Today nobody needs water in the water, it is available to everyone, many even go to the bath, but most people take a shower or bath at home. Everyone can arrange a small resort at home, the main thing is to take it properly.
Shower or bath?
It all depends on your health, mood and, of course, time. For example, if you have menstruation, then it is better to take a shower. It can be taken every day several times. In the morning he stimulates and invigorates, and in the evening he relaxes and flushes fatigue.
Today almost every person has in his house Ivanna and shower, so recently the bath has become not just a place for washing, but a place to relieve the stress of relaxation and purification.
How do baths affect the body?
First, you need to pay attention to the water temperature . Warm water allows dissolved in non-substances and oxygen to penetrate better to the skin. The pores open perfectly and are cleaned, so the skin begins to breathe.
Secondly, the pressure of water influences us. Did you notice that when we plunge into the water, we feel the weightlessness of our body? Thanks to this buoyant force of water, the body relaxes, blood circulation improves, the musculoskeletal apparatus is maximally relaxed and unloaded, the outflow of blood of the extremities increases and the volume of blood in the body is redistributed.
Thirdly, there is a chemical effect on the body. Substances that we dissolve in water, increase the tone and relieve tension. With the help of baths, you can treat certain diseases. If you add herbs, salts, essential oils, foam or colorless henna to water, we will get a therapeutic and preventive effect.
From each addition to the bath depends on the effect on the body: vivacity or relaxation, pain relief, toning, treatment or withdrawal of stress.
How correctly to take a bath?
Bath is the place where you forget about everything. Have you ever had such a thing that you just relaxed and fell asleep?
There are several types of baths:
Warm baths - the temperature of water is 36-38 degrees. These are the most famous and comfortable baths. In takivanne need to be 40 minutes.
Hot baths -Temperature of water is above 39 degrees and you can spend no more than 20 minutes in it. If you are more in hot water, your heart will suffer, so it is better to keep the heart area in the water.
In addition to these bathtubs are still indifferent (34-36 degrees), cool (about 30 degrees) and cold (about 20 degrees).
The duration of their reception depends on your portability. But you need to remember that the time of cold baths is only 5 minutes.
- Do not take a bath immediately after eating, only after two hours.
- It is better not to take a bath during menstruation, although it helps to cope with pain on the first day.
- During the procedure, the bathroom should be warm, at least 25 degrees. Do not allow drafts.
- It is not recommended to lie in the bathroom for a very long time, and then in order to relax, she will take away all your strength.
- When taking a bath, do not think about the negative, put in some pleasant music and lighten the light a little.
- Take a shower before taking a bath, so dissolved in the water is better penetrated into the skin.
- To properly cleanse the skin, use special brushes. To improve the blood circulation in the tissues, make an easy pleasant massage.
- At the end of the procedure, nourish the body with cream or lotion.
What to add to the water?
Foam
In all films, the bath is taken only with foam, it is considered the most famous additive. Its functions are to foam and aromatize. Therefore, it includes various dyes, foaming agents, preservatives, flavors and fragrances. Even if you buy an expensive foam, you do not need to think that it is useful, there is also a half-petrochemicals in it.
Before you buy a foam, read the composition, so there were fewer chemical components. Foams with "tasty" flavors (strawberries, vanilla, tiramisu, chocolate, and others) are not liked at all. Basically they are aimed at a weakening and pleasant thoughts, of course, if you are not on a diet.
Salt
Baths with the addition of salt are very useful for the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Salt baths can be taken at home. A buy a sea or lake salt can be in the cosmetics store or in the pharmacy. Remember that the bath salts have a tonic effect, so it's best not to take them before bed.
Before adding salt, read the instructions. Remember that salt can not be natural. Not because of the salt itself, but because of artificial additives.
Such baths are able to activate the metabolism of the organism, calm the nervous system and help to cope with muscular pain.
Essential oils
Efirneemasla when taking a bath give a special effect. Active substances of oils penetrate into the skin, and also affect the body through the sense of smell, thanks to its fragrances.
To cope with a cold, you need to take a bath with the addition of lemon oil, rosemary, incense, peppermint, sandalwood, juniper, tea tree, lavender, chamomile, eucalyptus, fir, myrrh and cedar.
To recharge , add thyme, neroli, mandarin, lime, grapefruit, cardamom, lemon, bergamot, pine, orange, basil or juniper to the bath.
To achieve a relaxing effect, use chamomile, lime blossom, lemon balm, ylang ylang, lavender, jasmine or marjoram.
Before taking a bath with essential oils, thoroughly rinse with all detergents, take a shower and rinse out the makeup. It is best to wash your head with natural means.
For 20 liters of water, add a drop of essential oil. It is not easy to add oil to water, if it comes in contact with the skin, irritation may occur.
First you need to dissolve the oil in the emulsifier, and then add to the bath. As an emulsifier may be honey, milk, soda, sea salt, cream or kefir.
Herbs
All plants contain various useful and active substances: minerals, tannins, phytoncides, vitamins and many others. It is very useful to breathe the smells of plants.
You can prepare extracts at home, and you can buy ready-made in a store or pharmacy. You can also buy herbs there. Infusions and products should be prepared as written on the package. In the autumn, in summer and in spring, you can collect the herbs themselves and dry yourself. We need to collect plants in clean places, away from the road, the city and private houses.
To restore the nervous system, you need to add a decoction of marigold, oregano, lime flowers or valerian to the bath.
To improve sleep and to treat a cold, use a decoction of pine buds, yarrow, almondwort silkworm.
If the head hurts , then add the broths of mint and lavender to the bath, and if the muscles are hurt - eucalyptus and sage.
Before taking a bath with herbs, make sure that you are not allergic to these herbs. And also, if you took a shower in front, then after this you do not need to do this.