Oil Bath

Men should have their oil bath every Saturdays and women every Fridays, from 9am to 12pm. The type of oil that should be used for oil bath is gingerly oil as it is regarded as good oil (nalla enai)
Gingerly oil can also be used for cooking. The benefits of using gingerly oil in cooking are:a) Increases men's virility b) cools down the body c) cure stomach woundsc) builds good fat in the body.
Gingerly oil when poured into the ears, helps cool the brain. If applied on the scalp, helps cool the head. By applying the oil on your body, it helps removes stress, tension, reduces high blood pressure and also wards off evil eyes.

OIL BATH - PART 2
Apply oil in your eyes, ears, scalp and body. If followed in this sequence, it will prevent a) eye irritation and b) heatiness in the eyes.When oil is applied on the scalp, the heat from the head will transfer to the eyes and causes eye irritation.
HOW TO APPLY OIL ON THE SCALP?
a) Apply lots of oil on the head.b) Massage and rub the scalp with your palms as long as you can until the oil gets soaked into the skin. If you are experiencing from hair loss problem, massage and rub the entire scalp with oil as it will help reduce hair loss.c) After massaging and rubbing your scalp with your palms, pour more oil and hit your head with your palms.(tapalam) so that the oil can be absorbed further into the skin.d) Continue the oil application on your body and start applying and massaging starting from the back of your neck and move down towards your abdomen. e) Continue massaging your hands, front body, legs and face.Stroke your face with your palms from the forehead down to your chin.If you have pain in your fingers and hand area, apply oil and massage longer in the affected areas as the oil bath will help pacify the pain. 1.After massaging, make sure you bathe in hot water.2.Wash your hair with Shikakai and your body with mung bean powder.3.Also make sure you eat black pepper rasam after an oil bath. 4.Do not eat cooling food after having oil bath.

OIL BATH - PART

Some of us will experience cough and cold and starts to develop lots of phlegm, after having an oil bath. There are three body typesa) Vata: excess gas or air in the body. Numbness is frequently experienced.b) Pitta: excess heat in the bodyc) Kapa: excess water in the body. Frequently catches cold and develops phlegm
Oil bathing will not give any negative effect to anyone who has a healthy body.
a) If vata predominates in your body, you will easily catch a cold after an oil bath b) If kapa predominates in your body, you will develop excess phlegm after an oil bath.
If you experience the above mentioned problems, use the below formula to prepare oil for your oil bath.
a) 1 liter gingerly oilb) 1 handful of dried ginger. Grind and sieve.c) Half handful of black pepper. Grind and sieve.Add the grinded and sieved dried ginger and black pepper powder into 1 liter of gingerly oil, boil and strain.
Those who have phlegm, sinus problem, excess vata/gas before taking an oil bath, are also advised to use the ginger-pepper infused gingerly oil to avoid the above mentioned side effects.Do not use the oil for eyes and ears! Use pure gingerly oil for eyes and ears and the ginger-pepper oil on your body.Those who have excess pitta, can use pure gingerly oil for oil bath as they will not experience any side effects.