Enzyme baths heat up as latest wellness trend

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• ·K-pop singer Lee Chae-yeon taking enzyme bath (YouTube) Buried up to the neck in warm, fermented rice bran, a new generation of Koreans is sweating out the stress of daily life.
• ·Enzyme baths, a heat therapy long associated with middle-aged and older Koreans, are drawing customers in their 20s and 30s, who see the treatment as a way to reduce puffiness, flush out fatigue and recover from busy routines without breaking a sweat at the gym.
• ·The treatment involves lying in a bed of hinoki cypress sawdust, rice bran and medicinal herbs mixed with microorganisms.
• ·As the microbes ferment, they generate natural heat of 40 to 70 degrees Celsius.
• ·Unlike a conventional sauna, which delivers intense heat through electric devices, an enzyme bath raises the core body temperature gradually, stimulating blood circulation and lymphatic flow.