If all or almost all of them consume honey in their diets, then honey massage for many is still a mystery and an incomprehensible secret. And in vain! After all, this product is useful and valuable not only for internal use, but also for external use. Hundreds of books, thousands of publications and millions of articles in newspapers and magazines have been written about this. But the benefits of this procedure can be talked about again and again. What is the peculiarity of such a massage and how to conduct it, let's find out together.
The benefits of honey massage
Before talking about the procedure for conducting such a massage, let's still remind ourselves of its benefits. It is known that as a separate type of cosmetic procedures, he came to us from ancient Tibet. But the most popular massage is using honey in India, Russia and the countries of Southeast Asia. In the East, honey is most often mixed with various oils.
Our ancestors also used honey as a healing “cream”. In Ancient Russia, they took it with them to the bathhouse, and also added to cosmetic mixtures.
Any massage, including honey, primarily has a positive effect on the skin and its subcutaneous surface structures. The rubbing and massaging movements of the masseur’s hands improve blood flow, lymph flow, cell regeneration, and internal organs. When in contact with the skin, the bee product has the role of a powerful sorbent; it draws out toxic substances, excess fluid, and toxins from the cells. That is why honey massage is widely used in the fight against overweight and general body cleansing therapy. Also, while improving blood flow, all beneficial substances and enzymes quickly penetrate the skin tissue and are absorbed through the bloodstream into the body. You can find more about the benefits of healing massage here.
Carrying out the procedure at home
1. Before applying honey to the skin, you need to take a warm shower, rub the body slightly with a soft washcloth.
2. Then it is necessary to make a warming-up phase of massage. Use light stroking and kneading hand movements.
3. Honey can be used both in pure form or mixed, for example, with a few drops of essential or ordinary caring oil (jojoba, olive, almond). Remember that the bee product should be a little liquid consistency, not sugared. If there are already crystals, then it needs to be slightly warmed up and melted (temperature not higher than 60 degrees).
4. We put honey on our hands, rub our hands a little and distribute it over the entire surface of the skin.
5. Then, after several minutes of rubbing, you can feel that the hands are starting to stick to the skin - we proceed to the main procedure. To do this, we further make light patting and jerky movements.
6. Already after 5-7 minutes of such massage on the body there will be no traces of honey, but grayish flakes will remain. This will be toxins and skin mining.
7. After completing the procedure, you must definitely take a warm shower, wipe yourself with a soft towel and after 10 minutes drink a glass of clean water. Afterwards you can also drink green soothing tea.