Techirghiol 


Techirghiol is a lake in Northern Dobruja, Romania, near the town with the same name.
The name is derived from the Turkish Tekirgöl which means "the lake of Tekir".According to a legend, a blind and crippled old man named Tekir and his old donkey reached the shore of the lake by mistake. Trying to pull his stubborn animal out of the mud, Tekir was miraculously healed so he could see and walk normally again. 

Techirghiol Lake

Techirghiol mud

History: The sapropelic mud from the Techirghiol Lake is the jewel of the resort with the same name; it brought fame for those places!
In 1924, at the Universal Exposition from Paris, the Techirghiol mud received the golden medal.
Alphons Saligny was the first to study the therapeutic use of the mud; after this the Romanian Institute of Balneology approved it and during the 1930™s the studies realized by Alphons Saligny and the Institute were the base for solid scientific proofs regarding the therapeutic actions of the sapropelic mud of Techirghiol and the methodology of those treatments. 

Usage:
The sapropelic mud of Techirghiol is used warmed for different kind of procedures:
• Wraps,
• Cataplasms,
• Water mixed, for baths in bathtubs
• massage.
By using this product, you can get:

• Better skin elasticity,
• Hydration for cell strengthening and for dryness prevention.
• Skin healing ( in cases of psoriasis and eczema)
• A better state of well-being and relaxation
• Improvement of pain from anterior accidents, as well as those from rheumatism and muscular immobility.
• General detoxification of the organism can easily be achieved after a series of general massages with mud, or after a cure of wrappings (in the comfort of your own home, or in a specialized saloon, or on the seashore - accompanying the mud wrap with a bath in the salty water of the sea or in the very salty water of the Lake of Techirghiol), or after a long warm mud bath