mud bathing
Sludge immersion ritual
Mud bathing is the practice of immersing oneself in mud, either for perceived health benefits at spas or as a cooling and skin-protecting behavior in animals.
Pigs, elephants, and hippos engage in mud bathing to regulate temperature and ward off parasites.
At wellness resorts, people take mud baths for the purported therapeutic effects on skin and joints: The spa offers mud bathing in mineral-rich volcanic clay.
- day spaFacility offering treatments, no lodging
- spaTherapeutic wellness facility
- skin careMaintaining the epidermis
- wallowRoll around in mud
- rolling aroundRotating while moving freely
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Washing under water spray
hydrotherapy · swimming · aquatic therapy · shower · soaking
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Removing dirt or toxins
washing · exfoliating · showering · scrubbing · purifying
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Heated room for sweating
steam bath · dry brushing · Turkish bath · hot tub · sweat lodge
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