Useful and healing properties of the shower
Shower is a perfect combination of a universal hygiene product and a wonderful wellness procedure. Mechanical irritation caused by water not only cleans the skin, but also gives a strong local and general reaction of the skin and the whole body.
The most accessible procedures of this type at home are the usual warm as well as contrasting showers.
Take a shower every day( if time and conditions permit, you can also 2 times a day).This procedure, in addition to general beneficial effects on the body as a whole, also serves as an excellent anti-aging agent for the skin.
When the water, passing through a special grid with many small holes, pours out onto the body in separate streams, the shower is usually called rain. This is the most versatile shower that is widely used in cosmetology and medicine. In addition to the effect of rejuvenation, it has a beneficial effect on the nervous system and overall vitality.
It should only be remembered that the constant use of detergents( soaps, gels, foams) leads to dry skin, so do not use them too often.
Relatively new type of shower is a shower-massage( Jacuzzi), which has found application in medicine, cosmetology, sports. He, like rain, has a universal effect on the body, stimulating the work of all its organs and systems.
Special showers are used in medical institutions, clinics and beauty salons. Among them the most famous and common are the Charcot shower, Scottish, needle, dust, circular, ascending, shower-massage.
In Charcot's shower water with a temperature of 35 to 42 ° C is poured first by a fan jet, then it is switched into a compact jet without spraying, directing to the body. The procedure is carried out from the bottom up, i.e. starting with the legs. After the skin has reddened, again include a fan jet, pouring the body completely. Charcot's shower is used for various diseases, especially those associated with a metabolic disorder, as it, among other things, stimulates the removal of toxins from the body.
With a Scottish( or contrast) shower, two hoses are used at the same time, in each of which there is water of different temperatures - warm and cold with a difference in temperature from 5-7 to 20 ° C or more. Such a shower activates the work of various organs, it is often used in the treatment of metabolic disorders, especially with different degrees of obesity.
In a needle shower, water flows through a mesh with holes into which are inserted thin metal tubes, so it hits the body in the form of sharp needle-like streams. This shower helps to improve skin tone, accelerate metabolic processes in the body, stabilizes the nervous system.
The variant of the needle shower is circular - its jets are beaten immediately from several sides and in different directions. Begin a circular shower with hot water, the temperature of which is then gradually lowered.
In a dusty shower, water, passing through a grid with very small holes, turns into water dust. This procedure is most often used for psychotherapeutic purposes.