Salt baths are a great way to rejuvenate, cleanse and renew skin at home. Many are skeptical of folk methods of body care, but, believe me, this often turns out to be a lifeline for the skin. In the modern world, it’s so hard to find something natural and natural that sometimes it seems like even people are created artificially.
A bit of history about this method
The salt bath has been open since the time of Hippocrates, but not in the very context in which it is represented by modern residents. The fact is that the attentive Hippocrates once noticed that the fishermen (who catch food in the sea) heal abrasions and scratches very quickly. Then he began to make his patients with skin pathology swim daily in the sea. It was from this time that miraculous properties began to be attributed to sea water .
What is the use of sea water? And what is the effectiveness of salt baths for various skin pathologies?
The fact is that the benefit is not in the water itself, but in the salt, which is contained in it in large quantities. Salt baths are a saturated electrolyte solution, and the skin, like a sponge, absorbs all its components.
Such a solution contains all the necessary substances and trace elements to restore skin balance.
Also in natural sea salt contains a large amount of magnesium, which has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, soothes not only a person, but also his skin. Therefore, some time spent in such a bath allows you to relieve fatigue and relax.
Salt baths are oversaturated with sodium, potassium and bromide, which is so necessary for the body after a hard day's work. Do not forget that such a bath is an ideal means of moisturizing the skin and a stimulator of its regeneration.
How to cook salt baths at home?
I would like to note that not all people equally tolerate various dyes, flavors and perfumes. That is why, if you are prone to allergies or just want to use only natural products, then buy ordinary sea salt in a pharmacy.
In order to prepare a healing bath, about 1 kg of salt is needed per full bath of water. Salt baths are prepared fifteen to twenty minutes before the immediate procedure. In addition to salt, you can add flower petals, various herbs and aromatic oils to the water (just do not overdo it!).
You can stay in the salt bath for no more than forty minutes, and the minimum visit time is fifteen minutes. If you use the bath as a prophylactic or relaxing agent, then it is better to take 200-300 grams of salt - this will be quite enough. Do not forget that such home treatments are best done in courses. For example, daily for a week, and then take a break of 30-40 days. This will help your skin recover and be in perfect condition.
Before the procedure itself, it is necessary to cleanse the skin of the keratinized parts with a rough scrub, and after the bath, rinse with warm water and dry the body with a towel.
Salt baths for the legs will help relieve fatigue, inflammation and swelling of the lower extremities. Such procedures are very effective for arthritis and inflammatory processes on the legs. Also, patients with corns and dry calluses on the feet respond positively about such baths.
I must say that salt baths are an ideal remedy for eczema and psoriasis. A daily stay in sea water for about fifteen minutes eliminates all skin manifestations of the disease.
Therefore, baths based on sea salt help to make the skin soft and velvety, relieve symptoms of some skin diseases and inflammatory processes in the joints.