Therapeutic indications of Acqua Santa Croce
Since ages, the hydropino-therapy represents a valid and unfailing adjuvant for the cure of many pathologies.Santa Croce mineral water has its main indications in chronic diseases of the urinary apparatus and in some gastroenteric affections, particularly those regarding the liver and the gallbladder. The urinary system requires a type of water that intensifies the diuresis and only oligo- and medium mineral waters have this capacity. Numerous researches show that the stimulation induced by oligomineral solutions is essentially made up by two components: one has to do with the hydro-saline metabolism, the other one with the direct action of the electrolytes of the water on the renal tubulus by enzyme activation. We would like to stress the importance of the boosted diuretic motility caused by these natural solutions which are able to break down small stones thus playing an important role in the prevention of the formation of calcium oxalate. To this we may add the action of a "solid" diuresis, in the form of a massive elimination of uric acid, urea chloride and metabolic waste. Concerning the digestive apparatus, especially the liver and the gallbladder, Santa Croce water supports the hepatic chromoexcretic proprieties. It determines grossly enrichment in bicarbonate in the duodenal lumen and a reinforcement of the mucous barrier. What is more, we have a gastric acid regulation and an improvement of intestinal absorption, thus reducing faecal fats. From these concise considerations, we may deduce that the chief indications of Santa Croce water are:

• Recurrent cystitis
• Recurrent phlogosis of the urinary apparatus
• Urinary lithiasis
• Purifying metabolic diseases
• Bilious dyspepsia
• Bilious microlithiasis
• Gall-bladder – cholangitis