The local version

Can't travel to the West Coast to experience the therapeutic benefits of detoxification?

No worries. Although we searched high and low - well maybe not that high or low - but we tried to find spas in North Florida offering mud baths to clients, and came up short. However, we did find one Jacksonville spa that came close - Body Wrap Masters & Spa on Old Baymeadows Road. "We offer a unique and relaxing service that helps to detox the body as well," said Tiffany Alger, spa coordinator. "Our volcanic ash wrap helps to diminish cellulite, acne and large pores. Also, it helps to relax muscle joints and ease pain. Plus, it's great for those who suffer from skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema. It leaves the skin smooth and silky."

I love to cook with wine, drink wine - and wear it, too.

That's right, wear it.

True Spa, which is a part of Singapore-based fitness chain True Fitness, also has a yoga centre, hair and beauty lounge, a fitness studio and a cafe under one roof in an area of 60,000 square feet which includes the spa section.

"Apart from the space, we believe in giving quality service to our clients and if you look at the treatments we offer...many of them are our speciality and they are excellent indeed in terms of results as well," said True Fitness India business development manager Nicholas Kraal .

"We consider ourselves as a complete fitness destination as we have everything under one roof. We are planning to open up in other cities as well," he added.

In all, the spa section here has 14 rooms - two facial rooms, nine massage rooms and three VIP suites which are basically for couple massage. Each VIP suite has a jacuzzi as well.

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The herbs encyclopaedia indicates that herbs body wraps came as a replacement for the plastic wraps and ace bandages that were initially wrapped tightly around the body to cause vasodilatation. Vasodilatation is the process by which the smooth muscle cells found in the blood vessels are relaxed, and thus causing the blood vessels to widen. Dilatation of the blood vessels in turn causes blood and other chemicals and hormones in the blood to be drawn closer to the skin surface.

Nowadays herbal body wraps are used for tightening and firming the skin and pores and also for weight loss and detoxification via metabolic stimulation.

The herb encyclopaedia further indicates that different results may occur depending on the type of substance that is used for the herbs body wraps treatment. The most common substances used for herbal body wraps include: mud, creams, salts, seaweed, clay and algae. The treatment duration also varies among different practitioners. Many herbal body wraps are said to be effective for weight loss.

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I am thinking about getting an herbal body wrap to detox my body and I am wondering if anyone has experience or advice. I am just feeling blah, skin is breaking out, which it hasn't done since I was 15 or 16 and I am having a hard time losing weight