Welcome to Palace Herbal Spa for authentic zen style spa and  massage services in Escondido, San Diego County. Escape into a world of total comfort, relaxation, and rejuvenation in a tranquil Japanese atmosphere. Treat yourself to a luxurious experience...you deserve it! Our full service spa  will make your stress fade away into a distant memory. Our friendly senior therapists will pamper you, renewing your mind, body, and soul.

Whether you like a quick escape for a relaxation, or an ultimate massage rejuvenation, here is the right place for you: come to experience our world famous Japanese herbal foot reflexology spa, the facial reflexology, the "neck & back" chair massage, or the therapeutic table massage. You have found a hidden treasure of great services plus the best values in San Diego County! 

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"When in the company of others, I shall always consider myself as the lowest of all, and from the depth of my heart, hold them dear and supreme."

                                                 ---- Dalai Lama

Business hour:
9:30AM - 9:00PM

7 days a week

PALACE HERBAL SPA

Licensed Alternative Health Care Clinic

1875 CENTRE CITY PKWY, SUITE E, ESCONDIDO, CA 92025

between "Major Market" & "Trader Joe's"

CALL MAY: 858-776-8933

       

                                   Palace Herbal Spa, La Mesa

                           5500 Grossmont Center Dr., La Mesa, CA 91942

                                   Next to Pier One Imports

CHINESE PAINTING BY JONE:

"Empty Zen"

Japanese ink on water color paper.

EMPTY ZEN

Beyond your conception yet within zen

Watching the landscape your heart sees through

Thus emptiness contains both heaven & earth

--Jone Guo 2010

    How to Get a Massage: Avoid the Wrong, Get the Right
                              A "MUST-READ"
Dear Patron, whether you are having a massage at home, or in a spa, please bear the following in mind to avoid issues or problems that may affect your health:

1. Please avoid light Swedish massage in winter. According to Chinese Medicine, the kidney meridian rules your health through coordination with bones in winter, and massage should be deep and firm. A light touch massage can leak your kidney energy and cause sickness for the next spring. 
In springtime, a so called Swedish circulatory massage can often jam your energy when the "therapist" massages towards the heart. Because at this season, the liver rules your body. Liver system likes spreading as a tree, and massage should be going "away from the heart". 

2. Do not have massage right after you have a full meal. If you take pills, please wait for at least 3 hours before receiving Chinese massage. Meridian channels in your body see the pills as toxins and a Chinese massage will flush toxins out from your body.

3. Chinese medicine prohibits hot bath for massage. So do not have any hot shower, sauna, or jacuzzi two hours before or after the massage. A Chinese massage will open up your meridian channels and a hot bath can let the "evil energy" to invade into your channels and cause serious health problems, including kidney yang deficiency. A light warm shower is recommended. Chinese medicine also prohibits two "therapists" massaging one patron at the same time. The so called "four-hands" from two different people can never coordinate well enough, and the flow of life force will be driven to wrong directions, and this will result in extreme discomfort or even sickness. 

Red color is also against the spirit of "zen", which means inner meditation and tranquility. In Chinese Fengshui theory, red color means blood and shall not be used in a zen style spa or massage rooms. It is also against western Christian tradition to use red color in day spas or massage establishements.

5. Please do not place any serious religious figures in the spa. Do not use symbols like dragons or warriors in the spa either. Such figures or symbols exert too much energy and it will interrupt the "chi" of tranquility in the spa room. Dragons are for health & good luck in China, they are often used in restaurants or night clubs, but it should not appear in a massage spa. Also, dragon is fire, and spa is water. They are hostile elements to each other. 

6. Avoid disturbing TV shows or any other disturbing talking or noise. Keep yourself in a "think-of-nothing state. If you do  want to watch something, I recommend those DVDs made for spas. Those natural sound like birds, flowing water, or rain combined with the beauty of gardens or landscape do bring you relaxation.  

7. For foot spas, always use a liner to prevent spread of foot disease. If the spa forgets to use the liner, please remind them at once.

8. When receiving massage, keep your talk at minimum, and when the therapist positions your legs or arms, do not give help.

9. It is not recommended to receive more than 2 hours of massage in a single day. People with serious organ problems or nerve problems should not have massage. Consult your physician.

10. Drink plenty of water after massage to help drain the lactic acid and other toxins from your body.

11. After massage, please avoid long drive, or any other strenuous work.

Thanks for reading. 

MAY & JONE, Chinese Holistic Health Care Specialist.  

CHINESE MEDICINE PROHIBITS HOT BATH FOR MASSAGE

Oriental massage is based on Chinese acupuncture theory. The purpose is to unblock the Meridian Channels in your body, so as the "chi", or life force, can flow freely. It is a very sophisticated process which will usually last one hour to make it really work. During this process, your tissue will be filled with more blood and will become tender, and your nerves become much more active. At the same time, those invisible channels throughout your body will work with your nerves and blood network to fight the "evil energy", which is normally called pain, soreness, joints problems, or any other ailments.

Chinese medicine prohibits "hot bath" for massage. A hot bath, in American sense, can be various things: a hot spa, sauna, Jacuzzi, hot tub soak, hot shower, etc.

It is highly recommended that the client shall not take a “hot bath” at least two hours prior to the massage, or, two hours after the massage. The hot bath will damage your tissues, and give complication to the nerve system. It will be contradictory to the meridian channel management process. Furthermore, it can cause kidney yang deficiency for man( erectile dysfunction and hair loss), and it even can be fatal to some people. 

We recommend you take a light, quick warm shower before or after the massage. If you do need a hot bath, Jacuzzi, wait for at least two hours after the massage. And remember: drink plenty of water after the massage before using your hot bath. This will help your body to return to its normal state, and help it to detoxify as well.

Thanks for sharing with me,

May & Jone, Palace Herbal Spa
Escondido-San Diego-La Mesa
Holistic Health Care Expert

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