Mud therapy

MUD THERAPY
By
Dr Saurabh Agrawal
PG final yr
Dept of Swasthavritta

Introduction
• One among the pancha mahabhuta
• Mruttika chikitsa
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Qualities of Mud
• For usual Naturopathic treatments, black
cotton soil is preferred as black color absorbs
all the colors of sun and conveys them to
body.
• As the mud retains moisture for a long time,
when applied over the body part, it causes
cooling.
• Increases thermo insulation capacity
(Desensitising).

• Its shape and consistency can be changed
easily by adding water.
• Cheap and easily available.

Preparation of mud for therapy
• The mud is collected from a good area, and
should be from two feet depth.
• It should be free from pollution and
contamination.
• It should be clean, fine and smooth.
• It should be dried properly, powdered and
sieved to separate stones, grass particles and
other impurities.

Mud
Therapy
External
Local/
Regional
Whole
body
Internal

•Types of mud used in
mud therapy

Spa mud
It is a mixture that is used for therapeutic
purposes.
Components -Solid/telluric (natural clay)
-Hydro mineral (Mineral water)
-Biological (micro organisms
and biomaterial)
- Kept in maturation tanks.

• Mud attains right therapeutic properties, when
mud remains in ‘Maturation tanks’ for 50-60 days
in close contact with spa water, which constantly
flows at 60°C.
• During this process a typical microbial
thermophilic, non-pathogenic community
develops.
• These cause important chemical and physical
changes to the mud, enriching mud with precious
active principles produced by metabolism.

Beach sand
For application of heat as in painful joint
conditions, sand is used. Condition of the sand is
decided according to diseases.
Mud mask
Dead sea mud or black mud has 20 minerals and
trace elements. It is used in masks.

French clay
It has the power to absorb and retain toxic
products. This is taken from depth of 200 ft
along bank of pristine river.
The clay free from sand is sun dried and
used therapeutically. This contains large
quantity of silica, iron, calcium, magnesium, zinc
and enzymes.
1. Green clay 4. White clay
2. Yellow clay 5. Red clay
3. Premixed clay

Procedure :
Mud pack (Local application)
• Mud is soaked in a big vessel of clay at night.
In the morning by kneading and is prepared
like dough. It should not be too wet to flow.
The mud is kept on the clean cotton cloth and
is spread on it with the help of a wooden stick.
• SIZE: 22.86 × 15.24 × 1.27 cm
• DURATION: 20 to 30 mins.
• Relieves indigestion, decreases intestinal heat
and stimulates peristalsis.

Eye packs Mud packs for face
• Size: 9 X 6 X ½ cms
• Procedure and time same
as of abdomen pack
• BENEFITS: conjunctivitis,
hemorrhages in the
eyeball, itching, allergy,
errors of refraction like
short sight and long sight
and especially useful in
glaucoma where it helps to
reduce eye ball tension
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• Apply fine paste of
soaked mud
• TIME: 20 mins
• BENEFITS: improves
complexion, open
pores, remove
pimples and dark
circles
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Mud bath
• Fine paste of mud is applied to the entire body
of the patient.
• Duration: 45-60mins
• Benefits: revitalizes and rejuvenates the skin
and can be used in routine as well as during
the skin disease conditions

SAND BATH
The person is covered with warm sand,
completely up to the neck. The head should be
covered with cloth soaked in water or umbrella.
Duration – according to the disease.
Indication – Rheumatic pain, skin diseases,
numbness, nervous disorders, indigestion,
diabetes, etc.

Internal usage of mud
1-2 tsp with one glass of water in conditions like
Rheumatism, Asthama, Allergy, Food poisoning,
Headache, chronic abdominal pain.
• Yellow mud – digestive disorders, abdominal disease,
diabetes mellitus, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly.
• White mud – Brain, liver disorder.
• Black mud – Poisoning, skin diseases.
• Red mud – Abdominal pain, Rheumatoid arthritis,
Paralysis.

Therapeutic Effects of Mud:
• a. Thermal Effect:
• Warm mud applications increases the local metabolism.
• Mechanical Effect:
• The pressure of the mud on the body surface and the osmotic changes in
the skin lead to softening and resolution of pathological products.
• Chemical Effect:
• Mineral effect from the minerals in the mud, there is an increased ions
transfer and ions migrate to the other pole. Depending on the ion transfer
properties from the products in the mud (as in iontophoresis), therapeutic
effects are achieved: Zinc for fungi, Copper for allergic conditions, Iodine
for adhesions, Magnesium for edema and salycicates.
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• Physiological Effect:
– decreased blood pressure, decreased pulse rate, and
increased internal body temperature.
– Relief of pain and muscle spasm.
• Psychological Effects:
• Direct contact and pressure reduce anxiety and stress
related symptoms. Moist heat has a soothing and calming
effect.
• (more than by hydrotherapy i.e. as hot packs).

Indications of Mud Baths and Packs
• Chronic Inflammatory joint conditions causing joint pain:
Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis.
• Chronic back pain (lumbago, sciatica).
• Chronic post- traumatic stiffness.
• Neuritis (peripheral) due to diabetes.
• Gout.
• Neuralgia, pain relief.
• Obesity.
• Fibrositis.
• In the condition of headache and high blood pressure
mud pack is applied on forehead.

• Chemical fractions appear with anti-
inflammatory actions.
• Increase of serum antioxidant defenses in
arthrosis patients undergoing mud therapy is
proven.
• Anti inflammatory and anti degrading factor, is
best used in arthritic and osteoporotic etc,
conditions.
Research…

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