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Sauna - the sweet for our body's defences

Sauna

The season has at the latest started where no more sunshine and heat rule but sometimes dull and hopeless days do not want to end any more. Freezing, colds, flu. Malices of the winter are all this. It is to pay attention to its health still more importantly just now.

Origin
the word sauna is from the Finnish and means:" Room made of wood ". Saunas have their origin already in the Stone Age. At that time, it still was foxholes, which were warmed with hot stones and on which water was poured, though. Just as later primitive people like the Indians and the nordic tribes hardened their body so as of. Every people produced other sauna traditions.

What is exact sauna?
Distinctive is the high temperature of the ceiling and the low atmospheric humidity for the sauna. The climate in the sauna is wholesome well because of its dryness since the sweat evaporation is promoted enormously. The temperature amounts approx. 80 degrees to 105 degrees.

Effect:

  • wirkt der Hautalterung entgegen

  • counteracts the skin ageing.

  • The new entity has to be explained by skin cells by the warmth conditional metabolism increase. Regular sauna visits slow the skin ageing down in the interplay with the good supply for the skin with more oxygen and nutrients.

  • Folds are decreased.

  • The Durchfeuchtung of the horn layer is of benefit to the tightness and smoothness of the skin.

  • Body's defences are increased

  • By the rise of the body temperature the activity of certain defence cells which provide the reduction of pathogenes in the organism is promoted.

  • All worries dissolve so to speak into sweat.


One with or one is not sauna protectedly twice in front of cold diseases. For at least six months regular, this mean the sauna should use once a week three starts to strengthen the body's defences prove studies that one. -and one also should this keep both in which winters and in summer.

Infection already has one, though, the sauna is taboo if one. The body is so engaged in the defence of the illness that a sauna bath due to his various influences on the human body at this moment would mean a useless stress. This can lead even readily that the cold gets even worse.



BANJA
The Banja is a one, not dissimilar to the classic sauna sweating room of Russian origin. A kettle which is situated in the middle of the room and worked in into a heating stove gets filled birch branches. The simmering hair lotion liquid develops 70° degrees Celsius its valuable effect at 10-40 % atmospheric humidity and a temperature of approx. . Knocking off circulation beneficially with birch branches as well as uniting further contains following ice abrasion and the easing tea break the Banjaritual. Such Turkish baths are, circulation promoting skin cleaning and seem relaxing, used moderately.

BIO SAUNA
The Light version of the Finnish classic is the bio sauna and one has skin caring as also healthy effect? The room temperature climbs to "mild" 55 degrees here, the atmospheric humidity can be three to sixty per cent. As in the case of the sauna you sweat in two to three gateways of eight to twelve minutes. Between this one cools down in the open or in the water briefly.

LOG-CABIN SAUNA
Also when "nature sauna" confessed, since it is in the open. Surround full wood of one
Log-cabin and high mostly made the right temperature (approx. . 95 degrees).

CALDARIUM
The steam with ethereal oils and essences becomes 40 degrees C, enriched a steam and inhalation bath with high atmospheric humidity and mild radiation warmth of approx. . Ideal at colds.

STEAM BATH
A bath in steam saturated atmosphere of 40-60 ° degrees Celsius serves for the stimulation and circulation of the skin and for the increase of the metabolism. Sauna air is said for people with circulation weakness the steam bath is often wholesome better than the dry one.

STEAM SAUNA
Hot steam and the temperature of 60° degrees Celsius provide an extremely high atmospheric humidity. This is of benefit to the skin and the respiratory tract.

DANARIUM
A Danarium is a circulation gentle sauna variant (analogous bio sauna, Sanarium). The temperature amounts between approx. . 40-60 % between 45° degrees Celsius and 60° at an atmospheric humidity. This sauna form is frequently offered as a Euka sauna (with eucalyptus flavour) or as cabbage sauna (with cabbage flavours) in sauna baths. This sauna type is often offered compositely also with colour light.

ICE GROTTO
Nothing for sensitive to cold: a modern cold centre with ice shower, extra cold fogs or downpours. A rubbing with a fresh Crushed intercity express train also stands on the programme. The frosty treatment closes the pores of the skin and boosts the circulation. An optimal refreshment kick for bodies and mind.

ENGLISH SAUNA
The English sauna is in principle identical with the Finnish sauna. It is, however, the only (not quite insignificant) difference that one carries swimwear (beachwears) into this

EARTH EMBANKMENT SAUNA
An earth embankment sauna is partly let in into the earth. It has a relatively high temperature (up to 100 centigrades) and a low atmospheric humidity to 10%.

EUKA SAUNA
A Euka sauna is a bio sauna, a Danarium or a Sanarium with eucalyptus flavour. The temperature amounts between approx. . 40-60 % for this circulation gentle sauna variant between 45° degrees Celsius and 60° at an atmospheric humidity. This sauna type is often offered compositely also with colour light

FINNISH SAUNA
The Finnish word sauna is as much as room made of wood called. This form of sweating is part of the most traditional in Germany. The temperatures in a Finnish sauna are between 85 and 88 degrees at atmospheric humidity between 10 and 30 per cent. Infusions with menthol or eucalyptus have an agreeable effect on the respiratory tract. On every sauna start from 8 to 15 minutes an Abkühlphase follows. In the Finnish original version one jumps nakedly into an icy-cold lake; it, however, also does one cold shower.

HAMAM
Traditional Turkish steam bath. 45 degrees C, exotic flavours, brushes and whole body massages provide welfare feeling of the special type atmospheric humidity of 100% and a temperature of approx. .

IRISH BATH
The Irish bath has a room temperature 45-55 ° degrees Celsius at a high atmospheric humidity of approx. . Unlike a steam bath there is, however, practically no fog due to fresh air supply.

JACUZZI
100 years ago the Jacuzzi brothers of Italy to California emigrated and aeroplanes built only. The company is world-famous for its whirlpool baths today.

COLD CHAMBER/KRYO THERAPY
For few minutes one lasts at approx. .-60 ° until in a whole body cold chamber
65°. The shock cold can provide with alleviation at inflammable illnesses
the joints, heart circulation illnesses and pains.

KRAXENOFEN
The aim of the application of the Kraxenofens is not therapeutical only purely, it rather becomes a combination of well-being, communication and reaches regeneration more physically. At this order a mild herb haze application forms the chief attention in the area of the back and the shoulder, an easy Überwärmung of the hips is in addition carried out via the heated seat.

HERB SAUNA
Low temperature sauna (approx. . 60 degrees), in which himself fresh herb smells pleasant
Having an effect on the well-being. Ideal for sauna beginner.

CRYSTAL SAUNA
The crystal sauna is, at which over the sauna stove (most rock crystal, quartz crystal, precious stone) a sauna a crystal himself is. Already at times of the antiquity, the quartz crystal was accused of an agreeable effect on bodies and mind which shall be made grow in the sauna around a multiple one. E.g. becomes positive effects of the crystal: reassuring of the nervous system, photo of disturbing energies, arrangement of quiet and harmony, support of strength and vitality, strengthening of the lungs, alleviation mentions at a backache and intervertebral disc complaints as. A complete scientific proof of the mode of action of the crystal can be led heavily or found. Infusions or occasional partly also are sucked . meditation infusions celebrates in a public crystal sauna. Infusion water is given, however, also in a crystal sauna only over the sauna stones.

LACONIUM
55 degrees an intensive room is the Laconium and a temperature has of approx. . For 15 minutes the body has itself as far as warmed that purification by sweating intensively appears after approx. . This form of sweating is recommended by doctors particularly and the stay in the Laconium primarily is not circulation loading.

ODORIUM
Smell inhalation bath, at which ethereal oils and essences in a mild sauna climate
(approx. . 45 degrees) be taken to the evaporation.

OTTOMAN STEAM BATH
A steam bath describes under inclusion of an Ottoman bathing culture at temperatures of 40-50 ° degrees Celsius and a high relative air dampness of 100% . ethereal oils provide an intensifying effect.

POLAR SHOWER
Steam bath for which you usually of healing earth, algae or chalk apply on the skin before.

ROMAN IRISH BATH
This steam bath ritual at which cleaned the skin is and the clinker cloths from sweated lasts for about two hours. The temperatures of the rooms durchwandeln move between forty and seventy degree this one is air damply, the them. You are wrapped up into steam clouds. Cuddle up for the end in warm cloths and put yourself in the rest room for the diversion after about ten minutes stay per bath.

SANARIUM
Low temperature sauna of 60 degrees which the general well-being shall promote. The circulation is increased, muscle hardenings are loosened and the body toughened up.

SAUNA
A "sauna" is a "room made of wood" for sweating. It is Ethymologisch to trace the word sauna back heavily. The change of great warmth with a final cooling is the basic concept of the sauna. The sauna walk consists of four processes: Showers, heat phase, Abkühlphase and quiescent phase. By sweating strongly water and minerals are lost. These losses must be supplied again by a sufficient liquid supply. Body losses of weight from one to two kilo are!lead back on water, not grease losses.

SUDATORIUM
Steam Turkish bath in the ancient thermal springs. It had baths with hot water there.
Today, it usually describes a steam bath in a Roman Irish bath.

TECALDARIUM
The classic Roman bath (Tecaldarium), a Turkish bath for the circulation stabilization, were rediscovered. Into the Tecaldarium 40 to 60 minutes one goes dressedly unlike the sauna and lasts there approx.

TEPIDARIUM
Which is heated up to about 40 degrees warm room with marble tiles, ease to this wonderfully

WELLNARIUM
Infrared cubicle approx. 60 degrees


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