How to Detox Your Body Using Body Wrapping
When you detox your body using body wrapping the cells in the body become receptive to releasing toxins. The ancient Egyptians used body wraps for both the living and the dead, and in modern day spas detoxing treats many diseases and conditions such as rheumatism, fatigue, cellulite, weight loss and muscular aches and pains. You can detox the body by using either hot wraps or cold wraps. Read on to learn how to detox your body using body wrapping.
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Things You'll Need
- 1 cup detoxing herbs
- 16 quarts hot water
- Roaster oven
- Two cotton wrap sheets
- Disposable undergarments
- Dry brush
- Thermal space blanket
- Warm wool blanket
- Two warm bath towels
- Drinking water
Instructions
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Dissolve about 1 cup of detoxing herbs such as rosemary, cloves, allspice, ginger root, nettle, parsley, sage or juniper in approximately 16 quarts of hot water (165 degrees F) to make a strong tea. Use any combination of herbs you wish. Heat the water in a roaster oven.
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Fold two wrap sheets made of cotton or cotton and linen (not flannel) into tight squares. Place the folded wrap sheets in the hot herbal tea for 20 minutes.
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Ask client to put on disposable undergarments. Dry brush the skin with strokes going toward the heart. This removes dead skin.
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Wring out the wrap sheets and quickly wrap the client in them. Place the thermal space blanket around the sheets, then wrap with the wool blanket. Wrap one of the towels around the head, leaving the eyes, nose and mouth uncovered. Wrap the other towel around the feet.
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Leave the body wrap on for 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the comfort level of the client.
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Remove the towels, blankets and one sheet and allow the client's body temperature to return to normal. Provide room temperature water to drink.
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Massage the client with gel or a light cream, allowing the body to continue to perspire. Allow the client to rest as long as desired before getting dressed.
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Tips & Warnings
If too rapid a detoxifying process takes place the client might experience nausea or a headache. In this case, remove the wrap and encourage the client to drink water and rest.
Contraindications for detoxing a body with a wrap include heart conditions, high blood pressure, pregnancy, elderly individuals, children, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes or someone who recently experienced an auto accident.
Because some people unexpectedly experience claustrophobia when wrapped tightly in a body wrap, never leave anyone alone while wrapped.
