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Tiberias: "The hot springs are more than just hot; they cure."
tients with osteoarthrosis,
rheumatoid arthritis, ar-
thropathia psoriatica, cer-
vical and lumbar syndrome,
soft-tissue rheumatism and
diseases of neurogenic
origin.
The kibbutz has charted
great success in treating
psoriasis; studies show that
about 85 percent of those
with the disease find it
cleared or show significant
improvement after regular
treatment. The length of
remission varies from one
month to a year.
Treatment for most
diseases includes regular
immersion in the Dead Sea
and sunbathing (with no
sunburn, thanks to the
area's high atmospheric
pressure, which filters
harmful ultraviolet rays
from the sun).
Cleopatra was a regular
visitor to the Dead Sea, but
King Herod favored
Tiberias, on the shores of the
Sea of Galilee.
King Herod was so fond of
Tiberias, in fact, that he
built large, elegant facilities
where he hoped the mineral
water's curative powers
would help his old-age pains.
Many Jewish sages also
visited the area until the
fourth century, according to
the Talmud. Rabbi Shimon
Bar Yochai, an author of the
Kabbalah, the Jewish
mystical writings, blessed
the Tiberias waters after
they cleared his skin
diseases. Maimonides, the
12th century Jewish
philosopher and physician,
often sent his patients to the
hot springs.
Treatment at the Tiberias
Hot Springs mainly caters to
those sufferings joint
ailments resulting from
traumatic injury or rheu-
matic disease. In addition to
water therapy, massage and
reflexology are available at
the resort.
And yes, there is mud.
The mud at the Tiberias
Hot Springs is not the mud
sitting in the back yards of
West Bloomfield or Oak
Park residents. That's plain
old mud. The Tiberias mud
is mud and then some.
The therapeutic Tiberias
mud, which comes from a
tributary of the Jordan
River, contains tiny par-
ticles of salt and minerals.
When applied in plasters, it
has been shown helpful in
the treatment of joints
damaged by rheumatism or
in accidents.
And for the busy executive
in prime health but in-
variably overworked, the
Tiberias Hot Springs offers a
whirlbath filled with miner-
al waters and underwater
massage. Workers promise
the treatment will relax any
would-be capitalist who
can't seem to part from his
beloved briefcase.
One busy official who
made regular visits to
Tiberias was Israel's first
prime minister, David Ben-
Gurion. Mr. Ben-Gurion,
who during his treatments
stayed at a modest hotel
overlooking the Sea of
Galilee, said of the Tiberias
Hot Springs, "They are more
than just hot; they cure."
Israel's third health resort,
Hammat Gader, is about 11
miles from Tiberias. Located
on the Syrian-African Rift,
the site of past volcanic
eruptions, Hammat Gader's
mineral pools are housed
beside 2,000-year-old Roman
baths.
In the second century,
Hammat Gader (the Hot
Springs of Gadar) was a spa
of international reputation.
Men and women from
throughout the Roman
world came to the baths,
which included seven grand
pools and a hall of fountains,
where marble human and
animal heads spouted cool
water.
Today, five springs of
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