Fish Therapy for relaxation

There is again an alternative to off fatigue. Even his presence has become an overlooked, especially for the city.
Various relaxation bid that is around us offers a comfortable, relaxed, and relaxed. Like the spa, reflexology, and the latter popular, fish spa. The presence of fish spa itself easily found, because many found in several places including malls or shopping centers.

Fish spa is a relaxation facilities using small fish. Usually known as fish spa fish therapy (fish, red). Sensation that we can get the time to use it, is the time to sit and feet go in a container for a moment and then be attacked hundreds of fish. Fish here as a medium for the body therapy.

It was also quite unique due to being bitten by fish. So unique, it is not wrong if the fish therapy can be used as a selection of stress relievers, as well as for the health of your body.

Doctor fish is the name given to two species of fish: Garra rufa and Cyprinion macrostomus. Other nicknames include nibble fish, kangal fish, and doctorfishen; in non-medical contexts, Garra rufa is called the reddish log sucker. They live and breed in the outdoor pools of some Turkish spas, where they feed on the skin of patients with psoriasis. The fish are like combfishes in that they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow, with the outdoor location of the treatment bringing beneficial effects. The spas are not meant as a curative treatment option, only as a temporary alleviation of symptoms, and patients usually revisit the spas every few months. Some patients have experienced complete cure of psoriasis after repeated treatments, but due to the unpredictable nature of the disease, which is strongly influenced by endogenous factors, this may simply be regression toward the mean.
Garra rufa occurs in the river basins of the Northern and Central Middle East, mainly in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. It is legally protected from commercial exploitation in Turkey due to concerns of overharvesting for export. Garra rufa can be kept in an aquarium at home; while not strictly a "beginner's fish", it is quite hardy. For treatment of skin diseases, aquarium specimens are not well suited as the skin-feeding behavior fully manifests only under conditions where the food supply is somewhat scarce and unpredictable.
In 2006, doctor fish spa resorts opened in Hakone, Japan, and in Umag, Croatia, where the fish are used to clean the bathers at the spa. There are also spas in resorts in China, Belgium, the Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia], Philippines, Hong Kong, Bucharest (Romania), Barcelona (Spain) and France. In 2008, the first widely known doctor fish pedicure service was opened in the United States in Alexandria, Virginia, and later in Woodbridge, Virginia. In 2010 the first UK spa opened in Sheffield. They are used to help treat patients suffering from various skin disorders, including psoriasis and eczema, since the fish will eat and remove any dead skin.

Fish Foot Therapy

The major focus of fish foot therapy is skin exfoliation. The concept is that you soak your feet in a warm pool teemed with tiny hungry ‘doctor fishes’. Doctor fishes are scientifically known as Garra rufa and are natives of Turkish towns, Sivas and Kangal. The warm temperature of the water ensures that nutrients do not survive. This means the ravenous doctor fishes eats away dead and scaly skins softened by the warm water, revealing soft, pink, smooth and healthy skin underneath.

Fish Therapy for Eczema
Doctor fishes have long been associated with healing of psoriasis. It is suggested that when the doctor fishes nibbles on dry skin through their gummy mouth, the nibbling action triggers release of an enzyme known as Dithranol. This can help in treating the skin condition called eczema.
Besides eczema, fish therapy can help in treating other itchy skin conditions such as psoriasis, dermatitis, etc. So, if you want to be treated by the doctor fishes, be prepared to soak yourself in a warm pool for 8 hours a day up to 21 days before taking breakfast. During the twenty one day period, you may have to drink at least three glasses of water on an empty stomach. You may be abstained from taking medications during the entire tenure of treatment.

Benefits of Fish Therapy
Skin Enhancement
•In order to look after you skin, doctor fish is one of the most effective way.
•The benefits of doctor fish are easily visible. People who have dry, damaged or rough skin, fish naturally removes the damaged or dead skin leaving behind healthy skin in order to grow.
•Nibbling can be a pleasant experience for those people who get used to the initial sensations.
•The fish pedicure removes all the dirt and provides a deep cleansing treatment to the skin, thus helps in regenerating the new skin.
•The skin will feel smooth, healthy and revitalised after the treatment.
•The natural glow of the skin will come back after the treatment is done.
•Fish therapy also promotes blood circulation, protects skin and makes the skin of the face look more healthier and smoother.


Relaxing Process
•Fish therapy is one of the best way to relax your skin.
•This process removes the dead skin naturally and this treatment is therapeutic as well as enjoyable.
•The fish massage causes sensation which later on stimulates the nerve system in a similar way to acupuncture treatment.
•It also helps in relieving the tiredness from the body and provides a form of relaxation.
•Fish therapy provides therapeutic benefits to the skin. Moreover, there is a symbolic relationship between natural environment and human being and that relationship is harmony.



reference :
http://naturecure.ygoy.com/2009/05/26/fish-therapy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_fish