Rheumatoid blanket

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Rheumatic blankets are warming blankets that are intended for people suffering from rheumatism . They often consist of natural fibers, e.g. B. Virgin wool, which can absorb the resulting moisture. The symptoms of illness are alleviated by the dry warmth created under the blanket.

In Germany, rheumatoid blankets have often been sold at excessive prices on so-called coffee trips over the past few decades , which are mainly visited by pensioners.

In the past, rheumatoid blankets often consisted of cat or dog hair. The import of such products is now prohibited in Germany. Occasionally, certain materials such as B. Incorporated copper, which is said to have a healing effect on the disease itself due to magnetism or other explanations, but this has no basis.

The German Rheumatism League judges special rheumatism blankets to be superfluous, as every natural hair blanket can ensure adequate heat build-up and absorb sufficient moisture.

Rheumatic blankets have become a symbol of a fraudulently marketed and overpriced product and are often found as such in literature and films. A well-known example is the German feature film Traumschiff Surprise , in which a Wild West villain sells rheumatic blankets to older women in a saloon.