Even in Ancient Greece, women have used clay as a cosmetic product: clay baths, Maxi and massage with essential oils did the ladies of those times beauties.
Ode clay
As you can see, the ancients knew a lot, not only in beauty, but in a healthy lifestyle. In our days the clay used in cosmetic applications for the treatment of acne, fine lines, stretch marks after pregnancy and cellulite, and medical treatment for mastitis, headaches, runny nose, bronchitis, venous insufficiency, etc.
Thanks to the minerals within the clay composition, is a natural raw material has its own healing properties. What is clay? Silicon (from 31% to 41%), aluminum (40-48 %), titanium (0, 47-1, 89 %), iron (0, 11-0, 78 %), calcium (0, 05-0, 13 %), magnesium (up to 0, 05 %), sodium and potassium (0, 25-0, 85 %) - here is a list of the set of elements that can act effectively the same minerals, taken separately.
Clay can rightly be called a natural filter - it "binds" the toxins, bacteria and neutralizes chlorine. This natural sorbent is qualitatively different from their chemical counterparts. If the pharmacy sorbents wash away from your body as pathogenic and vital bacteria, clay washes only "bad" destroying pathogenic flora. In addition, the clay contains minerals and substances that promote cell regeneration and accelerate the natural processes in the body.
Clay is different: black, white, red
Clay, depending on the place of occurrence and composition, namely the presence of certain salts, acquires a different color: red clay - potassium, iron; greenish clay - copper, ferrous iron; blue clay cobalt, cadmium; dark brown and black clay - carbon, iron; yellow clay - sodium, ferric iron, sulphur and salt.
Why all the variety of colors you ask? It's simple: certain color clay cures certain diseases. Using white clay treat bowel disease, obesity, hair loss, strengthen nails. Red clay is used in diseases of the cardiovascular system hypotension, varicose veins, nervous and endocrine diseases. Yellow clay helps with stroke, diseases of the stomach and bowel, migraine, headache, low back pain. Black clay is used to reduce the temperature at the various types of heartbeat, inflammation of the skin and internal organs, promotes rejuvenation of the body. Blue is good for treating obesity, seborrhea, hypofunction of the thyroid gland, relieves muscle weakness and provides mobility of the joints.
Clay "medicines"
If you decide to undergo treatment with clay, but the right color is not found, then will come the "fat" white clay. The main thing is to decide how you will apply and, of course, to properly prepare. Clay beads, clay solution used for internal use, and clay pellets and clay suspended - for exterior use.
Take 1 tbsp. of clay and stir in 1 Cup of purified drinking water. Dilute it in a ceramic bowl, not using metal objects.
Cooked pasta press and shape into small balls with a diameter of 0, 5 - 1 cm, dry them and eat before meals with water.
For potable solution of ½ teaspoon of clay diluted in a glass of purified drinking water, the maximum dose is 1 tablespoon per 1 Cup of water.
For clay applications using the same preparation method as for the balls, just make pasta more liquid. Depending on the area you will be putting clay, make a cake of the desired size. Remember, clay pellet can be used only once.
The clay suspension is prepared from a powder that is diluted with water or herbal infusion to the consistency of thin porridge.
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Clay compresses
To compress on the area of the body impose a damp cloth or gauze pad. On top of it - a clay cake thickness 1, 5 - 2 cm, oilcloth, wool layer. Compress fix with the help of bandage. Procedure duration - 2 hours.
Clay wraps
Soak in clay sheet, slightly wring out and place on top of the oilcloth. The oilcloth place on the blanket. Lay the patient close his sheets, top, cover with plastic and a warm blanket.
Clay baths
6 tablespoons of clay powder dissolve in warm bath (40-43 °C). Take a bath for 10 to 20 minutes, then wipe your body with a towel.
Clay masks
Clay powder diluted with water (1:1) until the consistency of thick cream, put on the face and neck, avoiding the areas around the eyes. An hour later, the mask is washed off with warm water.
Source:
Women's Magazine
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