Geochemistry and healing effects of fresh arzhaans of Tuva

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folk balneotherapy, arzhaans, geochemistry, medical and biological researches, the Republic of Tyva

Abstract

One of the folk methods of health improvement in the Republic of Tuva is the treatment by natural healing sources – arzhaans. Fresh arzhaans account for 70 % of the registered to the present time 220 names of healing waters of Tuva. Indigenous population of the Republic of Tuva since ancient times uses healing springs, both mineral and fresh what is a background for hydrogeochemical researches. Aims: assess of the hydrogeochemical characteristics and the healing effect of fresh arzhaans of Tuva. Methods. Analytical studies of the chemical composition of arzhaans water were carried out in the accredited problem research laboratory of hydrogeochemistry of the Engineering school of natural resources of the National research Tomsk Polytechnic University. Medical and biological studies of unorganized folk arzhaan methods of treatment were carried out using standardized methods of prenosological diagnosis, which were reproduced in the field conditions of this study – integral indicators of the level of somatic health by the method of G.L. Apanasenko and adaptive capacity by R.M. Bayevsky. Results. The article presents the results of hydrogeochemical study of fresh arzhaans of Tuva and medical and biological studies of arzhaan balneotherapy conducted in 2013–2014. Conclusion. For the first time scientifically proven that fresh arzhaan of Tuva, as well as mineral, have a significant healing effect.

Author Biographies

K.D. Arakchaa, Scientific research Institute of medical-social problems and management of the Republic of Tyva (Kyzyl, Russia)

К.х.н., доцент

I.N. Smirnova, Tomsk research Institute of balneology and physiotherapy of Siberian Federal Scientific-clinical Center of FMBA of Russia

MD, scientific Director of the therapeutic Department

S.M. Salchak, Scientific research Institute of medical-social problems and management of the Republic of Tyva

researcher of the Department of argaanology, sanatorium and folk medicine

Yu.G. Kopylova, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

PhD, chief engineer of the problem research laboratory of hydrogeochemistry of the Engineering school of natural resources

A.A. Khvaschevskaya, National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University

PhD, head of the problem research laboratory of hydrogeochemistry of the Engineering school of natural resources

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Традиционная медицина № 4 (59) 2019

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2019-12-31

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Arakchaa К.-к. Д., Smirnova И. Н., Salchak С. М., Kopylova Ю. Г., and Khvaschevskaya А. А. “Geochemistry and Healing Effects of Fresh Arzhaans of Tuva”. Traditional Medicine, no. 4(59) 2019, Dec. 2019, pp. 53-59, http://www.tradmed.ru/index.php/tm/article/view/1438.

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No. 4(59) 2019

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Naturopathy

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