The therapeutic regulations of  thermalism
   Thermal medicine is an interesting complement for many patients suffering from chronic affections, who are not always satisfied by the intensive use of drugs.
   Studies carried out in several stations noticed that the greater comfort and the te reduction in consumption of drugs lasted several months after the end of the cure.
   There are 12 fields of action for thermal therapy, classified and standardized by the International association for hydrotherapy.
 
Rheumatology
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The most current prescription, the rheumatology concerns about half of the curists. It is a very general term including much more than the traditional "rheumatisms"; are concerned:
  • osteoarthritis
  • chronic inflammatory rheumatisms
  • after-effects of traumatism
  • back pain; certain stations adhered to the charter "the school of the back" and teach the everyday practices which limit the risks of lumbago.


    • Water acts by heat, chemical action, and the weightlessness which allows flexible movements without load.
    NB: the cures are not indicated during acute inflammatory pushes.
Respiratory organs dideases 
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The regulation which arrives in second position, approximately a quarter of the curists, among whom 33% are children. ORL sphere was the subject of studies showing the effectiveness of the cures at a watering-place. It concerns: chronic sinusitises, colds and rhinitides, chronic otitises and anginas, pharyngitides and bronchitides, asthma.

Thermal water and thermal gas are brought in contact with the mucous membranes by various techniques.
Digestive affections
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 The majority of the following digestive disorders are treated in thermal spas: diabetes, metabolic disorders, overweight, colitis, hepatic disorders.

The cure includes important drinking and is often accompanied by a dietetic awareness and training by healthy food behaviors. The diabetes can be treated in thermal hospital in the most severe cases (for example in Vals les Bains).
Dermatology 
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  • Psoriasis,
  • eczema,
  • scars,
  • itchings,
whatever their origin. The cure acts by softening, healing and anti-inflammatory effect.

Phlebology
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Circulatory troubles such as:

  • varixes
  • after-effects of phlebitis,
  • lymphatic œdema
Gynaecology 
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  • after-effects of infections
  • functional disorders,
  • pelvic pains are relieved by the cures at a watering-place.
Urinary diseases
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  • Prevention of the renal calculi
  • Repeating urinary infections
  • The cure consists in drinking very much.
Cardiovascular pathologies 
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  • Hypertension,
  • angina pectoris,
  • arteritis of the lower limbs
     

    • Addictions, psychosomatic diseases
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    One of the thermal indications with a future is undoubtedly that of detoxication and return to serenity.
    These problems in considerable growth in our countries cannot always be faced by "hard" pharmacopeia with important side effects. The cure is an alternative or a complement with these treatments.
    A psychotherapy support accompanies it.