Hodonín Spa's natural healing source
The natural healing source used in Hodonín Spa is iodobromine water ~ brine.
Mineral water from the tertiary period. Left over from an ancient sea 2 km below ground level, the unique natural healing source used by Hodonín Spa ~ iodobromine water known as brine, is suitable for external use.
Used in individual bathing. Iodobromine water was used by local residents two hundred years ago in traditional medicine, and today its healing attributes are used by the team of health professionals at Hodonín Spa.
The geological origins of iodobromine water ~ brine
This region, which used to be submerged by a tertiary sea, has become the source for the iodobromine mineral water used here. The Hodonín region is a part of the Vienna basin and healing brine can be pumped from the Elbe Sandstone region, from sandstone rocks at a depth of 1960 to 2040 metres below ground level using deep boreholes. The temperature of the brine at 1887 m reaches 69.7° C.
Healing effects of the natural iodine obtained in the brine
It has an effect on the connective tissues of the veins and skeletomuscular system and can thus be used for the treatment of illnesses of the veins, neurological and musculoskeletal illnesses, gynaecological disorders, and burns. It has significant anti-inflammatory and local healing properties
- Facilitates biostimulation - supports tissue nourishment
- Improves the working of the vascular system
- Natural disinfectant
- Subject to sublimation (releases itself into the atmosphere), having beneficial effects on the respiratory tract
Location of the iodobromine water ~ brine
The natural healing source for Hodonín Spa is iodobromine water - sodium carbonate-chloride, with 40 - 60 mg/l of iodine salts, pumped from two boreholes (Josefov BVJ~1 Podluží, Josefov BVJ~2 Prušánka, and with borehole Josefov BVJ~3 Josefka as a control borehole). The iodine water comes from porous sandy reservoirs in the extensive geological Elbe sandstone crust layer.
The reserves of iodine water in the surroundings of Hodonín are extensive. The iodine water contains a large amount of healing salts of iodine and bromine with quite a low mineralisation, making it particularly suitable for balneological use.
Mineral water classification
Natural strongly mineralised iodine sodium chloride mineral water with high levels of bromides and boric acids. Hypertonic hypothermal water. Iodine has been known as an element since 1811. It is the largest natural halogen.
It has significant pharmacological effects and influences the whole metabolism. It is pumped from deep boreholes and then transported through special pipes to the spa. Due to its high iodine content, it is diluted in a ratio of 1:1 for bathing with a water temperature of 36°C ~ 38 °C and is used for the treatment of the musculoskeletal system, post injury and post operational conditions, neurological diseases and illnesses of the circulatory system. The spontaneous oxidation of iodine into elementary iodine, through hypochlorites, the main healing effect, has valuable sublimation properties.
| Basic chemical analysis of water |
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|---|---|
| Total minerals |
14.16 g |
| Anions | 8.729 g water |
| Chlorides | 7674.0 mg/l 92.87 eq. % |
| Bicarbonates | 946.0 mg/l 6.65 eq. % |
| Bromides | 54.5 mg/l 0.29 eq. % |
| Iodides | 50.6 mg/l 0,17 eq. % |
| Cations | 5.083 g |
| Sodium | 4840.0 mg/ 94.60 eq. % |
| Calcium | 102.0 mg/l 2.29 eq. % |
| Magnesium | 41.3 mg/l 1.53 eq. % |
| Ammonium | 24.0 mg/l 0.60 eq. % |
The brine is marked by a high level of iodine and bromine salts. It has been compared to water from the Dead Sea, although the brine contains many more times higher concentrations of iodine. The other minerals are present in almost twice higher concentrations. Spa experts place it amongst the highest quality of healing iodobromine waters in Europe.
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