Imagine yourself floating in a warm, aromatic cup of tea, breathing in the essences of healing herbs and letting them wash over your skin. Your bathtub can easily be transformed into a giant teacup.
Many health food and specialty bath stores carry premade tea bags to use in your bath, but tub teas are easy to make at home. One method is to place herbs in a large square of muslin tied into a pouch with a ribbon. Using old stockings works too. After you've filled your bag with herbs, place it in your bath as the tub is filling with water and squeeze it a couple of times to let the herb juices flow.
Gentle and relaxing herbs to bathe with include dried marjoram and thyme. Add a quarter cup of each to your pouch and let the water rush through. For an extra treat, add a cup of bath salts and a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar directly to the bathwater. The combination is nourishing for your skin.
Citrus leaves and dried peel from lemons and oranges make a sweet tea bath that aids in the elimination of toxins. You can crunch up the leaves and put them in a tea bag, or simply drop the leaves and rinds directly into your tub and let the aromatic forces flow.
Dried rose petals and dried lavender flowers can produce the ultimate relaxation. Two tablespoons of each in your tea bag will soothe a tired mind.
Reprinted from Laurie Welcher, Soothing Soaks: Relaxation for the
source from http://beauty.ivillage.com
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