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Aim. To examine clinical efficiency and safety of moderate hydrogen sulfide (HS) baths in the treatment of hypertensive patients living in arid zones.

Material and methods. Sixty patients with stable essential hypertension (EH) of stage I-II according to WHO classification living in and climate took sparing HS baths. Efficiency of the baths was assessed by changes. in blood pressure (BP), 24-h monitoring of BP.

Results. It is shown that systolic and diastolic BP after HS balneotherapy fell significantly both in daytime and at night. The 24-h profile of BP improved, heart rate decreased by 4.3%, physiological fluctuations of and BP variability were not damaged.

Conclusion. Moderate HS baths, are recommended for wider, use in a hot climate of the and zone as an effective and safe, method of balneotherapy which can be adjuvant to basic medication of EH.