‘Cures’ not always the ticket for jet lag Posted on May 21st
After she returned to Chicago from her South Africa vacation, 29-year-old Caryn Bierbauer found herself falling asleep by 9 p.m., only to wake up at 3 in the morning.
She realized she needed to zap that habit quickly to function during her day job as a Chicago-area photographer. So Bierbauer, of Aurora, visited the Ritz-Carlton’s spa for a Punta Mita massage, which is designed to be a $185 jet lag cure.
The massage therapist rubbed sage and agave (the nectar used to make tequila) into Bierbauer’s body for 85 minutes to “treat the body from tension and clarify the mind,” said Kathryn Wittman, the spa manager.
The new jet lag treatments that appear to be popping up in every pharmacy, spa and Internet store promise instant relief from the tedium of time zone adjustments. Bierbauer said she wouldn’t travel again without booking the massage upon her return.
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