Mud lakes. Dolzhanskoe mud lake Indications for mud therapy

Mud therapy, otherwise known as peloid therapy, has been used for a very, very long time. The Roman historian Pliny the Elder, who lived in the first century AD, wrote in his writings that in Crimea there are lands that are capable of healing wounds. If we talk about slightly more recent times, then in Italy, since the 16th century, a gray-earthy mass was successfully used, which remained at the sites of volcanic eruptions. In Rus' they were able to experience the benefits of mud therapy only in the 18th century. It all started with the dominance of the khans of the Mongol-Tatar feudal state. In the 19th century, mud therapy gained universal recognition and became one of the leading balneotherapeutic procedures performed only under the guidance of medical personnel.

Today, mud therapy is quite popular and in demand. Since humanity has become interested in this method of therapy, various experimental and clinical studies have been carried out, and treatment methods have been developed that have the maximum positive effect on the human body. Mud treatment is practiced at a variety of resorts and is one of the most preferred methods of treating many types of diseases. There are about 300 known deposits of medicinal mud in Russia, a significant part of which is located on the Taman Peninsula.

From where the mud springs are located, in what climate and on what landscape, what natural conditions influenced their formation, the composition of the peloids and their special medicinal qualities depend.

Therapeutic mud It has a high heat capacity and heat-holding capacity, while at the same time it has low thermal conductivity. It is very dense, almost one and a half times heavier than water. The thicker the dirt, the lower its heat capacity. When dirt comes into contact with the human body, a layer forms that prevents the penetration of air and heats (or cools) to body temperature. This explains the fact that a person can easily endure high temperature mud applications.

The Taman Peninsula is rich in deposits of medicinal mud. Primorye sulphide muds and medicinal hills are especially common. Both have a lot of useful properties, but they also have many individual qualities.

Primorye sulfide mud can be found in the form of bottom sediments of saline coastal reservoirs. These reservoirs most often form near the sea in lake basins. These also include estuary lakes, which are river mouths flooded by the sea and subsequently separated from it. According to its properties this type mud has few differences with other sulfide muds. Everything depends on the connection with the sea.

Primorye mud contains from 30% to 70% water, and there is a wide range of mineralization fluctuations of 20-350 g/l. The latter depends entirely on how diluted the lake is fresh water, and from evaporation.

Hill therapeutic mud differ in deep origin. They can be found in areas where oil and gas fields are located. The formation of mud here is a very complex process in which many substances take part: formation waters, carbon gases, organic substances, bacteria and microelements that are characteristic of oil fields.

The color of the hill mud is light gray; it can be in a liquid or dry state. The composition is predominantly mineral (up to 28 g/l), which contains a high concentration of iodine, bromine and boron. Due to the presence of an alkaline reaction during mud therapy, the content of adrenal hormones in the blood plasma of patients increases significantly.

Due to its moisture-absorbing properties, hill mud quickly turns from dry to liquid and vice versa. This makes it possible to obtain a solution of the required thickness.

The Taman region boasts three mud lakes: Markitansky, Soleny and Golubitsky. The first is located 5 km east of the village of Taman. The lake is fed by precipitation, melt water, overflow, etc. Here the reserves of mud are not particularly large; it belongs to the magnesium-sodium chloride type, is a representative of coastal strongly sulfide mud and has a mineralization of 23 g/l.

The second lake - Solenoye, is located on south coast Taman Peninsula, near the village of Veselovka. It is very rich in mud, its reserve is 10 times greater than in Lake Markitanskoye. The mud of Lake Solenoe has good plastic-viscous qualities and is characterized by a high content of salts and hydrogen sulfide. There is a high concentration of bromine and iodine, as well as high mineralization (200-300 g/l). These are highly sulfide, highly mineralized muds.

The hill mud of this area is alkaline, has high colloidality (the property of swelling in water), a good concentration of iodine and bromine, as well as a rich composition of minerals.

The Taman Peninsula is an ideal place for recovery, which has a sufficient amount of silt hydrogen sulfide and hill (which is unique for the CIS countries) mud, an excellent climate and good conditions.

From Moscow

By car. Along the M4 highway. Distance 1460 km. Travel time – 17.00 hours.

By plane. From Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports on flights Moscow - Anapa. Then by bus to Temryuk, and from Temryuk to Golubitskaya or by taxi (55 km). Travel time 0.50-1.20 hours.

By long-distance train. From the Kursky and Kazansky railway stations by train "Moscow - Novorossiysk" to the station "Tonnelnaya" or by train "Moscow - Anapa" to Anapa. Travel time is from 22.00 to 28.00 hours. Next - by taxi (from Tonnelnaya - 90 km, from Anapa - 55). Travel time – 0.50-2.00 hours.

From Temryuk

By car. Distance 12 km. Travel time – 0.15 hours.

By bus. Regular buses No. 105 and minibuses No. 105A every 10-20 minutes. Travel time – 1.10-1.30 hours.

Walk along Golubitskaya

You can start your walk around the village near the famous for its healing mud Golubitsky mud lake, which is located right behind the large central beach. The dimensions of the lake are 150 by 100 m. And it is separated from the sea by just over 50 m. Black viscous medicinal silt is located under water, in the center of the lake. But this reservoir is shallow - up to 1.5 m, so it is convenient for both adults and children. Mud with a high content of bromine, iodine and hydrogen sulfide is used to treat diseases of the joints, skin, radiculitis, pyelonephritis and some other diseases. You can swim in the lake, or you can take air baths nearby by making mud applications.

Golubitskoe mud lake

If you walk from the lake towards the Central Beach, you will come to crocodile farm. It is located between Kurortnaya and Sovetskaya streets. Here you can see alligators, caimans, pythons, turtles and lizards, or watch crocodiles being fed. A ticket for an adult costs 600 rubles, a child ticket costs 500 rubles.

Crocodile farm

Opposite the central beach in the sea, not far from the shore, a dark-colored island is visible. Its height is about 2 m, its length is up to 100 m. This is the famous Golubitsky mud volcano. It is active and erupts every 6-8 years. The last eruption was in the Velvet season– in September 2011. The sea suddenly began to boil and began to throw up dark streams of mud. The volcano's emissions were very strong - they reached 50 m and lasted about 40 minutes. Before this, the volcano “awakened” in the summer of 2008.

Golubitsky mud volcano

Observations of the volcano and recording of its activity have been carried out since the time of Catherine II. The first time the eruption was filmed was in 1994.

A further walk around the village continues to the local Exotic park. To get there you need to walk about 2 km along Kurortnaya Street. This tourist attraction Children will really like it. The exotic park contains rare animals from all over the world - flying foxes, snakes of different sizes and colors, crocodiles, turtles and lizards. For children there is a “contact zone” where you can hold a rabbit, pet a lamb or chickens. In the evenings, an extreme show is held in the park - a dance of a trainer with crocodiles and a cobra.

Exotic Park

The exotic park is open from 10.00 to 22.00. A ticket for an adult costs 350 rubles, for children – 250 rubles. Children under 3 years old can enter the park for free. Photography and video shooting of animals is also free. You need to pay extra if you want to feed the animals.

Near the Exotic Park is Golubitsky dolphinarium(Kurortny Boulevard, 3). Its performances include bottlenose dolphins, fur seals and a sea lion. They are trained to perform many funny tricks - “singing”, “dancing” and performing acrobatic acts.

Dolphinarium "Nemo"

The Dolphinarium is open daily from 12.00 to 16.00, except Mondays. The ticket costs 500 rubles. And children under 5 years old can enter the show for free.

Near the dolphinarium, you can finish your walk through the village of Golubinskaya. But if your vacation in Golubinskaya falls in the middle of summer - July or August, it’s still worth visiting the picturesque lotus valley. Organized excursions are taken to it from the village on comfortable fast small boats. The place where these amazingly beautiful flowers grow is located in the floodplains of the Akhtanizovsky estuary. A walk to the Lotus Valley is a great opportunity to drive with the breeze through the expanses of the estuary and enjoy the view of beautiful exotic flowers.

Lotus Valley

What do you know about peloid therapy? Peloid therapy is the oldest method of therapy therapeutic mud what is popularly called mud therapy. This healing technique has been known since time immemorial and back in the 16th century. The Roman polymath writer Pliny wrote that on the Crimean land there is mud that can heal.

The Italians began to use mud as a method of treatment in the 16th century, and in Rus' they were able to discern mud only in the 18th century. Today mud therapy– a very popular method of therapy, and especially attracts tourists. In Russia there are more than 300 locations of healing mud, a considerable number of which prevail in Krasnodar region, or rather on the Taman Peninsula.

There are two types of medicinal mud on the Taman Peninsula: silt (mud lakes) and volcanic ( mud volcanoes). The composition and beneficial properties of these muds differ. They say that the mud from the lakes is more beneficial.

Mud lakes

Solenoye, Golubitskoye, Markitanskoye– mud lakes, which the village of Taman is rich in. – located in the south of the Taman Peninsula, with the largest reserves of healing mud than in Golubitsky and Markitansky. - located near the village of Golubitskaya, on the Sea of ​​​​Azov. The healing mud of this lake is located in the middle of the lake at the very bottom, and you can only get to it by diving headlong into the very center of the lake. Markitanskoye Lake - located in the eastern part, 5 km from Taman, the reserves of this lake are not large, but very useful. All three lakes are dominated by huge amounts of hydrogen sulfide, salts, bromine and iodine. Also on the Taman Peninsula you can count more than 30 mud volcanoes.

Salt Lake

Mud volcanoes

Tizdar, Hephaestus, Akhtanizovsky, Shugo– mud volcanoes, of which there are also many on the peninsula. is located on the territory of the “Island of Health” complex in the village of Za Rodinu. Entrance to the complex is paid.

Tizdar volcano

Akhtanizovskaya Sopka is located in the village of Akhtanizovskaya. Free admission. The area is not equipped.

Situated on Rotten Mountain near Temryuk. Visiting is free, but using the shower is charged.

crater on Rotten Mountain

Located next to the village of Varenikovskaya. This is one of largest volcanoes in Kuban. There is a fee to visit.

Visiting some muds is paid, others are free. You can read more about this by following the links in the article that interest you.

Indications for mud therapy

Diseases of the digestive system, metabolic diseases, diseases of the female and male reproductive system, diseases of the musculoskeletal system, diseases of the nervous system, vascular diseases and others...

Contraindications for mud therapy

Neoplasms, including benign (fibroids, mastopathy), blood diseases, bleeding, immunodeficiency syndromes, diseases of the cardiovascular system, epilepsy, severe general atherosclerosis, varicose veins, pregnancy and others...

Mud volcanoes, lakes and other attractions of the Taman Peninsula

Taman Peninsula– not only a healing place, but also a great place family vacation. Here you will find a lot of exciting, interesting and entertaining things for yourself. If you are planning a vacation in the village of Taman, be sure to visit the mud lakes, but remember the contraindications to this method of treatment.

How to get to Taman by car.

For those traveling from Moscow, we advise you to use a detour route: Along the M4 highway in the Kislyakovskaya area, turn onto the secondary road to the right. The road is of decent quality and there are significantly fewer cars. Thus, your route will look like this: Kislyakovskaya - Leningradskaya - Kanevskaya (it’s better to take the bypass road) - Timashevsk - Staronizhesteblievskaya - Poltavskaya - Slavyansk-on-Kuban - Anastasievskaya (bypass) - Temryuk, then to your destination.

Detour route: Moscow – Taman (marked with a red line)

The distance from Moscow to Taman is 1556 km.

If you decide to vacation in Anapa, Vityazevo or other nearby resort areas. You can easily get to the Taman Peninsula as part of an excursion or by your own car.

The distance from Anapa to Taman is 80 km.

The Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory has its own attraction - there is an incredibly beautiful reservoir. Golubitskoe Lake is located next to the Central Beach and attracts tourists from all over the world.

The healing mud lake is located a few meters from the seashore. All tourists traveling around the world strive to visit here. Krasnodar region. The mud deposits of Lake Golubitskoe are well known and are used for medical purposes in hospitals and sanatoriums of Anapa and the Taman Peninsula.

Rest with benefit

Golubitskoye Lake is small: its length is 500 meters, width - 150 meters. In winter, the depth reaches only 1.5-1.8 meters, and in summer the waters evaporate, their level drops to 80 centimeters. The reservoir does not dry up completely only because it is connected to the Sea of ​​Azov.

The composition of lake and sea water is similar, but in a smaller reservoir the liquid is more mineralized: in summer it is exponentially increased to 40 g/l due to constant evaporation, in winter it is reduced to 10 g/l due to its filling with melt water and rain.

Bottom mud is formed as a result of the oxidation and decomposition of dead microorganisms that entered the lake from Sea of ​​Azov. The substance is rich in iodine, bromine, calcium. Its specific smell is due to its saturation with hydrogen sulfide. The mud of Lake Golubitskoye has healing properties, and while relaxing on Azov coast, you can not only sunbathe and swim, but also improve your health.

Black mud is good for the skin and joints. It is enough to coat yourself with it for 10-15 minutes to notice the effect. No tourist will refuse the opportunity to make a mud mask for the whole body to try it medicinal properties, or to take a photo for memory.

It is worth noting that black mud is not applied to the chest in the area of ​​the heart.

You can wash off the creamy black mass from your body by plunging into sea water.

The greatest benefit comes from mud raised from the bottom in June and July. It is transported to sanatoriums in dry form.

Golubitskoye Lake is equipped for swimming. To walk along its surface, you can rent pedal boats to add physical activity to the mud therapy.

Location on the map

One of which is located in village Golubitskaya one hundred meters from the seashore. Golubitskoe mud lake - unique monument nature, which is a body of salt water and mineral deposits at the bottom. The lake stretched no less than almost 500 meters in length and about 150 in width. It is separated from the sea by a low sand and shell mound, through which storm winds carry seashells and microorganisms. Deposited at the bottom of the reservoir, they gradually saturate the soil with useful minerals. Many people come here purposefully for the healing properties of the mud of Golubitskoye Lake..

Let's figure out what's useful in this dirt. It is important to understand that not all the mud in the lake is healing. You need top layer of black silt- the same one that has a specific “repellent” smell of hydrogen sulfide. He's the one most useful and rich in bromine, iodine and other trace elements. Near the shore, its layer is small, so you need to go as far as possible to get mud. The depth of the lake is shallow and allows you to walk quite far. You should smear mud on your body, not your swimwear, otherwise it will be difficult to wash off. You should also be careful about the area near the heart - it is better not to touch it at all. You need to keep the mud on your body until it dries completely - about 10-15 minutes, no more, and then wash it off in the warm waters of the lake or walk to the sea and swim in it. There are usually a lot of “mud bathers” on the beach, so no one pays attention to them.

Mud therapy has anti-inflammatory, absorbable and bactericidal effects, helping to get rid of a whole range of diseases. Here are just some of them: rheumatism, arthritis, polyarthritis, joint injuries, diseases of the genitourinary system, infertility, radiculitis, ENT diseases, skin diseases. However, one should not forget about contraindications, since dirt has a very powerful effect and, if used incorrectly, can aggravate the condition of the body. It is not recommended to engage in mud therapy for people with heart disease, tuberculosis, tumors, high blood pressure or temperature. In any case, before starting a course of treatment, you should consult your doctor.

Many have experienced healing properties mud, trying to take her with them. The mud does retain its properties, but it is better to transport it dry, having previously evaporated all the water from the mass.

Golubitskoe mud lake is rightfully considered the hallmark of the village. Not only is it popular as a place of miraculous healing powers, but it is also beautiful in its own right. Scenic view opens onto it from the hills, and the proximity of a well-maintained sea ​​beach allows you to get all the pleasures at once: healthy swimming in the lake and relaxing on the seashore. The water in the lake warms up very quickly and is always warm, so children especially love to swim here. And in addition to medical procedures, you can arrange evening walk on the surface of the lake on pedal boats.