" The deepening of my experiences has allowed me to broaden the knowledge of the reactions of the clay and I have discovered that for many disorders there is no medicine that acts as effectively and easily as clay ", says Sebastian Kneipp, father of hydrotherapy .
Valid both at the end of the nineteenth century and in today's world, these words lead us to investigate the benefits of clay therapy.
The ABC of clay therapy
Clay therapy is a natural medicine based on the prolonged and beneficial action of the mineral compound which is clay, a natural product with extraordinary uses for maintaining health. It strengthens the body's defenses and helps it recover its integrity thanks to its ion exchange capacity which has a remineralising, draining, purifying and revitalizing effect .
Animals also benefit from clay therapy: often, lying in the mud, they are not doing anything but taking care of a wound.
Antiseptic, intelligent, the clay for internal use (drinks, pills, sticks) and external (poultices, wraps, bandages, baths, pulverizations, clay baths, ointments, masks) acts where necessary, moving regenerative elements that allow a speedy recovery. Antitoxic, totally free of microbial germs, removes intestinal poisoning and has a biocatalyst effect on the organism, especially in connective tissues.
One therapy, three clays
The clay therapy uses four different types of healing clay: the degreaser, with a clayey body rich in magnesium and lime, able to act on the infected sores and decongest hemorrhoids; the refractory, poor in alkaline oxides, which serves above all to give new shine to the skin; bentonite, acts on skin inflammations, abscesses and boils, calms gastrointestinal ulcers.
Finally, kaolinic clay, with a high quantity of kaolinite and a high degree of purity. The kaolin clay has an energetic healing power and, as a drink, it is effective against digestive disorders, relieves throat aches and gum inflammation.
