Herbal Body Wrap
The herbal body wrap can be beneficial for your overall health and looks. Herbal body wraps cleanse the body of toxins and can help you lose some weight.
Herbal body wraps can improve your body’s tone, tighten your skin and enhance the texture of your skin. This includes people with loose skin from weight loss or pregnancy. People who suffer from joint pain and inflammation will benefit from the therapeutic effects of herbal body wraps.
Herbal Body Wrap recipe
To create the simple herbal body wrap wrap you need a mixture of clay and some natural sea salt plus more complex ingredients such as herbs and up to 2 tablespoons of an essential oil.
Sample of essential oils you would need:
Lavender, Sage, Lemon, Sandlewood, Lemongrass, Rosemary, Grapefruit, Olive oil
Sample of the herbs you would need:
Alfalfa leaf powder, Ground basil, Chamomile flower powder, Rose petal powder, Rosehip powder
Clay Body Wrap Recipe
1 cup bentonite or green clay
1/4 cup sea salt
2 tbsp. olive oil
2 cups water
Procedure:
Add sea salt to boiling water and stir until it is completely dissolved
Add the remaining ingredients and continue stirring
Adjust the amount of water if necessary to make sure that you can form a wet paste.
Application:
Rub the mixture over your entire body.
Cover yourself with thin towels or a clean white sheet. (Most spas recommend that you use specific wrapping sheets because the compaction helps to squeeze the tissues together for greater results.)
Lay in the tub for a minimum of 45 min. to one hour.
Tips for applying Herbal Body wrap
Body wraps are very messy, so remember to apply wrap in the bath tub.
Eat a light diet throughout today. Cut out tea, coffee, heavy proteins and fat.
Drink lots of lukewarm or hot water both before and after your wrap session to help flush out all of the toxins better.
Take a warm shower before applying the wrap to open the pores.
While in the bath tub, listen to relaxing music or read.
Cover yourself with an inexpensive foil thermal blanket to help you to keep warm.
Try to avoid caffeine, sugar, fried fatty foods, soda drinks and alcohol for the next 48 hours.