earth-bathing (English, noun)
expansion: earth-bathing (plural earth-bathings)
Senses:
topics: alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: The practice of partially or wholly burying the human body in fresh earth (soil) as a form of health therapy, promoted in the 1790s by Scottish physician James Graham, who claimed that the moisture and coolness of soil could draw out morbid humours and restore bodily vigor.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: earth-bathings
tags: plural