Sauna - What to look for when visiting the sauna

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For many of us, going to the sauna has become an indispensable part of our lives, which is also often referred to as a steam bath or sweat bath. Many take advantage of the valuable benefits of the sauna, because going to the steam bath has many positive benefits for health and well-being. The recreational value is really high and makes you forget the stress of everyday life. This wellness program should be treated simply everyone, because the passage in the sauna has very large advantages for the entire organism. Just do something good and relax completely.

There is a whole range of different types of sauna. Each type has its own advantages, and everyone should find out for themselves which type of sauna is the best for them.

The Finnish sweat bath

Finnish steam bath is probably one of the most famous types of saunas and also one of the most popular. As for the temperatures, they are around 90 to 95 degrees in the Finnish sweat bath. The humidity is around 10 to 15 percent. All this together will make you sweat a lot, and a lot of toxins and waste products will be removed from your body, which is made possible by sweating at such high temperatures. In addition, it comes at the same time to a strengthening of the defenses and the entire organism. The organism is activated ideally by the warmth and the following cold shower. The icing on the cake, in the sweat bath but is still, the infusion, because through this even more sweat is formed and everything that is not good, is thus transported out of the body. As for the duration of the stay in the Finnish sauna, it should not be longer than 10-15 minutes. This is followed by cooling down and then the complete process is repeated and up to 2 times.

The herbal sauna

The herbal or bio sauna is a steam bath, which has significantly lower temperatures. That is why it is suitable for beginners. The advantage is that even people who have an unstable circulation can very well go to this sauna without getting discomfort. The temperature is around 60 degrees. As for the humidity, then it is so that this in the bio sauna, as a rule, can be adjusted individually. Fresh herbs are often used as an infusion. But brine is also very popular.


Frau in der Sauna


Important points in dealing with the sweat bath

  • It is very important to always follow the sauna rules.
  • Hygiene is a very important point.
  • If you have an unstable circulation, it is better to use a bio-sauna instead of going to a Finnish sauna.



Correct behavior in the steam bath

In order to achieve the health success, it is necessary to observe important rules in the sauna. This means that the sauna session starts with a shower. Of course, this has something to do with hygiene, but not only. Because showering prepares the body for the sweat bath, or rather, for sweating. Here it is so that warm showers should be taken, because only in this way the body can be prepared for the temperature. The complete body must be properly cleaned during the shower, there should be no cream residues on the body, because this can prevent the sweat from coming out. After showering, you need to dry yourself properly, only then can start the sauna session.

Cooling down after the sweat bath

When the sauna session is over after 10 to 15 minutes, it is time to cool down, but not too quickly. It should begin with a slow showering, which starts at the legs. Work upwards very slowly and only at the end, the area around the heart is showered off.

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Published on: 25 March 2015

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