Thermal therapy of functional dyskinesias of the alimentary tract

There are described the studies performed in Italy-especially at Montecatini-about activity of certain mineral waters, administered by mouth, in functional troubles of the digestive apparatus. The illnesses especially considered have been: idiopathic chronic constipation, irritable colon syndrome, biliary dyskinesias, correlated pathological conditions. The mineral waters analyzed had been: salso-sulphate-alkaline, bicarbonate, sulphate, bicarbonate-sulphate-alkaline, sulphate-bicarbonate waters and others. There are reported: research methods employed, the obtained results, the possible mechanisms of effect. The hydrological favourable influences about pathophysiology of digestive motor activity and in therapeutics of correlated diseases are demonstrated. The clinical results, and particularly their duration in time, are affermatif about therapeutic usefulness of thermal treatment by mouth. It's possible to suggest and to stress their better knowledge in Medicine and their increased employment in the treatment of functional dyskinesias of the alimentary tract.