Saki lake in Crimea: description, benefits and contraindications, location

Russia is famous for its health resorts - mineral, as well as balneological and sea. In 2014, their official list was replenished with one more - Saki, which is located within the boundaries of Big Evpatoria. Silt sulphide mud of Lake Saki attracts thousands of Russians due to its unique healing properties.

In terms of size, Lake Saki is not that big. Its area is only 9.7 sq. m, while the length is about 5 km, and the width is about 1.5 km. The depth is relatively shallow, so everyone can carry out healing procedures here, even in the absence of swimming skills.

Over the course of several decades, the shape of the lake has been changing, and today it is more like 7 pools, each of which has its own mission. For example, bathing in the eastern basin is suitable for medicinal purposes, and healing silt and mud for the medical and cosmetic industry are mined in the western reservoir.

The lake in Crimea is recognized as medicinal, therefore is constant monitoring of its chemical and biological composition, measures are being taken to maintain the reservoir in optimal condition, and the requirements are dictated by the relevant ministry.In the 40s of the last century, Professor Utkin created a special technique that allows feeding the lake, thanks to which the liquid level in the reservoir is maintained.

After the Second World War, the salt mud lake began to be exploited more often, a sanatorium Saki was built on its shore - for many years, patients have been accepted there for treatment. In the early 80s. of the last century, it was decided to make the lifting of silt deposits more mechanized.

Until the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lake Saki produced about 10-15 tons of mud every year, raw materials were delivered to the largest balneological clinics and sanatoriums in Crimea, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. But since 1991, production volumes have declined sharply, as the unstable economic and political situation in the country overshadowed the needs of the spa industry.

Interest in recreation on Lake Saki has returned only recently, and every year more and more tourists come here. The waters of the lake are a unique natural resource that allows people to get rid of most ailments without resorting to surgical intervention. It is no coincidence that many gynecological, urological and neurological sanatoriums have been built on the coast.

The emergence of a healing reservoir was largely facilitated by nature itself. The lake has been forming over 5 millennia. So, after the end of the ice age, the springs moving from the side of the ancient seas began to cover the land area with water where the city of Saki is now built. Large bays appeared in this place, but due to tectonic processes, they eventually separated from the sea and became independent bodies of water.

Most of them were not fed by any underground rivers, so when a dry continental climate was finally established on the earth, they simply began to dry up. As a result of the rapid evaporation of moisture in the water of Lake Saki, the concentration of brine has significantly increased, which has given impetus to many other natural phenomena. In particular, the crystallization of salts began, which in the form of a precipitate began to sink to the very bottom. Most likely, it was during this period at the bottom of the lake a very dense salt layer was formed.

For thousands of years, sea salt has completely mixed with deposits of sulphide mud, which was deposited in the Crimean steppe as a result of volcanic activity in the immemorial epoch. In the 20th century, scientists confirmed that the beneficial mud of this place is saturated with concentrated iron. While all other salt lakes in the world can boast of exclusively radon and hydrogen sulfide sources.

Initially, the lake was used only for salt production; the Greeks and Taurus were also engaged in this. They offered their goods to merchants for a lot of money, but already in Ottoman times, the lake became the center of mud therapy, it was then that the healing effect of mud and salt was noticed, which contributed to the rapid healing of wounds and made the skin soft, smooth and fresh. With the transfer of Crimea to the possession of Russia, balneological practice was continued. At first, the wounds of soldiers were smeared with squeezes of useful substances, and in the 80s of the last century, dozens of health resorts and mud baths were opened here.

It is very easy to get to the healing spring - any visiting tourist knows the way to the Saki reservoir. If you look at the map, you can see that it is located on the road to the very city of Saki, which is located in the west of the Crimean peninsula. In numbers, then the place is 45 km away from Simferopol. On the way to the resort area, there are many signs right on the roads.

Why is the silt and mud of the Saki Lake so useful? The fact is that it represents the remains of substances accumulated since the Ice Age. The mud of this place is rich in the most important micro and macro elements for people, due to which it has the ability to heal skin and bone tissue. In addition, Saki brine has the ability to rejuvenate, improve the condition of the organs of the genitourinary system, as well as soothe and improve blood circulation in the body.

Only the eastern coast has a recreational ability, all other parts of the reservoir are a raw material for the cosmetic industry, which is actively developing in the town of Saki. One of the local enterprises produces the mineral composition "Biol", which, in addition to mineral salts, includes iodine and bromine ions, as well as silicic acid, as well as lipids and amino acids.

The extraction of sulphide mud is highly efficient. - through the skin, it enters the epidermis, where it has a powerful healing effect, helps to reduce edema and resorb scars, and reduces pain. The soothing effect of the mud is very important. The substances contained in them normalize the work of nerve cells, help fight neuroses, insomnia and chronic fatigue.

On the shores of Lake Saki, you can often see people smeared from head to toe with a black viscous mass, most often they are women who have heard about the miraculous rejuvenating effect on the skin. Mud treatments remain a great way to maintain freshness and youth - mud effectively cleanses the skin, brightens age spots, relieves inflammation, and also fights fine wrinkles and removes orange peel - cellulite, which causes a lot of discomfort for most of the fair sex.

However, it should be borne in mind that there is no ideal medicine, and all sorts of healing procedures can be not only beneficial, but also have their own contraindications and side effects. In particular, you should not resort to balneological procedures if you have one of the following diseases:

• inflammatory processes in the acute stage;
• neoplasms on the skin;
• benign and malignant tumors;
• cysts;
• tuberculosis.

For information on where Lake Saki is located in Crimea, see the next video.