The RZD-Health Sanatorium Sosnovy Bor is the owner of a unique mud lake-spring deposit called "Nizhneivkinskoye," located 42 km from Kirov. The mud solution contains bromine and orthoboric acid, and the increased organic content enriches the mud with lipids, vitamins, enzymes, and hormones.
Treatments using healing mud have excellent therapeutic effects:
- They provide anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, and regenerative actions.
- They possess antimicrobial properties and suppress the growth of pathogenic fungi.
- They cleanse the skin.
- They stabilize fat balance.
- They stimulate blood circulation.
- They accelerate healing processes.
Mud therapy is successfully applied for diseases of:
- The musculoskeletal system
- The nervous system
- The digestive organs
- The respiratory organs
- The urogenital system
Healing muds are used in the form of general, local, and intra-cavitary applications. To enhance the effect, electro-mud therapy (galvanic mud) is also utilized.
The course includes 7–10 procedures every other day, with each session lasting 15–20 minutes, using 6–10 kg of healing mud per application.
