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rheumatism, airways disorders and rhinosinusitic syndromes. Popoli also offers treatment of chronic bronchial syndromes, bronchitis, vasomotor rhinitis, chronic pharyngolaryngitis, chronic sinusitis, tubal stenosis, chronic catarrhal otitis. During the spa season, the facilities offer various types of therapies: therapeutic mud applications and baths, inhalation treatments and cycles for treating rhinogenous deafness and for pulmonary ventilation. RAIANO SPA The spa town of Raiano is famous for its La Solfa mineral waters, rich in sulphurous and bicarbonate-sulphate content. These waters, offered as inhalation treatments, are particularly suitable for chronic catarrhal pathologies of the airways and hearing disorders, whilst they can be drunk to activate biliopancreatic and digestive functions. They play a decisive role in the treatment and prevention of chronic and degenerative disease of the locomotor system, and are effective against skin allergies and eczematous affections. The low mineralized content has a diuretic effect. Moreover, the presence of sulphide ions makes the water an effective antitoxin and metabolic regulator.
CANISTRO SPA The mineral waters of Santa Croce and Sponga have been known since at least 1493, the year an anonymous document referred to their health-giving properties. Today Canistro, in the heart of the Roveto valley, at over 700 metres asl, is considered one of the most suitable summer resorts for children and for the elderly, thanks to its healthy air and its position, amidst great chestnut and beech groves. The waters of the two springs have been bottled for a number of years and are especially pure since they are filtered through the calcareous rock of the Simbruini-Ernici and Abruzzo National Park mountains. The disorders that benefit from these waters are those affecting the liver, the gastroenteric systems, the biliary ducts, female genital system, as well as allergies, gout, diabetes and obesity. Just a few kilometres from Canistro, near Morino, we find the splendid Zompo lo Schioppo Nature Reserve, where Abruzzo’s highest and most spectacular waterfall is located. Valle Roveto, connecting Marsica with Latium’s Ciociaria, offers some interesting excursions on the Ernici and Simbruini mountains, and in Abruzzo National Park.