Thermal healing water in somamed

Heat applications in Ayurveda – Why heat is so beneficial

In Ayurveda, heat is considered one of the most important therapeutic qualities to bring the body into balance – especially when cold, sluggishness or tension prevail. Heat promotes the flow of prana (life energy), relaxes muscles, opens the body channels(srotas) and supports detoxification.

Targeted heat applications – such as warm oil massages, steam baths or medicinal water baths – stimulate blood circulation, activate the metabolism and calm the nervous system. For many people, this means less pain, more mobility and a deep sense of well-being. Our thermal water, which has stored warmth and tranquillity for thousands of years at a depth of 2000m, is a special highlight of deep relaxation for most Pancha Karma guests.

Thermal healing water in Ayurveda

Thermal water is mineral-rich water that comes from deep layers of the earth and is naturally heated. Depending on its origin, it contains different minerals such as sulphur, magnesium, calcium or sodium, which can be absorbed through the skin.

Why thermal water baths are so good for you:

• Muscle & joint relaxation: Heat relieves tension, loosens the tissue and can alleviate pain.
• Promotes blood circulation: the blood vessels dilate, allowing oxygen and nutrients to reach the cells better.
• Detoxification via the skin: the heat opens the pores, making it easier to eliminate waste products.
• Mineral absorption: Trace elements in water support the skin, connective tissue and metabolism.
• Stress relief: Warm water acts like a gentle embrace for the nervous system – cortisol levels drop and relaxation sets in.

In Ayurvedic terms, thermal baths have a primarily Vata- and Kapha-balancing effect:

• Vata (dry, cold, mobile) is calmed by warmth, inner peace returns.
• Kapha (heavy, sluggish, cool) is activated by heat, metabolism and energy flow are stimulated.

Pitta types also benefit – especially with muscle tension – but should avoid water that is too hot so as not to fan the inner fire too much.

Stages of Ayurvedic cleansing therapy

The following sequence is traditionally followed in Ayurvedic cleansing therapy:

Snehana (internal and external unction), Svedana (overheating), Shodana (purgation).

After oiling, heat is either applied to the whole body or only to a specific part of the body. The oils used in the incredibly soothing and organizing Ayurvedic massages loosen hardened and tense tissues. They dissolve toxins that have been deposited for years and other harmful substances that can lead to illness and premature ageing.

Effect of heat therapy

These dissolved waste products can best be removed from the affected tissues via the blood and lymph. The application of heat dilates the blood and lymph vessels so that this removal can take place without blockages.

Many of these contaminated sites are acidic and cause an over-acidification of our body’s environment. This acidification hinders normal metabolic processes.

Thermal water with a “buffer effect”

According to balneochemical tests, the thermal water in Home of Ayurveda somamed is a sodium hydrogen carbonate-chloride mineral thermal water. This composition gives our healing water a deacidifying effect. The sodium bicarbonate it contains has a so-called “buffering effect”, neutralizing acids.

After the Ayurvedic synchronized oil massage, which removes the acidic metabolic waste products from the tissues, our patients are given a bath with our thermal water. This results in the required overheating. In addition, the minerals naturally present in the thermal water are absorbed through the skin and can render the acidic metabolic waste products harmless.

Scientifically recognized effects of our healing water

Bathing cures with mineral thermal waters can be carried out for the following illnesses:

• Chronic inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system;
• Post-traumatic damage to the musculoskeletal system;
• Paralysis of various origins;
• Neurovegetative regulatory disorders;
• Functional cardiovascular diseases;
• Neuralgia;
• Age-related complaints;

Visionary decision

In 2003, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of Maharishi Ayurveda, initiated the purchase of the property in Geboltskirchen, Austria for Home of Ayurveda somamed – Center for Maharishi Ayurveda and Holistic Medicine. The property of Home of Ayurveda somamed not only meets the requirements of Vedic architecture (Sthapatya Veda), it also has land registry secured access to the thermal water of the Hague Three Kings Spring.

Maharishi’s aim at the time was to combine the well-known effects of thermal water with the traditional effects of Ayurvedic medicine to create an even more effective whole.

The thermal water was examined by the balneological department of the Federal Institute for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research in Vienna as part of a “major medicinal water analysis”. The water from the Drei-Königs-Quelle Haag fulfills the requirements for the declaration of spring water as medicinal water.

so unique, so soothing, somamed.