Crude oil touted as health cure in AzerbaijanOil is used to treat to cure muscular, skin and bone conditions as well as gynaecological and neurological problems. Her naked dip in oil heated to just above body temperature lasts 10 minutes, after which an attendant scrapes the brown oil off her skin and sends her into a shower. The native of Russia's Tatarstan region said she and her friends "have long dreamed of coming" for treatment in Naftalan. After 10 days of bathing in crude oil Sulfiya says she now feels "much better" and has even reduced her medication for the polyarthritis that she has had for 12 years. Instead the local oil is used to treat to cure muscular, skin and bone conditions as well as gynaecological and neurological problems.

Source: Standard Digital April 12, 2019 03:56 UTC