Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

“Balneo-check”: software for balneogical
evaluation of mineral/medicinal waters
Nghargbu K (1) , Oduwole HK (2) , Adeagbo JT (2) , Obilo CU (2)
(1) Department of Geology & Mining, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria
(2) Department of Mathematical Sciences, Nasarawa State University Keffi, Nigeria
nghargtbu@yahoo.com
Balneotherapy is an ancient practice in many parts of Europe, Asia, America, the
middle east, and some parts of north Africa. With the advent of Medical Hydrogeology
and recent advances in software engineering, the need to inculcate computer
software application in generating and analyzing medical hydrogeological data
makes it compelling on modern day inter-disciplinary research to establish a link
between geologic materials, their analysis, and application. This paper therefore,
presents a brief review of AQUAMED – a software designed for balneological
evaluation of mineral/medicinal waters. The software uses a Microsoft server SQL
database to exchange data between the client system and the server. This evaluation
software compares the physical/chemical properties (pH, mineralization, dominating
mega ions, and phamarcodynamic elements) of mineral/medicinal waters to
standards and generates reports based on these properties. The report covers medical
benefits, disease applicable and contra-indication of the analyzed samples.
AQUAMED v1.1 was developed using Microsoft Visual Studio.Net platform.
AQUAMED version1.1 is a good analytical tool in evaluating the balneological
quality of mineral/medicinal waters useful for balneotherapy.
Keywords: Balneology, Mineral Waters, Medicinal Waters, Software Engineering
Balnea
2012, núm. 6, 272
272
ISBN: 978-84-669-1887-0
978-84-669-3482-4