Actor Urvashi Rautela recently shared a post on instagram mentioning how mud therapy spa is one of her favourite activities.
“My favourite mud bath spa/mud therapy.” She captioned the picture of her taking a mud bath.
“Cleopatra was an early lover of a mud bath, while modern fans include me. Enjoying the red mud of a Balearic beach. It’s said to have been used as a mirror by Venus, the Roman goddess of love. Its mineral-rich mud is considered therapeutic and good for the skin. Mud really can be a muddy marvel. Covered in healing, therapeutic mud is still heralded today for its ability to detoxify and draw out impurities, soften skin, improve circulation, and ease aches and pains,” she mentioned.
What is Mud therapy and how is it useful?
Mud bath entails smearing oneself with a special kind of mud that has therapeutic and medicinal properties. It is a wonderful cure which you can use to solve so many ailments. It can help you in a lot of ways- from improving your skin, getting rid of rashes as well keep you disease-free during monsoons. Mud contains a lot of vital minerals which fight the bad toxins in the body it can also treat many chronic health problems and cure away ailments as well. Here are 5 such benefits mud therapy offers:
Mud can absorb and dilute bad toxins from the body which might be making you sick. Applying a layer of mud around the stomach also works to improve the digestion in the body, detox you naturally and at the same time pace up the body’s metabolism.
Mud therapy can Fights a bad headache or fever. Applying mud packs around the abdomen area can fight the excess heat and cool down the body from the inside. It also provides quicker relief during heat strokes when you can get bogged by a bad headache without any side effects.
According to Ayurveda, mud clears away the toxins and controls the bad effects of Pita in the body detoxifying your skin of any impurities leaving you with softer, fresher skin.
Since ages, it has been believed that walking barefoot in mud or simply applying a cooling layer around the eyes rejuvenates it and promotes good eye health.
Mud therapy is often prescribed by naturopaths and alternative healers to deal with nervous problems like stress, sleep disorders, anxiety as well as sciatica and post-traumatic disorders. It absorbs the bad toxins from the surface and clears away blocked or tensed pathways around the brain.
