Water Composition of Széchenyi Thermal Bath

The water supply for the bath is provided by the Saint Stephen Well Nr.II commissioned in 1938. It is a hot-spring water with calcium, magnesium, hydro-carbonate, also containing sodium and sulphate, with a significant content in fluoride and metaboric acid.

The water of the drinking well is a healing water with calcium, magnesium, hydro-carbonate, chloride, sulphate, also containing alcalics and a substantial amount of fluoride.

 

Therapeutic suggestions:

  • degenerative joint diseases
  • chronic and sub-acute arthritis
  • orthopedic and post-accident treatments


Drink diets:

  • chronic gastric catarrh, gastric ulcer, intestinal catarrh
  • overproduction of gastric acid
  • chronic inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney and of the urine paths
  • certain forms of renal stone illnesses
  • chronic catarrh of the inhaling organs
  • influencing disturbances of metabolism linked to gout
  • in case of certain illnesses of the gall-bladder and the gall paths, for enhancing gall-discharge

Lithium Li+ 0,20 mg
Sodium Na+ 176,20 mg
Potassium K+ 21,40 mg
Calcium Ca2+ 156,30 mg
Magnesium Mg2+ 35,00 mg
Fluoride F- 2,75 mg
Chloride Cl- 197,00 mg
Bromide Br- 0,20 mg
Iodide I- 0,07 mg
Bicarbonate HCO3- 554,60 mg
Sulphate SO42- 211,20 mg
Sulphide S2- 1,21 mg
Metaboric acid HBO2 6,50 mg
Silicic H2SiO3 36,40 mg
Carbon dioxide CO2 375,50 mg
Total: 1774,53 mg/liter

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