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TRAVEL: Healing Waters Tom Waggener sent this postcard from a visit to Bath, England, a city he referred to in his note as "among the most beautiful" he'd seen in his travels. Bath has been a spa town for two thousand years, built around Britains only hot mineral springs. The thermal waters rise from a depth of about 10,OOO feet at a daily rate of around 250,000 gallons, at a constant temperature of 46.5 C,I16F. The waters are thought to originate as rainwater which fell on the Mendip Hills between 20 to 80,000 years ago. They reach the surface in three places in the city center. For a more in-depth visit to Bath, England, go on the world wide web to: City of Bath Searching Google for hot mineral springs in the USA finds this collection: Mineral Springs in America Both Sulphur Well to our west and Red Boiling Springs to our south are the focus of healing water locations. My grandmother Marcum kept white sulphur water from the "gum" in Sulphur Well in her refrigerator and recommended drinking a bit every day. The artisian well still flows today and visitors are free to take a drink or fill a jug with the water. There are pumps in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee where visitors are able to pump samples of spring water. RBS claims that there are five types of water found there: red, black, white, freestone, and double and twist. Their website provides this information: "The first three are named because (as legend goes) of the color they will turn a silver coin when immersed in the water. Double and Twist received its name from the physical effects it has on a person's body when he/she drinks the water. Freestone is free of all minerals, a good drinking water. As a matter of fact, Nestl Waters North America, Inc. will begin bottling freestone water from Red Boiling Springs in the spring of 2004." In folk legend, the red, white and black waters had medicinal properties*: Red: The "red" water is an especially good diuretic, being used with great success in diseases of the urinary tract such as Bright's disease, diabetes, hemorrhages from the kidneys or bladder, stone in the kidneys or bladder, cystitis and rheumatism. It is a sulphur of considerable strength, and the effect on cystitis is almost immediate. Wells of the "Red" water may be found in varying strengths at a number of different spots. It is a splendid tonic, and is recommended as such to all guests, whether they suffer from any particular illness or not. Black: The "Black" water is a sulphur-magnesia water of decided medicinal properties. The combination of magnesia with the hydrogen sulphide present make it especially good water for gastro intestinal troubles. It is highly recommended for gall stones, catarrhal condition of the gall bladder, all forms of stomach trouble, and chronic constipation. It is recommended as being beneficial in cases of diabetes, but is not a cure. This water is a positive tonic laxative, and can be used by anyone with good results. White: The "White" water, least known of the Red Boiling group, is used only for cases of dyspepsia, and, it is claimed, seldom fails no matter how severe the case. This story was posted on 2004-08-14 19:26:52
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