From time immemorial, Bath (and sauna) helps to fight with various ailments. With a cold, a cold bath was considered an indispensable tool, "naeshsya onions, grate horseradish, go v'banyu" - recommended by our ancestors.

Indispensable bath and chronic bronchitis, catarrh of the nose and throat. It is no coincidence at all Benefits thermotherapy Russian bath is a classic method of thermotherapy.

Assign bath and serious diseases such as hypertension, hypotension, in the disorder of the cardiovascular system, in various circulatory disorders - from mild cramps vessels to various anomalies in the peripheral blood supply. Chronic rheumatic disease, radiculitis, skin diseases, problems with fat and protein metabolism, polyarthritis, diabetes mild - in all these cases, the bath is effective.

There is an interesting observation: if a hypertensive patient after bath pressure is not normal, it means that the irreversible changes (blood vessels become "hard") took place in the blood vessels. In this case requires a serious long-term therapy.

In the treatment of hypertension in the initial stage of the bath is useful to apply diaphoretic tea kvass or sweatshops. You can use rubbing diaphoretic tea of ​​rosemary:

the roots of wild rosemary - 1 tablespoon,

water - 250 g

The roots of wild rosemary insist on boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Then it was triturated body. Tea Ledum causes severe sweating, and pressure drops. You can "help" the process of sweating in the bath, drinking a tea made from millet. However, it is desirable to know the reason why increases the pressure - due to kidney disease, bowel, blood vessels themselves ... It is necessary to eliminate the causes of the disease, and only then return to normal state of the organism.

Often at the initial stages of hypertension appointed bath of dry heat. Widely used water treatments, massages. Better to room inside was covered with pine boards. Well, if along with the dry hot air in the sauna room is served and oxygen. Due to the expansion of vessels in the skin and muscles, the mucosa of the respiratory tract in the majority of hypertensive blood pressure is lowered. Usually they tolerate this procedure except those with acute inflammation of the heart and cardiac insufficiency launched.

The surest criterion here - the well-being after a steam room. If it is good, the process can continue. If the patient feels bad, it should be gradually accustomed to the procedure. For starters, you can do thermal treatments on parts of the body: hands, yogis, torso. Then try to make minute visits to the steam room. Under a cold shower is not worth to hurry - it is better to take a moderately warm.

It can be treated successfully in the bath and obesity. Another great Roman physician Galen to excel, assigning fattened patrician rural labor and bath.

Usually such people are advised to go to the steam room is not more than 10 minutes. Here, in any case can not be in a hurry. It is desirable that the weight loss of the sauna session is not prevyshala'0,5 kilograms. For obese patients usually burdened heart ailments. For this reason, the bath is prescribed only to people with 1-2 stages of obesity, t. E., When there is not any pronounced signs of cardiovascular disease.

The same Galen successfully treated in the baths rheumatism. It is a very insidious and intractable diseases. But she retreats to regular heat and contrasting procedures. It has long been treated for rheumatism in the bath and in Russia. At the same time, to increase the impact of the heat bath, used antirheumatic teas and a variety of folk remedies. Enjoy fine grindings root tincture fighter on alcohol, rubbing on the basis of strong vodka, ammonia, cayenne pepper; mustard, salt rubbing, composition based on ginger, rubbing camphor-mustard-alcohol ointment, widely used kerosene (known ointment based on olive oil, red pepper pods and kerosene).

Shown room, and gout. In Greek it means "foot in a trap." Due to the deposition of salts, the patient experiences severe pain. The process of salt deposits in bone, cartilage and tendons is due to insufficient removal of the slag body. Bath heat not only prevents disease but also makes it easier for him, if it has already occurred. Good help for gout thermotherapy combined with the reception of infusions of mother and stepmother.

We have already mentioned the treatment bath heat the tumor patients.

When the body temperature of 39 ° C causes growth retardation of malignant cells. With an increase in body temperature to 40 ° C, the cells die.

Often the bath procedure used to treat kidney disease. Steam helps to restore the body's water balance. Since the liquid is rapidly through the pores, it facilitates the work of the kidneys, even the sick kidneys ie remote feel much better after a bath, a thermal process is useful to combine with the use of special "kidney" teas (see. "Preventive teas"),

In the treatment of kidney zastuzhennyh who have lost part of their cellular tissue, we recommend the following procedure: 15-20 minutes before entering the steam room or Finnish sauna should drink no more than one glass of sweatshop kvass. If the skin does not sweat, it is necessary to wash diaphoretic tea. Tea and kvass prepared as

Sweatshop "kidney" kvass.

Raspberry - 1-2 cups (you can jam)

sugar - 1 cup,

sour cream - 1 teaspoon,

water - 3 liters.

Raspberries, sugar and cream is placed in a three-liter jar,

Rove should be warm with oxygen for 10-15 days.

Sweatshop tea Labrador tea with birch.

The roots of wild rosemary - 1 tablespoon,

birch leaves - 2 tablespoons (you can use lime or elder)

water - 250 g

A mixture of the roots of wild rosemary and birch leaves is boiled for 1-8 minutes

Insist 10 minutes.

We must remember that with good skin perspiration kidney rest and rapidly building up their cell volume, since a sufficient amount of nutrient substances in the blood kidney.

In the treatment of kidney in the bath is useful to use the birch twigs, but it is not allowed cold shower and pool -in the first place, there is a danger chill weakened kidneys, secondly, cold water, as we know, stops the process of sweating.

Moreover, absorption may occur dirt located on the skin surface.

It was found that bath procedure beneficial effect on patients with diabetes. Diabetes - is, these were primarily, metabolic disease. It was found that most of them suffer from obese people. Sweating in the steam room, the patient not only resets the extra weight, but also normalizes metabolism, improves skin condition - not a secret that diabetes is pale, dry, flaky, their skin is very poorly healing wounds. Bath not only improves the healing of wounds, but also protects against diabetes related diseases such as the abrasions and eczema.

We must remember that "sweet" disease diabetes overcome by bitterness. Therefore, added to the bitterness protivodia-beticheskie teas. These charges should be used in baths with diabetes (antidiabetic compounds you will find a special section dedicated to teas).

In the treatment of liver disease in the steam room are also seeking a strong perspiration. Thereafter, the skin absorbs all located at its surface. For therapeutic purposes, the skin smeared with whey, mixed with honey and fish oil (it is clear that this procedure should be carried out in solitude - fish oil has an unpleasant odor resistant).

When heart disease is carried out procedures for the strengthening of the heart: for 15 minutes when entering the steam room drinking a hearty brew (see below.). After steaming procedure is performed body massage to improve blood supply to the body. During the massage, the heart is resting well.

HEART Kvass

Grey zheltushnik or Adonis, or digitalis, or lily of the valley - 1 cup,

sugar - 1 cup,

sour cream - 1 teaspoon,

water - 3 liters.

Kvass has to wander at least two weeks, a single dose of 0.5 cups of kvas.

Ten - twelve sauna sessions significantly improve cardiac function.

Similarly, heart disease and lung treated.

However, a bath in this case it is better to replace the oxygen bath. Showed underwater massage. After the bath, drink 1 glass of kvass.

"PULMONARY" Kvass.

Elecampane (or Viola tricolor) - 1 cup, * granulated sugar - 1 cup,

smetana- 1 teaspoon water - 3 liters.

Wander must not less than two weeks in an oxygen environment.

Good bath to treat fever and bronchitis. Although usually get rid of it is not so easy. Often, it becomes chronic. It gives in the sauna this serious disease like asthma. However, such patients are taught to first heat the procedures for appointing bath forearms and legs, and only then proceed to the treatment bath heat.

The procedure is combined with a therapeutic massage.

Finally, the steam bath and sauna to help the body to recover well after injuries or even surgery. Improves metabolic processes, and therefore, to quickly restore power.

No wonder they say: "For a couple of yes in a bath forty diseases out"!

FIRST AID IN heatstroke

The main purpose of this article - to show how a familiar and the familiar room complex and serious concept. Combining physical, physiological, chemical, pharmacological, medical, cosmetic and other aspects, it certainly requires a certain preparedness participants bath procedure.

However, the availability and strength of the pleasure so great that it overshadowed by the need for knowledge and experience. Therefore, probably, so often seen in the baths people dashingly risking their own health, without even knowing it.

For this reason, we can not completely exclude the possibility of such troubles, as syncope, burn or heat stroke. Therefore skilled attendant should be able to assist in such cases first aid.

Heatstroke

It occurs as a result of breach of thermoregulation.

The symptoms: general weakness, feeling of heaviness in the head, dizziness, headache, tinnitus, sudden fever, loss of consciousness.

First aid: move the victim in a cool, well-ventilated place, give him drink plenty of liquids, wrap wet sheets and put a cold towel on his head.

Fainting

Symptoms: paleness, loss of coordination, hearing, vision, nausea, a feeling of suffocation. It lasts from 1 to 10 minutes.

First aid: the victim immediately move to fresh air, put his head lifted. On the back of the head to put a mustard plaster, hands and feet rubbed with alcohol.

Burn

Burn in the bath usually occurs from improper sacrifices water when a sharp vapor stream hits the body. Usually it burns first, and sometimes the second degree.

Symptoms: redness of the skin, swelling of the tissues, blisters.

First Aid: the imposition of bandages soaked in liquid ammonia or in a two-percent solution of potassium permanganate.

Much less frequently it happens more serious incident. If there is a need for intensive care, an urgent need to call a doctor, but before he arrived to try to alleviate the situation with the help of acupressure. If by pressing the appropriate point in the rhythm of breathing, it can be very effective.

Source: NPI ALL ABOUT baths ed 98g.

Compiled by: Marina Orlova Oliverovna Tesla Sergei Mikhailovich