{"id":49847,"date":"2022-04-01T19:38:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=49847"},"modified":"2022-04-01T19:38:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:38:15","slug":"curative-tourism-in-algeria-visit-taghit-for-sand-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/curative-tourism-in-algeria-visit-taghit-for-sand-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Curative tourism in Algeria: visit Taghit for sand therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sand therapy \u2013 in the heart of the Great Algerian South, sand and heat are used for healing purposes. The most striking example is that of “sand baths” or “sand therapy”, the use of which is rapidly expanding.<\/p>\n

If summer residents are flocking to the beaches of the Algerian coast at the moment, in the south, the small oasis of Taghit (90 km south of B\u00e9char) surprises and reveals one of its hitherto hidden assets: curative tourism. For several years, the oasis has been offering its curists the fine sand of its magnificent dunes.<\/p>\n

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\nCurative tourism: visit Taghit for sand therapy<\/p>\n

Sand therapy or healing burial in the sands is a gentle medicine that is aimed at people suffering from rheumatism. Practiced for centuries by the populations of southern Algeria, especially those located at the level of the dunes of the western Erg, sand baths have aroused since the beginning of the 90s a craze among local populations and those of the northern regions of the country.<\/p>\n

But what are the effects of sand on the body?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The benefits of the “sand bath” lie in the great heat that it can give off without burning, combined with its weight that leads to an increase in blood pressure. The minerals it contains (magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, sulfur and strontium) and its exfoliating effect are also among its strengths.<\/p>\n

Thus, sand therapy would make it possible to :<\/strong><\/p>\n