A visit to the bath can be compared to a good physical activity. Bath procedures improve strength, endurance, coordination of movements, vision.

Of course, before visiting the bath, you should stock up on a good bath broom - a tool for light massage. You can not whip yourself with a broom to the point of pain. But brooms for a bath are very different.

Birch broom is soft, perfectly cleanses and disinfects the skin, improves blood circulation, relieves tension and aching muscles.

An oak broom gives the greatest heat. Such a broom perfectly cleanses oily skin, heals skin diseases. Oak brooms are more often preferred by men.

Linden broom is considered feminine. It is suitable for delicate skin. At the same time, linden broom is used for rheumatism, radiculitis, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, migraine.

Coniferous (juniper, fir) bath broom is taken to the bath for problems with the spine, with fatigue in the legs.

Currant broom is useful for both skin and respiratory organs.

Nettle broom is a summer version of a bath broom. Such a burning broom is suitable for older people with sagging skin.

Medicinal plants - mint, oregano, wormwood, burdock can be added to any broom, except coniferous.

Be sure to take a good mood in the bath. Positive emotions that we get in a bath or sauna, plus high-quality steam will do their great job, and after the steam room you will feel much better.

In addition to the bath broom, grab a healing decoction into the steam room, which you will splash on the stones. First, ordinary hot water is splashed on the stones, and when the stones have cooled down a little, hot water is served with a portion of the decoction, then two or three portions of pure water and again with drugs.

For the preparation of medicinal bath decoctions, medicinal herbs containing essential oils are used: thyme, chamomile, linden, oregano. Depending on the composition of the oil, decoctions have a different effect on the body: antimicrobial, expectorant, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, improving the activity of the digestive glands.

For example, a decoction of St. John's wort is used for diseases of the stomach and articular rheumatism; linden decoction - with bronchitis; sage - for insomnia.

If you suffer from asthma, you can splash some salt solution on the stones.

The recipe for "paired" broth
A mixture of leaves (St. John's wort, coltsfoot, thyme, chamomile, sage, oregano) 3 tbsp. Spoons pour a liter of boiling water, simmer under the lid for an hour over low heat. Cool the broth, strain, pour into bottles. Add 30 g of vodka to each bottle (so that there is no fermentation). Close bottles tightly and store in the refrigerator. Proportion for the bath: 100 ml of decoction per 1 bowl of hot water.

"Bath" secret
Before visiting the bath, eat 2 cloves of garlic. Garlic helps to eliminate poisonous and toxic substances from the body through sweat.

Bath drinks
The best drinks for a bath are definitely not beer or other alcoholic drinks. The best option in the bath or after it is pure spring water or cool kvass on berries or fragrant herbs, gulls from rose hips, lemon balm, oregano, St. John's wort.

Which bath is better?
The Russian bath is useful for those prone to chronic colds, diseases of the upper respiratory tract, chronic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, metabolic disorders, skin diseases, arthritis, radiculitis, rheumatism.

Roman bath
Unlike the Russian steam room, in the Roman bath, not stones are heated, but bath rooms, where hot water enters through an extensive pipe system, heating the walls and ceilings.

Turkish sauna

In the Turkish bath, the floor and deck chairs are heated to 60 degrees. The floor does not burn, pleasantly warm. A large stone couch is located in the middle of the steam room. On the couch you can warm up the body, sweat, relax the muscles and even take a massage. The Turkish bath has a spacious room with heated stone beds - these are stones for the stomach. On such beds lie and sweat.

Japanese bath
The Japanese bath has large containers with hot water and hot sawdust or pebbles. In one container can fit from four to six people. They take a steam bath in a reclining position, as they are immersed in water so that the heart area remains above the water. First, in a furaco - a barrel of hot water, then they rest on a couch and after a rest they proceed to ofuro - on heated pebbles or sawdust. Coming out of the ofuro, the Japanese wrap themselves in a sheet and lie on the couch for an hour. At this time, profuse sweating occurs, that is, the body is being cleansed.