People suffer from stress-case chronic diseases these days and active oxygen has been known as major cause of the diseases. Therefore, there has been an increasing interest in antioxidants which help getting rid of active oxygen and detox which eliminates toxin and waste from body. And accordingly, Ayurveda Massage which has been known to be effective in detoxing is getting increasing attention and the research to prove this has been conducted.
The research was conducted to prove the influence of Ayurveda Shirodhara Abhyanga massage on the improvement of bodily symptom, active oxygen and biological antioxidant potential and its application possibility.
In the research, 8 customers of L skincare shop, located in Daejeon took the Inbody survey and Ayurveda Shirodhara Abhyanga massage. From October 19 to November 24, 2011 12 sessions of massage was administered for two weeks. One session takes totally one hour and 25 minutes, which is composed of 30-minute Shirodhara, 40-minute-Abhyanga, 15-minute Sauna. Data was analyzed by the SPSS 18 statistical program. Frequency analysis was used to identify general features of the research subjects. Changes in body composition, active oxygen and biological antioxidant potential were analyzed by Kolmogorov-smirnava method and Shapiro-wilk method. And the differences were re-tested by T-test. In addition, BMI edema was analyzed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test, a nonparametric test.
First, All 8 subjects are married female in their 30s to 50s. Two of them graduated two-year colleges, another two four-year universities and three graduate schools. Two of them are professionals, two are housewives. one is a teacher. The income ranges from less than 2 million KRW to more than 5 million KRW and subjects are evenly distributed for each group. In terms of health status, four are normal. Six of them responded that they have irregular eating habit. Three of them exercise one or two times a week and another three never exercise.
Second, the average weight was 56.912 before the session and 56.437 after the session, showing the difference of 0.475. The average muscle mass was 35.937 before the session and 35.975 after the session, showing the difference of 0.037. The average body fat was 18.637 before the session and 18.137 after the session, showing the difference of 0.5. The average body fat rate was 32.425 before the session and 31.9 after the session, showing the difference of 0.525. In addition, the average BMI edema was 1287.25 before the massage and 1285.625 after the session, showing the difference of 1.625. The average waist-hip ratio was same as 0.862 both before and after the session, showing no difference. The average BMI was 22.912 before the massage and 22.675 after the session, showing the difference of 0.237. The average body water was 27.987 before the session and 28.075 after the session, showing the difference of 0.087. The average edema was 0.381 before the massage and 0.375 after the massage, showing the difference of 0.006.
Third, the volume of active oxygen was 306.593 before the massage an 315.656 after the massage, showing the difference of 9.062. The biological antioxidant potential was 1.027 before the session and 1.226 after the session, showing the difference of 0.199. The result proves that Shirodhara Abhyanga massage has influenced active oxygen and biological antioxidant potential.
Fourth, five questions among 15 were significant and 10 were statistically significant. It shows that Shirodhara Abhyanga massage has been effective in improving physical symptoms and reducing active oxygen.
It has been found out that Shirodhara Abhyanga massage has influenced on all elements except for the waist-hip ratio. In particular, it has been found out that Shirodhara Abhyanga massage is effective in detoxifying human body as it shows significance with BMI and edema, a general obesity index.
The research has found out that Shirodhara Abhyanga massage has been effective in improving physical symptoms and reducing active oxygen. In addition, the research established scientific data for the effects of Shirodhara Abhyanga massage through objective verification.
Additionally, the research indicates that research on subjects of various types are required as it has been considered that Ayurveda customized massage can be applied not only to detox but also to various chronic diseases. Further researches can earn better results through more systematic clinical trial and establish itself as a alternative medicine.