Expert opinion on Aesti Health Peat

Expert opinion document authored by Monika Übner, PhD, Health Resort Laboratory, University of Tartu Pärnu College. Provides analytical data for Aesti Health Peat and a summary of therapeutic peat science.

Aesti Health Peat Analytical Data

Property	Value
Degree of humification (von Post)	H8
Ash content (450°C)	2.8%
pH	4
Moisture content	87%
Lipids (chloroform/ethanol extraction)	7.3% dry weight
Total humic substances (alkaline extraction)	59.9% dry weight
Humic acid (acid precipitation)	58.6% dry weight
Hymatomelanic acid (ethanol extraction)	19.3% dry weight
Fulvic acid (XAD-7 resin)	1.3% dry weight

Analysis methods described in Orru, M., Übner, M., Orru, H. 2011. Chemical properties of peat in three peatlands with balneological potential in Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60(1), 43–49.

Key Claims

• Pure natural peat mud used for medical purposes for 200+ years
• Estonian peat is ecologically clean, contains bioactive substances and minerals
• Humic substances have anti-inflammatory, pro-inflammatory, antiallergic, antibacterial, antifungal, immunomodulatory, and photoprotective effects
• Bioactive substances penetrate the skin during treatment
• Peat has estrogen-like effect helping postmenopausal problems and slowing osteoporosis
• Peat pH is more similar to skin pH than therapeutic mud/peloid
• Suitable for dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema treatment
• Peat procedures relieve itch, lower inflammation, stop pustule formation earlier
• Ethics committee-approved human study confirmed good effects on human body