Homemade Herbal Body Wrap

Ok, so there are a ton of ingredients in this, but so much cheaper that a spa wrap with all of the great benefits! What a great way to treat yourself during nap time, or after the little ones are in bed!

So many herbs are beneficial for this, here are just a few herb choices for herbal body wraps: Clary sage, comfrey root, burdock root, dandelion root, rose hips, alfalfa leaf, rosemary, and chamomile

Things You'll Need:

• 1 cup of dried crumbled or powdered herbs that you feel would be beneficial to your skin. Dried herbs are available at bulk herb or health food stores.
• ½ cup kelp meal, dulse or other seaweed. Also sold bulk at health food stores.
• ¼ cup sea salt, Himalayan pink salt, dead sea salts or Epsom salts
• 1 cup high quality aloe vera gel
• Unbleached muslin, white or unbleached cotton sheet, or large terry cotton beach towels.
• A bathtub or waterproof area such as an air mattress on top of towels to lay for 10 to 45 minutes.
• Optional: Organic olive oil, or body oil or lotion of your choice.
• Optional: Good music or books on tape to help pass the time, and foil thermal blanket (usually inexpensive) if you think you might become chilled.

1. Step 1

   Heat three cups of water to boiling in a non-metal pan.

2. Step 2

   Remove from heat and add salts, stirring with wooden or otherwise non-metal spoon until dissolved.

3. Step 3

   Add herbs and seaweed and steep for five minutes.

4. Step 4

   Strain mixture into very clean stopped sink (or a large ceramic bowl or plastic tub). Fill the sink 3/4s full with very hot water. (You may have to run the hot water faucet before pouring the mixture in. That way, the first water coming out will already be hot.)

5. Step 5

   Add the cup of aloe and stir.

6. Step 6

   Soak the fabrics in the water and wring them out into the same sink.

7. Step 7

   Wrap body parts as firmly as you can in a manner that’s healthy for your particular condition.

8. Step 8

   Lie down in the bathtub or on the air mattress for 20 minutes to one hour, the longer the better. And stay warm. Listen to music or audio if you wish, and cover yourself with the thermal blanket if needed. You can choose to re-wet the fabrics with the herbal body wrap liquid and repeat every ten minutes or so, or just do one seaweed herbal body wrap at a time.

9. Step 9

   When finished, pat dry and if you choose, apply olive oil or other body oil or moisturizer.

Recipe compliments of http://www.ehow.com/how_4785104_homemade-body-wrap.html