Her bader de i råolje for å hele muskel- og leddsmerter

Råoljen inneholder kreftfremkallende stoffer, men her er mange overbevist om at de kan bli friske fra alt fra leddgikt til nevrologiske sykdommer.

A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
TOPSHOT - A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Qarabag luxury resort in Naftalan, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
TOPSHOT - A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
Naftalan crude oil flows from a tap to fill a bathtub during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Sehirli Naftalan Health Center, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
A man bathes in a tub filled with Naftalan crude oil during a treatment session at Qarabag luxury resort in Naftalan, some 300 kilometres (186 miles) from capital Baku, on March 21, 2019. - Immersed up to her neck in crude oil, a Russian woman suffering from joint disease smiles in delight, confident that the treatment at a spa in northwestern Azerbaijan will cure her painful condition. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) Foto: Mladen Antonov
OLJEBAD: Mennesker med ulike plager reiser til Naftalan 30 mil utenfor Baku for å bade i olje. De er overbevist om at oljen har helende kraft. FOTO: Mladen ANTONOV / AFP

Nedsunket i olje til halsen, ligger de på spasenteret i Naftalan i Aserbajdsjan, overbevist om at badet skal hjelpe mot smertene.Mange reiser langveis fra for å prøve oljebadet. Sulfyua er en kvinne i 60 årene. Hun sier til AFP at hun lenge har drømt om å komme til senteret.Hun lider av leddgikt og håper badet skal hjelpe på leddsmertene.- Det er så behagelig, sukke