Sauna and Steam – A Healthy Detoxification Combination
Modern technology has combined the old herbal and essential oil methods with whole body steam to produce a relaxation of the sweat glands and the increase of perspiration. This aromatherapy steam process opens the pores thereby freely allowing for the emission of body poisons and keeping the blood more clean.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 24, 2005 - Dr. John R. Christopher of herbalism
fame during the mid 20th century promoted the process of diaphoretic
perspiration as a means of influencing the peripheral sensory nerves, which
relax and dilate the superficial capillaries and vessels.
He, as well as
many natural healers (Like Dr. Nowell) believed that the sweat glands, when
stimulated, can help heal the body.
The old herbal practitioners were
successful because they sought to equalize the circulation. They made the vapor
bath famous, along with herbal diaphoretics; to treat fevers, inflammation,
colds and congestions of many kinds.
Diaphoretic herbs primarily
influence the surface circulation and then the whole circulation, and
perspiration is a result of the increased blood flow. Herbs and therapies
providing this action are cayenne, mustard, lobelia, ipecac, etc., also vapor
baths, Turkish baths, wet packs, cold sheet treatments and the like.
In
fact, Dr. Nowell states: “In a condition where the system is hot and the skin
dry, with a pulse that is full and frequent, a relaxing diaphoretic should be
used; but if the heart impulse were weak, and the skin cold, we should use a
stimulating diaphoretic working from the center to maintain the
heart.”
Sebaceous or oil glands work in conjunction with the sudoriferous
glands. These give pliancy and softness to the skin. When these glands are not
functioning properly the skin becomes hard and chafed. Here we need to do more
than produce perspiration; the sebaceous glands must also be stimulated.
Conditions requiring this action include most viral fevers and eczema. The seeds
of burdock (Arctium lappa) and of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) were used for
this purpose as a hot infusion.
By combining diaphoretic herbs or
therapeutic essential oils to whole-body steam therapy, diaphoresis, or
sweating, can help restore health in many cases; for when the millions of pores
in the skin are closed, the bloodstream can become “impure”, poisoning the whole
system. In the past, when people could not afford a physician, it was common
knowledge that they could induce perspiration to help cure their
sick.
Diaphoresis was used in cases where general circulation was
involved such as inflammation of the lungs, pleurisy, peritonitis, inflammation
in the stomach, spleen, bowels, kidneys, bladder, uterus or brain. Old natural
practitioners would equalize circulation and maintain a frequent outward flow of
blood, never reaching the point of patient exhaustion causing oppressed
breathing and tremulous pulse.
Sudorifics stimulate the sudoriferous or
sweat glands, producing profuse and visible sweating that stand as beads upon
the surface of the skin when taken hot; and they act beneficially as tonics when
taken cold.
Modern technology has combined the old herbal and essential
oil methods with whole body steam to produce a relaxation of the sweat glands
and the increase of perspiration. This aromatherapy steam process opens the
pores thereby freely allowing for the emission of body poisons and keeping the
blood more clean.
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