and connective tissues (myomas and fibromas).

It is also not recommended to conduct water and mud therapy in case of bleeding, angina, unstable heart rhythm, myocardial hypertrophy, aortic dissection and aneurysm. Such procedures cannot be carried out on people with mental disorders and pregnant women. Of course, this does not apply to the use of such Dead Sea products as cosmetics (soap, shampoos, shower gels, creams, masks, etc.).

Where are Dead Sea products produced?

Although the Dead Sea is located in Israel and Jordan, the locations where Dead Sea products are produced are not limited to these two countries.

In Israel, more than 60 companies produce cosmetics with Dead Sea minerals, exporting them all over the world (to the US alone – for $40 million per year).

In 2009, the Israel Manufacturers Association developed a Products Quality Label specifically for Dead Sea products. In this way, Israeli companies tried to protect honest producers of natural Dead Sea products from counterfeiters. Producers of natural Dead Sea products, including all types of spa products, must prove that the mud mask, scrub, soap or cream actually contains salt, water or sulphide peloids from the Dead Sea, and not table salt or “mud from a nearby swamp”…

Cosmetic products from the Dead Sea are produced by Israeli companies Health & Beauty, Dead Sea Minerals, Hlavin, Care & Beauty, Dead Sea Premier, Ahava, SPA Pharma, Mineralium Dead Sea, Seacret, Sea of SPA and others.

Various cosmetic products with minerals and healing mud from the Dead Sea are produced by more than two dozen companies in Jordan, including: Al Mawared Natural Beauty Products Corp. (RIVAGE Line trademark), Jordan Co. for Dead Sea products (La Cure cosmetics), Ashtar Derma, Universial Labs LTD (C Products trademark), Aqauatherapy Dead Sea products, ZOAR, Dead Sea FORTUNE, Dead Sea Gift Enterprise (BLOOM Dead Sea Life and BLOOM Royal Touch cosmetics), etc.

Dead Sea products are manufactured in Kuwait, Singapore, Turkey, Taiwan, Japan (ADAMA Cosmetics Co. Ltd.) and the USA (Natural Dead Sea Cosmetics Inc., Ohio). And the famous French cosmetics company L'Oreal has set up a subsidiary in Israel, L'Oreal Israel, and has its own production of cosmetic products (skin cleansers, facial care products and SPA products) under the Natural Sea Beauty brand.

Dead Sea Products Dr. Nona

Dead Sea products Dr. Nona (Dr. Nona International Ltd) include bath salts, mud masks, face and body creams, hair care products, and dietary supplements.

Based on the macro- and microelements of Dead Sea salt, essential oils and halophilic (salt-loving) microorganisms of the Archeobacteria class (archaebacteria), living in conditions of high salt content, the so-called Dead Sea bioorganomineral complex (BOMC) was developed here.

Everything is clear with Dead Sea salt and essential oils, but microorganisms living in such extreme conditions interested scientists back in the 20s of the last century, and in the 90s this interest grew in connection with the rapid development of biotechnology.

The physiology and biochemistry of halophilic bacteria are unique, and these unicellular organisms occupy a special place among microorganisms. Salts in the form of potassium ions, as well as carotenoid (red-orange) pigments, accumulate inside their cells. Their photosynthesis is oxygen-free, dependent on the pigment bacteriorhodopsin (similar to the human eye pigment rhodopsin); and during ATP synthesis, the release of free energy occurs without oxidation-reduction carriers of electrical charges in the cell, and a high concentration of anions is ensured in the cytoplasm.

Addition of halophilic archaebacteria (in various forms) to the composition of cosmetics significantly increases the antioxidant properties of Dead Sea products Dr. Nona. And essential oils promote the penetration of useful compounds into skin cells.

Based on BOMC, the following are produced: moisturizing Dynamik Hydrating Cream Dr. Nona, regenerating body lotion Solaris, face cream Solaris (with vitamin A), etc.

Dead Sea Product Reviews

Reviews of Dead Sea products vary. Some people find Health & Beauty cosmetics helpful in skin care, while others praise the face creams produced by Dead Sea Premier.

Many reviews concern the effectiveness of mud masks, which are very good at cleansing oily skin and skin prone to acne. In any case, in this variety of Dead Sea products, you can choose a product that will be ideal for you.