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A beer bath can help you rejuvenate and improve your health
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Today, there are many health procedures that help to strengthen health and boost immunity. Among all the variety, one can single out a beer bath. In cosmetology, this kind of procedure is used for skin rejuvenation. Doctors note the content of important microelements in hops for humans - selenium, zinc, iron, copper, as well as B vitamins. In Japan and America, this procedure is the most effective method that affects the acceleration of regeneration of the entire body.
This bath is prepared quite simply: add 20 liters of beer to a bath filled with warm water (about 35 - 37 degrees). It is best to take dark varieties of beer with a pleasant aroma. For this procedure, the best option is "live beer", it does not contain preservatives and is made according to a traditional recipe. You need to take a beer bath for about 15 - 20 minutes. The course consists of 5 or 10 sessions, which are held every day or every other day. To make the beer bath more effective, it is best to take it at least an hour and a half after the main bath.
Benefits of a beer bath:
- rejuvenation of cells and skin
- helps to cope with excessive sweating, useful for oily skin, acne
- beer vapors close pores, which helps reduce sebum production (acne, pimples, oiliness, irritation disappear)
- regeneration processes are accelerated, the upper layers of the skin are renewed. Beer baths are often prescribed for eczema and psoriasis
- minerals and microelements contained in beer relax the body, relieve fatigue, and normalize the functioning of the nervous system
- a warm bath warms up the joints well, helps to strengthen them, improves the body's resistance
- blood pressure decreases, weight decreases
The beer and yeast cultures contained in this drink tone the skin well, after the bath the upper dead skin particles are naturally removed, and there is no need to apply a scrub or peeling, which is especially important for sensitive skin. The essential oils present in beer have a beneficial effect on the skin - it becomes tender, soft, well-moisturized. Beer vapors that enter the body when inhaled help saturate the body with oxygen, the simultaneous relaxing and warming effect rids the body of traces of stress.
But, despite such a huge positive effect on the human body, beer baths have several contraindications. First of all, they are prohibited for diseases that occur in an acute form (genitourinary, cardiovascular, renal failure, etc.). It is also prohibited to take any baths, not only beer, for various neoplasms in the body, both benign and malignant, as well as in the acute stage of the tuberculosis process. This procedure is not recommended for women who are pregnant. Beer baths are prescribed with caution for infectious diseases, progressive glaucoma, intolerance to some components that are part of beer.