The water, with magnesium sulphate, calcium and iron as its main ingredients, improves immune function and activates metabolism in human body.

The water helps prevent and cure various diseases like hypertension, nephritis and heart trouble. It is also efficacious for chronic gastritis, enteritis, colitis and eczema, as well as diabetes and skin itch.

Kim Myong Sop, a 50-year-old man living in Taedonggang District, Pyongyang, told KCNA that he had suffered from chronic gastritis for many years but he has been well after beginning to take the water every day.

The mineral spring is in Tongdaewon District, Pyongyang.