How to Take a Ginger Bath

Posted on February 7, 2008 in Latest News

A ginger bath could be the best reward you could give your body after a tired day or to get a sound, deep sleep at night. The exciting part of this is that you wake up feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. A ginger bath also detoxifies your external body thoroughly.

Before you jump into your hot ginger bath, brush your skin with a vegetable brush (which can be purchased at any health food store). Brush all parts of the body toward the heart. Skin brushing can be very beneficial because the skin is a primary avenue for detoxification – along with the lungs, kidneys, liver, and colon.

To take a ginger bath, stir one cup of Epsom salts and put approximately 1/8 cup of ginger (either grated or powder from the supermarket) under the running tap. Run pretty warm water in at first and get in the tub. Once in the tub, let enough hot water run in to make the water pretty hot.

After about 20 minutes, you begin to sweat. After 30 minutes, get out of the tub, dry yourself off rubbing vigorously with a clean towel (until your skin is very red). Then wrap up in a large towel or sheet and crawl into your bed and cover up with your bed covers. Although you will feel sweaty and very hot, you are most likely to doze off instantly.

It is important not to apply your usual routine post-bath lotions and creams before you go to bed. This includes the face and scalp areas as well. This method really helps literally sweat toxins out of your body. Perspiration will even pour out of your scalp. Because this ginger bath opens pores and eliminates toxins and also helps to eliminate pain, you may experience flu-like symptoms the next day because your body is ridding itself of toxins. It is common to possibly experience a headache and feel almost a slight “hang-over” sensation.

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