A visit to a bath or sauna is a great way to improve your mood and improve your health. For bath procedures, only natural products are used that have a beneficial effect on the skin. These include bee honey, which promotes the elimination of toxins, toxins and allows you to get rid of the “orange peel” in problem areas.
Honey in the bath is useful for everyone, except for those suffering from intolerance to this bee product. Its use is a simple, affordable, pleasant way to restore elasticity and beauty to the skin.
The content of the article
- 1 What is the use?
- 2 Liquid or Candied?
- 3 Противопоказания
- 4 Application secrets
- 4.1 For general wellness (full body mask)
- 4.2 For rejuvenation (mask on the face, neck)
- 4.3 For body shaping and slimming (scrub for problem areas)
- 4.4 To combat cellulite (massage of problem areas)
- 5 In conclusion
What is the use?
Honey is a biologically active product rich in minerals and vitamins. The microclimate of a bath or sauna promotes the penetration of bee nectar into the enlarged pores of the skin, which provides:
- outflow of lymph and removal of edema with cellulite;
- improvement of blood circulation, which means nutrition of all adjacent tissues;
- removal of toxic elements and toxins from the deep layers of the epidermis.
It also has a warming effect, which is useful in inflammatory processes of the musculoskeletal system. A bath with honey is indicated for cystitis, problems in the female genital area, frequent colds.
In the absence of diseases or skin problems, honey will still be useful!
It helps to relieve fatigue after prolonged training in athletes, maintains the skin in a healthy state (which women will appreciate), acts as a prophylactic agent that allows you to overcome seasonal viral infections (inhalation of honey vapor destroys bacteria and viruses).
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Liquid or Candied?
What medical product is better to choose for visiting a bath or sauna?
If the skin is not particularly sensitive, a variety with fine crystals will do.… In this case, honey will act as a natural scrub and help to make the massage intense.
А with sensitive skin, it is preferable to choose a liquid bee product… But keep in mind that you will need more of it for the massage procedure – warm steam greatly dilutes the honey, and it flows freely from the body.
As for the variety, any will do. Although on the Internet you can often find recommendations for choosing a suitable variety, this point does not really matter. After all, the chemical composition is more important when approving a bee product for oral administration in order to treat a particular disease.
Противопоказания
Honey bath procedures are contraindicated:
With food intolerance to the bee product.
In some cases, even external application can cause allergies. Take a preliminary test! Apply a drop of honey to your wrist and track your body’s response for half an hour. If there is no itching, redness, swelling – everything is in order, you can start bathing procedures.
With increased body temperature… A bath is an additional load on the heart and the whole body, especially in case of heat and fever.
With oncology… In this case, the body’s reaction to any procedure is unpredictable.
With diseases of the cardiovascular system… A visit to a bath or sauna can cause an increase in blood pressure!
For skin diseases… Applying honey can cause additional irritation.
In pregnancy… You can provoke a miscarriage, increase blood pressure, create a load on the heart.
In young yearswhen the body is still poorly adapted to stuffiness, increased steam content in the air, heat in the steam room.
Application secrets
The peculiarities of using natural honey depend on the goal set – general improvement, work on problem areas (cellulite), body shaping (getting rid of edema, lymph accumulation under the skin).
For general wellness (full body mask)
To improve your health without unpleasant consequences for the body, you must adhere to the following rules:
- visit the steam room for fifteen to twenty minutes;
- then take a warm shower and wash off the sweat;
- after entering the steam room, apply the honey product to the whole body with light massage movements;
- lie down for ten minutes;
- go out, then rinse everything with warm water and rinse with a cool shower.
A complex effect is achieved with such a simple procedure:
- slags, excess liquid are removed;
- blood circulation is improved;
- the immune system is strengthened;
- relaxation and calming of the nervous system occurs;
- the skin becomes velvety, clean and elastic;
- a few extra pounds of weight are lost.
For rejuvenation (mask on the face, neck)
This method is suitable for improving complexion, fighting fine wrinkles on the face and décolleté.
Procedure:
- steam up in the sauna and then take a warm shower;
- apply a honey product to the face, neck, décolleté;
- lie down in the steam room on the lowest shelf for fifteen to twenty minutes;
- go out, take a cool shower or swim in the pool for fifteen minutes;
- then rinse the bee product from the face and neck with warm water.
For body shaping and slimming (scrub for problem areas)
To correct the figure, get rid of the “orange peel”, remove swelling, lose 2-3 kilograms, a scrub and intensive massage are used.
For this, it is taken:
- natural honey – two parts;
- oatmeal or coffee grounds, fine kitchen salt – one part.
Any additives play the role of abrasive particles that help exfoliate dead skin cells, as well as intensive massage.
Procedure:
- after a 20-30 minute visit to the steam room, a warm shower is taken;
- then a prepared scrub is applied to the problem areas with massage movements;
- you need to spend another ten minutes with him in the steam room;
- this is followed by the traditional rinsing with warm water and a cool shower.
To combat cellulite (massage of problem areas)
You can use pure natural honey instead of a scrub… It is applied to the body in problem areas (where there is an “orange peel”) after taking a warm shower.
Hands are dipped in honey and perform intense circular movements. The palms should stick to the skin. This massage is similar to the “vacuum” in a beauty salon. The effect is similar:
- improvement of blood circulation;
- outflow of lymph;
- removal of toxins, excess fluid (reduction of puffiness);
- improving the appearance of the skin – giving elasticity, velvety.
Then you can visit the steam room – lie on the bottom shelf for five to ten minutes, and then take a shower.
In conclusion
Such simple bath procedures are in no way inferior to visiting expensive spa salons. Leather treated with honey does not require additional use of detergents. It can be applied both directly in the steam room and after visiting it.
When applied in a steam room, the honey product works like a mask – it helps in opening pores, sweating, and removing toxins. And after the steam room honey acts as a cosmetic – rejuvenates, smoothes wrinkles, eliminates the “orange peel”.
