It so happened that one of the symbols of Russia, along with an accordion, a matryoshka and a trained bear, was the Russian bath. And for good reason. Since ancient times, the bath has been a sacred place. Not a trivial bathing room, but a temple where the soul and body were cleansed. And not only from dirt, but also from diseases - bodily and mental.
Even today, when every house has a bath or shower, many still prefer to drop by a Russian bathhouse at least once a week and, smeared with honey and salt, dive into the humid hot air of the steam room. Under the waves of fragrant brooms in fear, ailments run away with a melancholy, youth and freshness of feelings return. Therefore, a person comes out of the bath as if he had just been born.
Bath for health
Colds and runny nose, cough and other nonspecific diseases of the upper respiratory tract are direct indications for going to the steam room. Throw water with herbal infusion or a solution of essential oils on the stove and, inhaling the healing steam, walk over the body with a steamed broom. You look, and the colds are already gone.
Since ancient times, the ancestors of the Slavs treated diseases of the musculoskeletal system only in a bath. A simple massage, combined with the healing effect of hot steam, saturated with healing aromas and beneficial antiseptic substances, truly work wonders. A visit to the steam room, and even accompanied by a knowledgeable bathhouse attendant, not only relieves pain, but also truly heals, restoring mobility to the joints, and youthful flexibility and lightness to the body.
By the way, the bath is an indispensable attribute of a healthy lifestyle and sports. During bath procedures, the metabolism is accelerated, the cardiovascular system is trained (which is especially facilitated by contrast procedures), the body actively gets rid of stagnation, toxins, and toxins. In addition, the beneficial warmth perfectly relaxes tired muscles, contributing to a quick and high-quality recovery from sports activities.
The bath is also useful for the soul, no less than for the body. A visit to the steam room, a massage with a fragrant broom, and then dousing the hot skin with a tub of cold water - this is the best remedy for blues, insomnia, neuroses and depression.
Bath for beauty
The pursuit of beauty is eternal as the world. And the bathhouse is the best assistant in the struggle for youth and freshness. In the steam room, skin pores are opened, metabolism is accelerated, the skin is renewed and deeply cleansed, wrinkles that have appeared so inopportunely are smoothed, and a healthy glow returns to the pale faces of urban young ladies. Cosmetic procedures - massages, peels and others, carried out in the bath or immediately after it, are several times more effective.
What about being overweight? Broom massage is an excellent remedy for cellulite. In addition, for one half-hour session of bath procedures, you can "burn" about 300 kilocalories. To get rid of the same amount in the gym, you will have to seriously train using weights for about an hour.
Contraindications to visiting the steam room
The Russian bath is not a medicine for everyone. Alas, heart attacks and strokes, diseases of the cardiovascular system, cancer, pregnancy make it impossible to visit the steam room. Fortunately, for the vast majority of people the joys of a Russian bath are quite accessible. And this means that in the arsenal of contemporaries there is still an excellent tool for preserving youth, health and great well-being.
