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Honey Massage Information
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While a honey massage might seem like an untraditional type of medical treatment, the ills of people living
in India have responded to similar treatment for more than 1,000 years. Honey massage can be
categorized as a type of Ayurvedic medicine. As such, it focuses on the relationship between
consciousness and health.
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Honey massage exposes the skin to a natural humectant (honey), a substance that facilitates the retention
of water. By moisturizing the skin, the honey massage helps the patient to feel healthier. At the same time
the honey massage produces noticeable changes in the skin. It can transform the skin in two different
ways. It can aid the removal of salts and toxins, and it can promote nourishment of the skin.
A honey massage should, if done properly, lead to formation on the skin of white-gray pellets. Such pellets
typically resemble plasticine, a synthetic substitute for clay. Such pellets hold the toxins and excess salts
that have been released from the body during the massage. If not trapped by the tiny pellets, the toxins and
excess salts could inflict possible harm on the body.
The massage therapist uses a moist, liquid honey. A well-chosen honey contains certain important
nutrients. Those nutrients will enter the skin during the honey massage. Those nutrients supply the skin
with chemicals that are often absent from an individual's daily diet. In that way, a honey massage has the
ability to provide the skin with added nourishment.
While the liquid honey allows the massage therapist to work with a natural substance, the prescribed
method application of the honey could hardly be called "natural." The therapist pours the honey over a
designated region and then claps sharply on the honey-covered skin. The resulting pain is the one
drawback occasionally mentioned by someone who has undergone a honey massage.
That clapping should continue for 10 to 15 minutes or until the honey is no longer sticky. At that point, the
pellets, which hold toxins and salt, should appear on the skin's surface. Depending on the patient's skin
type, the clapping procedure should be repeated up to 10 times before providing the skin with a one month
reprieve.
The success of a honey massage depends largely on the quality of the honey that is used by the massage
therapist. When a massage therapist uses a good-quality honey, then the honey massage should provide
the patient with four different benefits.
The honey massage cleans the skin. The honey massage nourishes the skin. On skin treated with a honey
massage, wrinkles will disappear. The patient who has received a honey massage will note that his or her
skin demonstrates an increased elasticity.
A honey massage is a relaxing experience. Like other types of Ayurvedic treatments, it can prove helpful in
ending a stress-induced condition. By tapping into the link between consciousness and health, a honey
massage could prove of benefit to someone with hypertension, to someone who wanted to fight the desire
to smoke and to someone who hoped to counter a tendency towards obesity.
This information taken from:
http://tiny.cc/6jfeV
Added: 12/24/2006
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