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 |