Where did the expression “go to the bathhouse” come from?

The Russian bathhouse is a favorite pastime place for both men and women. It not only cleanses the human body, but can also relieve fatigue, bad mood and charge with vital energy. Since ancient times, people have believed in the miraculous, rejuvenating and healing properties of the bath.

There are a huge number of recipes and methods for restoring former strength and beauty, the indispensable condition of which is soaring. True, not all methods are used correctly and for their intended purpose, and the main principle of any procedure - “do no harm!”, unfortunately, is lost sight of. The question naturally arises - how to steam properly in a Russian bath? In order to give a complete answer, it is necessary to consider all the fundamental points of this procedure, as well as the state of the person who is asking this question.

To the bathhouse - in the morning

There is a common belief that you should go to the bathhouse in the evening. For example, after work, when the body feels tired. According to the general stereotype, an evening bath helps to relax.

Of course, it all depends on how tired you are. If you can barely stand on your feet, then the bathhouse will not do any good. A tired person does not tolerate temperature changes well. A hot bath is more likely to make you feel tired than to relax you. You will begin to feel unpleasantly sleepy, get a headache, and have problems with blood pressure.

Real bathhouse attendants know that you need to go to the sauna in the first half of the day. In this case, your body will invigorate, you will have strength and enthusiasm.

Should I eat or drink before the bath?

With the arrival of warmer weather or the end of the holiday season, you want to relax a little and go on a picnic. You can often find offers to rent a bathhouse and barbecue next to the bathhouse. Convenient: cook a barbecue, steam for 10 minutes, have another snack, drink, snack and go to the bathhouse. An interesting arrangement, many will think. But is it possible to eat shish kebab before taking a bath? And in general, is it possible to eat before a bath?

Shish kebab before the bathhouse

Answer: no, barbecue before visiting a bathhouse or sauna is contraindicated for everyone without exception. Why? When you eat, the stomach receives more blood flow than usual, so the distribution of blood in the body will not be even. Your brain may be starved and you may be at risk for heatstroke.

In addition, the sauna promotes weight loss. Due to what? The body warms up and sweating begins, which removes toxins from the body. In simple words, it’s already difficult for your body in the bathhouse; if you still eat, your body won’t be able to relax and you won’t get the desired effect. Eating before a bathhouse is like adding another identical one to a fully loaded Kamaz truck, which will be the first to pull up the hill. Huge load on the heart, circulatory system and stomach.

100 grams for heating

Answer: You cannot drink alcohol at least 2 hours before visiting a bathhouse or sauna. Ideally, it is better to go to the sauna without drinking any alcohol at all the day before the procedure. Why is this so? When drinking alcohol, blood circulation in the body accelerates, blood pressure rises, and the heart begins to beat faster. But in the bathhouse the effect is similar. During the steaming procedure, the heart begins to beat faster than usual. What if it's already running at its limit? Do you want to test your heart's strength?

You should not drink alcoholic beverages before visiting a bathhouse or sauna - this can trigger heart attacks and send you to a hospital bed (at best). A therapist I know said that a bathhouse and alcohol are like pouring kerosene on a fire. Have you tried it? We don't recommend it. And we are talking about both beer or wine, and strong drinks, like cognac or vodka.

What to eat or drink in the bath and before it?

We steam consistently

If your state of health fully allows you to enjoy a Russian bathhouse, then you can proceed to the most enjoyable part. It is best to steam in several sessions, using the intervals between them for rest. The temperature in the steam room and the time spent in it should be increased gradually, and at the same time the rest time should be increased. Be sure to listen to your feelings; if any discomfort occurs, it is better to leave the steam room without causing yourself to become dizzy or faint.

It should be noted that it is not recommended to steam after drinking alcohol. Although, it is not uncommon for our compatriots to associate the bathhouse with drinking foamy alcoholic drinks. After the last meal and visit to the bathhouse, 1.5 hours should pass. And before the steam room, you should remove all jewelry, otherwise the metal, when heated at high temperatures, can burn your skin.

Before the first entry, you need to rinse in the shower or douse yourself with water, being careful not to wet your head. A wet head is more susceptible to rapid heating. For the first time, it is better to let the body warm up and get used to the warmth of the room. You can sit on the lowest shelf, where the temperature is most comfortable. To begin with, it is enough to spend ten minutes in the steam room, after which you need to rinse and relax in a cooler room. Ideally, the bathhouse should have a relaxation room where you can relax and drink warm drinks, herbal teas or green tea.

The second run can be made longer by 5-10 minutes, but it is better to still remain on the bottom shelf. Once you get used to the temperature of the steam room, you can try increasing the humidity. To do this, water is splashed onto the stones, which evaporates to form hot steam. Now you can start steaming for real - using bath brooms. You can do this either independently or with the help of a professional bathhouse attendant.

The third and subsequent times you can behave much more boldly in the steam room, add more steam and move to the upper shelves, not forgetting to wash off the sweat from your skin every time you leave.

Laws of Russian bathhouse

We are faced with the main question - how to properly visit the bathhouse? First of all, it must be said that neglecting a competent approach to this matter is stupid and detrimental to health, since it is easy to get the opposite effect. For example, catching a cold or worse, losing your heart. Therefore, to prevent this from happening, let’s study together the rules of visiting the bathhouse.

Contraindications

Who shouldn't go to the bathhouse?

This necessarily includes:

hypertension, regardless of the cause of its appearance and development;
severe neurotic and mental illnesses;
inflammatory processes of a chronic nature, which are accompanied by an increase in the erythrocyte sedimentation rate;
oncology;
failure of the left or right gastric heart;
acute myocardial infarction;
peptic ulcer of the stomach or duodenum;
exacerbation of chronic diseases;
open tuberculosis;
there is a risk of vascular blockage (embolism);
diabetes mellitus in aggravated form;
epilepsy;
infections and contagious (contagious) diseases;
excessive exhaustion of the body;
severe form of alcoholism;
so-called post-thrombophlebitic syndrome (i.e. blockage of the main veins) lasting less than three months;
tendency to bleeding in internal organs;
negative perception and fear of visiting the steam room.

The undeniable rules of the Russian bath

Do you visit a shared steam room? Do not sit on bare boards: be sure to put a towel on your feet and wear rubber flip-flops on your feet.

Many of us dream so much of quickly resting our soul and body that after entering the bathhouse we immediately run to the steam room, completely forgetting about the need to prepare our body for high temperatures and observing many other points. And a proper bathhouse is only one in which traditions, rituals and laws are scrupulously respected. We will tell you about them now.

So, the general rules in the bathhouse:

No matter how great the desire to warm up and steam yourself with a bath broom, remember, it is better not to visit the steam room if you have any disease or deviation from the list above. You understand that you can cause serious damage to your health.
You should not take bath procedures if you feel excessively tired or overworked. Proper baths are when there is slight tension in the body and it needs to be relieved.
You can’t go to the steam bath on a full stomach, but it’s also not a good idea to starve all day. The optimal solution is a snack 2 hours before bath procedures.

Interesting to know! Once upon a time in Rus' there was a custom of eating a piece of radish before a bathhouse in order to increase sweating.

The bathhouse is a place where haste does not lead to anything good. All actions should be measured: slowly enter the steam room several times, and between these visits, relax calmly.
No matter what anyone claims, alcohol and baths are incompatible things! The price for such short-term pleasure is too high: drinking beer or stronger drinks in such a hot room can impair cardiac function. The consequences are unpredictable - from stroke to death.

Alcohol and cigarettes have no place in the bathhouse!

It is better to remove various jewelry, watches and glasses. Otherwise, the iron and plastic elements will heat up and burn the skin.

Advice! The bath is good both in the morning and in the evening - depending on what effect you want to achieve. In the morning, such procedures perfectly wake up the body and charge it with energy for the whole day. An evening trip to the bathhouse will relax all your muscles and relieve tension accumulated during a hard day of work.

Subtleties of bath procedures or how to behave in a steam room

How to take portions of steam and heat with the greatest benefit?

Now it will be useful to learn about how to competently go to the steam room.

We hope our readers take due care of their health, and the instructions below will not go unnoticed:

Under no circumstances should you wet your head with water immediately before entering the steam room! Otherwise, you may experience overheating and heat stroke.
Before the steam room, you need to take a warm shower with soap and a washcloth (to cleanse the skin of sebaceous glands), then wipe yourself dry with a towel, and only after these steps can you enter the steam room.

Attention! Moisture on the skin interferes with sweating.

The first entry into a hot room lasts no more than five minutes. To begin with, you need to sit on the bottom shelf, where the temperature is not as high as above, adding a little steam and heat. When leaving, you need to wrap yourself in a sheet to keep warm.

Important! There is no way in a steam room without a special hat - it protects the head from dangerous overheating.

In the photo - special bath caps

So, the first approach is made. Now you need to rest for 10-15 minutes. It would be nice to take some mint tea with honey to the bathhouse and drink it between trips to the steam room. This tea helps warm up the body, lifts your mood and makes you feel all the relish of following bath rituals!

Note! For those who play sports: it is best to take bath procedures on days of rest from physical activity. In addition, if you have steamed thoroughly, then the next day the body also needs calmness to restore muscles.

It was time for the second entry into the steam room. This time you don’t need to take a shower, but you shouldn’t immediately grab a broom either. First, we steam while sitting on the top shelf: the pores should expand, sweat should be released, and with it toxins and impurities should come out. At this time, the lungs are filled with healing steam, the muscles are freed from uric and lactic acids. 15-20 minutes is enough to start all these processes.
Then again there is a short break to take a cool shower or swim, during which the pores, wide open in the steam room, sharply narrow. Thanks to this, wrinkles are smoothed out, the skin becomes firm and elastic. However, you shouldn’t overuse cold water – 15-30 seconds is enough!
But already in the third run you can work with a broom. How to skillfully use this healing miracle massager?

Fir massager

Steaming while standing is the most common mistake. Be aware that in this position, the difference in temperature between the feet and head is simply enormous, and therefore the risk of heat stroke increases significantly. The optimal position is lying down - this way the muscles relax and warm up better.
You can steam yourself with a broom yourself, but it would be good to entrust this task to someone else - this way the body will completely relax and the effect of the massage will be maximum.
It is better to steam on the top or middle shelf, while raking in steam and heat from the ceiling, pulling it towards you with a broom with high-amplitude movements from above to your body.
Then you need to vibrate with a broom near the body, while feeling a surge of warmth. Then spin the massager over the ceiling and quickly apply it to your chest, back, stomach or legs.

Advice! You can also gently hold the broom near your face, while actively inhaling its aroma through your nose and mouth.

Well, now you can whip yourself, again doing high-amplitude movements. This completes the steaming procedures!

Temperature - no higher than 60 C

Did you know that in a Russian bath the optimal temperature is 40-60 degrees? Many will say - well, what kind of Russian bathhouse is this? In a real Russian bath there should be at least 80!

If we talk about pleasure, then the temperature, of course, is not limited. But if we talk about benefits, then at a temperature above 60 degrees, a negative effect on the body begins. Microburns of the lungs appear, the nasopharynx and mucous membranes of the eyes dry out. Also, people with cardiovascular diseases find it difficult to tolerate such a “bath climate.”

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Few people don't like a hot bath. The steam room will help you relax and cleanse your body and soul, and heal from all sorts of ailments. No wonder they used to say in Rus': “If you wash yourself in a bathhouse, you will be born again.” What are the benefits of a bath? The bath procedure has a comprehensive effect on the body: heat, water, steam, sudden changes in temperature, massage. The skin becomes engorged with blood, releases sweat through the pores, removes harmful substances, and is freed from fat. Under the influence of hot air, whipping with a broom, the pores expand, and from the cold they narrow, effective gymnastics of the skin and blood vessels, training of the heart and the entire circulatory system occurs. Blood and lymph flow, water-salt metabolism, and respiratory function improve. The Russian bath is an excellent prevention of colds. The bath can cure radiculitis and joint diseases by warming up the muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Systematic visits to the steam room along with gymnastics and diet can help you lose weight. When not to go to the bathhouse:

After drinking alcoholic beverages, on an empty stomach or immediately after eating a large amount of food.
When very tired or just before bedtime
For peptic ulcers with a tendency to bleeding, extensive inflammatory skin diseases, renal failure, epilepsy, oncological infectious diseases.

Types of baths

Russian steam

- very wet sauna

Roman or Turkish

- very dry with different air temperatures in different steam rooms.

Sauna

- dry air, very hot bath. BATH ACCESSORIES AND ATTRIBUTES You and I will not need so many bath attributes. The essential items for the bath procedure will be a broom, soap, shampoo, washcloth, towel, cap, bath slippers and a change of underwear. It is also advisable to take a bathrobe or sheet, mittens, a scraper for scraping off sweat, bedding or small terry towels, a basin, a ladle, essential oils and decoctions of medicinal herbs, a thermos with tea and a cup. You can add massage brushes, nail scissors, pumice stones for feet, cosmetic creams, masks and scrubs to your bath equipment.

Secrets of the Russian bath • Do not go to the parn after a large feast. It is better to go to the bathhouse 2-3 hours after eating, and the food should be light. Fruits and vegetables are especially beneficial. • Do not eat salty foods before going to the bathhouse. Salt slows down sweating and clogs pores. • Do not come to the sauna hungry or on an empty stomach. • Drink the liquid before the steam room in small sips in limited quantities. The drink must be hot. • Don't drink alcohol. Bathing procedures put a lot of stress on the heart and blood vessels, and strong drinks can lead to a heart attack or stroke. • Before entering the steam room, take a shower without soap; do not wet your hair. • Be sure to wear a naturally colored thick wool hat on your head to protect your head from overheating. You can replace the cap with a dry towel and twist it into a turban. • Maintain a sense of proportion. Get used to the heat of the bath gradually. You shouldn’t immediately climb to the top tier of the shelf; your body needs to warm up, especially if you visit the bathhouse in winter. • Try to take a lying position in the steam room. If you are in a steam room in a vertical position, the load will increase almost 2 times. • The steam must be dry. The drier the steam, the faster the process of evaporation of sweat from the surface of the body occurs. The body should not be covered with a layer of sweat, since in this case the sweating itself stops the cleansing of contaminated pores. • When you enter the steam room with a broom, do not immediately start steaming with it. Sit quietly and breathe in the aroma of plants. It's best to steam together. Start steaming with a broom while lying on your stomach. • Perform movements with brooms in a certain sequence: from feet to head and back 4-5 times. First, lightly stroke your feet, calves, buttocks and then along your back to your arms. The movement stops at the head. The broom slides back down the sides to the feet. They steam it from the sides with brooms, like fans, barely touching the body. After such a light massage, proceed to quilting. • Stay in the steam room for no more than 10-15 minutes, re-enter after waiting 20-30 minutes. in a cooler room. The number of times you enter the steam room can be from 3 to 8 times, depending on your well-being and the goals of the bath procedure. • After leaving the steam room, first douse yourself with warm water. And after a few sessions you can take a colder shower. If you come to the bathhouse with the goal of losing weight, do not take a sharply cold shower after the steam room, as this will slow down sweating. • Do not jump into the cold water of the pool immediately after entering the steam room for the first time. Only after 2-3 visits to the steam room can you enter (but not jump into) a pool with cold water. • After the steam room, you can replenish some of the lost moisture with kvass, tea, juice or another drink of your choice. You can eat apples and fruits. • When you leave the steam room for the last time, wrap yourself in a warm sheet so that your heated body can retain its heat for a while and sweating continues longer. • After the steam room, you can eat a little more heavily than usual, don’t be afraid to gain weight. In any case, more calories are spent, and they are absorbed after the steam room, oddly enough, less than usual.

Decoctions for the bath In the Russian bath, decoctions or infusions of medicinal herbs have long been used, which were placed on stones to create a special aroma in the steam room in each case or to cure the patient. Inhaling medicinal steam in a bathhouse is one of the types of inhalation. Beneficial substances penetrating through the respiratory tract and enlarged pores into the body are beneficial. affect the central nervous system. The most famous recipe is watering stones with infusion of steamed birch brooms. Often in steam rooms they serve beer or kvass (0.5-1 cup of kvass per bowl of water). In addition to bath decoctions of medicinal herbs, diluted watermelon juice, honey (1/2 tablespoon of honey in a bowl of hot water), infusion of horseradish leaves, vegetable oils and other substances that evaporate on hot stones are used. Scrubs Scrubs should be used immediately after the steam room, when dead skin particles are well steamed.

Mix 1 tsp. coffee grounds, a little cinnamon and 1 tbsp. l, vegetable oil. This scrub is good for dry skin.
Take 1" tbsp. l. coffee grounds, add 1 tbsp. l. low-fat yogurt. This scrub is suitable for oily skin.
Take 200 g sugar, 3 tsp. olive oil, 4 tsp. cream, 10 drops of lemon juice. This scrub perfectly moisturizes and refreshes the skin.
Mix ½ cup of confectionery poppy seeds, 2 tbsp. l. salt, 5 tsp. olive oil and 2 drops of aromatic citrus oil. This scrub helps with cellulite.
Add a few drops of rose or lavender essential oil to a cup of sea salt and rub with the mixture. This scrub helps with cellulite.
Take 2 tbsp. l. honey, melt it in a water bath, add the juice of half a lemon and 1 tbsp. l. wheat bran.
Take 6 tbsp. l. brown sugar, 5 tbsp. l. ground dried orange zest, 6 tbsp. l. olive oil. Mix everything.
Take 1 tbsp. cream and 1 tbsp. salt, mix and start massaging the body. After you have rubbed your entire body, spend 8 minutes in the steam room. At this time, sweating should be stronger than under normal conditions. When you leave, be sure to drink a glass of tea.

Body and face masks

They are applied to the face or body before the second entry into the steam room, when the skin has already been cleansed with scrubs, and are not washed off throughout the steaming period. Masks increase sweating, cleanse and nourish the skin.

Take 4 tbsp. l. rolled oats, grind in a coffee grinder, mix with half a finely grated cucumber and 3 tbsp. l. sour cream. Apply to skin after 20 minutes. rinse with warm, then cool water. The mask refreshes and whitens, great for oily skin.
Take 5 tbsp. l. grape juice, mix with 1 tbsp. l. oatmeal and 1 tsp. honey, mix everything and apply to the skin after the steam room and shower. In 10 minutes. massage, then rinse. The mask is good for cellulite.
Grind 1 tbsp in a coffee grinder. oatmeal, mix them with cream or milk until mushy, add one grated fresh apple. Apply in circular motions to the body and face, leave for 10 minutes. The mask cleanses the skin and helps tighten pores.
Take 4 tbsp. l. fat sour cream or cream, mix with 3 tbsp. l. mashed strawberries into pulp. Apply to skin, rubbing lightly, leave for 10 minutes. The mask is perfect for aging skin.
Take 1 egg yolk, 1 tsp. vegetable oil and 1 tbsp. l. brewer's yeast. Mix everything thoroughly and apply to the skin. After 10-15 minutes. rinse with warm water. The mask nourishes the skin well.
Take 60 g honey, 4 tbsp. l. sour cream or heavy cream, a few drops of orange essential oil. Mix honey with cream and add citrus oil, apply to skin immediately after steaming and wait 15 minutes, then rinse. The mask has an anti-cellulite and fat-burning effect.
Take 2 tbsp., l. honey, previously melted and cooled to normal temperature. Add juice from half a lemon and 1 tbsp. l. wheat bran. This mask is suitable for problematic, acne-prone skin. The same mixture can be used as a scrub.
Take one cucumber, grate it, add a few drops of lemon juice and 1 tsp. cream. This. The mask has a whitening effect.

Hair masks

It is better to apply hair masks not after leaving the bathhouse, but before entering the steam room. Apply the mask and put on a bath cap.

Mix 3 tbsp. l. burdock oil and 2 tbsp. l. honey Apply to clean hair and after 20 minutes. wash them with shampoo. The mask helps against hair loss.
Mix 3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise with a crushed clove of garlic and apply to clean hair while in the steam room, then rinse with shampoo. The mask enhances hair shine.
Take 3 tbsp. l. burdock oil, mix with 2 tbsp. l. honey, apply to hair. In 20 minutes. wash off with shampoo. The mask helps against hair loss.
Take 10 g of dry yeast, 20 g of warm water, 20 g of kefir, 10 g of sugar. Mix everything, let stand for 10 minutes. and add 1 tsp to the mixture. honey and dry mustard, apply to hair, leave for an hour, rinse with shampoo. The mask nourishes and stimulates hair growth.
Take 3 tbsp. l. castor oil, mix with 2 tsp. burdock oil and add 1 tsp. glycerin, apple cider vinegar and your regular shampoo. Apply the mask to your hair, wrap it in plastic and put on a bath cap. After 30 min. wash it off, but you don’t have to sit in the steam room all this time.
Take 3 tsp. henna, 100 g of dry crushed nettle leaves, mix, brew with boiling water. Apply the cooled mixture to your hair after 30 minutes. wash it off. The mask strengthens the hair.
Take 3 tbsp. l. castor oil, 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar, 1 tsp. glycerin. Apply for 20 minutes, rinse with shampoo. The mask has a nourishing effect.

When you come home after the bath, allow yourself to rest properly and do not do anything else. And then you will be able to fully convince yourself of the truth of the saying that “fragrant steam heals not only the body, but also the soul.” on Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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Time in the bathhouse does not count against life...

A knowledgeable person about the bathhouse will sing you an ode or a whole poem... And Nikolai Pronkin and Andrey Skolov will add to this: in the bathhouse procedure, much depends on the skill of the bathhouse attendant. Our interlocutors are professional steamers.

18 Feb 2005 Electronic version of the newspaper “Vladivostok” No. 1707 dated February 18. 2005

Despite the abundance of beautiful, picture-perfect baths and saunas in the city, steam connoisseurs especially come here to the municipal bathhouse on Sedanka.

So correspondent “B”, having arrived at the bathhouse to talk, simply had to experience the whole procedure for himself. Which I didn’t have to regret at all.

“We have a wet steam bath,” says Nikolai Pronkin. — In such a bathhouse, a person relaxes, dumps the negative energy that he has accumulated in the city.

Indeed, it’s enough to see how busy people enter the bathhouse and how enlightened they come out - their faces smooth out, their eyes shine.

— Of the different types of brooms, I recommend oak brooms. And if you whip yourself, it’s better to grab a birch broom. The broom must be soaked in cold water in advance so that the leaf does not lose its qualities and the branches become soft.

— When is it better to go to the bathhouse - in the morning or in the evening?

— If you go to the bathhouse in the morning and at the same time want to spend the day actively, then you can take contrasting procedures - jump from the steam room into the snow or pour a tub of cold water over yourself. Then you will get a boost of increased activity, and you can go to work. There is also a relaxing option. I recommend it after a hard day to relieve accumulated fatigue. Athletes can relieve muscle tension after training.

— Recently, there has been a passion for aromatherapy. Is this acceptable in a steam room?

- Certainly. For example, you can rub yourself with fir oil. But I don’t recommend dripping it on stones: the fumes take your breath away. Eucalyptus oil is best for steam rooms. Lemon and orange aromas are considered light. They can be dropped onto a broom.

By the way, there are people who like to splash beer on hot stones, but kvass or herbal infusion is best. You can create a steppe color scheme in a steam room by steaming wormwood, feather grass, and cornflower. You can create a forest aroma by adding an infusion of pine needles or birch leaves. If you have a cold, it is best to brew small pieces of horseradish. It clears the airways well.

To steam properly, you should always listen to your body so that it feels comfortable. For the first time in a steam room, you shouldn’t stay too long. After each entry, it is better to douse yourself with cold water and go out into the air. Well, all procedures are completed by washing.

— What kind of bathhouse do the steamers themselves use?

“I like to travel a lot,” says Nikolai. — We definitely heat a bathhouse in the village or right in nature. My friends and I set up a heater, which is heated by a fire, right on the river bank.

Honey steam room

Nikolai's partner, Andrey Skolov, mastered honey massage in the steam room. According to Andrey, the bath and honey brought him back to life. Fate decreed that he was discharged from the army due to a serious illness. Doctors said that he was unlikely to live to be 30 years old. In my home village I decided to try a proven method of treatment on myself - a bathhouse. The result exceeded all expectations. Now he is 33 and feels great.

“Honey massage is a wonderful procedure,” says Andrey. — First, a person should steam in a steam room so that his pores open and his muscles relax. After which I offer a massage with honey. The fact is that it contains many salts, very similar to human blood serum, which is why honey massage is also called rejuvenating. Honey calms the nerves, after the procedure the body relaxes and healthy sleep occurs.

Also, when a person steams, he produces the hormone of happiness - endorphin. There is even a saying: time spent in a bathhouse does not count towards your life.

True, bathhouse attendants claim that sometimes a bathhouse is like vodka: at first you feel good, but if you overdo it, the steam becomes dangerous. If dizziness begins, it's time to rest, drink some tea and go home.

— What equipment should a person who is going to the bathhouse have?

— It is imperative to protect your head and hair from steam with a hat. Before you take up the broom, you need to warm up well.

To lose weight, you can drink tea with raspberry jam or linden honey after a bath. They will help you sweat efficiently. And in order to replenish the reserves of microelements that are excreted along with sweat, it is worth preparing infusions of herbs, currant leaves and raspberries. But it is not recommended to drink tinctures of antlers or ginseng after a bath - this is an additional burden on the heart. Actually, the same as alcohol: alcohol and a bath are incompatible things...

Author:

Tatiana GRIGORYEVA, Nina PETRUKHINA (photo), “Vladivostok”

We don't sit, we lie down

Remember your physics lessons: when a room is heated, hot air goes up, cold air remains at the bottom. When you enter the sauna, the heat is not distributed evenly between the ceiling and floor. If you sit on a bath shelf rather than lie down, your body also heats up unevenly—your feet remain cold, and your head gets hot. Therefore, it is better, after all, to relax in the bath while lying down.

How to steam properly using brooms?

The art of soaring is a delicate matter; you will need a couple of brooms and some time to gain experience. By waving brooms, you need to bring the hot air of the steam room directly to the body, while lightly patting the skin.

Thus, you need to steam every part of the body, starting with the feet. After which, the hot body must be taken out of the steam room and allowed to rest. Some people prefer to experience contrasting temperature changes after the steam room, wiping themselves off with snow or diving into a cold body of water. By the way, this procedure is very useful; it helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels and improves metabolic processes in the body.

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1. Proper steam First, just splash hot water on the stones (this will cool them slightly). Then - the diluted infusion, and then - water again. You can also sprinkle the infusion on the walls and floor. But you shouldn’t water those present. Mixed with sweat, the steam will give off an unpleasant odor. 2. Safety precautions Fragrance oils are volatile and flammable. Therefore, they should be used only in an aqueous solution (7-8 drops per ladle of water). It is prepared before entering the steam room. But not right in it.

3. Healing spirit Eucalyptus steam contains 40 beneficial components. Peppermint improves mood and calms nerves. Linden enhances sweating and treats colds. Juniper improves immunity. There are lovers of beer, kvass and even tobacco vapor. Cigarette smoke is harmful to health, but in the form of vapor, tobacco treats problem skin.

4. Until the seventh Sweat cools our skin. If it does not appear, body temperature and blood pressure rise. Is that bad. To activate sweating, massage the skin with a mitten or towel. Exfoliating procedures (pre-peeling in the shower, etc.), as well as diaphoretic teas, help. Honey works well. Fruit acids in its composition exfoliate the skin and unclog pores.

5. Toxins More than a hundred harmful substances are removed from the body with sweat. Therefore, it is better not to wipe it, but to clean it with a special scraper so that toxins are not absorbed back.

6. Remove excess Before entering the steam room, you need to thoroughly cleanse your skin. Remove makeup, take a shower without soap and rinse your face (due to the heat, the remaining cleansing milk will irritate the skin). For a shower, you need to stock up on a natural washcloth or brush (synthetic ones leave microcracks on the skin and do not polish its surface well). You should also remove nail polish (heat will destroy it anyway) and comb your hair thoroughly to remove styling products.

7. By oil Oils are simply created for the bath. Unlike creams, they contain few chemical additives that are destroyed at high temperatures. Therefore, the oil can be safely applied to the skin, especially if it is prone to dryness. The oil is also rubbed into hair and nails. It will strengthen, nourish and protect them from overheating, preventing moisture loss.

8. Rules of conduct You can spend a total of no more than 35 minutes in the steam room, regardless of the number of visits. Before each of them you need to rest for 10-20 minutes. The body in the steam room must be dry, otherwise the heat can be spoiled and harm your health. Wet skin makes the steam heavy. When you enter the steam room, close your eyes: if you cannot determine where the stove is (the heat envelops, and does not radiate from one side), you are lucky. All synthetic materials (hats, towels, swimsuits) are contraindicated in the bathhouse. There is no need for ready-made cosmetics here (their preservatives decompose in the heat, causing harm to the skin).

9. Under your feet Your feet should be at the same level as your head or higher. This will ensure uniform blood circulation, muscle relaxation and removal of toxins. On shelves you can often find special “corners” for your feet, on which many people unknowingly place their heads. It is better not to steam while sitting - this leads to blood stagnation and swelling. You need to start from the bottom shelf, gradually rising higher.

10. Drink too much You need to drink a lot in the bathhouse. But only mineral water or herbal tea. Then all the incoming liquid will come out, taking toxins. It is better to avoid black tea and coffee: they excite the nervous system, which is of no use to a relaxed body. Beer is also despised by experienced bathhouse attendants: the alcohol and heavy wort of this drink increase dehydration and block the removal of toxins.

11. Caution The biggest bathing mistake is to endure until the last. To prevent the bath from bringing harm instead of benefit, you must leave it at the slightest sign of discomfort. On your first run, it’s better not to climb high and stay in the steam room for a short time. The body will gradually adapt to the heat without harm to the blood vessels and nervous system. Sensitive people should take a damp, cool towel with them. At the slightest sign of dizziness, apply it to the forehead, to the back of the head or to the heart area. And carefully leave the steam room.

12. Dream bouquet Creating a lush, light, fragrant broom is an entire art. Branches for it are cut on certain days, in dry weather. In villages, this was previously done in accordance with religious holidays, and during the gathering, special prayers and incantations were read. Dry the brooms in the shade, in the breeze. Then they do not lose their healing properties over time and do not fly around even after a dozen visits.

13. Preparatory process In the bathhouse, the broom is “steamed”: placed in hot water for a few minutes. There is no need to leave it for a long time - the aroma will go away. You can hold a wet broom over the stones of the steam room - the steam from the wet leaves permeates the bathhouse with a healing spirit. But it’s better not to shake it: leaves that fall on the heater will burn and give off an unpleasant odor.

14. Pretend to be a broom Birch broom contains essential oils, vitamins C and A, which prolong the youth of the skin. Its leaves adhere well to the body and absorb sweat like a sponge. An oak broom does not absorb sweat so well, but it generates steam. Eucalyptus broom helps with colds and lung diseases, bruises, sprains and joint pain. The disadvantage of the eucalyptus broom is that the branches are too thin. It is better to add 2-3 eucalyptus twigs to a birch or oak “bouquet”. Coniferous broom - fir, spruce, cedar, juniper. He drives out any illness. Despite the fact that after treatment the needles become softer, this pleasure is not for everyone. Nettle broom is a salvation for sore lower back and joints. Before you start steaming, transfer it from hot water to cold water a couple of times, holding it in each for 2-3 minutes. Then there will be no burns.

15. General cleaning Steaming with a broom stimulates blood circulation, increasing sweating, and energizes. Movements should be soft, and at first the broom should only lightly touch the body, increasing the heat. The intensity of the action is determined by the temperature in the steam room. If it is high, they whip it softly, if not very much, they whip it sweepingly. They usually start with stroking movements from the feet to the hips, stomach, chest and neck. Then vigorously quilt in the same order. They finish by rubbing: hold the handle of the broom with one hand, and press the leaves to the body with the other. You need to inhale its aroma more often, it will become a kind of massage for the lungs.

16. Actions after A font, an ice hole, a snowdrift, a swimming pool - contrast procedures have an excellent effect on the heart, blood vessels, increase immunity and rejuvenate the skin. But many, on the contrary, like to enjoy the steamed, blissful state and meditate, wrapped in a towel. Everyone chooses for themselves. It is important that the bathhouse is a pleasure. If you have a massage, you shouldn’t get too cold: the muscles relaxed by the heat will become toned again and it will be more difficult to stretch them.

17. Masquerade Bathhouse - a haven for masks. Face, body, hair, hands, feet - any steamed part of our body will gratefully accept the components of these products, the activity of which doubles. Masks and oils for hair should be left on for as long as possible, hiding the hair under a felt cap. No plastic caps! At high temperatures they release harmful substances. After the first application, a cleansing mask is applied to the face, and after the second or third - a moisturizing or tightening mask. After all the rituals, you need to apply cream to the skin. Better with a rich texture. It will not allow steamed skin to lose the moisture it receives.

18. It wouldn’t be bad After one visit to the bathhouse, we lose up to 2 liters of water. But the weight reduced in this way, alas, is compensated within a day. On the other hand, the body spends a lot of energy on sweating, which leads to weight loss. To maximize this process, you need to:

* Go into the steam room often, sit for a short time, and then wrap yourself in a sheet and wait for the sweating to stop on its own. * Avoid contrast procedures. The temperature difference trains blood vessels and immunity, but also causes the pores to close and sweating to stop, which consumes excess calories. After all, the body spends a lot of energy on the production and evaporation of sweat. * Drink hot drinks that stimulate sweating. * Steam lying down, in a not very humid steam room. * Anyone who steams on an empty stomach loses weight, but on a full stomach becomes fat.

19. Early in the morning In the East, it is customary to go to the bathhouse in the morning. It is believed that after sunset the body accumulates fatigue and is less willing to give up illnesses. A morning bath really energizes you and gives you ease of thinking.

20. Big difference Along with the Russian bath, the popularity of its foreign “relatives” has also increased. The hammam should ideally be built on the principle of the palm, where each finger is a bath niche. The air temperature in them gradually increases from 70 to 100 ˚С, which allows you to choose the best option. The humidity in the hammam is 90%, and there are no problems with sweating. Sauna It has dry heat (up to 140 ˚C with a humidity of 5-15%). There is no need to splash water on the stones here: due to the high temperature and poor ventilation, the steam turns out to be “heavy”, harmful to health and skin. You can only lightly spray the stones and walls with water and aromatic tincture. The hammam is contraindicated for people with poor circulation and pulmonary problems, and the sauna for those suffering from tachycardia or claustrophobia. If you have inflammatory or oncological diseases, going to the bathhouse is not recommended at all.

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Prepare the broom in advance

Do not use a dry broom - soak it in advance. You may be surprised, but you should soak the broom not in boiling water, but in cool water. In boiling water, tannins are released from the leaves, so the broom may crumble during use. In cool water, the leaves gradually straighten and “come to life.” By the way, you don’t need to keep the broom in water for a long time either. You can remove it from the bowl of water after half an hour and pack it in a plastic bag for several hours.

Proper preparation for visiting the bathhouse

How to lose weight in a sauna to get the maximum benefit from this event? How to properly prepare the body for bath procedures?

A day before visiting the bathhouse, it is recommended to exclude fatty, salty and fried foods, as well as alcohol. On the morning of the visit, you need to eat a small portion of oatmeal porridge cooked in water. The last meal should be a couple of hours before the first entry into the steam room. Before the bath you need to drink warm herbal or berry tea.
Before performing bath procedures, it is recommended to check your weight and determine the acceptable limit for reducing it.
In order to spend time in the steam room with maximum comfort and benefit, you need to prepare in advance a clean sheet, a felt hat to protect your head from overheating, slippers, a towel, a broom, a rubbing glove, cosmetics - foam, shower gel, scrub, masks, washcloth and etc.
To quench extreme thirst, you should have a bottle of acidified water.

Second and subsequent visits to the steam room

On subsequent visits you can

On subsequent visits, you can go to the bathhouse for more than 10 minutes, but it is not advisable to steam for more than 30 minutes.

for more than 10 minutes, but it is not advisable to steam for more than 30 minutes.

The second visit is a good time for a broom massage. There is no need to hit the skin too hard, as aggressive actions can injure it. The massage is done by two people: one lies on the stomach on a shelf in the bathhouse, and the other wields a broom.

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The bath procedure for massage with a broom includes the following steps:

plowing - swing the broom from side to side;
shaking - shake the broom and lean it against your shoulder blades, lower back, feet;
whipping - hit the skin with a broom;
stroking - lean the broom and slowly move it over the skin;
quilting - combine two movements at once: whipping and stroking;
compress – lean the broom against your body and leave it motionless for 5 seconds.

The duration of each of these actions should be on average 1 minute, it is enough to do 3 repetitions.

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There are different types of brooms: birch, oak, linden, bird cherry, coniferous, mixed, etc. Each of them affects the body in a certain way. Try different options, experiment; massage with a broom has a beneficial effect, it improves well-being and helps cope with various diseases.

After a massage with a broom, you should not get up suddenly; sit for at least a few minutes, and then slowly get up.

With each visit to the bathhouse, you can raise the temperature, but you shouldn’t get too carried away. Monitor your sensations and well-being; if your body tells you that it is becoming difficult, then it is better not to take risks, but to leave the steam room and relax. Signs of overheating: feeling weak, dizzy, difficulty breathing, pale skin, weakened pulse.

Raising the temperature is easy - just pour hot water over the stones a little. The less water, the hotter and drier the air will be.

Now you know how to properly take a steam bath, you were probably familiar with some of the rules, we hope that you also learned something new.

Follow these simple requirements, then a visit to the bathhouse will help improve not only the condition of the skin, but also the whole body as a whole, you will be able to rest and relax, enjoying the heat of the Russian bathhouse.

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Bath meal: what to eat before and after the bath

24.10.2016

Every person has their own food preferences. The same goes for visiting the bathhouse. One likes to eat more densely, the other likes to eat lighter. But doctors have established methods and recommendations to make your trip to the bathhouse as healthy and comfortable as possible. Well, what can you eat before the bath, during your visit and after? This question interests many bathhouse lovers. Let's now figure out which food in the bathhouse will be healthy and which will not.

Green salad as a light meal before and after a bath

Food in the bathhouse

To begin with, the first important rule is that you cannot go to the bathhouse after a good sit-down at the table. In other words, on a full stomach. If you have eaten decently, then you can go to the bathhouse no earlier than after 4-5 hours.

Simply, under the pressure of a very high temperature, the blood moves from the internal organs to the skin. But for good digestion, as everyone knows, the intestines need to be supplied with blood. As a result, the food that we consumed begins to ferment in the stomach (and if you ate something carbohydrate-rich). To begin with, it begins to ferment in the stomach itself, and then in the intestines. And accordingly, a person will experience abdominal pain, which is the most unpleasant thing.

In general, smoking or drinking is also prohibited in the bathhouse. These are all sorts of bad habits that only harm your health. Imagine, here your heart is already under a load, and here you are also adjusting the load on it. All these games with alcohol will not lead to good. Therefore, treat the bathhouse with respect, and it will also treat you with reciprocity.

Secondly, doctors were able to find out what types of products should not be used before visiting the bathhouse. This includes food that will take a long time to digest. Well, it's another name for junk food. And here in particular we include: fried foods, meat, fatty foods (especially those based on animal fats - cake, lard, ice cream, etc.), food that has a lot of synthetic food additives, and any smoked products.

Meat, sausages, ham are heavy foods

If everything is clear with fried foods and meat (they require a huge flow of blood for successful digestion), but we will focus on many synthetic food additives at this point and talk in a little more detail. Simply, under the influence of enormous humidity and temperature in the human body, metabolic processes change somewhat. And no one will know how he will feel about artificial food additives, which are practically not found in nature and which are completely unusual for him to digest. This means that sweet soda should be treated with extreme caution. And in general, sweet soda, and even with dye, is the most harmful of all existing drinks. It’s not recommended to drink them anyway, and even before a bath. Just the dye is also very harmful to our body. It definitely does not bring any benefit, and everyone knows this.

Third. Before going to the bathhouse, you can only eat healthy and light foods. For example, for breakfast you can eat fruits with seafood or fish, or just vegetables, porridge, and dairy dishes. For lunch you can only eat soup with vegetable broth, fruits, vegetables, eggs, and dairy products.

Useful tips from ancestors

As our ancestors said, in Rus' it has long been customary to eat radishes in the bathhouse itself. And here, of course, there is a logic. Simply, radish juice and the radish itself promote excellent digestion. They have a very good effect on the pancreas and its work, and also enhance intestinal motility. But the juice released from radish improves liver function and helps eliminate toxins. And its foliage makes an excellent base for a salad.

In general, medical doctors do not entirely recommend eating anything more substantial. But you can and even need to drink fruit juice or juice. After all, it is not useful because you go to the bathhouse and you need light food, but it is also recommended to use it constantly in life. Why, it’s not even worth saying - everyone already knows how healthy natural juices are. For example, in our country, a mixture of beet, carrot and radish juices, and also with the addition of a small amount of honey, has long been the most popular. After all, before people really used everything real and useful. And that's why they lived longer than now. All this autumn is closely related to nutrition. Ask our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, they will tell you that carbonated drinks with various flavors and colors previously did not even know what they were. And now they drink in the bathhouse and after it, whatever they like. As they say, this garbage has spread all over the planet. Therefore, radish juice and other impurities are best consumed, and you should only follow their example.

It’s just that this drink has many useful vitamins, macro- and microelements. He carries out such a procedure as healing and cleansing the body of toxins. And now, if you have a desire to make such juice shortly before visiting the bathhouse, then do not be lazy and do it. Because doing it won't be a problem. After all, the recipe is very simple, simple vegetables are used here: almost everyone grows beets, carrots and radishes in their garden, or even getting them is not difficult.

After the bath, there is also no need to load the body with very heavy food. After half an hour has passed, an hour after leaving the steam room, you can also eat something light. Yes, after visiting the bathhouse we are always attacked by terrible hunger, but still don’t go for this trick, wait at least 20-30 minutes. Healthy drinks, salads, fruits, vegetables will be just right at this time. The body needs to take a short break. Let him get away from such stress. And therefore you can eat well 1.5 hours after visiting the bathhouse.

Radish, from which juice is squeezed, is beneficial for the body

Conclusion!

which products can be consumed in a bathhouse and which cannot. There is one piece of advice for everyone. If you really want to get the maximum effect from visiting the bathhouse, you should not overload your own body, and therefore eat only light, and most importantly healthy, foods before visiting the bathhouse (3 hours) and after visiting (1.5 hours). Drink green tea, natural juices, eat salads, that is, lighter food, and then the bathhouse will seem like paradise for you. And don’t forget cigarettes and alcohol in a bathhouse are something incompatible. We have one task: don’t overload your own body, and then everything will be fine.

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Foundation

In places with dry, homogeneous soil, flat stones are used instead of a foundation. On them, after treating with antiseptics and coating with hot bitumen, the lower crowns of the structure are laid. Stones should be at the corners of the building and where the internal walls connect to the external ones. The space between them is filled with clay. It is permissible to lay stones with a continuous strip, then they are covered with a layer of waterproofing on top. However, this method is rarely used; usually the foundation is made real: strip, pile or columnar.

Who should not visit the baths?

The bathhouse also has contraindications. It is not recommended to resort to the procedure if:

pathologies of the skin;
cardiovascular or pulmonary failure;
pregnancy and breastfeeding;
oncology or tuberculosis.

It is strictly forbidden to enter the steam room while intoxicated. Otherwise, there is a risk of severe deterioration of the condition or even spontaneous death.

It is not recommended for very young children to visit the baths. Children can resort to a hygienic procedure only after reaching 5 years of age, but only after prior consultation with a doctor.

It is also important to carefully monitor your well-being. If your condition worsens in the steam room, it is better to postpone the procedure. This may be the result of hidden disorders and diseases.

When should you eat after a bath or sauna?

If going to the bathhouse is not just fun for you, you should wait 2 hours after the bath before eating. For example, if you would like to lose extra pounds, it is better to eat after a few hours. You can lose weight after a bath; in the first trip you can lose up to two kilograms with the right approach. At the same time, you will not lose muscle mass, but only fat. But to do this, you should not rush to eat in the intervals between steaming and immediately after the bath.

And don’t forget to drink plenty of fluids while vaping - this will definitely help your kidneys, as well as skin cells. By the way, about the skin. To cleanse pores and skin, you can mix sea salt with sour cream and apply to problem areas. You need to steam with the “mask” applied. You can also get good sweating by mixing salt and honey. Works great.

Good luck in the steam room. Don't overeat)

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Compliance with safety regulations

In order to take a steam bath without harm to your own health, you must follow the important rules of steaming:

It is better to visit the bathhouse in a good mood and well-being. You cannot overeat or be hungry, drink alcohol or take drugs.
The first entry into the steam room requires preliminary preparation of the body for thermal procedures.
Your stay in the steam room should not be long - from 2 to 6 visits, 10 minutes each. Overheating the body can lead to heatstroke.
You can only be in the steam room with dry hair. It is better to protect your head with a bath cap or towel.
Drinking plenty of water in the bathhouse is a necessity. The best choice is green tea, herbal infusion, natural juices, mineral water and fruit drinks.
You cannot wear jewelry, accessories, or decorative cosmetics on your face in the steam room.
After completing the bath procedures, proper cooling of the body is ensured - a warm shower, dry rubbing or dousing. If the steamer feels unwell, you should limit yourself to a short rest and a change of clothes.

What can you eat before and in the sauna?

You should not go to the sauna on an empty stomach. Somebody think. that you can lose weight faster from a bathhouse if you go there on an empty stomach - this is a misconception. For the normal functioning of body systems, energy is needed. At high temperatures, energy is not consumed like calories from fat reserves. You'll lose muscle mass faster than fat.

What can you eat before visiting the bathhouse?

Try making a simple salad with fresh vegetables. In the spring-autumn period this will definitely not be a problem. You shouldn’t add a lot of oil; you can use sour cream. It’s better not to use salt, because... it is able to retain moisture, and therefore sweat. You can also consume dairy products: kefir, fermented baked milk, yoghurts (preferably natural, without additives in the form of E), as well as curd mass. It is better to exclude sugar or replace it with honey.

What can you drink before and during the bath?

We have already decided that it is forbidden to drink alcohol before visiting the bathhouse, as well as during the steaming process. What then is recommended to use? Fresh water (not carbonated), fresh juice, fat burning drinks or herbal tea with honey. Ideally, during the break between approaches in the bathhouse, herbal tea with honey is recommended. Wrap yourself in a large terry towel and drink a cup of this tea. Then, you can go back to the steam room for the next 15 minutes. In this case, every cell of your body will receive a dose of relaxation and necessary healing.

You should not buy drinks like Sprite, cola and the like for the bathhouse. You should also refrain from sparkling water, even if it’s “healthy” with minerals. Better spend this money on birch or oak brooms. Also, to reduce cravings for food or “heavy” drinks, add 20 drops of menthol or orange oil (available at any pharmacy) to a ladle of water. This cocktail tones the skin well and heals the respiratory tract.