The Benefits of Steam Sauna and Ozone
The use of a sauna should be an important
part of any detoxification program. The sauna increases the eliminative,
detoxifying and cleansing capacity of the skin by stimulation of
the sweat glands and also promotes healthy skin tone and texture
due to increased blood circulation. Using the steam sauna with ozone
allows the steam to surround the body and ozone can be introduced
through the skin. Humid heat opens the pores, which allows the ozone
through the skin to the bloodstream, where it can travel to the
fat and lymph tissue. It is very important to cleanse the lymph
tissue of toxins and the ozone/steam sauna is the easiest and best
way to accomplish this.
Artificially induced hyperthermia (rising
body temperature results in the destruction of bacteria and viruses)
combined with heavy sweating and a cleansing effect initiated by
ozone will result in elimination of toxins accumulated mainly in
the lymphatic system relieving the liver from the difficult task
of dealing with them. Through the centuries, men and women have
used steam to purify the skin, soothe sore muscles, boost circulation
and to simply relax. The combined action of moist heat and ozone
cleanse the lymphatic system, which carries 90% of the body's fluids.
Ozone brings oxygen to the tissues for enhanced health and vitality.
The combination of steam and ozone is a natural, effective way to
promote a refreshing sense of well-being. We believe that a an Ozone/Steam
Sauna cabinet represents a pleasant and easy to follow form of body
cleansing.
Heat acts as a form of mostly beneficial
stress on the body that produces physiological changes in heightened
blood pressure, stepped-up heart rate and an increase in stress
hormones.
The sauna increases the eliminative, detoxifying
and cleansing capacity of the skin by stimulation of sweat glands.
A steam bath provides a mild cleansing process for the skin as certain
body fluids are released through the skin. It also promotes healthy
skin tone and texture due to increased blood circulation.
A fever is the body's highly evolved attempt
to destroy invading organisms and to sweat impurities out through
the skin. Fever is an effective natural process of curing disease
and restoring health, heat therapy, or hyperthermia, represents
a way to create fever to call out his natural healing process.
The Secret of Hyperthermia, or heat therapy,
is that cancer cells are vulnerable to high temperatures. Heat the
cancer cells and they can be easily destroyed, especially if the
tumor lies close to the skin surface. In the process, patients can
reduce or even eliminate the need for radiation.
The principle behind hyperthermia is simple:
heat cancer cells and they can be killed easily. Direct killing
of cancer cells begin to occur when the cancerous tissue reaches
about 104 F to 105. Only a relatively small rise in body temperature
can make a huge difference.
Unlike normal tissue, tumors have poor blood
flow relative to their metabolic needs and cannot dissipate the
heat, so they tend to get hotter than the surrounding area. Rapidly
dividing cells (i.e., cancer cells) are more vulnerable to the effects
of heat. Normally, part of the damage caused by radiation is repaired
by the cancer cells, enabling some to survive; however, heat foils
this self-repair ability. Taken together, these facts tend to make
tumors more vulnerable to heat treatment than normal cells.
In the test of time is any measure, steam
bathing has certainly withstood it. For thousands of years people
of all cultures have indulged in the soothing warmth of sweat baths.
The Romans are well-known for their
elaborate baths. The wealthy of 200 B.C.
India did not consider their mansion complete unless it included
a bathhouse with a steam room. The Muslim Hamman, or bathhouse,
with its domed, central steam chamber is stall an integral part
of life in Muslim countries. A derivation of the Hamman, the Turkish
bath, has been popular in Europe for centuries.
Today, steam and sauna facilities are an
integral part of the hydrotherapeutic offerings at European and
American spas, and steam rooms and saunas are a common feature of
health clubs and public pools.
Yet, there is surprisingly little awareness of the wide ranging
benefits of steam and sauna bathing.
Sweat-inducing treatments stimulate the immune system, improve circulation,
and help the body to purge itself of impurities.
Hippocrates, the founder of Western medicine
more than two-thousand years ago said, "Give me the power to
create a fever, and I shall cure any disease."
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