Health Benefits of the Sauna
Medical research shows that regular sauna bathing has several health benefits for the body. These are:
- Increases energy levels
- Releases stress and tension
- Induces a deeper, more relaxing sleep
- Beneficial for mild cases of hypertension
- Relieves nasal, sinus, and chest congestion
- Flushes out harmful toxins through your pores
- Accelerates muscle recovery following heavy exercise
- Reduces aches and pains in joints by removing lactic acid
- Combined with exfoliating, it helps to remove accumulated dead skin
- Improves blood circulation by raising body temperatures and heart rate
- Increases your metabolic rate, which helps boost recovery after an illness
- Sauna bathing opens the pores on the skin and helps to remove harmful toxins and other impurities from the body.
- Temperatures between 70-90 °C helps to kill viruses and bacteria which cannot survive in higher-than-normal body temperatures.
