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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The health benefits of saunas are not a recent discovery. The use of steam or smoke baths to cleanse the body and reduce stress has been a part of religious, social, and family traditions in numerous cultures for thousands of years. Native Americans, Russians, Romans, and Mediterranean cultures all had some sort of bathing facilities and rituals that played important roles in both private and public life in those communities. But it is the Finns who are credited with developing the modern sauna. (see Steam Sauna) The Finnish Savu Historical evidence and records indicate that the Finns built the first wooden saunas
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