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| itchy skin and dry as well as oily skin. Leaves skin very soft. |
| Salt bath. Salt may be added to the tub or moistened salt may be used as a pack while one stands in a dry tub. To use as a pack, rub the salt into moist skin, starting at feet and hands, and work in small circular motions towards the heart to improve circulation and eliminate outer layers of dead skin. This leaves you very refreshed. Great after bodywork, to draw toxins out of the body and to relax sore muscles. |
| For a bath, add 1/2 to 1 pound sea salt to the tub. People with insulin-dependent diabetes, serious heart disease and open sores should avoid salt baths. Herbalist William LeSassier says salt and baking soda baths help clean ''the health aura." |
| Seaweed bath: After bodywork, for glandular imbalances, weight loss and to help draw environmental pollutants from the body, including drugs, chemicals and radiation. |
| Create your own bath salts by mixing together 1 cup each of sea salt, baking soda and Epsom salts. Add 10 drops of any combination of essential oils. Mix well and store in a glass jar. |
| Flower essences such as the Bach Flower Remedies can also be added to the bath for enhancing emotional health. There are thousands of flower essences available and many books to guide people to the appropriate remedies. One of my favorites is The Encyclopedia of Flower Remedies by Clare Harvey and Amanda Cochrane. |
| Bathwater temperatures that are too hot are drying and enervating. Keep the water temperature between 75 and 98 degrees, depending on the season. If you do feel faint, splash your face and body with cool water before standing up. A final cold rinse will energize you. French women swear that a final splashing of cold water on the breasts |
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