Monday 19 January 2009

Benefit of Oukup

Oukup is the Karo traditional steam bath which is very popular in Medan, a city in NOrth Sumatera. A room provided with hot steam of traditional herb and spices for the sake of healthness at the low cost is usually found in Jamin Ginting street. But unfortunately some oukup places now turning to be place of prostitution. You hardly find the real oukup unless you have a good knowledge of the area.

Oukup opens the pores on skin and helps body to remove toxins and other impurities from within the body and blood. Its traditional herb gives a particular benefits to cure various disease. Commonly, steam bath is safe for human health and does offer health benefits such as relaxation, weight loss and many more as stated by various health case institutes and magazines which has conduct a study on it.

Oukup bath causes sweating & helps in opening skin pores. As we sweat more, it helps in excretion of body toxins and other impurities from the blood. People experience freshness in mood and health for longer time once they take oukup bath, as the body gets cleansed through sweating and muscles are relieved leading to the feeling of well-being. Oukup is also useful in joint pains as the warm steam helps blood flow resume effectively in all parts of the body and the contracted muscles are relieved.

The heat generated during oukup helps our body in improving our immune system by increasing our body heat which simulates the fever condition. We also know about the medical properties of steam, which proves to be of great help in treating problems like cold (sinusitis), bronchitis, laryngitis etc.