Hold the Dead Sea salts and tea-tree oil. An Israeli health and beauty spa has introduced a new treatment to its menu -- snake massage.

　　在以色列的温泉疗养场所人们一般总会看到死海盐以及茶树油这类东西，不过该国一家以保健和美容为卖点的温泉疗养场所却在近日推出了一种全新的理疗服务项目：用蛇来为顾客按摩身体。

　　For 300 shekels (35 pounds), clients at Ada Barak's spa in northern Israel can add a wild twist to their treatment by having six non-venomous but very lively serpents slither and hiss a path across their aching muscles and stiff joints.

　　据路透社1月25日报道，对于那些光临位于以色列北部的阿达巴拉克温泉疗养地的游客来说，他们只要花35英镑便可享受到这种看上去颇显狂野的治疗方法，6条虽然无毒但却活泼好动的蛇会在那些人身上感到酸痛的肌肉和僵硬的关节之间爬来爬去且口中不停的咝咝作响。

　　"I'm actually afraid of snakes, but the therapeutic effects are really good," customer Liz Cohen told Reuters Television as Barak let the snakes loose on her body.

　　一位名叫莉兹·科恩的顾客说："其实我真的特别怕蛇，但这种疗法的实际效果也的确非常出色。"

　　Barak uses California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes in her treatments, which she said were inspired by her belief that once people get over any initial misgivings, they find physical contact with the creatures to be soothing.

　　巴拉克温泉疗养地工作人员在对莉兹进行的治疗中先后使用了来自美国加利福尼亚州和佛罗里达州的王蛇、谷蛇和乳蛇，而她之所以敢于接受这种按摩方式则是源于自己所坚信不移的一个观点，那就是一旦人们克服了最初的疑虑心态，那么他们便会发现与动物的身体接触完全可以令自己的心灵受到抚慰，并进而变得轻松自如。

（国际在线独家资讯 张咏 未经允许请勿转载）