Therapeutic baths are excellent helpers for various diseases, including the gastrointestinal tract. Such baths help to relieve nervous tension, normalize digestion, have analgesic, tonic, relaxing effect on the body.
Therapeutic baths come in different types. On the water temperature distinguish between cold, cool, ordinary and hot baths.
Cold baths. The temperature of the cold bath does not exceed + 20 ° C. Cold baths stimulate the nervous and circulatory system, improve metabolism. The time of reception of cold baths - 1-5 minutes.
Cool baths. Cool bath temperature + 30 °. A good remedy for lack of appetite, drowsiness and apathy. It is recommended to take 3 - 5 minutes.
Conventional baths. The temperature of ordinary baths is 34-36 ° C. Excellent fight against headache and insomnia, normalize digestion. Conventional bath soothes the skin.
Hot baths. Temperature of hot baths + 38-40 °. When you receive a hot bath, blood from internal blood vessels flows to those small vessels that are located on the surface of the body, under the skin. This process stimulates the release of slag and other harmful substances from the body through sweat. After taking a hot bath you need to shower your body with a cool shower.
Cold and cool tonic baths are best taken in the morning, while warm and hot baths are taken before bedtime.
General rules for taking a bath:.
- It is best to take a bath in the afternoon, and at home - in the evening, you can immediately before bed.
- The procedure can not be done immediately after a meal, have lunch - and after an hour or two please go to the bath.
- Before taking a bath, you must first wash yourself in the shower. The shower will wash away your sweat, dust, dirt. After the shower, the skin will begin to breathe, the pores will open and the body will be ready to take a bath. This is especially important if you use aromatic oils or sea bath salts. Clean skin will better absorb all the additives and trace elements.
- It is better to measure the temperature of water with a water thermometer than pin it on an eye.
- In the bath you need to lie still, relax your muscles, put a towel under your head. A person is immersed in a bath so that the water covers the entire body, and the upper part of the chest remains open.
- After the procedure should be a half or two hours to rest lying down or sitting in a chair.
- Never take a bath in a state of very slight alcohol intoxication, as well as at elevated temperature.
- Do not wash yourself with fresh water after taking a bath, just wipe yourself with a towel or wrap yourself in a sheet or bathrobe. Salts and other substances dissolved in water will continue to act for another 1.5-2 hours, forming on the skin a so-called "salt cloak".
- For course treatment usually takes 10-20 procedures, the interval between procedures is 1-2 days (do not exercise and take them five times a day, and even every day should not be).
Baths for healing the stomach - Sage baths: 500 g of sage grass pour 5 liters of boiling water, insist for 3 hours. Pour the infusion into the bath. Water temperature З6 ° С. The course of treatment - 10 baths for 10 minutes every other day.
- Mint baths: 300 g of dry mint pour 5 liters of boiling water, infuse for 2-3 hours. Pour the infusion into the bath. Water temperature 36-37 ° С. The course of treatment - 10 baths for 10-15 minutes every other day.
- Salt baths: you can prepare baths with three different degrees of concentration: low concentration - 200 g of salt to a full bath of water;
average concentration - 2 kg of table salt per full bath; high concentration - 5-10 kg of table salt to a full bath of water. Water temperature 36-37 ° С. The course of treatment - 10 baths for 10 minutes every other day.
- Coniferous baths: 100 g of coniferous powder or 100 ml of liquid coniferous concentrate for a full bath of water. Water temperature 36-37 ° С. The course of treatment - 10 baths for 10-15 minutes every other day.
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