The book, which consists of three volumes, deals with the historical summary of mineral spring and peloid resources of the country and their characters, positions of regional mineral spring resources and data on analysis and research of their ingredients, hygienic and longevous valuation of treatment resources by mountain spring water and characters, seasonal and regional characters of the Korean climate, selection of climatic sanatorium and rest resorts according to the characters of climatotherapy resources and their medical valuation and so on.

President Kim Il Sung saw to it that sanatoriums and rest homes were built at beauty spots of the country from many years ago, saying that the precious nature-cure resources should be analyzed and studied in an overall way and made an effective use of as essential means for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the people and for their long life in health.

True to the lofty will of the President, scientists have made indefatigable efforts to find treatment resources by mineral spring and mud baths, treatment resources by mountain spring water and the treatment resources by climate and scenic beauty in hundreds of places across the country and systematized their physicochemical, pharmacological and clinical research success in a comprehensive way for tens of years.