
Remember, in the popular film, the bewildered: “Girl, what kind of bathhouse? He has a bathroom at home!” But a bath is not only a place where dirt is washed off. In the bath, people heal from ailments, gain strength after hard work, relieve overexertion — physical and moral. Bath is the best body cleanser! After the bath, everything, even thoughts, becomes clean, clear, positive, and the world looks bright and kind.

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Benefit
With the help of bath procedures, first of all, the skin is renewed: the stratum corneum is exfoliated, dirt and fat come out of the depths of the skin along with sweat, clogging the pores. The skin begins to breathe, additionally supplying the body with oxygen.
Due to the high temperature, blood circulation in the respiratory organs increases, which means that the respiratory function improves.
Blood, accelerating through the vessels, improves metabolic processes in cells, contributes to a more intensive absorption of oxygen by the tissues of all organs, eliminating congestion.
Bath improves digestion, and massage with bath brooms relieves tension and calms the nervous system, relieves psychological stress and overwork. That is why the best time to visit the bath is Friday or Saturday, that is, the end of the working week.
After the bath, the number of leukocytes in the blood increases, which play an important role in the protective function of the body. Therefore, the bath must be visited by people who do not go in for sports, are little in the air and move little.
And of course, the bath is an integral part of the weight loss program. Thanks to steam and heat, up to a liter of liquid leaves the body in one session.
8 rules for visiting the bath
1. You can not bathe in the bath after a hearty dinner, as well as on an empty stomach. It is strictly forbidden to visit baths while intoxicated. You should also not take alcohol with you and drink it while relaxing in the bath.

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2. Before entering the steam room, you need to take a shower or rinse from the basin, wipe yourself dry with a towel.
3. Before going to the bath, remove all jewelry — they can become hot and burn the skin. You need to start soaring from the bottom shelf. First, warm up the body for 10–15 minutes, exit the steam room and rest for 7–10 minutes.
4. Do not forget to take a broom to the Russian bath: birch, oak or a mix of branches of these trees with the addition of meadow herbs: willow-herb, chamomile, mint, St. John’s wort. At the second entry, you can turn on the heat and disperse it with brooms. After that, a good massage with brooms. It is better if it is done by a specialist — a bathhouse attendant. It is better to use a washcloth made from natural materials: loofah, linden bast, sponge, linen fabric.

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5. In the Finnish sauna, take a warm hat made of wool or felt to protect your head from high temperatures.
6. You can aromatize the air in the steam room with aroma oils.

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7. After the steam room, it is advisable to plunge into cool water (pool, ice hole, finally take a cool shower) and drink some tea.
8. It should be drunk hot after the bath. For a hot, steamed body, this is the most acceptable temperature. Cold drinks will only create an additional burden. And never drink beer! It removes fluid from the body.

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Recipe for bath teaI

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Tonic:

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for 2 parts of rose hips, add 2–3 parts of lingonberry, strawberry, blueberry leaves. Pour cold water in the following proportion: for 1 tablespoon of the mixture — 1 glass of water. Bring to a boil over low heat, cook for 10–15 minutes. We insist 3–5 minutes. You need to drink such tea in small sips, slowly.
Calming:

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Pour 1 teaspoon of chamomile flowers with a glass of boiling water. We insist this tea for 25–35 minutes. You can add honey.
Vitamin:

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crushed leaves and shoots of red currant pour boiling water in the proportion: 1 tablespoon per 0.5 l of boiling water. We insist this tea for 20–25 minutes.
Source: Home Doctor magazine
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