Mineral water therapy

Drinking water therapy can be incredibly beneficial due to the numerous advantages of maintaining a daily intake of water. Those who consume a significant amount of water facilitate the elimination of environmental toxins and waste products from their metabolism. This cleansing process enables cells to purify themselves and absorb crucial new nutrients, resulting in clean and wrinkle-free skin. Furthermore, water plays a vital role in weight loss and maintaining optimal memory and performance. Even a short period of dehydration can lead to concentration difficulties and impair the proper functioning of the body. Therefore, mineral water therapy can significantly enhance overall health and help establish healthy drinking habits, particularly for older individuals who may suffer from body dehydration and severe fluid loss.

It's not just bottled water that you consume during drinking water therapy. What makes this therapy unique is the incorporation of additional ingredients, specifically minerals that are dissolved in the water. The precise composition of these minerals varies depending on the source of the water, and they can be used to treat a range of symptoms, such as:

• Indications for the musculoskeletal system: rheumatism, arthritis, osteoporosis and muscle problems
• Indications for the skin: atopic dermatitis, anti-ageing and allergies
• Indications for internal organs: cardiovascular diseases, stomach and intestinal diseases as well as gynaecological and urological diseases
• Indications for nerves/stress: stress, migraines, fatigue and concentration problems
• Indications for metabolism: obesity and diabetes.

Your crenotherapy usually begins with a detailed medical consultation, where an individual treatment plan is created for you. Depending on exactly what it looks like and the symptoms of the disease to be treated, the prescribed drinking water therapy can take between one and six weeks.

You will receive suitable healing water, e.g. in public drinking halls or drinking colonnades at your spa or sometimes directly at the hotel from a spring or in a bottle. This is where the famous porcelain "sipping cups" come into play, in which you fill the healing spring water. You drink it in small sips and walk around the premises.

It is important that the water is not necessarily consumed as a thirst-quencher but regularly at fixed times during the day (usually an hour before meals). The main intake usually takes place until 2 pm. Depending on the desired effect, it can also be taken in the afternoon or evening.

The quantity is also flexible: up to 2.5 liters of spring water per day are standard, but there are also drinking therapies where up to 4 liters of water are prescribed. Either way, water can replace some of the regular drinks. You do not need to change your diet during treatment unless the holistic treatment plan does not provide for it.

Prominent examples of mineral water therapy destinations include the three cities of the Bohemian spa triangle in Czechia: Karlovy Vary, Františkovy Lázně, and Mariánské Lázně, where illnesses of the digestive and movement systems are commonly treated.

Hungary also boasts a rich bath tradition, with destinations such as Bad Héviz and Bad Bük offering medicinal waters that are particularly effective for treating liver diseases, digestive disorders, and urological and gynecological ailments.

Travelers may also consider Slovenia's Rogaska Slatina, which features the Donat spring with above-average magnesium content, ideal for addressing joint, intervertebral disc, and muscle complaints.

For those seeking treatment in Germany, Bavaria is an excellent destination, with places such as Bad Kissingen, Bad Orb, Bad Brückenau, and Bad Bocklet offering not only rich mineral springs but also a robust therapy infrastructure. It's worth noting that only water from state-approved mineral springs is administered in these locations.