The oldest know medical document, the Ayurveda, appeared in Sanskrit in 568 BC and considered sweating so important to health that it prescribed the sweat bath and thirteen other methods of inducing sweat. Throughout history physicians have extolled the medicinal value of the sweat bath in its various forms such as the Finnish sauna, Russian banai, Islamic hammam, or the American Indian sweatlodge. Today, enthusiasts claim that beyond being relaxing the sauna gives relief from the common cold, arthritis, headaches, hangovers and "just about anything that ails you." Even if these claims are somewhat exaggerated, medical evidence shows that bathing
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Most people who have spent time inside a sauna know that relaxing in a steam sauna feels wonderful. The relaxing warmth and moisture of a quality sauna are simply terrific. What many people don;'t know, though, is that saunas also have many benefits for your health. How Hot Do We Get In A Steam Sauna? While the surface temperature of the skin may rise as much as 10 degrees C, inner temperature increases up to 3 degrees C. This is the "fever" that Hippocrates and generations of medical people after him sought, and is created as one reclines in a sweat bath!
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