Phytobalneotherapy: When traditional herbal medicine meets spa therapy

Antonelli, Michele; Donelli, Davide

doi:10.25081/jmhe.2018.v4.3396

JMHE

2018

DOI: 10.25081/jmhe.2018.v4.3396

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Phytobalneotherapy: When traditional herbal medicine meets spa therapy

Michele Antonelli

Davide Donelli

Abstract: Phytobalneotherapy (or hay baths) is a balneological treatment which combines the effects of thermal baths and the properties of fermenting herbs. Alpine hay, made of many different herbs harvested in mountain fields, is traditionally used for this treatment. Some studies have investigated the effects of hay baths on health, underscoring potential their benefits for rheumatic conditions. In conclusion, phytobalneotherapy seems an interesting way to harness therapeutic properties of medicinal herbs in a way whi… Show more

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Hay Therapy (Fenum) in Phytobalneotherapy in Sebastian Kneipp’s Method With Respect to the Diversity of Cnidion Dubii Meadows in the Vistula Valley in Poland (Central Europe)

Spielvogel

2023

Acta Balneol

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Aim: Estimation of usefulness and efficiency of hay therapy (fenum) in phytobalneotherapy in Sebastian Kneipp’s method with respect to the diversity of grassland communities from the Cnidion dubii alliance in the Vistula valley in Poland. Materials and Methods: In this study a grassland community was studied following the methods of the Zurich-Montpellier School of Phytosociology. Kneipp’s thermotherapy treatments, include: warm baths, half-baths, sitting baths and partial baths as well as compresses made of hay bags. Sebastian Kneipp traditionally, used only hay bags for hay treatments. Results: In the Vistula valley in Poland, grassland communities of the Cnidion dubii alliance are a habitat with more than nine dominant medicinal species which may be used in balneotherapy and other health resort treatments: Allium angulosum, Achillea millefolium, Centaurea jacea, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lysimachia vulgaris, Menyanthes trifoliata, Potentilla erecta, Ranunculus acris, Rumex acetosa, Sanguisorba officinalis, Succisa pratensis. Conclusions: Hay from the Cnidion dubii meadows in the Vistula valley in Poland has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, protozoonicidal, antifungal, antiviral, congestive, antiseptic, anti-rheumatic, antispasmodic, and antioxidative properties, and is soothing to inflammations of the skin. Indications: Bechterew’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis in the non-acute phase, arthrosis of the joints of the upper and lower limbs, pain syndromes of the cervical and lumbar spine in the non-acute phase, neuralgia, enthesopathies of muscles and tendons, states of increased tone of the skeletal muscles and smooth internal organs, dysmenorrhea, tendency to boils and blemishes, leg ulcers, skin inflammations, atopic skin lesions, skin care, as well as a treatment accelerating the body’s regeneration processes in biological regeneration and professional sports.

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Hay Therapy (Fenum) in Phytobalneotherapy in Sebastian Kneipp’s Method With Respect to the Diversity of Cnidion Dubii Meadows in the Vistula Valley in Poland (Central Europe)

Spielvogel

2023

Acta Balneol

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Phytobalneotherapy: When traditional herbal medicine meets spa therapy

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Hay Therapy (Fenum) in Phytobalneotherapy in Sebastian Kneipp’s Method With Respect to the Diversity of Cnidion Dubii Meadows in the Vistula Valley in Poland (Central Europe)

Hay Therapy (Fenum) in Phytobalneotherapy in Sebastian Kneipp’s Method With Respect to the Diversity of Cnidion Dubii Meadows in the Vistula Valley in Poland (Central Europe)

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