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Rotorua Mud: Benefits for Skin, Origin and Mineral Profile
Rotorua Mud is rich in volcanic gases and minerals from the centre of the earth. Major minerals present in Rotorua Mud include silica, magnesium, calcium, titanium, iron, sulphur, phosphorus, sodium and potassium.
Benefits of Rotorua Mud for Skin
Rich in rejuvenating minerals, Wild Ferns Rotorua Mud has natural cleansing, antiseptic, healing and rebalancing properties because of its volcanic origin.
Rotorua Mud is excellent for use in regenerative skin care as it has a very strong affinity for moisture. On drying, the mud will generate heat, increasing the blood circulation and perspiration that help eliminate toxins and other wastes.
It easily absorbs excess oils and fatty secretions from within the skin’s pores, detoxifies and purifies and, as the mud dries on the skin, helps promote the regeneration of new cells.
From where do we procure our thermal mud?
The thermal mud used in all our Wild Ferns Rotorua Mud skincare products is obtained from the hot mud pools in Rotorua.
The mud is firstly sterilised, then refined to remove any foreign matter, while ensuring the mineral and trace elements are left to provide benefits to this highly therapeutic mud.
Rotorua Mud is Rich in Minerals
In Rotorua, the inner heat of the earth has found its way to the surface bringing with it Rotorua’s earth magic – geothermal mud. Rich in rejuvenating minerals this mud has natural cleansing, antiseptic and rebalancing properties.
The contact that this mud has with volcanic gases and minerals from the centre of the earth is the reason that it is particularly rich in minerals. Ordinary clay and mud contain some minerals but because of its’ volcanic origin, Rotorua Mud is far richer in these properties. Major minerals present in Rotorua Mud include silica, magnesium, calcium, titanium, iron, sulphur, phosphorus, sodium and potassium. In addition, there are also trace elements such as copper, zinc, selenium, cobalt and manganese.
The Original Source of Rotorua Mud
The geology of New Zealand includes an extensive belt of thermal activity traversing the centre of the North Island. It ranges from White Island, a live volcano at sea in the Bay of Plenty, and then travels west across Rotorua and the surrounding area, finally diminishing in the active volcanoes of Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu in the Tongariro National Park in the centre of the North Island.
Rotorua is located in an extremely active thermal region with active geysers, boiling mud pools, smoking fumaroles (cracks in the earth’s surface where highly pressurised water or steam is released), hot water springs and former live volcanoes. Rotorua is renowned for the curative and invigorating properties of the many hot pools and mineral spas. For many years Rotorua’s grey mud has been used for its healing properties in the local Queen Elizabeth II hospital (now QE Health). These properties are retained in the thermal mud used in the preparation of all Wild Ferns® Rotorua Mud products.
