Medicinal Plants Meeting with Mud: Phyto-Peloid

For thousands of years, human beings have used various healing waters, plants, and muds from nature for health and beauty purposes. Nature and return to natural which we observe too often in the world today, has also increased the use of natural products. The use of certain muds for medical purposes is called peloidotherapy.These subterranean and marine originated materials, which we named as mud, formed by various organic and inorganic substances in geological layers for thousands of years. Today, they are used for health and cosmetic purposes following the characteristics of organic and inorganic substances in their content, which vary according to their geography.Studies show that; in the cures performed with the addition of peloidotherapy, the number of inflamed joints and the number of painful joints and pain severity decreased significantly (p