Healing baths are experiencing a renaissance. No wonder - it is an exceptionally pleasant method of therapy, easy to prepare and can be used not only in a sanatorium, but also at home. All you need to do is have a bathtub to try herbal, mud or brine baths.

Healing bathsare the basic type of balneological (natural healing) treatments. They have long been used in spas, especially where there are natural springs of mineral waters - the most valuable in terms of treatment. Cleopatra, known for her alabaster skin, reportedly bathed in donkey's milk. Is it true - it is not known, but it is certain that the famous Egyptian queen regularly used herbal baths. This is evidenced by the entry on a plate found in the Valley of the Kings. Today we are still willing to use the benefits of water enriched with herbs, s alts and fragrant oils. An aromatic bath is a balm for the soul. It relaxes and relaxes, removes stress and allows you to forget about worries. It has a beneficial effect not only on the skin, but also on the entire body. That is why baths are used to treat many diseases.

Healing baths: brine and sulphide baths

The most popular in sanatoriums arebrine baths- useful mainly in the treatment of muscle and joint diseases, and sulphide baths - used in skin diseases. You can successfully prepare this type of treatment yourself. We have a wide range of bath s alts in pharmacies and drugstores. Many of them additionally contain other ingredients that enrich the effect of the s alt itself. There are, for example, s alts with the addition of sea algae, with goat's milk, peloid, amber extract, lavender or grapefruit oil (slimming!).

The we alth of Dead Sea s alts containing calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iodine, bromine and sulfur compounds is invaluable. But also valuable ingredients are contained in the s alts from our spas.

On the other hand, a sulphide bath in a home bath will be possible, for example, by a body mask from Busko-Zdrój based on natural hydrogen sulphide-sulphide mineral water. Regularly used (at least once a week) treatment improves microcirculation, smoothes and refreshes the skin, reduces stretch marks and cellulite.

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Examples of herbal baths

  • calming and soothing: lavender, lemon balm,angelica, valerian, yarrow
  • stimulating and firming the skin: thyme, rosemary, chamomile, sage, mint, calamus
  • in obesity: horse chestnut, couch grass, violet tricolor, horsetail, pine buds
  • in skin inflammations and allergies: chamomile, yarrow, violet tricolor, linseed, comfrey
  • with acne and purulent skin infections: horsetail, walnut, sage, mint, pine buds, oak bark, melilot
  • with acne: juniper, pine buds, thyme, melilot, sage
  • for varicose veins: comfrey, calendula, chamomile, horse chestnut, horsetail

Healing baths: how do brines and sulfides work?

What happens when the body is immersed in a bath with the addition of a medicinal preparation? We are acted on by physical stimuli - water pressure and temperature. Under the influence of warm (but not too hot!) Water, blood vessels dilate and blood begins to circulate faster. The pores of the skin also widen, facilitating the penetration into the body of beneficial minerals.

Natural remedies used in balneology also include the so-called peloids - substances formed as a result of biological and geological processes.

Brine baths (brine) contain, among others sodium and chlorine ions, as well as compounds of sulfur, magnesium, calcium, potassium and others. They irritate the skin, stimulate the circulatory system and accelerate the metabolism. They are used, inter alia, after injuries, in various forms of rheumatism, in female diseases, and even in the treatment of obesity.

Sulphide baths, the main components of which are sulphide ions and hydrogen sulphide, work in a similar way. Irritating to the skin, such a bath causes temporary congestion of both the skin and internal organs. It stimulates the metabolism, cleanses the body of toxins and has a desensitizing effect on the skin.

Healing baths: mud baths

The most popular of them is peloid, which can also be used at home (there are special preparations in pharmacies). It is rich in humic and fulvone acids, carbohydrates, tannins, bitumens, proteins, resins, micro- and macroelements. It also contains many inorganic substances, mainly s alts and silica. It has anti-inflammatory, astringent, bacteriostatic and bactericidal properties. Mud treatments regenerate the epidermis and damaged tissues. They are used in chronic inflammation of soft tissues, bones and joints, including rheumatic diseases. Peat is very helpful in women's ailments.

Healing baths: herbal baths

You can also follow in the footsteps of the beautiful Cleopatra and… how to bathe in herbs. Depending on the type of herb, such a bath may tighten or widen the pores of the skin, smooth, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal or antifungal, stimulate or sooth. Herbal baths can also be a pleasant supplement to a slimming diet.

There are ready-made herbal preparations in the form of liquids and oils on the market. However, it is worth spending some time on your own infusion of dried or fresh herbs. Such a bath will not only have greater healing properties, but also have an extremely positive effect on your well-being.

You must do it

Remember

  • the bath must not be longer than 15-20 minutes
  • the water temperature should be close to or slightly higher than the body temperature (except for the mud bath, which may be slightly warmer)
  • after bathing, apply lotion to your body
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