Harvard Portal on Health Approves: In Finland, where about 5.5 million people live, Saun has been established as much as TVs - 3.3 million. The culture of the right visit to the pair familiar to the Russians is not obstacle: almost in every country house there is a wood-haired bath with a metal stove. But Hammam is not familiar to everyone - it is more often encountered on spa treatments or during foreign rest. Want to know what of the two bath procedures do you better choose?
1. It happens that you have hard to breathe in the bath?
A. happens. It seems that there is not enough oxygen.
B. does not happen. I always feel great.
2. What kind of temperature do you maintain inside the steam room?
A. No more than 60 degrees - I try to water the stones with cool water from the bucket.
B. Not less than 100 degrees! I love to feel how every bone of the body is heated.
3. Do you use essential oils during procedures?
A. No, I do not like outsiders.
B. Yes, be sure! I love fir oil, orange and eucalyptus - they will perfectly clean the respiratory tract.
4. How often do you go to the bath?
A. Two or three times a week after training in the hall.
B. No more than once a week.
During the bath procedures, we often rinse the body with cool water
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5. Take with you to a steam water bottle?
A. Of course! I drink at least 500 ml of pure cool water, otherwise I feel unreasoning.
B. No, I do not like to drink water. I prefer to drink a cup of herbal tea after a bath along with sweets.
6. Do you make a bond or prefer wrapping?
A. Nothing listed. I like when the body sweats naturally - this is enough to remove the fluid.
B. Yes, and with pleasure. I especially love the coffee scrub and honey wrapping, and after manually I premined the folds.
7. Do you have more often than reduced or increased pressure?
A. Elevated.
B. Low.
After the bath, turn into a clean dry towel so that the skin slowly cooled
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Test results:
More a - Hammam. The average temperature in the steam room should not exceed 45-50 degrees. At the same time, the indoor moisture is maintained at 80-100 percent. In Hammam, they advise walking to people with high pressure, there the heartbeat is 14-30 percent, and it is easier to breathe. The body under the influence of the pair is heated naturally, so there is no need to use additional cosmetics. Do not forget every 5 minutes of session to drink 100 ml of water and rinse the face. In Hammam, doctors advise no longer than 30 minutes.
More b - Finnish sauna. The temperature of the real Finnish sauna is kept at 70-100 degrees, and the humidity is no more than 5-10 percent. For this reason, it may be difficult to breathe in the room - dry air does not allow easy to reveal to the fullest. In the sauna, it is better to go to people with low pressure, who is not afraid of the increase in heartbeat by 35-40 percent. Take a film for wrapping or scrub to enhance the inflow of blood to the skin surface and speed up the metabolism. Before performing the procedures, consult your doctor for individual contraindications.