So much has already been said about the influence of the bath on the human body that it would seem that nothing new can be said. But still, this topic cannot be avoided. Hot steam is a gift of nature, which people have been using since time immemorial to treat numerous diseases, improve well-being, and increase mental and physical performance.

In the bathhouse you not only wash off the dirt and throw off overweight, but you also throw off the burden of everyday worries from your shoulders and improve your health. in the bathhouse, you sleep soundly, and in the morning inspiration comes - and all problems are solved easily and naturally. There is a simple and scientific explanation: steam has an effect on the human brain, increasing blood circulation and oxygen supply, thereby activating the mental process.

Below is a list of articles about the benefits of baths. To go to a selection of these articles, click on.

• The effect of the bath on the cardiovascular system
• Bath and the health of the human nervous system
• What are the benefits of baths and saunas for the respiratory system?
• The benefits of baths for human skin
• The benefits of saunas and steam baths for human muscles
• The benefits of a bath for the musculoskeletal system
• About the benefits of a bath. Metabolism
• Digestive system and bath treatment
• The benefits of baths for the urinary system
• Is it possible for pregnant women to go to the bathhouse?
• Bath for colds. Benefit or harm
• Children in the bathhouse. Yes or no

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Let's toughen up...

A bathhouse without water procedures is not a bathhouse. I took a steam bath and took a shower. Warm, cool, cold, icy. Changes in temperature, gymnastics of blood vessels, excellent hardening. Life without flu. This is the principle of hardening, based on alternating different temperatures. But again, not for a second should we forget about the commandment: “Do no harm!” It would be absurd for an unseasoned beginner to run out of the steam room and throw himself into the snow or into a pool with cold water. If you need to get used to the heat of a bath gradually, then even more so to cold procedures. Special caution is needed here. If your heart is not very trained, then it is better to avoid sudden cooling after a bath. Preferably first warm shower, and then somewhat cooler.
But gradually - you will feel it yourself - cold water will become more and more pleasant to you. You will love this great game of hot and cold. You have to learn to determine their reasonable combination yourself. Don't get too cold, avoid chills. An unshakable bath rule: the cold procedure should be short. And you should not rush into a pool with cold water immediately after entering the steam room for the first time, without warming up enough. But when you’ve been on the shelf once, twice, three times, then it’s not a sin to take a dip in cold water. Then you won’t even feel the chill. You can relax in the water, but do not make sudden movements. The load that the bathhouse provides is enough.
If the water in the pool is cold (below 15 degrees), then you should not swim, but just take a plunge. I took a dip, felt the freshness - and went back to the hot shelf. But not for long, literally for 1-2 minutes. And then - to the dressing room, where you need to relax, wrapped in a terry sheet.
The time will come - you will be properly tempered, you will become a seasoned steamer, and you will be drawn to higher sauna loads and more intense sensations. Why not roll around in the snow after a hot bath? But this requires good training, which comes with reasonable patience and gradual training.

Under the influence of massage, muscle tone and elasticity increases, their contractile function improves, and performance increases, including that of tired muscles. Massage improves blood circulation and trophic processes in the skin, stimulates the functions of the skin glands, helps increase the elasticity and firmness of the skin, and has a versatile effect on nervous system. It actively affects many organs and systems.
The physiological (and, of course, hygienic) effect of the bath will not be complete if you do not wash yourself properly with a washcloth and soap. And here, too, there are rules. But before washing (or rather, before the last entry into the steam room), it would be good to have a massage.
Massage with a broom enhances superficial blood circulation and metabolism, and essential oils, getting from the broom onto the skin, prevents its premature aging. A fresh broom can be used immediately, only after rinsing it first. A dry broom should be immersed in cold water for 10 - 20 minutes, and then in hot water for 1 - 3 minutes. You cannot scald a broom in boiling water, otherwise the leaves will quickly fall off. A massage with a broom is done during one of the last visits to the steam room. The one being floated lies on his stomach. The steamer takes two brooms with mitten hands (rough tarpaulin ones are quite suitable). First, hot air is pumped into the body, smoothly, like fans, fanning it from the sides from the legs to the head and back. And so 2 - 3 times until the body begins to sweat. Then lightly whip with brooms, first on the back and lower back in all directions, then on the hips, legs, and feet. Next, make a compress: one broom is lifted up to capture hot air, and lowered onto the lower back (or to the place where the muscles hurt), and pressed on top with another colder broom and held for 2-4 seconds. Then these movements are repeated in a different sequence. At the end, they do the rubbing: with one hand they hold the broom by the handle, and with the other hand they press the foliage to the body, rubbing it like a washcloth. After this, the partner turns over on his back and all techniques are repeated in the same sequence. But the load should be less, the heart area is not affected.
The effect of the bath will be even more beneficial if you use special massage techniques. A real bathhouse, especially for athletes, is inconceivable without a massage. By the way, massage is just as ancient traditional healing, like the bathhouse. Hippocrates also wrote that massage can replace the rarest medicines. The luminaries of Russian medicine, therapists, considered massage an essential addition to this healing procedure.
The so-called reflexogenic zones (projections of the stomach, intestines, liver on the surface of the skin) are very extensive. Through them you can influence one or another organ. So, for example, in case of mental fatigue, they massage (most often stroke) the neck, shoulders, collarbone, top part back and chest. All these areas are connected to the spinal cord, brain, and central nervous system.
If you've been overworked and your muscles are sore, there's nothing better than massaging them. Researchers have found that if you massage a tired muscle for 3-4 minutes, its energy will immediately increase by 2-3 times. Athletes who regularly massage significantly protect themselves from injury. A kind of prevention! If, God forbid, you are injured, then a bath and massage will help you recover faster.
It is necessary to massage along the lymphatic pathways, slowly moving towards their nodes. Moreover, the lymph nodes themselves should not be affected. A certain sequence must also be observed. For example, a hand massage goes from the hand to the elbow to the armpits. But stop here! It is in armpit lymph nodes. Massaging your legs, move from foot to knee joint. And again a pause. Beware, popliteal lymph node! Move further to the groin. And again carefully - the inguinal lymph node. The chest is massaged from its middle to the sides. Neck - from hair to collarbones.
The massage lasts 15-20 minutes. There are a great many massage techniques, but this does not mean that you should use as many of them as possible in the bathhouse. On the contrary, since the bath procedure is already characterized by a significant load, the number of massage techniques should be limited.

Sports and sauna

The bathhouse is a great help for athletes. But it can also serve well those who are far from sports. As a kind of training for the whole body. Especially for those who, due to the nature of their work, lead a sedentary lifestyle. Athletes are primarily grateful to the bathhouse for the fact that it helps restore strength. During intense training and tournaments, muscles are burdened with under-oxidized waste products of our tissues. Muscles become like cobblestones. Of course, such overworked muscles lose elasticity. The athlete is not able to perform multiple movements with impeccable accuracy. Such a strong irritant as the heat of a bath has a profound effect on the muscles. Stimulates them, because it improves blood supply and metabolic processes. The energy potential of the muscles increases. And at the same time, they are cleansed from the final products of metabolism.
With great muscle effort, lactic acid accumulates. This is the main factor of fatigue. After heavy exercise, the athletes' lactic acid levels averaged about 44 milligrams. At the end of the bath procedure, this amount decreased by more than two times, and an hour later - by almost three. The data from biochemical studies completely coincided with those positive changes in indicators such as speed, strength, endurance and accuracy of muscle movements.
The bath procedure increases muscle reactivity, stretching ability, and restores freshness. The athlete gets the opportunity to fully relax after intense competitions and training and regain strength faster. In addition, this effective remedy recovery allows you to train more intensively and not be afraid of high loads, without which sports are unthinkable today.
Research by scientists has shown that after 10 minutes in a bath with moderate humidity, athletes experienced an increase in:
- muscle strength on average - by 2.7%;
- endurance to dynamic work - by 14.4%;
- reaction speed - by 7-8%;
- accuracy of movements - by 25.8%.
The performance of the motor system of the right hand decreases in athletes after training sessions by an average of 34.6%. Thanks to a 10-minute bath session, this loss is quickly restored. Moreover, there is even a slight increase (on average by 11%) in this indicator. That is why the bath procedure has a beneficial effect on the performances of weightlifters, shot putters, and long jumpers.
Physiologists working in the field of sports have come to the conclusion that the bathhouse is an excellent way to achieve optimal athletic shape. Thanks to the regulating effect of the bath procedure, you can increase your training load without much stress. You can often hear the following words from coaches: “If an athlete has overdone it a little in training, then the bathhouse, as an excellent restorer and regulator, will help you get back to normal.”
The bath procedure has a beneficial effect on the functional properties of the visual analyzer, i.e. increases visual acuity. Thus, a 10-minute stay in a bathhouse causes an increase in light sensitivity by almost one third. In addition, it helps to concentrate and relieves unnecessary muscle tension when shooting. Every shooter knows how muscle tremors interfere with the exercise. The bath helps to get rid of this shortcoming.
Increasing the functions of the visual analyzer, as well as the ability to concentrate, is, of course, important not only for shooters, but also for boxers, who have a heavy load on this function during the fight. It is no coincidence that ring masters admit that during a tense fight they lose the accuracy of their blows due to general fatigue and eye strain. That is why the bathhouse is useful for boxers not only for maintaining the desired weight (often this is the only thing in the foreground), but also for training various physiological qualities, including the visual analyzer. The bath procedure improves the ability to navigate, and this is very important for a boxer waging intense combat in limited space square of the ring.

Psychological impact

We all know that even one appearance water soothes. Various water procedures are an excellent sedative. The serene atmosphere of the bathhouse, its gentle heat and, again, the water give a feeling of peace of mind. And how important this is in our age of emotional overload!
The bath relieves fatigue, which gradually accumulates towards the end of the work week. Together with sweat, lactic acid is removed, which accumulates in the muscles and aggravates the feeling of fatigue. Fatigue is usually accompanied by metabolic disorders. The heat of the bath, warming up the skin, muscles, various tissues and organs, causes pleasant relaxation and looseness. And such a serene, unburdened, light state favors the flow of metabolic processes.
After the bath you feel extraordinary lightness, calmness and optimism. Hence the wonderful dream. In addition, after a bath you will have a good appetite. The action of the bath reduces the acidity of gastric juice and at the same time enhances digestion. Hence a healthy appetite.

The effect of the bath on blood vessels

The bath stimulates the activity of the heart, blood abundantly irrigates not only the skin, not only the subcutaneous tissue, but also the muscles, joints, spinal cord and brain, lungs, nerves - in a word, all organs and systems without exception. Simply and effectively helps get rid of blood stagnation.
With age, the amount of blood circulating in the muscles decreases by almost half. Blood supply to the muscles is especially reduced in those who are engaged in sedentary work and are not friends with sports. Health, the body’s resistance to infections, and general condition largely depend on this important indicator like blood exchange.
What is especially valuable is that in the bathhouse the deposited (reserve) blood comes into motion. A person has 5-6 liters of blood, with 1 liter in reserve. This reserve blood, rich in essential nutrients, gives our cells a fresh boost.
Reasonable use of bath heat, which in its effect can be equated to physical exercise, trains the heart and the entire circulatory system. After a bath you can breathe better. And not only because the pores are thoroughly cleaned, but also due to increased blood circulation, which, in turn, stimulates skin respiration. You feel light and free.

The sauna is a wonderful breathing exercise. Hot humidified air is a kind of irritant. It affects both the larynx and the mucous membranes of the nose. Since our organs require new portions of oxygen, breathing becomes faster and deeper, and this, in turn, improves air exchange in the pulmonary alveoli. Ventilation of the lungs increases (more than 2.5 times) compared to the indicators before the bath. After the bath procedure, oxygen consumption increases (on average by 1/3). And, again, all this is connected with the activation of the circulatory system. After all, blood is an indispensable “transporter” of oxygen. The number of leukocytes, red blood cells and hemoglobin increases under the influence of the bath procedure.

A real Russian bathhouse is inconceivable without cold water. A wide range of physiological effects of the bath are built on a reasonable combination of powerful irritants - heat and cold. Anyone who is strong and seasoned and has gradually accustomed himself to such a change of stimuli achieves a great effect. In the cold blood vessels narrow, blood rushes to the internal organs, to the heart. Although the water is cold (icy), a surge of warmth is felt. A new flow of blood rushes from the heart to the periphery. The blood vessels dilate again, and the heart rate increases. From cold water - again into a hot bath. Blood vessel gymnastics! (But for completely healthy and trained people). Dive into the water! The body is almost in a state of weightlessness, relaxed. And again a great circulatory workout. Such contrast procedures normalize the heart and breathing rates. In terms of its physiological impact, this is what an athlete achieves thanks to rationally structured training.

Increased blood circulation leads to an increase in body temperature, and as a result, oxidative processes (metabolism) become more active. The bath procedure is a stimulator of protein metabolism. From the effects of the bath, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, microelements are better absorbed - in a word, everything that is necessary for life. Increased metabolism with the help of carbohydrates and proteins “burns” “refractory” cholesterol - the source of atherosclerosis, i.e. old age. The Russian proverb is wise: “The day you sweat, the day you don’t grow old.”

Improving blood supply in the bath also stimulates the glands internal secretion. And these endocrine glands: pituitary gland, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas, closely related to each other, regulate the activity human organs and systems.

The effect of the bath on the skin

Our skin is a kind of natural shirt. It comes into contact with the environment, protects our blood vessels, nerves, glands, internal organs from cold and overheating, from damage and dangerous microbes. The skin contains lysozyme, which is harmful to many bacteria.
The skin breathes, “helps” the lungs and kidneys. With its help, we get rid of toxins and excess water. The sebaceous glands have an outlet in the form of pores, lubricating our body with a thin layer of the most valuable natural emulsion. This softens, protects from drying, gives elasticity, firmness, and shine. But if excess sebum accumulates in the pores, acne often appears, which is not easy to get rid of. The skin is most actively involved in the formation of immunity.
When scientists managed to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, they became convinced that 2 thousand years before our chronology, ancient healers knew about 250 diseases that were recognized by the color and condition of the skin. There is an old saying: “Skin diseases are cured in the guts.”
But the skin then fully functions when it is clean and healthy. Infection through the skin is possible only when it is contaminated. The vigorous and at the same time gentle heat, for which a perfectly prepared Russian bath is famous, like no other hygienic means, opens and thoroughly cleanses all the pores of the body and removes dirt. Extremely gently removes outdated, dead cells from the top layer of skin - after all, in just one day, on average, a twentieth of a person’s cells die and are restored skin. Dead cells, the so-called stratum corneum, are replaced by new, growing ones. As a result, metabolism will increase - an indispensable condition for life. After all, the first sign of tissue aging is sluggish metabolism. This is how the bath helps our self-renewal.

The most interesting thing is that the hot bath is sterile. With the most scrupulous analysis (and many scientists have been engaged in such research) in hot bath no pathogenic bacteria were detected, even after a stream of visitors. In this heat, microbes on the human body also die.
The effect of the bath increases blood flow, trains blood vessels and the entire circulatory system. Especially if the bathhouse is combined with various water treatments- hot, warm, cold. The skin not only becomes more attractive in appearance, its physiological properties also improve. In addition, the tactile ability of the skin increases.

Heated skin has the opportunity to give off more heat to the surrounding hot environment in the form of infrared rays and in the form of sweat. Sweat, which saves you from the heat, evaporates and takes away excess heat with it. Let us remember that the patient’s well-being noticeably worsens if he has decreased sweating. Therefore, in order to sweat properly and get rid of illness, they resort to raspberries or honey. The advantage of the bathhouse is that it “trains” our sweat glands. When you steam, sweat carries away not only excess heat, but also toxic final products exchange. The bath procedure, vigorously removing toxins, facilitates the functioning of the kidneys and improves water-salt metabolism.
Body temperature in a dry heat bath with little humidity (sauna) increases on average by 0.5-4 degrees. In the first minutes, the skin mainly heats up. Body temperature jumps to 38-40 degrees. But this increase in temperature is short-term and unstable. Roughly the same thing happens to an athlete when he trains or competes. The temperature from physical effort rises by one and a half to two degrees. Once the runner or boxer rests a little, the classic 36.6 comes back.

The increase in body temperature on the bath shelf has its own patterns. Initially, in the first 2-4 minutes, when the skin heats up, the temperature of the internal organs increases slightly. But gradually the increase in skin temperature in the next 5-10 minutes seems to slow down, but the temperature of the internal organs increases. Although the heat in the bathhouse does not subside, it is increasingly easier to bear.

It is in these moments that you experience the most pleasant sensations. And all because blood circulation has improved and metabolic processes have intensified.
When you move from the steam room to a cool room, your body temperature begins to drop, but not immediately. After about 3-5 minutes the temperature rises further. And then there is a gradual decline.
I would like to conclude that the bathhouse is more than just a place to cleanse the body. This is also a place of purification of the soul, a shrine, a symbol of the Russian people, which must be honored and respected.
I hope that those who are still little familiar with the Russian bath will fall in love with it. Despite the fact that there is an excellent bath at home, for the sake of good health and great pleasure, they will rise to the bath shelf and join the ranks of bath heat lovers.
HAPPY STEAM!

The physiological effect of Russian on the body is multifaceted, consisting of various complex processes that occur in the body under the influence of physical factors (heat, water, etc.). In a Russian bath, a person’s state (functional) of organs and systems, intracellular metabolism changes. Complex impact on human body There are a wide range of different stimuli during the bath procedure.

What is the effect of a Russian bath on the human body?

The bath procedure has a variety of effects on the skin. It improves trophic processes, perfectly cleanses the skin of epidermal cells, improves the secretory function of the sebaceous and sweat glands. Under the influence of heat and water, the contractile function of the skin muscles improves, the firmness and elasticity of the skin increases. The Russian bath is especially useful for weight loss after pregnancy, when it is so necessary to increase the muscle tone of the skin. Under the influence of hot steam, “whipping” with a broom, blood vessels expand, not only superficial, but also deeper ones that nourish the muscles, and this has a beneficial effect on the entire body.

The influence of the Russian bath on the respiratory system is significant. First of all, the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract are exposed to more intense irritation from the bath environment, followed by the lungs. This helps to increase blood flow and increase gas exchange in the body, which has a therapeutic effect.

When exposed to hot steam and a “broom”, the number of smallest open vessels and their lumen width increase sharply, as a result of which the movement of blood through the veins and arteries is facilitated, congestion in the small and large circles of blood circulation is eliminated, and this facilitates the activity of the heart. Also, at the same time, the absorption of oxygen by tissues increases, and metabolic processes in cells are accelerated.

During a visit to the steam room, blood circulation volume (minute) increases by approximately 150%. For a person in a steam room in a passive position, the maximum pulse rate is about 125 beats per minute, when whipped with a broom - up to 160 beats per minute. But the load on the cardiovascular system especially increases when a steam room is combined with cold procedures (pouring with cold water, wiping with snow, etc.). People suffering from heart disease need to know about this. Before visiting a Russian bathhouse, it is recommended to consult a doctor.

Studying the effect of a Russian bath on increasing the performance of tired muscles, scientists concluded that the steam room is considered an irritant. It is this that helps to increase, and to the maximum extent, tired muscles. The effect is enhanced during massage or self-massage. It can also be argued that functional activity the neuromuscular system increases after a Russian bath.

The effect of this bath on the body is very diverse. During rehabilitation after injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the Russian bath is considered an indispensable component of complex treatment. Russian bath procedures stimulate regenerative processes in the body, including bone tissue, also prevent the development of contractures. Such a bath has a positive effect on gas exchange, protein and mineral exchanges, increasing the excretion of urine and mineral salts from the body. Under the influence of bath procedures, protein metabolic products are formed in the skin - acetylcholine, histamine (biologically active substances). All this has a good effect on the functions of internal organs. They are more quickly freed from toxins, which has a positive effect on the functioning of the body as a whole. The most pronounced manifestation of the effect of a Russian bath is increased sweating. The more air there is in the steamy land, the more sweat evaporates. This facilitates the functioning of the kidneys.

One of the undying traditions of the Russian people is soaring. Currently, this process is becoming increasingly popular again, and homeowners are building their own bathhouses en masse. In this article we will look at how this can be beneficial or harmful to health.

Indications

Many serious diseases can be contained or even cured by taking bath procedures. Indications for visiting a steam room can be very different. health problems:

1. : hypertension (stages 1 and 2), hypotension, ischemic disease.
2. : pharyngitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, rhinitis, bronchial asthma.
3. : polyarthritis, various types rheumatism (not during an exacerbation), circulatory disorders, lumbar and sacral radiculitis, gout.
4. Pathologies of internal organs: disruption of the biliary system, glomerulonephritis (kidney disease) during remission, cholecystitis without the presence of stones.
5. Gynecology: infertility and absence of menstruation, mild stages of menopause, diseases of the genital organs without exacerbation.

Contraindications and harm

Contraindications for visiting the steam room may differ completely slightly from the indications - it all depends on stages of the disease:

1. Heart problems: hypertension (stage 3), previous stroke or heart attack, thrombophlebitis, atherosclerosis of the leg vessels.
2. Diseases respiratory organs : acute respiratory, bronchitis, lung diseases.
3. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system: the acute stage of injuries and the first time of recovery after them, as well as the fight against decreased mineralization of bone matter.
4. Pathologies of internal organs: renal or liver failure, chronic hepatitis, inflammation of the rectum, hypoalbuminemia.
5. Gynecology: menstruation, complex menopause, recovery after genital surgery.

It is worth understanding that any painful condition is a contraindication for serious stress on the body, which includes visiting a bathhouse. Ideally, you should start vaping only during the period normal condition health, when no diseases are in acute form or do not manifest themselves at all.

Health benefits of baths

Air humidity is the most important factor in the bathing process and the higher this indicator, the more beneficial the procedure is for the body. Numerous studies have proven that a dry steam room is much more conducive to general overheating of the body and leads to pathologies directly during steaming, up to heat stroke.

The general benefits of any type of bath are as follows:

• cleaning the skin;
• cardiovascular training;
• influence on mental state;
• development of the respiratory system;
• support of the musculoskeletal system.

Did you know? The vertical position of the body in the steam room is contraindicated, since warm air, in accordance with the laws of physics, rises upward, and the body is heated unevenly. But in a horizontal position, all parts of the body warm up at the same temperature.

Leather

Taking bath procedures helps skin rejuvenation, especially women's. Moist heat helps dilate blood vessels, creates increased sweating and speeds up metabolism. As a result of such changes, the body performs self-cleansing through the skin. In addition to the internal structure, human shell it is also cleansed externally, becoming elastic.
Using a broom, patting it on the steaming body, helps in exfoliating and removing the dead layer of the dermis, and the new living layer is exposed to active action. This allows you to normalize blood circulation in the skin and ensure its normal breathing.

Important! As experienced bathhouse attendants note, such a rejuvenating effect on the skin as with bath procedures cannot be achieved with any cosmetic products, including scrubs.

Cardiovascular system

By regularly visiting the sauna with moderate exposure, the cardiovascular system receives a workout that helps strengthen its strength. When warm, blood vessels dilate, speeding up the blood flow and increasing the heart rate. Such training helps to avoid stagnation of blood in the vessels and the onset of pre-infarction and infarction conditions.

The pressure decreases with the normalization of blood flow in the vessels, and one hour in the bath is quite enough to improve its condition. If the pressure still does not decrease, then the person’s cardiovascular system has serious damage. In this case, you must consult a doctor and medicinal methods therapy.

Nervous system

It is worth distinguishing psychological relaxation when visiting a bathhouse from obvious lethargy, which can be caused by disturbances in the corresponding brain centers due to microclimatic changes environment. After a slight stupor, some bathhouse visitors may develop further decreases in activity - the person may simply disconnect from reality.

Such a reaction to rest is not necessarily a pathology, but, on the contrary, contributes to rehabilitation on a moral level. Tension is relieved, relaxation occurs, relaxation becomes not a goal, but an event. And in general, bathing processes, first of all, are perceived as relaxation. And for people who are attached to therapeutic processes, these procedures are additional influencing agents for excessive mental excitability, internal worries and various neurotic syndromes.

Airways

It has long been believed that air procedures() are useful for respiratory diseases. In most cases, these manipulations really help and improve your health. But the acute stages of any pathology in the respiratory system are a clear contraindication from taking bath procedures.

If you have the following symptoms, going to the bathhouse is inappropriate:

• any inflammatory processes in the nasopharynx;
• spicy infectious diseases respiratory tract;
• oncological pathologies of the respiratory system;
• active stage of tuberculosis.

Did you know? In addition to the Russian “white” and “black” baths, there was also an economical option for steaming “we’ll fit in.” After cooking the food, the combustion products were raked out of the oven, it cooled down, was lined with dry straw, and the steamer climbed into it. The inner surface of the oven was poured with water- this is how steam was created.

Musculoskeletal system

Bath procedures have good influence on all components of the human musculoskeletal system and help in the prevention of bone tissue pathologies. The main condition for the benefits of a bath is heat transfer. How well it is transmitted to the ligaments, joints, bone tissue and muscles of a person depends on the position of the body.
The expression “steam the bones” arose for a reason and is an indicator beneficial effects steam bath for bone tissue. As a result, bones, joints and ligaments also receive their benefits - from them, through hot air, many waste products of the body are removed.

For joints, a bath is one of the main methods of treatment and recovery. With steaming, massage, or tapping with a broom, the joints are able to regain their mobility. At the same time, pain disappears, trauma is reduced and the risk of irreversible changes is reduced.

Rules of soaring

Visiting a bathhouse is more of a ritual than a simple ablution procedure - you can wash yourself at home under the shower or by throwing a trough of water over yourself.

Steaming in a Russian bath requires compliance with certain rules that regulate the process.
The main postulates when visiting a bathhouse are:

1. Vaping should be carried out in calm atmosphere, without regard for time - a pleasant procedure is such that there is no need to rush when carrying it out.
2. Hungry, just eaten and drunk people have no place in the bathhouse - it’s worth visiting the steam room 1-2 hours after eating and any drinks.
3. After mental stress, a bath is highly recommended, but after physical labor you should rest for about an hour.
4. It is necessary to take into account psychological moments: communication with colleagues in the bathhouse should be measured, unhurried, pleasant, and the arrangement of bath accessories should be satisfactory and not irritating.
5. Place dried on the bath shelf after a light shower. When showering, do not use soap or any cosmetics.
6. If the shelf gets too hot, place a sheet or towel on it.
7. You need to warm up the room gradually, and it is not recommended to lie down on the top shelf right away. First you can sit downstairs- the body will get used to the heat, after which you can climb onto the top shelf.
8. After the body has sweated enough, the steamer leaves the bathhouse and spends a few minutes in the dressing room, where he cools down. Then he goes into the steam room again.
9. The second visit to the steam room can be accompanied by light whippings broom- it improves blood circulation.
10. The usual option for soaring is the presence of two people, one of whom lies on a shelf, while the second one “cares” his back and legs with a broom.
11. Cooling after a steam room in the snow or an ice hole, during

Bathhouse... Just the mention of her makes my soul more cheerful. And we often go to the bathhouse not to wash ourselves, but to get pleasure, irreplaceable, joyful, to relax both soul and body.

A bathhouse is not only a hygienic, but also a therapeutic remedy. The bath procedure affects the human body many times over. Heat, cold, water, steam, sudden changes in temperature, massage, even the simplest one - all these factors, when combined, create a whole complex of stimuli to which the body responds with appropriate reactions.

Thus, a kind of training of the body and hardening occurs.

What is the impact of these procedures on our organs?

Leather.

The first to bear the influence of all these factors is, of course, the skin – the protector of our body. She knows how to breathe and this helps the lungs, removes toxins from the body and this facilitates the functioning of the kidneys. With its help, the body perceives a huge number of irritants coming from the outside. There are several types of skin sensitivity - it responds differently to heat, cold, touch, pressure, etc. In the bath, the skin experiences a variety of influences: heat, temperature changes, wetting with water, whipping with a broom, rubbing with a washcloth.

It turns red, fills with blood, transmits impulses to the nerve center, regulates body temperature, releasing sweat through the pores, and conducts it into the body. useful substances and removes harmful ones. And having worked for the glory of our body, it itself acquires elasticity, firmness, and a healthy color. Under the influence of heat in the steam room, it is freed from exfoliated cells and becomes smooth.

The bath procedure is especially useful for skin care after sudden weight loss and after pregnancy. Under the influence of hot air, whipping with a broom, the pores in the skin expand, then under the influence of cold water they sharply narrow - this happens effective gymnastics skin and blood vessels. And the sluggish, tired defender of our body straightens out, acquiring tone, becoming younger.

Cardiovascular system.

When we find ourselves in the steam room, the skin is the first to take on strong irritation - the heat of the bath. It sends signals to the nerve center, which controls the redistribution of blood in the body. In this way, the blood flow is regulated and it flows to the muscles and skin: the capillaries expand, blood rushes from the center to the periphery. This facilitates the work of the left atrium and left ventricle and the movement of blood through the arteries. Congestion in the systemic and pulmonary circulation is eliminated. Metabolic processes in cells are accelerated.

So, under the influence of the heat of the bath, a significant activation of blood circulation processes occurs. The heart beats faster and blood flow accelerates. Blood pressure also changes. For patients with blood pressure disorders, the steam room, as a rule, has a regulating effect. In people with low blood pressure, it increases markedly. Contrast procedures are especially useful in such cases. People suffering from hypertension in the early stages tolerate the bath well.

The body copes with overheating in a steam room in much the same way as with stress when performing physical work or exercise. In all cases, the same mechanism is triggered: the capillaries expand, and blood rushes from the center to the periphery - to the muscles, to the skin. When visiting a steam room, the minute volume of the heart increases by approximately 150%, the pulse averages 125 beats per minute. With physical activity, these figures can be significantly higher. When leaving the steam room, these indicators quickly decrease.

Studies have shown that the bath procedure has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system of healthy people.
If you have health problems, you should take bath procedures with some caution or with reduced stress. It is better to consult a doctor about this.

The bath is contraindicated for epilepsy, pulmonary tuberculosis, neoplasms, heart failure, severe hypertension and angina pectoris. It is prohibited to use the bathhouse in the acute stage of illness or during exacerbation of chronic diseases. The bath is not recommended for pregnant women and children under 3 years of age.

Nervous system.

Bliss, peace, comfort, lightness throughout the body - this is how lovers of steam baths usually describe their feelings after a bath. This is because the rush of blood to the skin and muscles leads to decreased blood flow to the brain. Emotional activity decreases, sometimes even mental retardation is observed. But these changes should not be considered negative, because the weakening of mental stress is accompanied by muscle relaxation, and the body gets the opportunity to recover.

The bath procedure improves the functional ability of the central nervous system and enhances its regulation. It is a pleasant feeling of warming tissues, easing their tension, reducing pain in muscles and joints.

Bath – an indispensable tool to remove nervous tension. The bathing action itself, with different and strong irritants, distracts from unpleasant experiences. Gives you the opportunity to disconnect from obsessive thoughts and minor worries. And the physiological effect of the bathhouse on the nervous system, positive emotions, make it possible after visiting it to more easily relate to various troubles if they were overly dramatized by a tired brain.
But sometimes a steamer, especially a beginner, may experience a feeling of anxiety, even fear, and irritability. And after the bath procedure - general weakness, loss of appetite, loss of sleep. To avoid such unpleasant sensations, you should listen carefully to your own body, without trying to force an unusual regime on it. Graduality, preparedness to accept bath loads, and knowledge of the bath procedure technique are very important here.
And of course, it is unacceptable that you should under no circumstances overeat either before or after the bath.

Respiratory organs.

Respiration is a set of physiological processes constantly occurring in the body, as a result of which it absorbs oxygen from the environment and releases carbon dioxide and water. Breathing ensures gas exchange, which is a necessary part of metabolism - the basic property of all living things. The effect of the bath on the functions of the respiratory organs is significant and positive. From the very moment you enter the bathhouse, the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract are exposed to the most intense irritation by heat. When inhaling hot air, temperature irritation occurs, which primarily affects the mucous membranes in the upper part and above the alveoli, especially the highest lying ones respiratory tract. There is an increase in moisture exchange. At this time, the lungs work as a kind of air conditioner, cooling the exhaled hot air due to the evaporation of moisture from the surface of the alveoli. This is one of the ways of heat transfer.

Muscles.

Hot air, water and especially whipping with a broom are active irritants that help restore tired muscles to maximum performance. The effect of the bath is especially enhanced if you add a massage to this list of effects on the muscles, which is carried out after visiting the bath.
However, here too, measure and the ability to adapt to the bath procedure are required. If you spend an excessively long time in the steam room, the effect is the opposite. There is a decrease in muscle strength, the appearance of fatigue, reduced muscle relaxation, thereby relieving pain and symptoms of fatigue. Increases elasticity and flexibility. That is why athletes, ballet and circus performers always include a steam bath in their preparation regimen.

Metabolism.

The bath actively affects gas exchange, mineral and protein metabolism, and lactic acid. All this has a positive effect on the function of internal organs and the functioning of the body. As you know, during physical activity, lactic acid is formed in the muscles, which creates a feeling of fatigue. It has been established that the bath accelerates the removal of lactic acid from the body. Therefore, a short bath procedure contributes to a more economical performance of the next load.
Under the influence of the heat of the bath, valuable products of protein metabolism are formed in the skin, which are distributed throughout the body.
In the bath, the minute volume of respiration and oxygen consumption by tissues increases.
The body's protective and adaptive mechanisms are mobilized, leading to normalization of functions. All this allows the bath to be used as a powerful restorative, preventive, hardening, and healing agent.
Those who enjoy steaming judge the metabolism in the steam room primarily by sweating and weight loss. Sweating is a physiological process. The evaporation of water from the surface of the skin plays an important role in relieving the body of overheating. The higher the air temperature, the drier, the more excess heat the body gives off to maintain a constant body temperature, the more sweat is produced. It is with sweat that decay products are removed from the body.

Ligamentous-articular apparatus.

Under the influence of hot air and whipping with a broom, both the elasticity and mobility of the ligamentous apparatus increases. Swelling, stiffness, pain after physical overexertion are easily eliminated in the bath. Effective method in the treatment of deforming arthritis is a combination of bath heat with massage and whipping with a broom. Heat and whipping with a broom promote the resorption of edema and pathological deposits in the joints.
The redistribution of blood and lymph in the body, caused by heat, tapping with a broom, or a contrast shower, promotes the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the joints, which enhances the recovery processes in them.

As you can see, the beneficial effects of the bath on health are obvious!

If you have not yet used this procedure to improve your body’s health, feel free to start.

You won't regret it!

You will receive incomparable pleasure and improve your health.

Be healthy!

Happiness, health, success!