What are pearl baths and how are they useful?

The content of the article

• Why are pearl baths so called?
• How pearls are formed in water
• Types of Pearl Baths
• Coniferous pearl
• Pearl Mineral
• Indications for
• Stages of Pearl Hydrotherapy
• Home bubble bath
• Benefits of Pearl Baths
• Who is prohibited from pearl baths

Water treatments have always had a good effect on the skin and nervous system. Doctors used this property of water in hydrotherapy techniques and created bubble baths. In fact, this is the same hydromassage. It is especially recommended for women, suitable for children of any age, safe, but has a number of contraindications.

Why are pearl baths so called?

With this method of hydrotherapy, the body is massaged with tight air bubbles. In size and shape, they resemble precious beads, so the bath is called a pearl. The procedure relaxes the body, improves skin condition and improves the body as a whole. It is carried out by medical institutions or beauty salons.

How pearls are formed in water

For the procedure, they use a special hot tub with a grate, under which there are small holes. Air flows through them under high pressure from the compressor. It comes in contact with fresh water and forms elastic round bubbles. Introduce air with clearly defined intervals: 30 seconds of activity, the same amount of silence.

Ten minutes of a bubble bath are similar to an hour of classic massage for the effect produced..

Important points:

• The bubble can have different sizes. – they are regulated by changing the pressure.
• The water temperature should be 36 ° C and the air temperature should be 20 ° C. Only then the effect on the skin will be correct in order to increase its tone.

Types of Pearl Baths

In medical institutions they offer mineral-pearl baths that make the skin beautiful and healthy, heal small wounds, and coniferous-pearl baths fight infection, fungus, and increase immunity. There are more options at home, because any herbal extracts, essential and base oils, seaweed, chamomile, eucalyptus, sea salt can be added to the water.

Coniferous pearl

Useful physiotherapy for patients who have chronic inflammatory processes in the joints, muscle pain, problems with the immune system or respiratory system. The needles extract is added to the bath. It has a strong antibacterial property, thanks to the ether with the smallest particles of tar and oil, it cures a cold at the initial stage, relieves inflammation, improves sputum discharge.

Eliminates needles and ulcers, bronchitis, gastritis, dermatitis.

To carry out the procedure at home, in addition to the extract, you can use balm, tablets or briquettes of compressed raw materials. After hydromassage, it is better not to take a shower so that beneficial substances are absorbed into the skin. A pearl-coniferous bath is not done if a person has vegetative-vascular dystonia, an allergy to essential oils of needles, frequent bleeding.

Pearl Mineral

Such a procedure does not have a strong therapeutic effect, in comparison with baths where herbal extracts are added. Only cosmetic effect: mineral or thermal water moisturizes the skin, improves its tone, smoothes, nourishes with useful elements and improves metabolic processes.

Indications for

• Chronic insomnia, frequent stress, overwork, neurosis, depression.
• Hypertension at an early stage (up to 2 degrees inclusive) or rare rises in pressure.
• Joint, muscle pain. If there is inflammation, then the bath only during the period of remission.
• Metabolic disease, obesity.
• Trauma, osteochondrosis.
• Cerebral palsy in children.
• Weak immunity, frequent colds.
• Loose skin, cellulite.

Stages of Pearl Hydrotherapy

Clinics are rarely equipped with special hydromassage equipment. As a rule, it is offered by sanatoriums or spa centers. Take a bath for 10-20 minutes, it is better to start with a short time and only under the supervision of a doctor.

To feel the full benefits of the procedure, you need a full course.

It is designed for 10-16 sessions, between them an interval of 1-3 days. For a sustainable result, the course is repeated every six months. According to indications – in 2-3 months.

The process of conducting:

1. Patient takes a shower, washes.
2. Fill a bath with a volume of 200-250 liters. If necessary, add mineral water or herbal extracts. Liquid Temperature – 36 ° C.
3. After the person plunges to the middle of the chest. The specialist turns on the compressor, sets the mode of supply of bubbles.
4. After 10-20 minutes, a person leaves the bath, rubbed with a towel. May apply cream or lotion to skin.
5. After the procedure, the patient is wrapped up, he must lie down for an hour. Throughout the day, it’s better not to physically strain.

Home bubble bath

The procedure can be carried out independently if you buy:

• Portable mat. With a long hose, it is connected to the compressor and has a control panel to adjust the size and frequency of the bubbles.
• Stationary Hot Tub (Jacuzzi). It has many modes, including vortex, but it is not a complete analogue of pearl water massage. There are fewer openings for bubbles, although their head can be adjusted. The therapeutic effect is weaker than from a special mat, but a jacuzzi is also a good relaxing or tonic massage. Important: this bath should not be taken with heart disease, hypertension, infections, oncology.

If you decide to carry out the procedure at home, remember the basic rules:

• Consult a doctor. It will help to build a schedule of sessions, their duration, will tell if there are any contraindications.
• If you experience shortness of breath, dizziness, or chest pain in the bath, stop massage..
• Monitor the temperature of the water with a thermometer. At the beginning of the procedure, it should not be warmer than 37 ° C. It will cool further – do not add hot.
• The pearl bath at home should not last longer than 20 minutes, and for the first time – 10.
• After the procedure, keep calm for 30–90 minutes, but do not go to bed. Drink herbal tea (mint, chamomile – relax), take a horizontal position.
• Repeat a three-week hydromassage course after 3-5 months, more often it is not necessary.

Benefits of Pearl Baths

• Improve the condition of the nervous system: stabilize the excitability of its links, calm, relieve tension. The course of procedures normalizes sleep, fights depression, chronic fatigue, improves mood.
• Start the regeneration process. Heal small wounds on the skin (especially coniferous-pearl baths), microcracks, bleach. Increase elasticity and tone, reduce the severity of cellulite, smooth wrinkles.
• Stimulate blood flow, improve vascular condition. Hydromassage normalizes blood pressure, causes the expansion of small capillaries, so cramps and headache go away.
• Improve the condition of the musculoskeletal system – relieve pain in joints and muscles, increase the amplitude of motion.
• Increase hemoglobin level, blood coagulation.
• Enhances lymph flow, improve metabolic processes.
• Stimulate hormone production pituitary and ovarian.
• Boost immunity, body resistance to infections.

Who is prohibited from pearl baths

Contraindications to the procedure:

• Tumors, tuberculosis, diabetes, epilepsy.
• Glaucoma, thyroid disease, cirrhosis.
• Skin infections, fungus, weeping dermatitis.
• Cardiac and vascular diseases in the acute stage, ischemia, severe hypertension (grade 3).
• Thrombosis (blockage) of veins, thrombophlebitis.
• SARS, fever.
• Menstruation is better 2-3 days after its completion.

It is undesirable to take pearl baths during pregnancy, especially from 28 to 40 weeks, so as not to provoke a miscarriage.

If an operation has previously taken place, wait 2-3 months so that the seams do not become inflamed from hot water and essential oils. After eating and physical activity before the bath should take 2 hours. If a person complied with all the recommendations, but felt bad during the procedure, they refuse it.

Rare side effects:

• dizziness;
• nausea;
• headache;
• pressure rise;
• dyspnea.