Steam bath

Steam bath is a late 20th century early 21st century the most popular kind of nursing around the world have different names in different forms and steam bath method, the common characteristics of the object is to heat water, the formation of water vapor at high temperatures were on skin clean and care methods. Due to the geographical position, the different cultural environment, to form a wide variety of steam bath methods, such as traditional Chinese herbal medicine in ancient China, there fumigation treatment for the disease, the Minorities still steamed soil Tu, Yao Yao steamed, steamed Tibetan Tibetan, modern public bath with sauna steam bath and so on.

The type of steam bath
Dry hot steam bath, Finnish bath, such as the Roman bath, bathroom high temperatures, reaching 80 ℃ ~ 110 ℃, relative humidity low, about 20% to 40%.
Hot and humid steam bath bath temperature 40 ℃ ~ 50 ℃, relative humidity is high, even up to 100%, Russian bath, the Japanese bath is the type.

Steam General
1. Steam bath is a systemic diathermy, can promote blood circulation and metabolism, increasing blood flow, reduce blood fat and cholesterol, restore the body's normal physiological function.
2. Steam bath effect, stimulating blood leukocytosis made to enhance human immunity.
3. In vitro temperature changes, gains in the expansion and contraction of blood vessels, can prevent atherosclerosis.
4. Steam fumigation process, the body of excess water and harmful substances are unnecessary drain excess fat is broken down and consumed. Epidermal cells of the newborn is also beneficial to remove loose skin, played the role of diet fit.
5. With a different drug, therapy or adjuvant therapy for different diseases.
Bath Body Method
Implementation of methods and procedures and general bath is different from its unique style. Divided into the following steps:
(A) Preparation
Who entered the strip for bath shower with warm water, soap, body wash and dry or hot air dryer.
(B) of the bathing
Into the steam room, according to personal physical and tolerance, in the bathroom walls of different heights Mucha board supine or seated, constantly changing position can be heated at a uniform, but also after the soft tapping of sticks burning the body to produce mechanical stimulation and the surrounding air flow. Lasted 7 to 15 minutes.
(C) cooling
Until after the body heat, out of the steam room, into the cool room, with 14 ℃ ~ 20 ℃ cold water shower or soak 2 to 3 minutes, can also be used in the outdoor cold air cooling, or swimming in rivers and lakes.
(D) repeatedly
After a certain period of time after the cooling bath, feeling the cold when there is not yet dry off, rest for 10 minutes, then into the steam room, stay for some time, and left the steam room temperature. Is repeated up, cool down 2 to 5 times.