Salt
Water Baths
How would you like to enjoy a soothing bath
and at the same time take care of all sorts of health troubles, such as skin problems—including
acne—recurrent infections, insect bites, female problems, and even arthritis
and rheumatism? It’s easy to do with a salt bath.
You
don’t have to be sick to benefit from a salt bath. It is cleansing and health-building
for anyone. Bathing with Himalayan bath salts stimulates circulation, hydrates
the skin, increases moisture retention, promotes cellular regeneration, detoxifies
the skin, and helps heal dry, scaling, irritated skin. Salt water bathing reduces
inflammation of the muscles and joints, relaxes muscles and relieves pain and
soreness.
Bathing in seawater (and natural salt solutions)
has a long history. Almost 500 years before the birth of Christ, Hippocrates,
who is called the Father of Medicine, noticed fishermen who had injured their
hands soaking their hands in seawater. They seemed to have few infections or complications
from their injuries after the salt soaks. So Hippocrates encouraged his patients
to bathe in warmed seawater in a treatment called thalassotherapy (in Greek, thalassa
means sea). This kind of bath encourages a release of toxins between the blood
and the water and a restoration of mineral balance in the blood.
In
a 1982 study in Israel, researchers found that soaking in salt baths got relief
from pain and had greater mobility after the treatments. Another study established
relief from osteoarthritis and tendonitis. Yet another demonstrated relief from
itching, problems with sleep, and skin scaling. Patients with recurrent infections
have turned their health around with regular salt bathing. Research has documented
relief from poison ivy, poison oak, insect bites, and wounds of various kinds.
Salt bathing works partly because natural mineral salts restore
mineral balance via the skin. Medical research has long established absorption
of medicinal factors through the skin. Natural salt contains many minerals, including
magnesium, which helps the nervous system, relieves stress, and can relieve water
retention. It also helps bring about a healthy calcium balance, which strengthens
bones and nails. The salt also contains potassium, which you need for your blood
after exercise, and which you need for moist, healthy skin and all-over energy.
Bromides in the salt heal and relax your muscles. And of course you need the sodium
for healthy immune system as well as for appropriate fluid balance in your body.
While salt bathing is relaxing and healing, it can also be
challenging to your circulatory system because you are cleansing while in the
bath. Therefore if you have a weak heart or other heart problems, consult a doctor
before taking salt baths.
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