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Sauna, a Scandinavian word, is an ancient form of heat therapy used in many cultures around the world. Sauna refers to dry heat although steam is sometimes added, usually by sprinkling water on hot rocks.
A sauna has two components, a heat source and an enclosure to contain the heat. The heat source may be wood, gas, hot rocks or electricity. Enclosures can encompass the entire body such as a sweat lodge, room or other hollowed out area. Also available are sauna cabinets, with the head exposed.
The sauna concept is to heat the body several degrees. The body attempts to reduce its temperature by driving blood to the surface and by sweating. Repeated heating increases the amount and the efficiency of sweating.
Saunas can be of three basic types. Convection saunas move hot air around the body. Radiant saunas use heat rays generated by ceramic far infrared elements, electric light bulbs or by the sun. Conduction saunas heat the body by direct contact with steam or hot sand.
Saunas improve circulation and relieve internal congestion. Heating the body helps destroy bacteria, viruses and tumors. Sweating promotes elimination of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, radiation and other toxins. The skin?s ability to eliminate poisons increases. Saunas offer many of the benefits of exercise while requiring much less exertion.
Sauna History. Hot air baths have been used by many cultures for thousands of years. Among them are Mayan sweat houses, the Mexican temescal, the Islamic hammam, the Russian bania, Japanese mushi-buro, the Native American sweat lodge, as well as hot air baths in India and Africa. The best known European sauna users are the Finns. Hot air baths are also common among Greeks, Romans, Germans, Turks and others.
In Finnish society, the sauna was definitely multipurpose. Besides the weekly family baths, the building was used for smoking and curing meats, doing laundry, drying thatch, malting barley and drying fish nets. It was also used for massage, nursing the sick, washing the dead and as a birthing chamber.
Settlers in America brought their saunas with them. Often Finnish settlers would build the sauna first. It would serve as a temporary shelter to live in while they were building a house. Pioneers in natural therapeutics also employed the sauna as a healing modality. The best known nineteenth century American sauna proponent was Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, M.D. At his Battle Creek Sanitarium he carefully researched various dry and wet heat baths to assess their use as healing modalities. A favorite was the electric light sauna employing the new incandescent light bulb. It never caught on in America, but thousands were sold in Europe, including to members of the royal families.
Sauna use waned during the early years of the twentieth century, outshined by the technological wonders of modern medicine. Over the past twenty years, however, its use has increased, especially as a safe and powerful method for eliminating addictive drugs and environmental toxins. The infrared sauna was also introduced. It provides a more pleasant experience for many people and is more effective for detoxification.
Five Ways To Use Saunas. This book focuses on sauna therapy. Saunas, however, may be used in several ways.
Health Maintenance. Periodic use enhances circulation, nourishes the glands, cleanses the skin and offers many of the benefits of exercise.
Social Interaction. Baths, saunas and lodges can be community gathering places for families and other groups. The warmth promotes openness and community spirit.
Spiritual Development. Native Americans and other groups use sweat lodges for sacred ceremony. The warmth, atmosphere and shape of the lodge make it excellent for emotional and physical cleansing. Together with others or alone, the sauna is a marvelous place to contemplate, meditate, pray and release fears and negativity. Adding sound, color, aromatherapy and other modalities can enhance the effects of the heat.
Healing. Spending one to four hours a day in sauna therapy is a powerful yet safe healing modality. The sauna is excellent to add energy to the body, decongest internal organs, assist circulation, heal infections and help many other body systems. Medical therapies too often focus on relieving symptoms while ignoring deeper causes which the sauna addresses.
In particular, conventional medicine often overlooks the effects of toxic chemicals and heavy metals on one?s health. Genetics is emphasized, but there is little mention that nutritional deficiencies and toxic agents cause genetic defects. The following sections describe toxins the sauna can help remove in more detail.
Introduction to Saunas
Over the past two years, I underwent an intense electric light sauna therapy program. Results were dramatic and I began recommending it to patients. I observed similar excellent improvement in their health. As I found few books about sauna therapy, particularly using electric light saunas, this volume documents what is known about this therapy and what I have observed.
Organic Chemicals. Never before in history have bodies been exposed to such large numbers and amounts of toxic chemicals. From building materials and home furnishings to food additives, solvents and thousands of other products, chemicals are part of the modern lifestyle.
Many harm the body, though the effects are often subtle. They accumulate in the water and air, so no location remains unaffected. Many degrade slowly so their effects are cumulative. Avoiding exposure is all but impossible. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), toxic chemicals are the worst environmental problem in the nation, responsible for up to 80% of cancer deaths.
One class of chemicals, pesticides and herbicides, are among the most toxic substances known to mankind. Several billion pounds are sprayed each year directly on our crops. Besides eating and wearing the residues, they contaminate the air and water supplies for hundreds of years.
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