LegendA story from long ago, when gods and mythological heroes ruled, tells that the winged horse Pegasus was flying over Slovenia when he struck his hoof on a mountain and a spring of miraculous mineral water appeared...
HistoryThe legend has turned into history, which based on coins and other archaeological finds indicates that the effectiveness of natural mineral water had been discovered during the time of the Celts and the Ancient Romans. Although people have long enjoyed the benefits of this invigorating water, it was only in 1572 that Swiss alchemist Leonhard Thurneysser began to study it scientifically, thus paving the way to a more precise description of its properties, and he called it “Rogaška mineral water”. This is followed by nearly a century of silence, after which Dr Paul Sorbait, court physician and professor at the Vienna school of medicine, described the water in his Praxis Medicae, through which the natural mineral water from Rogaška Slatina became famous even outside the Habsburg Empire.
About mineral water Donat MgRogaška Medical Centre is home to this unique natural healing mineral water, the richest in magnesium.
Donat Mg natural mineral water is around 8,000 years old and has proven healing effects. Deep underground (between 280 and 600 metres under the surface) the spring water is enriched by minerals from the dissolving rocks(magnesium, calcium, sulphates, hydrogencarbonates) and other elements (CO2).
One litre of Donat Mg contains as much as 1,040 milligrams of magnesium. Magnesium and other minerals give Donat Mg the healing power that soothes and prevents numerous diseases and protects our health. Therefore, it has been successfully used in medicine for several centuries for soothing health problems.
Pearl of natureThis pearl of nature is formed at a depth of 280 to 600 m by the dissolution of rocks rich in magnesium, calcium, sulphates, hydrogen carbonates and a range of other elements required for the correct functioning of metabolic processes in the body. It is accompanied by large quantities of free carbonic acids. The source of the water is constantly renewed. In terms of its age, it is classified among old ground waters of meteoric origin. Using the 13 C method, it was found that the average age of Donat Mg mineral water is roughly 8000 years. The effects the drinking and inhalation of Donat Mg have on our health have been thoroughly studied.
Rogaška health SPA treatmentThis is largest, oldest and only Slovenian health spa for the rehabilitation of patients which focuses on disease prevention, the continued treatment and rehabilitation of gastroenterological patients and patients with metabolic disorders.
At the Rogaška health spa, have been looking after the health guests since the year 1594.
Satisfied visitors and several hundred years of successful work prove that health spa treatment really helps with faster rehabilitation, the reduction of functional problems and the improvement of the quality of life.
The health spa treatment at Rogaška Slatina is recommended for people with the following gastroenterological and endocrinological diseases:
- Diseases of the oesophagus: hiatal hernia with severe inflammation of the oesophagus, if no surgical procedure is foreseen, conditions following the oesophagus surgery;
- Diseases of the stomach and duodenum: chronic stomach ulcer and duodenum ulcer with frequent recidivism, weight loss and functional disorders, post-operative stomach and duodenum conditions and various post-resection syndromes;
- Diseases of the small and large intestines or maldigestion and malabsorption with significant weight loss, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulosis and post-resection conditions of the small and large intestines or anorectum;
- Liver diseases: toxin- and drug-induced liver injury, chronic active and persistent hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, liver surgery followed by complications and conditions following liver transplantation;
- Diseases of the pancreas: conditions following acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, post-operative pancreas conditions;
- Metabolic diseases: diabetes with serious complications, acute hepatic porphyria, rehabilitation after extensive tumors in the area of hypothalamo-hypophyseal tissue;
- Melanoma of the digestive system: conditions following the operation of melanoma of the digestive system or radiation therapy or chemotherapy if the elimination of the functional disorders is expected.
A comprehensive programme of rehabilitation includes:
- Drinking Donat Mg natural mineral water,
- Balneotherapy and physical medicine,
- Psychological support and treatment,
- Dietotherapy and prophylaxis,
- Professional care and 24-hour medical supervision,
- Health education and secondary prevention,
- Diagnostics.
