How to distinguish sauna from steaming?

With the improvement of living standards, people pay special attention to health care. Sauna and steaming are a kind of health care methods that people choose in cold weather. On the surface, sauna and steaming are very similar, but there are great differences between sauna and steaming, and their efficacy and function are also different.

How to distinguish sauna from steaming? First, the sauna is generally in a closed small room, and the human body is repeatedly steamed with heated moisture. This is a kind of physical therapy with hot and cold stimulation, and the maximum effect of sauna can be achieved by alternating hot and cold. The temperature of sauna can be as high as 60~70℃. Because of the high temperature, people can only stay for 5~ 10 minutes in this environment. After a long time, they will feel chest tightness and shortness of breath.

2. Sweating is the use of infrared reflection principle to heat and detoxify human sweat, which can expel toxins and garbage from the body while sweating. The steaming temperature is controlled at about 42~45℃ for 40~60 minutes. Because the steaming temperature is suitable, people will not feel suffocated and breathless because of the high temperature during steaming.

Third, sauna and steaming have different effects. The sweat from sauna smells like sweat, which can only be removed by bathing. Because the sauna temperature is high, long-term sauna will cause blood supply burden to the brain and heart. So the sauna time should not be too long.

Fourth, the steaming is different. Sweat discharged during steaming is not only odorless, but also the skin feels particularly smooth. Therefore, steaming is often regarded as a way of health preservation in life, which can expel toxins from the body and achieve good health care effects.

In fact, there is a big difference between sauna and steaming. Sauna and steaming are also taboo groups, such as patients with heart disease, tuberculosis, serious skin diseases, hypertension, tumors or other chronic consumptive diseases. Therefore, when choosing sauna or steaming, you must know your personal physical condition.