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Thalassotherapy

Historical and Premodern Treatment Practice

Thalassotherapy is the use of seawater as a form of therapy, along with the systematic use of sea products and a shore climate. Practitioners hold that seawater and its climate offer restorative and therapeutic benefit, but there is no scientific evidence that thalassotherapy is effective.

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Thalassotherapy is the use of seawater as a form of therapy.
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