Tag: therapeutic bathing
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Balneology with Peat
Therapeutic bathing, otherwise known as balneology, has been used by humankind for thousands of years. Specifically, peat baths have been used around the world to treat rheumatic and gynecological diseases as well as osteoarthritis, sciatica, skin disease, trauma, etc. Peat was even used directly on wounds in World War I to prevent infection. Peat has…