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The ginger plant has a long history of domestic cultivation and is thought to have originated in China and then to India, Southeast Asia, West Africa and the Caribbean.

Ginger is commonly used as a cooking spice in Chinese and South-East Asian culinary. Ginger is a pungent food that promotes energy circulation and increases the metabolic rate.

However, in the medical world, Ginger has been an important component used in Chinese and Asian medicine for both external and external use for many centuries. Ginger is most commonly known for its effectiveness as a digestive aid. It helps to relieve indigestion, diarrhea and stomach cramping. It is known to increase vital energy and balance our internal ‘chi’.

In the wellness realm, Ginger has been used widely to effectively stimulate circulation of the blood, remove toxins from the body, cleanse the bowels and kidneys and nourish the skin.

You can always find treatments like the Ginger Scrub and Ginger Wrap in a spa menu especially in a spa that specialises in Javanese or Balinese massage. In Indonesia, it is believed that ginger can also help to relieve aching muscle and detox your body. In fact, a ginger scrub and wrap is also a popular Indonesian post-natal treatment for women who had just given birth as it helps to reduce the body from being bloated and clear toxins from the body system.

The sweet aroma from a ginger scrub will also help your mind de-stress and in turn relax and rejuvenate your body. No wonder Ginger Scrub and Ginger Wrap have been very popular with spa goers in the past few years.

So after hearing so much wonders about ginger, I finally decided to try out the Ginger Scrub and Ginger Wrap. When I walked into the treatment room, the fragrance of ginger was already in the air. A bowl of crushed ginger was being heated over a burning candle. The masseur started by gently rubbing the heated fresh ginger on my back. As she moved along to the other part of the body, she kept asking if the ginger scrub was too hot for my body. When she finished, she gently wrapped my entire body with clear sheets and led me to a steam room. I was asked to stay in the steam room for half an hour. She explained that with the aid of the heat in the steam room, the purifying, detoxifying and hydrating process of the body under the effect of the ginger wrap will be enhanced!

The stimulating effects of the ginger scrub was an awakening experience to the skin. The Ginger Wrap is supposed to help reduce “wind” from my body and burn fats. No wonder I was perspiring like crazy. I should remember to weigh myself before and after a ginger scrub and wrap the next time!

After a warm shower and a 60 mins massage, I really felt so much lighter and refreshed. I highly recommend that you should add a Ginger scrub and wrap to your next spa visit especially if you are into detoxification or weight loss!

Detoxification is a popular treatment offered by many spas. In fact, as more and more people begin to believe and appreciate in holistic living, the practice of detoxification or detox for short is gaining rapid popularity.

Detox is the process of ridding the body of toxins and other impurities. It is believed that there are much toxins and impurities in the food we eat and the air we breathe. Our body is not able to purge our body of all the toxins that we ingest everyday. As a result, too much toxins in the body can lead to tiredness, listlessness, general lethargy and pains in the body and joints.

In severe cases, buildup of toxins in our body in the long term can lead to liver and kidney problems as well as cancer and other major ailments. Hence, advocates of healthy living and holistic lifestyle actively advise that detoxification is built into part of a health living concept that we can put into daily living.

Detox treatment offered in spas are commonly mud or wrap treatments. It is believed that mud and other wraps will ex foliate the skin of impurities as well as purge the body of toxins and impurities. Sweating out through active sporting activity or through a hot sauna is another popular way to sweat out impurities in a spa. However, such detox treatments in a spa can be expensive and time consuming and other supplementary detox treatments should be added.

Some fringe spas may even recommend detox pills, detox juices or in extreme cases, even colon cleansing routines. Detox medications often induce deep diarrhea and colon cleansing routine involve internal colon purging procedures for rapid detox. (Note: I am personally against colon cleansing routines and I also view detox pills and juices treatments with some reservations)

One safe and easy way to perform detox at home is through the use of foot detox patches. Foot detox patches are popular in Japan and Korea and has a medical history that run into hundreds of years based on Chinese reflexology principles. Detox patches work on the principle that toxins can be drawn through the human foot just as the roots of trees draw up nutrients from the soil.

You may purchase foot detox patches online and try it to see how toxins and impurities can be drawn out from your feet. Many people are amazed how much toxins can be purged through their feet when trying foot detox pads for the first time. I was shocked and amazed when I first personally applied it!

However, merely applying foot detox patches is not enough. A complete natural home detox program should consist of physical exercises that make you sweat, drinking plenty of water and eating the right food in addition to daily application of the foot detox patches.

Start your own natural home detox program today!

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