Techniques of soaring in the Russian bath. How to take a steam bath in the bath: experienced, experienced bath attendants advise

For those who came to the baths for the first time

1. Steam first, then wash.
2. It will be useful to take a warm shower (2-3 minutes) before the steam room.
3. Do not wet your head, but it is advisable to moisten the hat with cold water.
4. Enter the steam room only in a hat, preferably a felt and wide-brimmed one, or make a turban out of a towel.
5. Choose shorter, fluffier and lighter brooms - two are better.
6. Ordinary mittens help a lot to keep palms from being scuffed with brooms.
7. On the first entry into the steam room, first warm up without a broom for 5-7 minutes. Then drink hot tea to improve the warming "from the inside".
8. Serve only with boiling water; try to give in small portions and only in the hottest place of the stove (the water in such a place will seem to "pop" or "explode") from this the steam will be dry, and therefore "light" or "soft".
9. Rest after the steam room without getting cold, avoid drafts.
10. The duration of the bath procedure is determined by your condition, but you should not abuse the steam room.
11. A very good principle for a bath is gradualness and moderation.
12. If you are physically ready and decide to swim in the snow or plunge into the font with ice water. You came to the baths and already went to the steam room a couple of times. Now you can try - first warm up hard in the steam room, then with a bullet in the snow / water and again with a bullet in the steam room, steam well with brooms.

Unwritten laws (rules)
When meeting at the door of the bathhouse (soap, steam room), the advantage is given to the incoming person, regardless of age.
At the request of the elderly, sick, pregnant women, give way and provide the necessary assistance: bring in or take out of the washing room, steam room, bring water, etc.
It is strictly forbidden to bring any glass objects into the washing or steam room. It is forbidden to enter the steam room with soap or wash in it.
It is forbidden to smoke in the sauna building.
Never refuse an elderly person's request to steam them with a broom.
Do not use other people's items: soap, scissors, washcloth, broom, pumice stone, comb, etc.
Do not bring sharp objects into the soap compartment: razor blades, etc.
A person who feels unwell in the steam room or soap department, immediately take him to the dressing room and help him.
Do not enter into conflict conversations, try to prevent quarrels.
You should not be in the bath for more than 2.5 hours.

How to use the bath

Steam - don't get burned
give in - do not fall down,
don't fall off the shelf.

Those who are not initiated into the art of the bath procedure will be skeptical about the question: "Do you know how to use the bath?" Without hesitation, he will answer: "What's so difficult here? At the beginning I'll take a steam bath, and then I'll wash myself in the shower - and I'm ready." True lovers of the bath will not say so.
The art of the bath procedure consists of many components: the preparation of optimal heat, the creation of the necessary humidity and pleasant smells in the steam room, a properly selected and specially prepared broom and the ability to whip them, the timely use of contrasting effects and many other points that your mood and health will depend on.

Broom selection

For more heat and pleasure, steam lovers have long used various devices. So, for example, the Mexican Indians used fragrant high-growing herbs for this purpose, which were injected with hot steam, and then applied to the body, thereby creating a thermal compress. The ancient Slavic tribes used quilting over the body with birch, maple, and oak branches. How widespread and valuable this custom was is evidenced by the fact that one tribe paid tribute to another with birch brooms.
Although the ancient Slavic custom of bathing with birch or oak brooms has its roots in ancient times, it cannot be said that it belongs entirely to that past. On the contrary, now broom lashing is carried out in a scientific way and there is evidence of the benefits of its use. The broom doubles the effect of the bath. Therefore, a broom is an integral part of the bathing procedure. It is no coincidence that the old Russian sayings say: “In the bath, a broom is a master”, “In a bath, a broom is more expensive than money”, “A bathhouse without a broom is like a samovar without a pipe.”
What kind of broom do you prefer? You probably noticed that when buying it, some prefer birch, while others prefer oak. Often there is a dispute about the advantage of one or another type of broom.

Birch broom.
An old riddle says: “There is a tree, the color is green, in this tree there are four lands: the first is for the sick to health, the second is a well for people, the third is light from darkness, and the fourth is swaddling.” What is this tree? Of course, birch. Bathe in a bathhouse with a birch broom, prepare medicines from buds and leaves - “sick for health”; quench thirst with birch sap - “a well for people”; illuminate the dwelling with a torch, bake with hot birch firewood - “light from darkness”; tie broken pots with birch bark, repair baskets, baskets - “decrepit swaddling”. Yes, since time immemorial people have kept love for this wonderful tree, our good white-trunked beauty.
Chemical analysis of birch leaves showed that they contain a lot of essential oil, there are tannins, vitamin C, provitamin A. Buds, sap and birch bark have healing properties. That is why from time immemorial birch has been loved not only in Rus', but also in other countries.
Birch brooms were harvested in central Russia in July. Most sauna lovers believe that the best fan is made from soft, flexible birch branches, which, after steaming, emit a delicate aroma that lasts up to 5-7 hours on the skin.
But not all types of birch are suitable for a broom. Only curly birch and subspecies of silver birch are most suitable for a bath broom, as it is well preserved and has abundant foliage. If these species are not available, white birch can be used. Birch sap is refreshing, delicious, healthy drink good thirst quencher. Therefore, after a hot bath, it is useful to drink a glass of cool birch sap.

Oak broom.
Few trees are so loved and respected by different peoples like oak. Slavs, ancient Greeks, Romans at the dawn of their history worshiped this mighty tree, whose age often exceeded 1000-1500 years. They attributed miraculous properties to it, composed myths, legends, songs and epics about it. In Greece, the oak branch was the emblem of strength, power and nobility. Oak brooms were awarded to warriors who performed outstanding feats.
Like the Greeks and Romans, the Slavs also considered the oak to be one of the holy trees.
But not only with its longevity and majestic beauty, the oak won the love and appreciation of millions of people. The benefit brought by this giant to mankind is great.
Oak leaves, for example, contain a large number of tannins. Oak decoction is used for some skin diseases (weeping eczema), severe sweating of the feet. For many centuries, oak branches have been used in the bath as a broom for the purpose of deep heating and treatment.
A broom made of oak branches is durable: if they were prepared on time and skillfully stored, then it is enough for 2-3 baths. The leaves of even a well-steamed broom are always moderately dry, which facilitates the procedure and does not burn the body too much.
Oak brooms should be harvested in August.
Eucalyptus broom. This broom is most often used in the Caucasus. Its disadvantage is that its branches are too thin, flexible, and the leaves are long. It is very difficult to control such a broom while lashing in the steam room, you have to spend extra energy on waving. And in the bath you need to save your strength. In addition, it is almost impossible to rub over the body with a eucalyptus broom. Real bathers usually prefer a combined broom. For example, 3-4 branches of eucalyptus are added to birch or oak, or oak is combined with birch, or 2-3 branches of wormwood or currant are added to birch, etc.
Eucalyptus leaves contain from one to three percent of the essential oil, with which the main medicinal properties. The best broom for a bath will be the one that was harvested in August-September, and the most healing leaf for infusion is the one collected in late autumn, November-December. Eucalyptus infusion is used in the steam room as an antiseptic, as an inhalation for diseases of the larynx, trachea, bronchi.
Eucalyptus oil contains various chemicals that make it an antiseptic (disinfectant) and pain reliever. This oil in combination with turpentine is recommended to be rubbed after the bath procedure for those suffering from neuralgia, myositis (muscle inflammation), as well as for bruises, sprains and pain in the joints.

Nettle broom.
IN last years in the cities you will not see people steaming with a nettle broom. A lot of people just don't know how to do it right.
Bath lovers spoke about the fragrant nettle broom with big love. Those who are not experienced in the bathing business will say: “How can you bathe with stinging nettles, sometimes you accidentally touch your hand, and then it burns - you won’t find a place for four hours. And if you whip on the body, then you will get sick ... ”Yes, indeed, you can get sick, because when a person is burned with nettles, blisters appear on the skin of a person. The general body temperature rises and other unpleasant sensations arise.
But if you prepare a nettle broom according to the rules, as experts do, then such a medicinal broom will take first place. He will be especially grateful to those who often have pain in the lower back, “ache” joints, tormented by rheumatism, etc.
Nettle broom is knitted small, before quilting it is placed in hot water for 1-2 minutes, and then in cold water for 3-4 minutes (the procedure is repeated 1-2 times), after which you can whip.
If it is necessary that the nettle “burns”, and such a broom is loved by older people whose skin is less sensitive, it is necessary to warm up such parts of the body as the lower back, the area of ​​​​the shoulder blades, the soles of the feet, then in this case the nettle broom is dipped in boiling water for 1-3 seconds , after which you can steam. But for this, you must first go to the steam room and stay there for 5-7 minutes, and it is better if you also fasten for 2-4 minutes with a birch or oak broom. By doing this, you will prepare the skin for the stronger effect that the nettle broom has. They need to quilt easily, as if specifically “stinging” the skin, then it gives a greater effect.

Coniferous broom.
Such a broom is brewed for 10-15 minutes in boiling water, and as soon as it becomes soft, you can start steaming. But at the same time, we must not forget that in the first run they do not bathe, you can injure the skin, and then there will be itching. Steaming with a coniferous broom should be when the skin warms up well and becomes elastic. It is not recommended to bathe with pine needles and for those who have very delicate skin.
In areas where birch and oak do not grow, many other broad-leaved species, such as maple, walnut, mountain ash, etc., can be used to make brooms.

Steaming a broom.
If the broom is fresh, they are steamed immediately. A steamed fresh broom becomes “limp”, heavy. In addition, it quickly “heats up”, and the skin does not withstand burning.
A dry broom should be dipped in cold water for 15-20 minutes, and then in hot water for 1-3 minutes. A too dry broom should be steamed in boiling water for 10-15 minutes, or it should be moistened with cold water 10-15 hours before the bath and wrapped in a damp rag, or it can be dipped in a bucket of cold water. Such a broom is no longer brewed with boiling water before steaming. A broom prepared according to this method will always be dry, fragrant, soft, leaves will never fall off it and last for 2-3 baths (with proper use in the steam room and storage).
After the broom has steamed out, the water (infusion) becomes dark and looks more like green tea. The infusion is diluted with boiling water and poured onto hot stones or poured over the walls, it saturates the steam room with a pleasant aroma. It is useful to wash your hair with the same infusion at the end of the bath procedure, it strengthens the hair roots, and the existing dandruff decreases after 6-9 procedures.
Well, what if there is no time, and the broom is too dry, why not leave the bath because of this without lashing? There is a way to prepare for this case. Take a basin of hot water, dip a broom in it and place it on the stones in the oven for 1-3 seconds. At the same time, rotate and shake the broom so that it does not burn, but steams evenly. Repeat 2-3 times. This procedure takes 1-2 minutes.

Procedures before the steam room

Before going to the steam room, you need to take care of a place where you can leave soap, brooms, etc. On the same bench you will have to rest after the steam room, as well as wash and massage. The bench must be chosen in such a place that it is warm, there is a lot of air and there are no drafts. The bench is poured hot water until it is hot. Then boiling water is poured into one basin and brooms are lowered into it, and covered with another.
It is especially important to prepare your body for a meeting with hot steam for those who do not immediately adapt to high temperatures, as well as for beginners, the elderly, patients with blood pressure disorders (if the steam room is not contraindicated for them) and vegetative-vascular neuroses. For such people, it is helpful to take a hot shower or hot foot bath first. After that, you can go to the steam room. How quickly we develop adaptive mechanisms to the high temperature of the steam room depends not only on the correct use of it, but also on the state of the organism.
Academician V.P. Kaznacheev found that in response to various influences (including thermal procedures), people react differently. Some quickly achieve stability, high temperature tolerance, while others get used slowly. Therefore, one should not take an example from others and rush to increase the time spent in the steam room, increase the air temperature in it. This is especially important for beginners.
Before going to the steam room, you need to wash yourself under a warm shower (35-38 degrees) for 2-3 minutes, but do not wet your head: this will make it easier to endure the high temperature in the steam room. Before the steam room, it is not recommended to wash with soap: it removes fat from the body, which protects the skin from burning during a visit to the steam room, especially if you whip with a broom. Wash with soap after you finish steaming. After taking a shower, they put on a hat, preferably with large brim (it kind of creates a microclimate and protects the head from overheating), you can also tie your head with a towel in the form of a turban. The hat can be wetted with cold water, this procedure reduces the heart rate, and improves overall well-being.
When using hats (turbans, etc.), you also need to know a few simple, but very important rules. In no case should the cap squeeze the head, it was light and at the same time quite loose.
A tight cap can cause malaise, headaches, poor steam tolerance, etc.
The steam room should be both moderately dry, and well ventilated, and clean. If you, entering the steam room, felt bad smell sweat, sagging leaves from brooms, do not start steaming. Such a steam room needs to be at least ventilated.
The best time to visit the bath is in the morning. Connoisseurs of bathing heat say: you need to go to the “first”. In the bath, where there is a pool, it is useful to swim for 15-20 minutes, but before visiting the steam room. We did not make a reservation: we recommend just swimming, and not swimming. After swimming, you should “feel” your muscles, they will “fill up” and be in good shape. Naturally, the pulse rate should not increase too much.
Swimming is especially beneficial for people with excess weight leading a sedentary lifestyle, as well as to relax and relieve tension after physical work, running, athletic gymnastics, etc. The water temperature in the pool should not be lower than 20 degrees. After swimming take a shower (36-38 C) for 1-3 minutes. This will prepare the body and make it easier to bear the heat in the steam room.
After a short rest (and it is determined individually - from 10 to 20 minutes), you can go to steam. Pour boiling water into the basin (with the addition of aromatic infusion to the water) and pour 100-200 ml on hot stones until the desired temperature is reached (if you steam with a broom, then moisten more) and air humidity. Be aware that pouring small portions of boiling water over the stones allows you to “make” the steam less wet. They say about this: “light”, “soft”. The secret here is simple: when water is added in large portions, it does not have time to completely evaporate (besides, the stones cool down) and settles down with heavy water vapor. As a result, the steam burns, additionally loads the cardiovascular system, the person feels tired. They say about such a pair: “raw”, “heavy”. Connoisseurs pour water on the stones in small portions, trying to find the hottest place (when the water seems to explode with a loud bang, falling on the stones) in order to make the steam dry and not flood the stones.
In dry air baths (for example, saunas), where the air temperature is 90-120 degrees, excessive dryness irritates the nasopharyngeal mucosa. For the purpose of moistening, pour hot water over the walls and ceiling. In a dry bath, the leaves of the broom instantly twist, break and crumble. To prevent this from happening, take a basin of hot water into the steam room and periodically dip a broom into it.

How to make steam

From time immemorial in Rus', there were traditions that were borrowed by many peoples, how to cook fragrant steam. When creating it, special recipes were used. Such a couple had healing properties. For example, in the book “The True Path to Health and Life Extension - Russian Steam Bath”, published in Moscow in 1904, many herbal infusions, balms and rubbings are recommended for use in the bath. It is not easy to prepare “delicious” steam, it requires a lot of practice or expert advice. And many people keep steam cooking a secret.
Before you start preparing fragrant steam, you need to make sure that at an average height of the steam room the temperature and humidity of the air are quite similar, that is, they do not burn or dry the nasopharynx.
Now take boiling water and add various aromatic or healing substances, infusions, etc. to it. Usually add (based on 3 liters): 50 g of kvass or beer, or half a teaspoon of honey, or one piece of sawn sugar, or half a teaspoon of dry mustard (having previously roasted it well), or 7-10 menthol or mint drops, or half a teaspoon of eucalyptus oil, or two tablespoons of the same infusion, or one teaspoon of instant coffee, or an infusion of spruce needles, or an infusion of lime flowers, or fragrant tea, or mint infusion.
Useful and infusion of chamomile - a wild plant with healing properties.
A good therapeutic effect is obtained by adding coniferous extract to the water - liquid or in the form of briquettes (previously diluted in boiling water). Both are sold in a pharmacy or infused at home. Pouring the solution on the stones fills the steam room with the aroma of pine needles, which well relieves fatigue after tiring physical or mental work.
The smell not only contributes to a certain mood, but also has a healing effect. Let's say you are constantly worried about a dry cough and even endless colds. To harden the respiratory organs, you need to buy the appropriate herbs at the pharmacy, for example, marshmallow, elecampane, etc. The prepared composition of the infusion does not have to be poured onto the stones, you can spray it on the walls, even if they are tiled. Aromatic substances, penetrating through the skin and upper respiratory tract, have a beneficial effect on the central nervous system and other organs.
Coniferous extract is recommended as a sedative for functional disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system, cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension (in the initial stages, i.e. when the doctor is not forbidden to visit the bath), as well as overwork.
Useful and steam, prepared with an infusion of thyme. If someone has a disturbed sleep, then try to go to the bath at about 16-18 hours and take a steam bath with an infusion of thyme. And you will see that your sleep has become better. The procedure must be repeated constantly until your condition stabilizes. Here one involuntarily wants to recall the ancients again. So, for example, the Slavs, for a better night's sleep, instead of down pillows, lay down on pillows stuffed with thyme grass. Previously, this could not be explained, but now everything has been solved. It turns out that the plant contains a fragrant essential oil, which has a beneficial effect on the centers responsible for sleep. Such a bath increases the general tone of the body, improves mood and performance.
It is no coincidence that in the old days they said: “Spicy smells and tastes naturally enliven and approve the bodily feelings of healthy and disease-obsessed people.” In the Urals, an infusion of kalufer, sweet clover and others is added to the water fragrant herbs. Often grass for smell is placed on the shelves. A steamed eucalyptus broom gives a particularly good effect. In the steam room, they press it to the face and breathe through the nose for 4-5 minutes.
The smells of some infusions stimulate human activity and create a certain mood. Medical scientists came to such conclusions long ago. Already today, Japanese physiologists have established that, for example, the smell of jasmine noticeably excites the activity of the brain. The smell of lavender also gives a tonic effect.
But in general, the recommendations are as follows: tonic infusions, oils should be used in the morning, when you need to invigorate the body. IN evening time On the contrary, you need to use aromas that soothe and promote sound sleep.

About the benefits of sweating

So, the wig is ready. You can also steam. However, do not rush to go to the topmost shelves, because your body is not yet prepared for high temperatures. First you need to warm up at a low air temperature in order to cause the necessary expansion of skin vessels and the onset of sweating. For this purpose, it is enough to visit the bottom (or on the middle shelf) of the pair department.
We have already mentioned that people are different from each other. individual features: some begin to sweat (ceteris paribus) at the 4th minute, while others at the 10-12th minute. Therefore, without exception, after 5-7 minutes of staying in the steam room, everyone needs to go to the soap compartment and sit. And the expected drops of sweat will appear in 3-5 minutes.
It is recommended for a beginner to enter the steam room once - to lie down below, i.e. in the comfort zone, for no more than 5 minutes. Whipping with a broom is better to postpone until the next time. If after the bath you feel cheerful, then the next time you can increase the visit to the steam room by 1 minute and gradually move on to 2-3 visits, bringing total time in the steam room up to 15-35 minutes (depending on age, health, temperature conditions in the steam room and other conditions). In general, the entire bathing procedure should not take more than 2-3 hours, and in the steam room you can spend no more than 35 minutes, regardless of the number of visits. And here it must be emphasized that the duration of the bath procedure is determined not by the clock, but by the state of the person, everyone feels when he should leave the steam room. It is advisable for experienced bathers to first lie down on the middle shelf so that the head and legs are at the same level. It is even better that the legs are a little higher (in modern steam rooms there is a special footrest in the form of a rail for this). This position creates a natural outflow of blood and lymph from the underlying areas of the body, and thus facilitates the work of the heart. If it is not possible to lie down, it is necessary to sit down, but so that the legs are at the same height with the body.
In a standing position, you put yourself at risk of heat stroke, because the air temperature at the level of the head is higher (15-20 C) compared to the body.
In order to evenly warm up all areas of the body, change position more often, that is, first lie on your side, then on your back, on the other side and on your stomach.
In the steam room, you should always breathe through your nose: at the same time, hot air is cooled, and too dry air is humidified.
After warming up for 5-7 minutes, do not stand up abruptly: you risk losing your balance for a moment. And although this phenomenon in itself is not dangerous, you can fall and hurt yourself badly. A minute before leaving the steam room, if you were lying down, sit down to prepare the circulatory system for a standing position.
When leaving the steam room (this applies to everyone), you should not immediately go to bed to rest, you need to walk for 2-3 minutes. In this case, it is useful to raise your hands up and take deep breaths, after which it is recommended to rinse under a warm shower. Do the same before entering the steam room again.
Before each subsequent visit to the steam room, you need to have a good rest for 15-20 minutes (5-7 minutes in the soap department, and then in the locker room, well covered with a sheet or wearing a bathrobe). Both in the soap department and in the dressing room there should be no drafts, it is cold.
To keep warm and continue sweating, you can drink hot tea or other fortified drink. Do not drink in one gulp, preferably in small sips.
Depending on the condition and purpose, the steam room can be visited 3-4 times. After each subsequent session, rest in the soapy room or dressing room should be increased.
If you decide to take a steam bath with a broom, then this is done after the first or second entry, when the body is ready for stronger temperature effects. Contrasting procedures are taken between visits to the steam room. But for those who want to lose weight, it is important to remember that any cooling immediately stops sweating reflexively, and this prevents further weight loss.
It is very useful to carry out massage or self-massage in the bath. Do it immediately after leaving the steam room. Before the massage, in no case should you cool down, even go out into a cool room. Do not drink cold drinks either. Hot tea or milk is drunk slowly, in small sips and no more than a glass. The total massage time in the bath after the steam room is 25-35 minutes (up to 15 minutes are allotted for self-massage). Each massage is repeated 3-4 times. The procedure can be interrupted by visiting the steam room (for 3-5 minutes). If you are not tired, then it is useful to whip yourself with a broom all over your body.
After the massage (self-massage) take a warm shower (1-2 minutes) and start washing. Before leaving the soap department, it will be useful to go to the steam room for 1-2 minutes, and then under a warm shower and into the dressing room. Do not put on underwear if you are not cold and continue to sweat.
Before leaving the bath, it is not recommended to swim in a cool pool, douse yourself with cold water, and wipe yourself with snow. These procedures are always interspersed with visits to the steam room. And before going outside, especially in winter, you need to relax a bit in a cool room.
It should be remembered that the bath is a means of strengthening health. Therefore, no "records" are inappropriate here. A record long stay in a steam room and a record high temperature are unjustified risk factors that can make a healthy person sick.
For those who find it difficult to withstand the bath load, you can follow this procedure. First, wash your head, hands, feet. After that, rinse and relax in the soap compartment, if it is not stuffy in it. It is better to go to the locker room and, covered with a sheet, sit for 7-10 minutes. Then wash yourself with hot water and go to steam. In the steam room, choose the temperature that suits you and take a steam bath while sitting. Well, the best option is when you lie down, and you will be steamed. After that, having rested in the soap compartment, you can wash yourself.
in baths with high relative humidity (up to 90-100%), the temperature should not exceed 70 C (for the elderly and weak people - 45-55 C). At a humidity of 30-40%, the temperature can rise to 90 C, and at 5-15% - up to 110 C.
The stated technique of the bathing procedure concerns dry-air and damp baths. In the case when they bathe without a broom, then, lying on a shelf, it is necessary to turn from time to time. This will help to more evenly steam all parts of the body.
Do not expect a miracle by going to the bathhouse once. If you use it regularly and correctly, then in the near future you will notice that you have become more active at work, you are less tired, nervous, and if you skip the bath procedure, you will immediately feel, as they say, “not at ease” ..

Steam with a broom correctly

A broom in a bath is not used for exotic, with its help a more effective effect on all organs and systems of the human body is carried out.
“Broom massage” enhances blood circulation not only in the skin, but also in deep-lying tissues, which contributes to a better redistribution of blood, lymph and interstitial fluid throughout the body. As a result, sweating is significantly increased, products unnecessary to the body are excreted, and skin respiration increases. All this contributes to a more enhanced metabolism.
Any broom, no matter what you use in the steam room, releases medicinal substances - phytoncides, which have a bactericidal effect. Besides, essential oils, contained in leaves and branches, getting on the skin, improve its metabolism, increase its tone, prevent premature aging and aging of the skin. The skin after quilting with a broom acquires a healthy color. It is no coincidence that in the old days people said: "Which day you take a steam bath, that day you do not grow old."
It is better to bathe together, taking turns whipping each other with a broom. The most rational position of the body for the one who is hovering is lying on a shelf (bench). Firstly, the temperature thus affects all parts of the body equally. For even in the most well-equipped steam rooms, the difference in air temperature at the level of the legs and head (if you bathe while standing) is up to 20 C. This adversely affects thermoregulation, besides, the head overheats unnecessarily, which is harmful.
Secondly, when lying down, Better conditions for more complete relaxation of all parts of the body. But if it is not possible to lie down, it is better to bathe in a sitting position, and the legs should not hang down, they should be raised to the level of the body (i.e. put on the shelves, bench). Studies have shown that in the supine position, the pulse is on average 8-10 beats / min less often, therefore, the load on the cardiovascular system is reduced. This is especially important for those who bathe for the first time or after an illness (if the doctor has allowed to bathe).
We have already said that the broom should be light, the handles should be thin, neatly wrapped with a bandage or other soft cloth. If you do not follow this rule, then even the strongest and roughest hands become covered with water calluses (which is why mittens are also recommended). In addition, a light broom more carefully “works out” both muscles and joints.
It is necessary to soar each other with a broom “according to science”, because you often have to see how one literally tortures another with a beating.
First, take a fancy to the shelves with the air temperature suitable for you and lie down on your stomach, stretching your arms along the body. Then the partner with two brooms should make a light stroke from the feet to the head. In the opposite direction, one broom slides along one side, and the other along the other, then along the lateral parts of the pelvis, thighs and calf muscles to the feet - so 2-3 times. Next, the brooms need to be lifted up, trying to capture hotter air with them, lower them on the lower back and press them with your hand for 1-3 seconds. The same movements are carried out in the area of ​​​​the shoulder blades, on the knee joints. The whole complex is repeated 3-4 times. At the same time, attention should be paid to the fact that the brooms do not move through the air, but must touch the body. If the air temperature in the steam room is too high and the skin cannot withstand the heat, the brooms should be moved slowly, without lifting them up. The burning of the skin is eliminated with a broom, which is first dipped in cool water.
In baths, where the temperature and humidity are optimal, brooms should not be soaked in water, otherwise they will lose their ability to pump heat. In addition, they stick together and become heavy. Dry light broom well collects evaporated from the surface of the body evenly distributes warmer air over it environment.
The air temperature in the steam room is set individually in each case. For example, in a dry-air (Finnish, Russian) bath, the air temperature is in the range of 90-120 C, relative humidity is 10-25%, and in a damp one - 50-70 C and humidity up to 100%. These are the optimal norms for whipping with a broom. But there are fans for whom this is not enough. Increasing the effect of heat on the human body can be achieved by quickly moving brooms from one part of the body to another and periodically, either at the feet or at the head, raise them higher, as if pumping hotter air, which creates the necessary heat.
The next soaring technique is lashing, which is performed with fast lashing movements, the end part of the broom. At first, it is done on the back with light “strokes” in all directions. Then - on the lower back, pelvis, thighs, calf muscles and feet. This process takes up to 1 minute. They finish it with stroking, but the movements are already done much faster than initially. Duration - up to 1 min.
Next, the partner lies on his back. All techniques are performed in the same sequence as lying on the stomach. Then they turn back up again. First, the first two steps are repeated: stroking and quilting, which should not take more than 2 minutes.
Then they proceed to the main method - whipping (it is stronger) in combination with a broom compress. Start from the back. The broom is lifted up (they capture hot steam) and 2-3 whips are made on the latissimus dorsi muscles, and then pressed with a hand - this will be a compress. The same is done on the lower back, gluteal muscles, the outer surface of the thighs, lower legs, on the feet (excluding the popliteal fossae, where the skin is very sensitive). When it is necessary to deeply warm the knee joint in order to increase its elasticity or restore impaired functions, a broom is applied to it, and the lower leg is bent with careful springy movements until the heel touches the pelvis.
The compress is especially useful for injuries, muscle pain (after heavy physical exertion), radiculitis, myositis, muscle inflammation, gout and some other ailments.
After that, the brooms are placed on the lower back and at the same time spread them apart: one broom is advanced to the head, and the other to the feet. This technique is called “stretching” and is recommended for various pains in the sacro-lumbar region. Stretching is carried out 4-6 times and ends with a general stroking of the whole body.
If in the second (third) run they intend to bathe with brooms, then the whole procedure is repeated, but for the first two steps (stroking, lashing) and total time are shrinking. at the end of soaring, a rubbing technique is used, which is performed as follows: with one hand (most often with the left), the broom is taken by the handle, and with the palm of the other, slightly pressing on the leafy part, they rub the back, lower back, pelvic area, etc. The trunk can be rubbed in all directions, and the limbs along. Rubbing can be done with strokes or circular motions.
If, after visiting the steam room, you will not conduct a self-massage or massage session, then in this case you should do a broom massage (energetic whipping and rubbing) in the steam room more vigorously, especially in the back, lower back, chest and hips. If you visit the bath together, the three of you, then it is more effective to conduct a mutual massage. Then take a 1-2 minute warm shower and start washing.
You can also steam yourself. If possible, you need to lie on your back and start soaring first one leg, then the other, for which they stroke them in the direction from the foot up to the pelvis. Brooms should slide evenly either along the front of the legs, then along the back, 3-4 times. If the air temperature in the steam room is high, the brooms should be moved slowly and not removed from the body so as not to build up the heat. At normal air temperature in the steam room, you can increase its influence by quickly moving the brooms from one

The Russian bath is an integral part of the culture of our country. Over the centuries, it has grown from a simple hygienic procedure into an almost ideological phenomenon that reflects the mysterious nature of the nation. Of course, for many modern people, going to the bathhouse is considered quite commonplace and is accompanied by a stormy feast in cheerful company. However, connoisseurs of traditions have not yet died out, who approach this process extremely responsibly. For them, the question of how to properly bathe in a Russian bath is especially important and relevant. The answer to it will be given in this article.

First of all, it should be borne in mind that the procedure for going to the Russian bath should take at least two hours. Just running there for about thirty minutes is pointless, because there will be no benefit from this. It is better to go for health in the evening, because the bath involves the subsequent rest of the body. By the way, sleep after the steam room will be especially strong and sweet. It has been proven that the bath is an excellent way to restore strength after heavy physical exertion. So it is better to go there at the end of a busy day at work.

So, how to take a steam bath in a Russian bath? First of all, you need to forget about alcoholic drinks- Under no circumstances should you take them with you. The best and most useful alternative would be. It's also a good idea to take cool (but not icy!) fruit drink or kvass with you - they will help you cheer up after the steam room. Also, you can not go to the bath on a full stomach - after eating, at least an hour and a half should pass.

Arriving in the bath, you need to soak the broom first. This applies only to a dry broom, fresh does not require prior preparation. First, it must be immersed in cold water (for about 15 minutes), then in hot water - three minutes will be enough. Cold water will change its color and become like green tea.

While the broom is steaming, you can proceed to the procedure itself. To get comprehensive information on how to properly bathe in a Russian bath, it is better to go there with knowledgeable people. But if this is not possible, we will briefly describe the entire algorithm. Before entering the steam room, it is recommended to stand under a warm shower. At the same time, you should not wet your head, it is better to put a special one on it. Entering the steam room, you should pay attention to the temperature regime. For the initial warming up of the body, 60 degrees will be quite enough. First, it is better to lie down on the lower shelf, and with each subsequent entry, rise higher and higher. To facilitate the work of the heart, it is recommended to position the legs so that they are slightly higher than the head in the supine position. Or on the same level with the body - in the sitting position. The first run should not last more than five minutes. This is enough to warm up the body. After you need to relax a bit and drink herbal tea.

In the next call, you can safely use a broom. To increase the temperature in the steam room, it is necessary to pour silent hot water on the hot stones in small portions. The room will be filled with fragrant steam. So, periodically splashing hot water on the stones, you can adjust the temperature in the steam room.

We brought general recommendations regarding how to properly bathe in a Russian bath. Following them, you will get real pleasure from this process. However, going to the bath, it is necessary to take into account medical indications and contraindications, because this method of healing the body is not suitable for everyone.

The bathing procedure with soaring is a whole science.

The basic rules of the steamer:

Do not rush, greatest pleasure from the bath - when you can slowly go several times
in the steam room with short rest intervals,

At the end - a long rest;

Avoid vaping in poor condition, unhealthy;

Do not go to the bathhouse immediately after eating, and even more so drunk;

Remove all jewelry, watches, glasses;

Do not smoke and move less;

Do not water the stones during the first run and do not be zealous with a ladle afterwards;

If the contrast is a pleasure, take a shower between visits to the steam room
plunge into cold water or ride in the snow;

Short break more important than contrast;

Climb to the shelves closer to the ceiling to warm up more, and go down to
cool down;

Cool down after the bath for at least 20 minutes, take a shower during this time;

Don't dry yourself with a towel, the air will dry out your skin as you cool down..

• You can steam in the bath no less than an hour or two after eating. You should not drink a lot of liquids and in no case should you drink alcoholic beverages, but you should not go to the bath and hungry. After heavy and prolonged physical exertion, you must first rest. You can go to the bath immediately after hard mental work.
• There should be no fuss in the bath. If you do not set in a steamy atmosphere of slowness, complete relaxation, the nervous system will not rest, desired effect from the visit will not.
• A birch or oak broom is first steamed in a bowl of hot water, which is good for washing your hair. Then in the shower or washing room rinse warm water, and it is strictly forbidden to wet your head, and even more so to wash it with soap.
• Before you start steaming, you need to wash yourself in the shower, wipe yourself dry with a towel, then enter the steam room. The shelves can be very hot, so take a towel or a saddle with you. The towel is spread out on a shelf and lies down. raising your legs on a stand above your head. The optimal time spent in the steam room at a temperature of 90 ° C and a humidity of 10% is 10 minutes, followed by a rest in the dressing room for 10 minutes. After 2-3 visits, take a cold shower or swim in a pool of cold water. After that, they rest in the dressing room lying down.
• Don't be in a hurry to get started. If the heat can be adjusted so that the temperature is around 60 °C with the steam door closed, then sit relaxed for 3-4 minutes. Then, opening the door, gradually raise the temperature for 10-20 minutes. Since the temperature in the steam room is not the same at different levels, you can first sit or lie down on the lower bench, then rise higher. It is better to lie down, because in this case the whole body evenly receives the same amount of heat. The legs are placed on a stand. After you have sweated enough, you should leave the steam room, rinse with warm water and rest for 5 minutes.
• On the second entry into the steam room, take a broom. To increase the heat, in a well-heated bath, you need to splash hot water on the stones in small portions of 0.2-0.3 liters. In a well-heated and dry bath, the temperature from the water splashed onto the stones does not increase, only the steam content rises. When the humidity is too high, the air becomes heavy, breathing is difficult, so you need to maintain the ratio of humidity and temperature: at a temperature of 60-80 ° C, the humidity should be 20-40%.
• A wet broom is lifted up and kept for some time at the ceiling of the steam room. The body is covered with a broom to warm it up and increase blood circulation. When leaving the steam room for relaxation, take a broom with you, as it fades quickly. If the broom is dry, dip it in water. But it should not be excessively wet, as the spray will waterlog the air. In order not to burn your hands, put on woolen mittens. The head is covered with a dry hat or wool cap.
• It is better to steam together. The one who is being hovered lies on his stomach, relaxed. The broom acts like a fan, supplying hot air to the feet, then moving to the upper parts of the body, the back, until the body warms up and the first droplets of sweat appear. Then you need to roll over on your back and repeat the procedure. During the second run, the body can be slightly whipped, commensurate blows with temperature: the higher the temperature, the weaker the blow. After soaring, you should not rush to leave the steam room, you need to go downstairs and sit for a while. Then take a warm shower and cool off.
• In the steam room you need to breathe open mouth. The number of visits to the steam room, the duration of stay on the shelf depend on how you feel, normally - two or three visits lasting up to 10 minutes with an interval of 10 minutes to relax in the dressing room, preferably lying down. If you feel lethargic, breathing becomes difficult, dizziness, palpitations appear, you must immediately stop soaring and go into the dressing room.
• The time of using a broom on a shelf during the last run should be significantly shorter than during the initial one - no more than 5 minutes. In this case, it is necessary to properly heat the body, especially if the bather is going to swim in the cold water of the pool, ride in the snow or plunge into the hole. With a well-heated body, there is no danger of catching a cold, no matter how cold it is. In the pool should be avoided especially sudden movements: swimming should be calm. A pleasant sensation is also achieved from cooling in cold air, but you should not abuse this so as not to catch a cold. The cooling procedure should be short.
• After cooling in the snow or in cold water, take a shower and dry off in the dressing room. You should not dry yourself with a towel, as this will again cause the release of sweat, only the hair and face are wiped. Don't dress until the sweating stops. After cooling, you should rest lying on the waiting room bench for 10-15 minutes.
• After the bath, thirst is felt. You can quench it with kvass, lemonade, mineral water, juices or fruits. It is good to drink strong tea. You should beware of very cold drinks, cold beer, milk. Strong spirits and a bath are incompatible.
• Those who want to lose weight should refrain from drinking liquids for 2 hours after the bath.

Features of soaring in the sauna:

• Steaming in the sauna and the bath procedure have a number of features. In the sauna, the temperature is higher than in the Russian bath: you can enjoy being on the shelf at 100-110 ° C, when the humidity does not exceed 10%. min.
• In the Finnish sauna, the following conditions must be met. Limit or exclude the water supply to the heater. Raising the temperature in the steam room is achieved by heating dry air with red-hot stones and an electric heater, and not by splashing water on them. When water gets on the stones, a feeling of tingling or burning of the skin is caused by the appearance of steam in the air. Humidity cannot be quickly reduced, so you need to leave the steam room.
• To increase body heat, you should climb to the top shelf. The temperature in a well-heated sauna rises by 20°C for every 50 cm.
• A broom should be excluded from the bathing procedure in the sauna. In the steam room, it is necessary to ensure natural air exchange. To ensure low humidity and air change in the wall near the stove, a vent with a valve is arranged through which fresh air enters the room.
• In the sauna, where the temperature reaches 90-120 ° C, and the stove does not have stones, excessive dryness irritates the nasopharyngeal mucosa. To humidify the air, in such a bath, the walls and ceiling are lightly poured with hot water. There are also difficulties with a broom - at this temperature, its leaves instantly curl and fall off. Therefore, it is better to take a bowl of hot water with you to the steam room and rinse the broom in it more often.

“Sweat - don’t burn yourself, give in - don’t fall off, don’t fall off the shelf.”

It seems to be clear. However, not all so simple. Especially for a beginner, you need to remember that you can’t joke with a steam room. Here everything must be done very carefully and gradually. Remember that a steam bath is a remedy, and like a medicine, this remedy must be taken wisely, not in horse doses.

Going to the bath, take the following items with you:

Change of linen, broom, sheet, terry towel or bathrobe, soap or shampoo, nail scissors, pumice for the soles of the feet, washcloth, comb, massage brush, mittens (preferably woolen) to hold the broom, slippers. For women, a small terry towel is required, on which you will have to sit in the steam room.

Gradually preparing for a meeting with hot steam. Beginners, the elderly and lovers of the bath with high blood pressure (unless, of course, the steam room is not contraindicated for them) and neuroses should first take a hot shower for 2-3 minutes or a hot foot bath. For the rest, it is enough just to rinse under a warm shower, but do not wet your head - it will be easier to endure the high temperature in the steam room. Before the steam room, you should not wash with soap, as in this case, fat is removed from the surface of the skin, which protects it from burning in the steam room, especially if you whip with a broom. It is necessary to wash with soap after the end of the steam procedure.

After a shower, the head is tied with a towel in the form of a turban. This headdress must be constantly moistened in the steam room with cold water so that the head does not overheat. We point out here the special harm of rubber caps, which are used by some bathing “specialists”. A tight cap compresses the head and squeezes the blood vessels, and wearing it leads to at least a headache, malaise, dizziness.

Entering the steam room, you should not immediately climb onto the shelf. First you need to sit down for 5-7 minutes or, in extreme cases, lie down on the middle shelf. The body must be preheated at a relatively low temperature. Heating will cause the necessary expansion of blood vessels, and sweating will begin. A beginner can limit himself to this approach, it is better for him to postpone the broom until the next time. To evenly warm all parts of the body, experienced bathers usually lie on the middle shelf, turning from side to side. This makes the work of the heart easier.

After the first warming up (after 5-7 minutes), you should leave the steam room and rest. At the same time, rising from the shelf, do not get up abruptly - you can lose your balance. And after leaving the steam room, you should not immediately go to bed, it is better to walk for 2-3 minutes.

Rest between visits to the steam room should be 15-20 minutes. First 5-7 minutes in the soap department, then in the locker room. During the rest, it is good to drink a cup of freshly brewed strong tea, a glass of kvass, juice or mineral water in small sips.

After the rest, you can go to steam.

But first, they create an optimal atmosphere for themselves in terms of temperature and humidity in the steam room. To do this, splash boiling water on hot stones in small portions (100-200 ml each).

If steaming with a broom, the humidity should be higher. Watering the stones with just small portions of water allows you to make the steam less humid, “light” or “soft”.

That's where the expression "enjoy your bath" comes from. And if water is poured in large portions, then it settles down with heavy steam, the steam burns the skin, the cardiovascular system is overloaded and the vapers feel tired. Such a plank is called “raw”, “heavy”.

The Russian bath is very popular not only in Russia, but also in other countries. This is due to the fact that her visit has a positive effect on health and appearance. The main thing is to know how to properly bathe in the bath. Ignoring the rules for preparing and visiting the steam room can harm the body.

The benefits of the Russian bath are as follows:

• the body is freed from toxins, due to which the skin is cleansed, the so-called orange peel disappears, the condition of muscles and bone tissue improves;
• intense sweating promotes weight loss;
• blood circulation improves;
• blood pressure stabilizes;
• disappears headache and migraine not only during a visit to the steam room, but also after it;
• immunity is strengthened;
• the functioning of internal organs, the state of blood vessels, respiration and smell improves.

This result is achieved due to favorable conditions in the steam room - this is the optimal ratio of temperature (from 55 to 75 degrees) and humidity (from 45 to 65%).

Contraindications and possible harm

Despite all the benefits, the procedure also has serious limitations. Contraindications to visiting the steam room are as follows.

1. Pathology of the epidermis and rashes on the skin. Even if you have small pimples, you can’t steam, otherwise an abscess will appear with all the consequences (directly and figuratively) consequences.
2. Cardiovascular and pulmonary insufficiency. It is also recommended to refrain from visiting the bath for people suffering from sexually transmitted pathologies, pneumonia, bronchitis, epilepsy and oncological diseases both malignant and benign.
3. Children's age up to 5 years. Everything is clear here - the body of babies is not yet able to withstand such temperature overloads. Elderly people can bathe only after the permission of the doctor.
4. The period of bearing a baby and breastfeeding.

The procedure itself does not cause harm to health, if there are no contraindications to its implementation and if you know how to take a steam bath in a Russian bath and what attributes to take with you to the steam room.

Types of bath brooms and their effects on the body

A broom is an indispensable attribute of the Russian bath. Professionals know that each attribute affects the body in its own way and has its own pronounced effect. There are several types bath brooms.

1. Birch. It is in the greatest demand among fans of the Russian steam room. Birch leaves contain tannins, vitamins and essential oils. This composition determines the anti-inflammatory, disinfecting and antimicrobial properties of the broom. It is recommended to use in the steam room for heavy smokers and people with lung pathologies. Birch broom also improves the condition of the epidermis: promotes rejuvenation and cleanses the skin.
2. Oak. This is the second most popular attribute of the Russian bath. It is recommended to use it for people with inflamed and oily type of epidermis. A broom is useful for hypertensive patients, as it stabilizes high blood pressure, but not during an exacerbation. The leaves of the broom contain tannins, so they relieve a person of excessive sweating.
3. Lime. Linden leaves have anti-cold and anti-inflammatory properties. The substances they contain improve the quality and duration of sleep, as well as relieve migraines, headaches and improve the condition of the epidermis.
4. Bird cherry. The composition of the leaves includes substances that promote the healing of small wounds on the epidermis. The broom has a pleasant aroma, thanks to which a visit to the steam room becomes an aromatherapy session. Bird cherry broom is very soft, so it is in demand among girls and women.
5. Juniper. It has a positive effect on the state of the nervous system, normalizes an unstable emotional background.
6. Walnut. Its experts advise using it for people suffering from diabetes. Broom also improves the condition with varicose veins and ulcerative pathologies.
7. Fir. Promotes elimination excess fluid from the body. Due to this, swelling disappears from the face and limbs. Fir broom has sedative and anti-inflammatory properties. It relieves insomnia and sciatica.
8. Alder. Alder leaves contain adhesive substances, due to which, during the procedure, they stick to the epidermis and free it from toxins and toxins. Broom has a positive effect on the respiratory system.
9. Nettle. Helps to cure sciatica and arthritis. Stabilizes high blood pressure and normalizes unstable emotional background.
10. Eucalyptus. Helps to get rid of colds. Broom also helps to eliminate allergies.

Necessary accessories for the procedure

In addition to a broom, to visit the bath you will need:

• bathrobe;
• large towel;
• rubber slates;
• sheet;
• felt or wool hat;
• clean linen;
• hard mitt;
• washcloth;
• shampoo;
• soap or shower gel;
• drinks: tea, juice, decoction based on medicinal herbs, pure water without gas.

How to take a steam bath in the bath: the main stages

How to properly bathe in a bath with a broom - professional bathers know the intricacies of this procedure, but not all ordinary people. On the day of visiting the steam room, it is recommended to refuse salty and fatty foods. Three hours before leaving the house, it is allowed to have a light snack, for example, cottage cheese with a low mass fraction of fat.

Preparing to visit the steam room

Before entering the steam room, experts advise taking a warm shower. This manipulation will warm up the skin, prepare them for exposure to elevated temperatures.

When taking a shower, do not use detergents and rub the body with a washcloth. Such manipulations lead to the washing off of the protective layer from the epidermis, due to which the skin dries out during a visit to the steam room.

Also, do not wash or wet your hair, as this increases the risk of heat stroke. To avoid it, they enter the steam room only with a dry head, covered with a special cap. If it is not possible to purchase it, you can make a headdress yourself, using natural fabrics for this: wool, felt, linen and others.

First run

During this entry, the body gets used to the conditions of the steam room - to elevated temperatures and humidity. It is recommended to take a broom with you and soak it in hot water. It is not recommended to use the attribute in the first run.

When in the steam room, sit on the bottom shelf. There is no such acute lack of oxygen as at the top, and the temperatures below are not as high. Steaming is recommended in the supine position. Lay a sheet on a shelf, lie down and try to relax. Breathe deeply and evenly. When the heartbeat becomes more frequent and redness appears on the cheeks, lie down one level higher.

The duration of the first call is 10 minutes.

Visit with a broom

On the second run, you can use a broom.

1. Lightly pat the broom over the body from top to bottom. Move slowly so as not to injure the epidermis, but to prepare it for further manipulations.
2. Raise the broom high above your head. A large amount of steam is concentrated at the top, which will warm the leaves. Apply the attribute briefly to the face, chest, abdomen and back, as well as to the feet.
3. With light pats, walk with a broom over the body. Movement should not be unpleasant and cause pain.
4. Run the broom over your body for a minute, but do not pat. After that, alternate stroking and patting, but make the movements more intense.
5. Heat the broom again, holding it over your head. Apply the attribute for 5 seconds to the face, chest, stomach, back and feet.

After using the broom, rest on the bench in a prone position for three seconds. Then leave the steam room. The number of such visits is from 4 to 7. The duration of stay in the steam room is no more than 25 minutes.

breaks

It is recommended to take breaks between the first and subsequent visits to the steam room. Their duration should be longer than the time that was spent in a room with elevated temperatures. You can not steam longer than rest.

During your stay in the steam room, the body leaves a large amount of fluid. This contributes to the convergence of edema, but can also provoke dehydration. To prevent this from happening, it is necessary to drink warm tea, decoctions based on medicinal plants, juices or water between sessions.

Completion of the procedure

Before the last entry, it is recommended to rub the body well with a hard mitten. This will help open the pores, and the procedure will bring more benefits. The fair sex can put a mask on their faces. After the steam room, it is washed off, the head and body are washed with shower gel or mala and washcloths.

How useful are contrast treatments?

After high temperatures, the epidermis needs cooling. A Russian person who practices hardening can afford to dive into an ice hole and rub down with snow. If there is no such experience, it is recommended to simply stand under a cool shower or swim in the pool.

After repeated visits to the baths, you can try to go outside and wipe yourself with snow. After some time, dipping into the hole is allowed.

1. After leaving the steam room, it is not recommended to immediately take a vertical position on the bench and even lie down. You need to walk around a bit for the body to come to its senses. You can't move fast. Slow walking for 5 minutes will help the body adapt to new conditions. After that, you can sit down and rest.
2. You can not use cosmetics before visiting the steam room. They clog pores. This degrades the quality of being in a steam room. Cosmetics also prevent the epidermis from absorbing the beneficial substances that make up the leaves of the broom.
3. If you feel worse, you must immediately stop the procedure and leave the steam room. In the waiting room, the body will cool down and the state will return to normal. On this day, it is recommended to refuse the subsequent premises of the steam room. If the situation repeats during a second trip to the bathhouse, such manipulations should be abandoned.

Conclusion

Video tutorials, which are available in abundance on the Internet, demonstrate how to properly bathe in a Russian bath. If you follow the recommendations of amateurs healthy lifestyle life and medical staff, then the procedure will benefit the body and will not cause harm.

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08.01.2016

The secret of the third "How to properly prepare for soaring."

In no case should you wash yourself with soap before starting the steaming procedure, as this procedure removes the fat layer from the surface of the skin, which effectively protects it from burning during the steaming process. The best option is to rinse in the shower, wipe your body dry with a towel and boldly go to the steam room. Since the shelves are usually heated to a hot state, so lay a small terry towel or a special felt pad taken with you on it. Lie down on the shelves, it is advisable to raise your legs to such a height that they are higher than your head. In many baths, there is a special footrest for this. If it is possible to warm up stepwise, then this is just wonderful. For this there are the following ways. The first way is specially controlled air heating. The second way is that at first the body warms up on the lower bench of the steam room, then on the upper one, where the air temperature is much higher. Pay attention to how you breathe.

It is preferable to breathe through the nose in the steam room, this contributes to a good heating of the nasopharynx and cooling of the inhaled air. It is desirable in the process of warming up from time to time to turn from one side to another, which contributes to the uniform heating of the body and facilitates the work of cardiac activity. Do not abuse the first warm-up, ten minutes will be enough. In no case should you abruptly get up from the shelf after warming up, as you can lose balance and fall. And this is fraught with injury or burns. After resting in the dressing room within the same time, you can still make one or two entries into the steam room for warming up. It depends on the state of health, on your experience as an avid bather. Then a cool shower is recommended (although many prefer a cold one) or a cool shower and a short rest in the dressing room. Having gone out into the dressing room, you can’t immediately go to bed, it is preferable to walk around for at least two or three minutes. In moments of relaxation, you can treat yourself to herbal tea, cranberry or lingonberry juice, kvass.

The fourth secret "How to bathe correctly"

So, your body is ready for the very process of soaring. If the heating in the bath is not regulated, then its heat is increased artificially by splashing hot water in small portions on. This procedure increases the amount of vapor in the air. However, relatively high air humidity makes it difficult to breathe, so it is necessary to choose the optimal dose of humidity and air temperature. In order not to burn your hands, do not forget to put on the stocked mittens, put on a hat on your head.

How to use a bath broom?

Initially, a wet broom is lifted up, shaken off excess moisture, warmed up at the place where the heat comes from and begin to wrap it around your precious body. The first whipping of the body is important: it warms up the body and increases blood circulation. From time to time, dip the broom into water so that the steaming process does not occur with a dry broom, but at the same time, strong splashes should not come from the broom. When leaving the steam room for a rest, do not forget to take a broom with you, otherwise it will quickly wither and dry out.

It's no secret that it's best to steam together. The one who is hovered lies on the shelves, on his stomach, and relaxes. Initially, the broom acts as a fan. Hot air begins to be blown onto the body from the feet, then smoothly moves to the upper body. The “fan” method is used until the first droplets of sweat appear, which indicates that the body has warmed up. After that, you can roll over on your back and repeat the "fan" method for the front of the body. For the first entry into the steam room, this is enough.

If dizziness, weakness, lethargy is felt, the heartbeat has become more frequent, it is necessary to immediately stop the process of soaring and go to rest in the dressing room. Repeat procedure on this day should not be in any case.

At the end of the course “How to bathe in a bath”, I would like to recall a number of basic rules, following which, the process of visiting a bath and soaring will help achieve complete relaxation and the desired effect:

• The main rule in the bath is not to rush, you get the greatest pleasure just when you can go in and out of the steam room several times at certain intervals. Free, unhurried atmosphere helps to relax the body and relax the nervous system.
• Avoid baths and steam rooms if you feel unwell.
• Plan a visit to the bath no earlier than two hours after eating. Walking on an empty stomach is also not recommended. Do not drink large amounts of liquids before the bath.
• You should not visit the bath in a state of intoxication.
• It is not advisable to go to the bath immediately after physical exertion, the body must first rest. However, after mental stress, visiting the bath is not only allowed, but even preferred.
• Before visiting the bath, do not forget to remove your watch, glasses, contact lenses and any kind of jewelry.
• Do not set a strong heat on the first entry into the steam room. You should also not be zealous with heat and subsequently - there should be a golden mean for everything.
• The water that was steamed from the broom can be used to wash the hair of the head. An excellent vitamin and strengthening natural remedy.
• The optimal time spent in the pair department is ten minutes.
• Many people enjoy the contrast of temperatures between the steam room and rest. However, it should be remembered that a short passive rest between visits to the steam room is much more effective and more important for the body.
• In the process of taking a shower before the soaring procedure, you should not wet your head, thus, the high air temperature is easier to bear.
• In no case should you use rubber caps for the pool in the bath, as they are pressed very tightly and, consequently, squeeze the head, which leads to serious side effects, such as dizziness, throbbing headaches, and malaise.
• The time of final cooling and rest after bath procedures is at least half an hour. It is not recommended to dry yourself with a towel while you cool, the skin will dry on its own under the influence of air.

And finally, a video on how to bathe in the bath: