Benefits of Oil Bath

Posted on February 15, 2008 in Latest News

Oils are good for our skin and scalp. One need not look too far. One’s own kitchen has numerous medicines in its spice cabinets. Copra, sesame, clove, each have unique medicinal properties. Coconut oil and sesame oil are particularly good for one’s hair and complexion.

Ayurveda recommends Sneha karma, which is the administration of oily substances such as ghee, gingelly oil etc, internally or application of oil to the body and massaging followed by Sweda karma or fomentation during which sweat is produced.

Oil treatment of your body has numerous benefits:

Digestion improves.

Skin softens and improves complexion.
Appetite improves.

Channels of circulation become clean.

Drowsiness vanishes.

Stiff joints start moving immediately and
Numbness, distress, piercing pain, swelling are pacified.

Modern beauty science also agrees with the fact that a combination of water and oil keeps the skin smooth, soft and health-looking. The application of oil, followed by a bath does have a beneficial effect as it nourishes and protects both the body and hair. A massage, following this oil application, improves circulation of blood, relieves muscle stiffness and tiredness, muscular spasms and tension and encourages sound sleep by relaxing the muscles.

For those who are too busy to enjoy an oil bath, putting a few drops of oil in a mug and splashing it all over the body, after the bath, and then patting dry with a towel, gives almost the same result, for it immediately spreads a thin layer of oil evenly on the whole body.

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