Body
The skin of the body begins to peel off and becomes drier from constant contact with clothing and lowered humidity. Even if you want to lie down for half an hour in a hot tub after returning from the street, then remember that you should not abuse taking baths and hot water, especially if you have dry skin. Hot baths are harmful for blood circulation, and if you are in the water for a long time, the skin softens and becomes dry. Best of all, the bath is not more than fifteen minutes, but the bath with aromatic oils extracts is a necessary ritual of winter body care. For example, honey baths have an emollient and nutritional effect. For it you will need a glass of honey, one liter of warm milk and one tablespoon of any aromatic oil. It is necessary to mix all this and pour into a bath for bathing.
Before taking a shower, wipe the skin of the elbows and knees with a slice of lemon or a slice of raw potatoes. Also, to make the skin on the elbows and knees softer, you will need grated raw or boiled potatoes in combination with honey. Twice a week, use an exfoliating cream that you can prepare yourself. To do this, you will need half a glass of washed fine sand and olive oil. Mix so that a thick gruel is obtained. Also a good cleansing is a mixture of shallow salt with sour cream and honey with a sleeping coffee grounds.
In order to soften and slightly lighten the skin there is a special mask. It will require one tablespoon of lemon juice and one teaspoon of vegetable oil. Mix everything and apply for fifteen minutes. After taking a shower, you need to apply a nourishing mask to your skin. To make it you need to mix a third of a glass of sour cream and three tablespoons of starch. It is applied for twenty minutes, and then washed off.
For some people, except for a little physical exertion, excitement and warm weather, palms of the hands, neck, chest, face and area of the axillae sweat. When sweating hands helps infusion of bark "willow white." Pour two teaspoons of bark powder with four cups of boiling water. After that, let it brew for fifteen to twenty minutes, strain and cool, and then make a warm bath. It is also good to use a decoction of oak chicken. Fifty grams of bark pour one liter of water, then boil for thirty minutes. After that, add water so that the broth turns out to be the color of a dark beer. Do the bath for ten to fifteen minutes. In the care of the body of folk recipes is not enough, you should take care of the skin in such a way that you feel comfortable, and choose for this should be special means.
In folk medicine, another way of getting rid of sweating is described. One teaspoon of St. John's wort and one teaspoon of oak bark should be poured into two glasses of boiling water, and then boiled for ten minutes. Then you need to strain and add two or three teaspoons of vinegar. Keep your hands in the broth for ten minutes. After the bath, wipe your hands well and powder your palms with a mixture of talc and boric acid, taken in equal parts.
There are also broths for internal use. The first of these is a decoction of leaves and a flower of wild strawberry. It will require one tablespoon of dry forest strawberries, which you need to pour two cups of boiling water. Leave for two hours, and then strain. Take half a glass twice a day for one month.
The second of these is a decoction of dry leaves of sage. It will take two teaspoons of sage leaves, insist everything in two glasses of boiling water. Take half a glass of warm infusion three times a day. In summer, dry sage leaves can be replaced with its juice, which is taken one tablespoon twice a day.
Arms
In winter, do not forget to wear gloves otherwise you can get a micro frostbite of the skin of the hands. The skin turns red and begins to peel off, and microcracks appear that give a lot of unpleasant sensations. In order for the skin of your hands to calm down, you need one raw yolk, one tablespoon of honey and a teaspoon of oatmeal. Mix everything and apply the mask for thirty minutes. Before going to bed, your hands should be lubricated with warm vegetable oil and best of all put on cotton gloves.
Hair
If in the onset of the first colds, we try to keep the body and hands warm, then we usually take the headgear out of the closet, only at the onset of severe frost. But from the cold temperature, the vessels of the scalp suffer. Nutrients cease to flow to the hair, as blood circulation slows down. Thanks to the frosty dry air, the hair becomes stiff, and the tips begin to split. In winter, hair must be nourished with special masks. You can prepare them yourself. For softness and silk shine of your hair, pour one tablespoon of mustard with boiling water. Put on the roots for fifteen minutes. Rye bread should be soaked in boiling water. Then strain and wash your hair with shampoo. For a strengthening mask, you need a beaten egg, a teaspoon of honey and two teaspoons of any vegetable oil. Mix everything, apply on hair, and then lightly dry with a hair dryer. Then rinse with shampoo. In the east, to make the hair shine, masks are made from any sour-milk products. The effect of them is impressive, but the mask needs to be washed off very carefully, so that there is no smell left.
Immunity
In winter, the immunity is particularly weak, To improve it, you can use folk recipes, which include infusions and herbal medicinal herbs and berries. For example: cowberry, dog rose, hawthorn, licorice, etc. There is also a recipe for the "elixir of longevity". This elixir cleanses blood vessels, strengthens the body's immune system and has a rejuvenating effect. For him you will need two glasses of wheat germinated grains, three raw beets, two tablespoons of dry herb celandine, half a glass of sugar and three crusts of rye bread. Take a three-liter jar and put the celandine, then rubbed the beets and wheat grains, top the mound and put crusts of rye bread. Pour water, do not forget to leave some room for fermentation. The neck of the jar should be tied in gauze, then put the jar in a dark place. A week later on the surface of the drink will appear bubbles - hence, you can drink the elixir. Drink it three times a day before meals.