What is a Finnish bath?

Finnish bath, also known as sauna and sauna, refers to the process of physical therapy with steam in a closed room. Usually, the indoor temperature of sauna can reach above 9℃. By using the cold and hot stimulation of repeated dry steaming and washing of the whole body, blood vessels can be repeatedly expanded and contracted, which can enhance the elasticity of blood vessels and prevent arteriosclerosis. Has certain health care effect on arthritis, lumbago and back muscle pain, bronchitis, neurasthenia, etc. Patients with heart disease, epilepsy, hypertension, diabetes, etc. should not take a sauna.

Precautions:

1. Patients with hypertension and heart disease in the past. Because sauna bath causes blood pressure to fluctuate in a wide range, it increases the heart load, which is easy to cause hypertension, heart attack, accidents and even life-threatening.

2. After a meal, especially within half an hour after a full meal. Taking a sauna immediately after a meal will dilate the blood vessels of the skin, and a large amount of blood will flow back to the skin, which will affect the blood supply of the digestive organs, which will inevitably affect the digestion and absorption of food and be harmful to health.

3. When overworked or hungry. When people are tired and hungry, their muscle tension is poor, and their tolerance to cold and hot stimuli is reduced, which is easy to cause collapse.

4. Menstrual women had better avoid taking a sauna. Menstrual women's physical resistance is reduced. When taking a sauna, cold and heat alternate many times, which is easy to cause colds and bacterial infections and endanger women's health.