Healing clays: Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on the preparation of clay–water suspension (“argillic water”)

Tateo, Fabio; Summa, Vito; Giannossi, Maria Luigia; Ferraro, Giovanni

doi:10.1016/j.clay.2006.05.004

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“…However, when considering a potentially useful clay, the concentration of a particular element in the clay or peloid is not as important as its bioavailability, that is, the concentration of the element which could enter the body of the patient during application of the peloid. Many authors have studied the mobility of essential and/or potentially toxic elements in clays for human healing (Kikouama et al, 2007(Kikouama et al, , 2009Mascolo et al, 1999Mascolo et al, , 2004Szántó and Papp, 1998;Szántó et al, 1999;Tateo and Summa, 2007;Tateo et al, 2001Tateo et al, , 2006 and the behavior of peloids has been subjected to leaching tests (Carretero et al, 2010;Tateo, 1998, 1999;Tateo et al, 2009).…”

Section: Comparison With Peloids Used In Spasmentioning

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Assessment of three Spanish clays for their use in pelotherapy

Carretero

Pozo

Legido

et al. 2014

Applied Clay Science

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Section: Comparison With Peloids Used In Spasmentioning

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Assessment of three Spanish clays for their use in pelotherapy

Carretero

Pozo

Legido

et al. 2014

Applied Clay Science

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“…Calcite particles are very sensitive to interaction with water, being able to release Ca 2+ . Recent studies have revealed that the clay minerals are capable of releasing ions under conditions of high humidity [25,26]. Considering this hypothesis, the AS 1 and AS 2 soils are able to provide the most important oligoelements required to develop vegetation.…”

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Algorithm for Assesing Soil Rehabilitation of Sterile Dumps

Brasovan¹,

Burtescu²,

Oláh³

et al. 2017

Studia UBB Chemia

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ABSTRACT. Ileana Veche is the most representative waste rock (sterile) dump formed by the coal mining activities in Lupeni (Petroşani Basin). We developed an algorithm based on the computational engineering concepts in order to establish the connection between the waste rock soil particles composition and the dump rehabilitation by Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). The results show that the Ileana Veche pit coal dump features minerals suitable for plants growth like: calcite, biotite, potassium feldspar and chemically inert one as quartz. The quantitative measurements prove that the soil minerals are enough to allow a fair growing of the P. sylvestris population able to start the soil type conversion from the entiantrosoil type to a more fertile one. The measurements found that the upper soil presents humus formation and features nitrogen and phosphorous while in the deeper layer are missing.

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“…More recently yet, other authors such as Veniale et al (2007), Gomes and Silva (2007), Tateo et al (2006Tateo et al ( , 2009, , Viseras et al (2007), Gomes et al (2009), Rautureau et al (2010), Kikouama and Baldé (2010), Fioravanti et al (2010), De Vos (2010), Carretero et al (2006Carretero et al ( , 2013, Gomes et al (2013), Peiró and Tejero (2014), Williams and Hillier (2014) and Gomes (2015). All these articles disclose interesting information about properties, applications and functions on human health of clay, clay minerals and clay-based products.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Both benefits and risks of the use of edible clay are particularly well reported: Prasad et al (1961), Key et al (1982), Danford (1982), Hunter and De Kleime (1984), Vermeer and Ferrell (1985), Ziegler (1997), Aufreiter et al (1997), Wiley andKatz (1998), Mahaney et al (2000), Woywodt and Kiss (2002), Saathoff et al (2002), Hooda et al (2002Hooda et al ( , 2004, Kwong and Henry (2003), Izugbara (2003), Nchito et al (2004), Tayie (2004), Trivedi et al (2005), Abrahams et al (2006), Tateo et al (2006), Kikouama et al (2009a, b), Abrahams (2010), Young (2010), Ekosse and Jumbam (2010), Kikouama and Baldé (2010), Njiru et al (2011), Ekosse and Ngole (2012), Environ Geochem Health Mwalongo and Mohamed (2013), Lambert et al (2013), Nyanza et al (2014) and Owumi and Oyelere (2015), some of them being briefly shown hereunder.…”

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Healing and edible clays: a review of basic concepts, benefits and risks

Gomes

2017

Environ Geochem Health

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The use of clay by humans for medicinal and wellness purposes is most probably as old as mankind. Within minerals, due to its ubiquitous occurrence in nature and easy availability, clay was the first to be used and is still used worldwide. Healing clays have been traditionally used by man for therapeutic, nutritional and skin care purposes, but they could impart some important health and skin care risks. For instance, clay particles could adsorb and make available for elimination or excretion any potential toxic elements or toxins being ingested or produced, but they could adsorb and make available for incorporation, through ingestion or through dermal absorption, toxic elements, e.g. heavy metals. Edible clays, a particular case of healing clays, have been traditionally used by man for nutritional and therapeutic purposes. Geophagy, the deliberate soil eating, earth eating, clay eating and pica (medical condition or eating disorder shown by individuals addicted to eat earth substances), has been observed in all parts of the world since antiquity, reflecting cultural practice, religious belief and physiological needs, be they nutritional (dietary supplementation) or as a remedy for disease. This paper pretends to review historical data, basic concepts and functions, as well as benefits and risks of the use of healing clays, in general, for therapeutic and cosmetic purposes, and of edible clays, in particular, for therapeutic purposes.

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Healing clays: Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on the preparation of clay–water suspension (“argillic water”)

Cited by 33 publications

References 41 publications

Assessment of three Spanish clays for their use in pelotherapy

Assessment of three Spanish clays for their use in pelotherapy

Algorithm for Assesing Soil Rehabilitation of Sterile Dumps

Healing and edible clays: a review of basic concepts, benefits and risks

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