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Posted on June 28, 2007 in Shower Bath Types
A cold water shower can be a highly revitalizing experience particularly if you are staying in a hot climate. The practice of taking cold showers in the morning is extraordinarily enriching and even has been used therapeutically across the world for thousands of years.
A cold water shower could also have a therapeutic effect. If used properly it could act as a Cold Water Massage Therapy. This in turn would be one of the healthiest and inexpensive of therapies!
How to have a cold water shower
Simple massage the body with almond oil before taking a shower
A word of caution
A cold shower should not be taken during a women’s time of menstruation as she needs extra rest and gentleness during her menses. Instead she should have a lukewarm shower.
Advantages of having cold water shower in summers
Cold showers have the following positive effects:
Many health problems are reduced or even eliminated over time by providing proper circulation of the blood to the affected area using the cold shower massage. A term called “Ishnan”( very cold showers) when people in olden days in India used to take bath in cold waters.
“Ishnan” is the point at which the body, by its own virtue, creates the temperature that it can beat off the coldness of the water. This happens when the capillaries open with the onset of the cold water. They close again during the course of the cold shower and it is at that point that all the blood rushes back to flush the organs and the glands. This process allows the glands to renew their secretions and “youth”
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November 21st, 2007 at 3:51 pm
Do you know why the oil is required ? Other sites say the almond oil is useful for its mineral content, but why is oil used in general ? Should one wash it off with soap while showering ?
July 1st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
The oil helps keep you warm really, it provides minerals etc for your skin. So if you rub Almond Oil over your entire body before having cold shower you will notice that it actually heats your body straight away. Therefore the cold water is not such a shock and you are left with perfectly glossy skin afterwards.