Climatotherapy Medical Treatment

Medical Treatments

In our DMZ Clinic we know that The Dead Sea basin is the lowest terrestrial site on Earth, approximately 424 m below mean sea level, and is located at about 30°N latitude, within the latitude range with the highest incident solar irradiation intensity. Consequently, it possess some very unique and beneficial climatic features, such as:

• about 330 sunny days annually,
• high barometric pressure, i.e., around 5% greater in the winter and more than 3% during the summer, relative to the that at sea level as a result of it being the lowest terrestrial site on Earth,
• a higher density of air than any other terrestrial site on the earth as a result of its high barometric pressure, viz., more oxygen molecules per unit volume
• the erythema irradiation (the lowest wavelengths within the UVB irradiation range, that causes sunburn and other deleterious effects such as skin cancer), is attenuated by selective filtration as a result of the relatively longer optical path length the solar rays must traverse to reach the lowest terrestrial site on Earth
• both the UVB and UVA irradiation are attenuated as a result of the selective filtration; the degree of attenuation is greatest during the summer and smallest in the winter
• salinity of the Dead Sea water is 10x that of sea water; having a salt concentration of 345g
• Dead Sea basin mud contains a high concentration of minerals
• air at the Dead Sea basin has a relatively high concentration of aerosols containing mineral.