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| Top 10 benefits of sauna |
Sauna is an effective method of detoxifying the body. Its effects on health are immediate, whether we do it for relaxation or treatment of diseases.
What happens in the body during sauna?
When enters in contact with the heat, blood vessels dilate, blood ascend to the surface and pores open. You sweat and eliminate toxins.
Followed by exit to cold air or a cold or warm shower, sauna intensify metabolic exchanges in the body.
Before entering the sauna you must take a warm shower and then go to sauna for a 10 minutes interval, interval that is enough to make the body sweat and eliminate toxins. Sauna's temperature is generally 70-120 degrees celsius, determined according to your body strength. During sauna, a massage can be done with a rough glove or with famous birch rod packages. On leaving the sauna, take a warm shower or go for a few minutes in a cold pool to create that heat stock that will intensify metabolic exchanges. This bath or sower with warm water, followed by a moment of relaxation on a sunbed or a bench, or a massage will let the heart to return to normal rhythm.
Sauna is an effective method of detoxifying the body, hardening, weight loss and treatment of diseases. It is indicated in the treatment of obese individuals rehab sufferers of gout, arthritis, acne, diseases of the respiratory system of athletes for a quicker recovery after workouts and relaxation.
It is contraindicated for people suffering from hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart disease, tuberculosis, various disorders in acute kidney stones or people suffering from claustrophobia.
Depending on why we do sauna, we can add different flavours of concentrated essential oils or teas. Thus, we can drop a few drops of:
-rosemary essential oil or lavender, if we suffer from rheumatism,
-antibacterial and antiviral oils such as eucalyptus or lavender,
-if you have a stuffy nose, you can use eucalyptus, peppermint or rosemary,
-to reduce stress, to relax, we can use in the sauna, a few drops of essential oils of santalwood, rosemary, basil or magnolia that invigorate and unwinds.
Sauna in your home
If you have a reluctance to use public saunas, you can enjoy their effects at home. All you have to do is to boil water into a pot. You put the pot on the bath floor. Take a a chair and put it in front of the pot. Take an old blanket and to cover. Sit under the blanket for 10 to 15 minutes. If you can't stand under the blanket, do a hole in it and stay with your head out and the body under the blanket. Put a towel around your neck. This method is ideal for children. In this way you can stay longer.
Another method is to use a seat with backrest. Sit with your face towards the backrest and place carefully the pot with hot water between you and the backrest. When you cover yourself with the blanket and stay for 10 to 15 minutes.
For a stronger therapeutic effects add into the pot with hot water different herbs:
-mint, for unblocking airways,
-chamomile, for colds, insomnia, spasmophilia, muscle cramps or back pain,
-linden, for relaxation, insomnia or colds,
-hay flower, for osteoarthritis,
-calamus, for growth disorders in children, rickets,
-pine's germs or pine needles for insomnia, neurosis or respiratory diseases,
-sage, for fatigue or rheumatic conditions,
-lemon, for cellulitis, edema or fatigue.
At this homemade sauna can also use essential oils listed above.
In Finland, the home country of the sauna, it was used as a delivery room for pregnant women or as lounge for sick persons, in winter.
