Therapeutic properties of the bath
Baths play an important role in the care of the body. Water not only cleanses the body of dirt and sweat, it invigorates, tones up, relieves fatigue, gives us a feeling of comfort and energy, renewal and freshness. Water makes the skin supple, velvety, silky. And along with extracts of herbs, useful additives and aromatic oils, it simply works wonders.
Therapeutic properties are due to the fact that useful substances penetrate the epidermis and through the blood and lymph into the whole body. Much depends on the temperature of the water in the tub.
A warm or neutral bath from 34 to 37 degrees, relieves nervous tension and fatigue, it acts relaxing. In addition, it calms down, then it is best to take it before bed.
Cold bath is not more than 20 degrees, helps strengthen the body's immune system, hardens, makes the skin tight and supple, exerts a tonic effect on the body, quickly relieves fatigue. Such baths should be taken no more than 5 minutes.
Hot bath up to 40 degrees, is taken with chills, colds, cough, after a long stay in the cold, unless you have a fever. The bath should be taken no more than 10 minutes.
To make a healing bath, we make a herbal decoction .
We take 200 grams of pine needles, 100 grams of hawthorn leaves, 50 grams of marshweed grass and 50 grams of hops.
All the herbs are well mixed, we will fill the herb collection with 7 liters of steep boiling water. Cook for 10 minutes, let us brew for 30 minutes. Then we remove the herb collection and pour it into the prepared bath. The water temperature should not exceed 37 degrees. This bath should be taken with high blood pressure. The duration of the bath should be no more than 20 minutes. This bath is recommended for recovery after emotional and physical exertion. Passes fatigue, relieves stress and gaining new strength of female beauty.
Herbal bathtubs
To prepare a therapeutic bath, take 100 grams of root of a large burdock, birch leaves, string, chamomile, nettle.
All components are crushed and mixed. Take ½ kilogram of chopped herbal bath collection and pour 5 liters of boiling water. We put it on a slow fire and boil for 7 minutes. Let's brew for 30 minutes and strain. The resulting broth will be poured into a prepared bath. We take a medical bath for 15 minutes. The temperature of the water in the tub should not be above 37 degrees. This bath improves well-being, helps to restore work capacity.
Toning bath
Take 500 grams of dried and chopped herb oregano and pour a bucket of steep boiling water.
Let's brew for one hour. The resulting infusion is filtered and poured into a prepared bath. Such a bath gives a restorative effect, soothes with chronic and acute bronchitis. The temperature of the water in the tub should not be above 37 degrees. The bath lasts 15 minutes. Such a bath is taken to restore strength after loads.
Bath with mint
Take 300 or 400 grams of dry and chopped peppermint leaves.
Prepared grass we pour a bucket of steep boiling water and let us brew for 30 minutes. Then we pour the herbal infusion into a prepared bath. You can put the grass in a bag of thin tissue.
Brew steep boiling water and let us brew for 30 minutes, and the resulting infusion pour into the bath. A pouch with mint will be placed in a bath with infusion. The water temperature in the bath should not exceed 39 degrees, the duration of the procedure should be 10 or 15 minutes.
Soothing herbal bath
Herbal decoction for the bath is prepared from 1 or 2 plants. But it will be more effective if herbal preparations are made up of 4 or 5 medicinal plants. The amount of herbs needed to prepare broths is indicated in the calculation for an adult person on a full bath. For simple relaxation and for prevention, herbal baths are taken 2 or 3 times in 2 weeks. The complete treatment course consists of ten baths, they are taken every other day.
Baths from ayr
Take 250 grams of green herbs and roots. We soak the crushed raw materials in 3 liters of cold water, for 1 hour. Then let's boil for 20 minutes on low heat and let it cool for 30 minutes at room temperature. Strain and add to the water.
Baths of hay
We put in a linen or gauze pouch 1 kilogram of hay. This bag will fill with 3 liters of hot water and boil for 20 minutes. Then put the broth to cool for 1 hour, pull out the bag and pour the broth into the bath. In addition, hay can be added to all herbal preparations. But we prepare a decoction of hay beforehand, then mixed with herbal decoction and poured into a bath.
Baths from valerian
Take 100 grams of chopped valerian root and brew with a liter of boiling water. We insist on a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, put it to cool at room temperature for 1 hour, then strain and pour into the bath. You can use a tincture of valerian for the bath, 10 liters of water you need 2 bottles of valerian.
Sage baths
Take 200 grams of sage and fill with 1.5 liters of boiling water. Boil in a sealed container on low heat for 5 or 10 minutes. Put in a warm place to insist for one hour, drain and add to the bath.
Bath from lavender
Take 1 kilogram of lavender flowers, we insist one hour in 3 liters of cold water. Then we will boil for 5 minutes on a small fire. Let the broth cool for an hour at room temperature. Strain, and add to the bath.
Baths from flowers of camomile and linden
Take a full handful of chamomile and lime flowers, fill with a liter of boiling water. Boil in a water bath for 15 minutes, then let's cool the broth for 1 hour at room temperature. Strain and pour into the bath.
Baths from mint
Take 1.5 kilograms of mint and soak for 2 hours in 3 liters of cold water. Then let's simmer for 20 minutes, and let cool for an hour at room temperature. Strain and pour into the bath.
Baths of thyme
Take 1 kilogram of thyme. We pour 2 liters of boiling water and boil for 10 minutes on low heat. Let it cool for 1 hour at room temperature. Strain and add to the water.
Baths of rosemary and wormwood
Take 250 grams of wormwood and rosemary, pour 1.5 liters of boiling water, boil over low heat for 15 minutes. Let us stand for 1 hour at room temperature. Strain and add to the bath.
Baths from a black currant
For the bath we take fresh or dry twigs and leaves of black currant. If fresh then you need 300 grams, if dry, then you need 150 grams. In both cases, we will fill the branches and leaves with 3 liters of boiling water. Boil for 20 minutes, then leave to infuse for 3 or 4 hours in a warm place. Strain and add to the bath.
Gathering 1
Take 100 grams of Artemisia common, cones of hops, peppermint. We mix and pour 5 liters of boiling water. We insist 3 hours, strain and pour into the bath.
Gathering 2
Take in the same parts the crushed dry leaves of sea-buckthorn, cherry, birch, mountain ash, hawthorn, pear. We prepare all this in August. Take 6 tablespoons of the mixture and fill with 2 liters of boiling water. Then we simmer for 10 or 15 minutes, let us stand in a warm place for 2 or 3 hours.
Gathering 3
Take 5 parts of the herb of the motherwort, 5 parts of the herb of the bird mountaineer, 4 parts of hop cones, 4 parts of chamomile herb, 4 parts of nettle, 2 parts of herb oregano.
Good mix. For a bath, take 200 or 250 grams of a mixture of herbs and fill with 1.5 or 2 liters of boiling water. Boil on low heat for 10 or 15 minutes. Leave in a warm place for an hour. Then put 250 grams of hay into the linen or gauze pouch. This bag we put in 1.5 liters of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. When the herbal broth is infused, mix it with the broth of hay and dig into the tub.
Gathering 4
Take in equal parts the grass of the mountaineer of the bird, the horsetail of the field, the camomile chamomile, the motherwort, the thyme, the roots of the wheat grass.
Good mix. Take 250 grams of the mixture and fill it with 1.5 or 2 liters of boiling water. Let boil for 15 minutes on low heat and leave in a warm place for one hour. While insisting, we will steam 250 grams of hay, as indicated above.
Gathering 5
Take in the same quantity young leaves of a large burdock, a leaf of a birch, nettle, dandelion, a string, oregano, a dandelion - entirely.
For a decoction you need to take 150 grams of this mixture. Put in enameled dishes, fill with 2 liters of boiling water and bring to a boil. Boil on a small fire for 15 minutes. Then leave the broth for 1 hour in a warm place. Strain and pour into the bath.
Collection 6
Take 100 grams of grass wild rosemary and herb Leonurus. Grind the herbs and mix. Fill the mixture with 2 liters of boiling water, wrap something warm in a container and let it brew for 2 hours. Strain and pour into the bath.
Coniferous baths
Appointed when overworked the body, diseases of the nervous system, insomnia.
In pharmacies sold coniferous extract in the form of powder or tablets. We apply according to the instructions. You can make yourself a conifer bath. Take a small coniferous paws of pine or green needles, fill them with boiling water, hold it in a water bath for half an hour. Then we filter the broth and let it into the bath. It is enough to make 2 or 3 liters of broth on a bath. We do this procedure in the evening before going to sleep.
Iodine-bromine bath
With the help of this bath you will remove muscle tension, fatigue, get rid of obsessive headaches.
We buy in the pharmacy 250 grams of potassium bromide and 100 grams of sodium iodide and dissolve them in a liter of water. 100 ml of the learned concentrate will be poured into a warm bath with a water temperature of 35 or 36 degrees, previously 2 kg of salt is soluble in it. The time of taking this bath is 10 or 12 minutes. The remaining concentrate is stored in a dark place, no more than 2 years and use it as needed.
Now you have learned what kind of herbal baths you can use. Taking a particular bath can remove fatigue, treat nerves, get rid of insomnia.