An Inexhaustible Source of Health and Longevity

Unique natural mineral complex from the heart of Georgia

LUGELA is a natural highly mineralized therapeutic drinking water of the chloride-calcium type. It is extracted from the eponymous spring in the village of Mukhuri, in the mountainous region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia.

Lugela differs from ordinary table and medicinal-table waters by its high mineralization, predominance of the calcium-chloride composition, and regulated dosing regimen. It is taken in small amounts, in courses, according to the instructions.

More than a hundred years of scientific study

LUGELA is an independent subject of long-term scientific, pharmacological, and clinical research.

The scientific basis of LUGELA includes:

• monographs;
• candidate dissertations;
• experimental and pharmacological studies;
• clinical observations;
• scientific and medical publications;
• laboratory composition analyses;
• materials from specialized scientific and medical institutions.

A special place in LUGELA's scientific history is held by the works of Professor D. V. Javakhishvili, I. G. Andguladze, N. V. Glonti, V. M. Tushishvili, and other researchers.

The monograph by Professor D. V. Javakhishvili reflects the history of LUGELA’s official scientific and medical recognition in the USSR. The current status of LUGELA: medicinal mineral drinking water.

Composition confirmed by laboratory studies

LUGELA represents an integral natural mineral system. Its properties are determined not by a single element, but by the concentration, ratio, and interaction of dissolved natural components.

According to the test protocol of FMBA Russia No. 1875/04.23 dated April 21, 2023, the analyzed water sample from borehole No. 1 of the LUGELA spring had a total mineralization of 39.0 g/L.

The examined sample showed the following indicators:

• calcium content: 13,359.40 mg/dm³;
• calcium fraction: 96.21 equivalent percent of the cation composition;
• chloride fraction: 99 percent of the anion composition;
• sulfate fraction: 1 percent of the anion composition;
• total sodium and potassium fraction: 3 percent of the cation composition;
• pH: 8.64;
• spring water temperature: 16 °C.

Over the years, LUGELA's composition has also shown the presence of bromides, iodides, fluorides, silicon compounds, trace elements, and rare earth lanthanoid group elements.

Each study’s indicators correspond to a specific water sample. Therefore, LUGELA's composition is published specifying the laboratory, date, protocol number, and analyzed sample.

LUGELA and calcium chloride solution

High calcium content does not make LUGELA a natural analogue of artificially prepared calcium chloride solution.

LUGELA is a multi-component mineral complex formed by nature. In the works of D. V. Javakhishvili and I. G. Andguladze, comparative studies of LUGELA and pharmacopoeial calcium chloride solution are described.

For some studied indicators, the authors identified differences in absorption characteristics, duration of changes in blood calcium levels, effects on diuresis, hemostatic processes, and the functional state of active mesenchyme.

The results of these works are presented in the LUGELA Scientific Encyclopedia with references to original sources.

Scientific directions of application

Research on LUGELA has covered its composition, pharmacological properties, effects on physiological processes, and use in various fields of medicine.

The Scientific Encyclopedia includes materials on the following areas:

• immune system;
• digestive system;
• circulatory and cardiovascular systems;
• respiratory system;
• excretory system;
• endocrine system and mineral metabolism;
• nervous system;
• musculoskeletal system;
• skin and integumentary system;
• ophthalmology;
• dental medicine;
• female and male health.

The evidential strength of each area is determined by specific types of scientific materials. These may include laboratory studies, experiments, dissertations, clinical observations, or historical medical publications.

For example, the use of Lugela in dermatology has direct clinical evidence. In the dissertation research by N. V. Glonti, involving 200 patients with eczema, internal and external applications of the water were studied along with the dynamics of inflammation, weeping, itching, epithelialization, vascular permeability, and indicators of mineral metabolism.

Regulated course dosing

High mineralization dictates the precise regimen for LUGELA usage.