Healing Naftalan

Healing Naftalan200Naftalan Resort in Azerbaijan is world famous, unique in its biological qualities. Glory to him was won by the unparalleled on the planet medical Naftalan oil extracted at the resort.

Naftalan Resort is located 330 km away. from the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, in the zone of the unique therapeutic naphthalan oil deposit, the city of Naftalan, in an ecologically clean area, on the territory of a pine park, on the shore of an artificial lake.

In the shady avenues of the park a beautiful comfortable environment for rest and treatment is created.

Now Naftalan Resort provides treatment for more than 70 diseases with the help of therapeutic naphthalan baths by improved methods, in conditions of maximum comfort.

A qualified, experienced and benevolent team makes every effort to achieve the main goal – human health.

“The dense blood of the earth” – so called naftalan in the Caucasus. more than 100 years have passed since the beginning of the study of medicinal properties and the use of naftalan. Its effectiveness in various diseases is confirmed by the results of more than 1600 scientific works and monographs, including 270 theses.

Naftalan oil, absorbed through the skin, has a positive effect on the capillary blood flow, improves circulation in small vessels, dilates blood vessels, reduces blood clotting, increases the activity of enzymatic processes, stimulates all functions of the body., Has an antimicrobial effect.

The main active principle of naftalan is naphthenic hydrocarbons, which have anti-inflammatory, analgesic, vasodilating, antiallergic, stimulating trophic functions, increasing the intensity of metabolic processes by action, stimulating spermatogenesis processes, accelerating the processes of ovulation and ovogenesis.

What is treated with Naftalan

Naftalan treatment is a powerful effective therapy for more than 70 diseases, including diseases of the musculoskeletal and nervous system, skin, vessels, and female and male diseases. Due to the unique therapeutic properties of naftalan, the treatment promotes resorption of inflammatory processes, reduction of pain, improvement of blood circulation and metabolic processes.

Currently, the treatment with naftalan is carried out using the latest methods: dehydrated naftalan, naftalan fractions and naftalan hydrocarbons in combination with thermal and ultraviolet irradiation.

Naftalan baths last 8 – 10 minutes. The patient is placed in a bath filled with naftalan oil, heated to a temperature of 37 – 38 ° C. Through the pores oil penetrates into the blood and then with sweat secretions goes back. In this case, along with sweat secretions, all substances harmful to the body go out. After this, the patient must wash the oil under the shower and go to bed, as the process of oil release with harmful substances will continue and in addition to the baths.

Naftalan lubricants are prescribed for a specific area of the body depending on the disease. The body area is smeared with pre-heated naftalan and heated with a lamp from the distance from the distance of 75 – 100 cm, duration of 10 – 20 minutes. The course of treatment is 15 to 20 procedures.

To increase the effectiveness of treatment with naftalan is carried out in conjunction with additional procedures that are selected and assigned individually after a detailed examination. To conduct surveys in the sanatorium, there is a modern functional diagnostic room, clinical diagnostic and biochemical laboratories.