[The concept of afferent therapy and prevention of morbidity with reference to balneotherapeutics].

The concept of afferent therapy and prevention of morbidity is discussed in the context of integrative medicine in application to balneotherapeutics. It is maintained based on the results of neurophysiological investigations including exposure of the patients to natural and preformed physical factors that the concept in question provides a "neurophysiological clue" for the understanding of pathogenesis of many diseases and a rationale for the prescription of adequate therapeutic modalities to manage them.