Sodium, chloride, carbonate, and sulphate are present in the biggest proportions. Traces of aluminum, potassium, magnesium, and several other minerals have been measured in the lake as well. Repeated treatments with water from Soap Lake have been purported to cure conditions such as rheumatism, skin diseases, eczema, arthritis, lumbago, and joint aches. It is supposedly the only cure for Buerger's disease, a circulatory disorder. The lake's curative powers are taken seriously.
Many people drink the water to ease digestive and intestinal disorders.
The water is pumped into many hotels, homes, and local facilities for hot mineral baths. There must be something to it because each year, several thousand people from all over the country come to rest and rejuvenate. After spending nine days there . . . No one knows for sure.