Dead Sea salt to be turned into medicine

Jul 2, 11:05 am

Washington, July 2 (ANI): Doctors are finding new ways to utilize Dead Sea salts, which have been known for their therapeutic benefits for centuries, in other areas of medicine.

The sea contains a high concentration of sea salts with healthy minerals like magnesium, calcium, iodine, zinc, bromide, potassium and sulphur.

These minerals are also very similar to the ones found in skin cells, and many dermatology and beauty products are made from them.

Patient Rebecca Hensberry had been experiencing sinus pressure and a headache for about six months and wasn't getting relief from antibiotics. So she asked Dr. Robert Graham of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City for an alternative treatment.

Graham said flushing out the sinuses with Dead Sea salt would decrease mucus production and inflammation.

After using the salt treatment, Hensberry said she could really notice the difference.

According to Graham, solutions made from Dead Sea salts are natural and non-addictive, with no harmful side effects.

"Often times these simple, non-invasive, natural ways of dealing with things can actually be a first line agent," Fox News quoted him as saying. (ANI)

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