Why use any massage oils at all?
If the body is rubbed dry, the friction created generates heat and pain.
Massage oils eliminate friction and disperse heat evenly trough the body. Massage oil are nutrient for the skin and strengthen the nerve fibres that are connected to the hair follicles. The small amount of massage oils remaining on the skin afterwards provides resistance to environmental pressures and temperature. Application of massage oils to the navel before going to sleep cures dryness of the whole body. When massage oils are applied at the junction of spine and skull, they calm the entire nervous system, strengthem memory and improve the eyesight.