Truskavets Ukraine
Truskavets is situated 100 km south from Lviv in the valley of the northern foothills of the Eastern Carpathians at an altitude of 350 m above sea level. The resort features fourteen mineral springs and deposits of "mountain wax" - ozokerite. The resort is very compact, gradually acquiring the European style: a lot of shops, boutiques, restaurants, discotheques, a supermarket and a cinema. The season lasts all year round, and its "peak" period is from May to October.
The main therapeutic factors of the resort - mineral water and mineral wax, they complement the forest air and a good ecological environment. Here treating of chronic inflammation of the kidneys and urinary tract, urolithiasis, post-operative and instrumental removal of stones, inflammation of the liver and biliary tract processes, residual effects of the transferred hepatitis, metabolic disorders, diabetes and certain other ailments is conducted.
Methods of treatment in sanatoriums and clinics of Truskavets: balneotherapy, mud therapy, thermotherapy, physiotherapy, aerotherapy, cosmetology, massage, physical therapy, dentistry, dentures, unconventional methods of treatment (psychotherapy - gipnotary, electrosleep, herbal medicine - medicinal drinks; speleotherapy).
Main medicinal water resort, "NAFTA" is hydro, brackish with a high content of organic substances of petroleum origin. It promotes elimination of inflammatory processes in organs and tissues, stimulates the departure of small stones and sand from the kidney, gall bladder, urinary tract and choleretic, reduces the lithogenic urine and bile, that is, reduces the risk of re-stone formation. In Truskavets, there are two main pump rooms - "upper" and "lower" (pump room - building directly above the mineral springs).
In addition to "Naftusi" in Truskavets, "Maria", "Sofia" and "Yuzya" are some of popular sources. Each of the water fed into the pump-rooms with different temperatures to enhance the therapeutic properties.