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Photo: Andrey Shchekalev, shutterstock (09/1/2019) Today, saunas, hammams and other types of similar establishments are being built to replace archaic steam rooms. But no matter how many such varieties are invented, the Russian bathhouse will never lose its popularity and demand among hot lovers. Russian bathhouse is a brand.

What is a Russian bathhouse

A unique symbiosis of several elements at once: air, earth, fire and water. In addition to the fact that this is a place for taking hygiene procedures, it provides an opportunity to relax the body and spirit, and carry out a whole range of wellness procedures.

If you believe history, then the bathhouse has always existed in Rus'. According to legends, it was a log building with a fireplace, and the guardian of the bathhouse and its soul was a naked old man - a bannik.

Chronicles of the X–XIII centuries. they talk about how common baths were among the Eastern Slavs in the 5th–6th centuries, how affectionately they called them mylnya or movnitsa. With the Baptism of Rus', the bathhouse strengthened its influence, as it became a place for mandatory visiting before performing important church rituals.

Kind with healthy

A visit to the bathhouse has a great effect on your appearance. This procedure cleanses the skin of pathogenic bacteria and promotes effective renewal of the epidermis. Renewed skin contains up to 70% moisture, while keratinized, dead particles contain only 10%. It’s not for nothing that after a bath your skin is tender and soft, like a baby’s. In addition, the blood vessels dilate in the bathhouse, and, therefore, even a naturally pale-faced person emerges from the steam room with a healthy and attractive complexion.

But the steam room is not worth visiting for the cosmetic effect alone. The main purpose of the bath is to remove waste and toxins from the body. There are from 2 to 5 million sweat glands on our body. Only on 1 cm2 of the palm there are more than 370 of them, and on the same area of the sole there are over 360. Sweat glands remove moisture through the skin no less than the kidneys. It is estimated that in a bath a person loses from 0.5 to 1.5 liters of sweat. The bathhouse restores the water-salt balance and improves metabolism, so regular trips to the bathhouse are a great help for those who want to lose weight. During your stay in the steam room, not only excess fat is “burned”, but also cholesterol - the main provocateur of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.

Contrasting temperatures tone the skin and strengthen blood vessels, protecting against heart disease. Bath procedures nourish tissues with oxygen, improve blood circulation, relax muscles and halve the content of lactic acid, which is formed during sports. Therefore, after an intense workout, it is very useful to take a steam bath - the next day your muscles will not hurt.

The heat of the bath activates the work of the heart and lungs, improves blood quality: increases hemoglobin and the number of red blood cells. A bathhouse in combination with a massage can compensate for the lack of physical activity in people with sedentary professions. And of course, the bathhouse is an unrivaled remedy for fatigue and stress.

Rules for taking a bath and preparing for it

For the bath to be beneficial, it is enough to follow a few basic rules:

Do not drink alcohol both while in the steam room and before visiting it;
Don’t overeat (you shouldn’t go hungry either, you can get by with a light snack);
Monitor your condition and do not force yourself to sit in the steam room;
You can enter the steam room several times, each entry will differ from the other in thermal conditions and duration;
You should stay in the bathhouse for no more than 25 minutes.

Before visiting you must:

Douse yourself with warm water or take a shower to prepare your body for higher temperatures.
To preserve the lipid layer of the skin, which performs a barrier function, you need to refrain from using soap with a washcloth.
Do not get your hair wet, this will protect you from heat stroke. It is better to put on a hat made of wool or linen, after wetting it.

From all over the world

People have long guessed about the beneficial psychological effects of the bathhouse. It is not for nothing that the famous ancient Roman baths resembled palaces or temples rather than utilitarian institutions for washing bodies. In addition to swimming pools with water of varying temperatures and massage rooms, the ancient baths had rooms for physical education, games and even music.

Almost every nation in the world has its own types of baths.

In a Turkish bath (hammam) the temperature is approximately the same as in a sauna - 70–100 degrees. Before the steam room, you need to visit a special room where you can warm up from the inside, treating yourself to aromatic Turkish coffee or tea. The floor in the steam room is heated to ensure uniform temperature throughout the room. Part of the Turkish bath ceremony is a massage with soap foam, the effect of which is not inferior to cosmetic peeling.

Japanese baths can be group or individual. The first - sento - resemble large baths in which several people sit at the same time. The second - ofuro - are large wooden barrels with very hot water. The barrel has a seat that allows a person to plunge into water up to the neck. Since the Japanese like to steam hot, the sessions are quite short, taking only 5 minutes.

The Finnish sauna is a dry air bath. Its peculiarity is the combination of high temperature (under 100 degrees) with low humidity (from 10 to 25%). For many people, breathing hot dry air in a sauna is easier than enduring the high humidity of a Russian bath (75–100%).

In our opinion, the bathhouse is humid, since the air in it is mixed with steam, and the heat is more moderate (45–60 degrees). Due to this, sweat evaporation occurs more slowly. Therefore, even trained people should spend no more than 15 minutes in the steam room.

A traditional Russian bathhouse is a log house with a dressing room and a steam room. A black bathhouse is built with a hole in the roof and a hearth made of heated stones, onto which water must be poured, turning up the heat. Soot and soot in such a bath settle on the walls of the steam room and on the shelves, so you can come out of there blacker than you were before you washed yourself. To steam “white,” you need a stove-heater with a chimney and pipe. But you can also get pleasure and benefit from visiting the city bathhouse.

How to steam properly

The first entry into the steam room is required

to warm up and get used to the heat load (optimum temperature 60°C). A broom is not needed at this stage. It is better to lie on the bottom shelf; at this level the temperature necessary for adaptation is maintained. When the skin turns red, sweat appears and the heart beats faster, you can climb to the top bunk. The duration of the first approach should not exceed 10 minutes.

The second visit can last 15 minutes

and accompanied by a broom massage:

Plowing - swinging a broom towards the steamer, then shaking it under the ceiling of the steam room and briefly pressing the hot branches to the lower back, feet, and shoulder blades.
Whipping on the skin and slowly stroking the body with a broom.
Compress - lowering a broom onto the body with firm pressure for 5 seconds. At the end of the massage, you should not get up suddenly, it is better to lie down for a few minutes, then, without rushing to get up.

Steaming with a broom

A broom in a steam room is one of the main accessories - it can not only give you a good whipping, but also act as a medicine.

A birch broom will rid the skin of toxins and remove salt from the body. It is recommended for use by people with kidney and musculoskeletal diseases.
Oak - stabilizes blood pressure. Oak leaves have anti-inflammatory properties, calm the nervous system and help with headaches and insomnia.
Linden broom contains vitamin C. It is used as an antipyretic and to calm the nerves.
Fir - eliminates pain in muscles and spine, improves immunity. It has disinfecting and bactericidal properties.
Juniper broom contains natural antibiotics, prevents the appearance of bacteria and reduces high fever.

Few people know how useful a broom made from nettle branches is. Even with a light touch, it creates a deep massage of the skin with a tingling effect, which improves its elasticity and firmness. The skin additionally warms up, turns red, and blood flow improves.

Nettle is useful for kidney and liver diseases, strengthens the walls of blood vessels. Only problem areas are hovered with such a broom, applied for a while to the sore spots.

Sauna for weight loss

A Russian bath is an excellent assistant in losing weight, because at high temperatures sweat is actively released, along with toxins, salts and other harmful substances, but it is important to understand that fat reserves are not destroyed. Going to the bathhouse is regarded as an auxiliary method for losing weight, but not the main one.

Photo: Juliya Shangarey, shutterstock (1.09.2019)

The bath accelerates blood circulation, which increases the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the internal organs. You can forget about cellulite and improve your skin condition. Heating causes an acceleration of metabolism.

To achieve the desired effect, you must follow the rules:

Before entering the steam room, take a warm shower, but without using soap or a washcloth.
Add infusions of aromatic herbs or essential oils to the water that creates steam.
The first visit to the steam room should not exceed 5 minutes. After it, you need to go out, rinse with cold water, throw on a sheet and rest. You can drink a drink to increase sweating.
On the second visit, you should use a broom; your stay in the steam room will also be about 5 minutes.
Next time, you can simply sit on a shelf, rub your body with gentle movements using a broom and rub yourself with honey or salt.
Compliance with temperature contrasts: the higher the temperature, the colder the water for dousing should be.

Steaming when you have a cold

If you have a cold, a Russian bath will speed up recovery due to the effects of high temperature and increased moisture.

Wet steam performs the function of inhalation, ensuring the cleansing of the lungs and bronchi from accumulated mucus.
Hot steam opens and cleanses pores.
Increased humidity will relieve muscle tension and fatigue, and also strengthen joints and ligaments.

Bath

“Sorry, Uncle Mityai,” Dasha squeezed out in a trembling voice. “I won’t do it anymore...” “I won’t do it again,” she repeated obediently. - Welcome. I will punish you again. I am kind in life, if I don’t make you angry. It's clear? Dashka was dejectedly silent. Inwardly, Lenka decided not to rock the boat. Well, they’ll fuck you, but where can you go? It's disgusting, of course, to the point of trembling. But maybe they won’t kill you? After all, they can. And then Lenka realized that they could really do ANYTHING. The bathhouse is good, the neighbors are shy, and the girls don’t expect anyone to come over. Do whatever you want and nothing will happen for it. Lenka trembled. * * *

Kuzmich looked at the frightened, shaking girls and reveled in power. These sleek bitches have not yet realized how much they got into trouble. We'll have to explain it to them. After. “Don’t piss, I say,” he continued, “my friend and I haven’t washed for a long time, so we came in for a light.” Let's take a steam bath together and then go our separate ways, okay? The girls nodded in fear. They really wanted to believe it, gee-gee. Let them. “Okay,” Kuzmich knocked on the door, and it opened and let Petrovich in. - So I tell them, Petrovich, why are you afraid? We came to wash ourselves, that's all. “Yeah, yeah,” Petrovich insolently looked at the girls and fixed his gaze on the brown-haired girl in the far corner. She lowered her eyes and tried to cover herself with her hands. - Come on, take off your rags. I wish I could wash it somewhere, but that’s okay, I’ll have time. “There is powder on the veranda and a barrel of water nearby,” said the blonde sitting in the middle, the owner’s daughter. - Yeah, we'll use it. No, Petrovich, how lucky were we? And they found the powder and let us wash, they didn’t disdain. A bathhouse, and with girls too. It’s like we’re fucking new Russians! There is justice in the world! - And do not say. It's the same with girls. Come on, Kuzmich, give it a go. What's your name, girls?

* * *

With the arrival of this same Petrovich, the bathhouse became crowded and twice as smelly as before. Kuzmich rolled up his clothes, opened the door, bent down, and laid them on the bench, where it was so nice to cool off, wrapped in a sheet. The men's dicks stood erect, and Lenka waited in horror for them to use them. – What’s your name, girls? - Sasha. - Lena. - Dasha. Petrovich splashed a ladle of pine tincture diluted with it directly onto the stones. The water swelled with a cloud of hot steam, burning the ears and nose. “Bye bye,” Kuzmich stopped, “hey, girls, where are your washcloths?” “Yes, they are washcloths themselves,” Petrovich responded and neighed. “Don’t be offended by Petrovich,” Kuzmich apologized for him, “he jokes as best he can.” Lena, smiling ingratiatingly, held out the washcloths, Dasha grabbed the soap from behind her back. “Come on, you,” Kuzmich pointed his finger at Dasha, climb onto the top shelf, there’s not enough space here. “Yes, faster,” he slapped Dashka on the ass. She climbed up as fast as she could, “here, come on, turn over on your back.” Put your hands down and relax. That's it, absorb the steam. And spread your legs, what didn’t we see there? Here, rest for now. And you two, wash us, please. The girls hesitantly took the soap and began to lather the greasy men, trying to stay as far away from them as possible. “Come on, Lenok, move more quickly,” Kuzmich encouraged her, “Don’t be afraid, I won’t bite.” Here, now use a washcloth properly three times. Yes, more strongly, you are not caressing your friend. Do you have a friend? - Not yet. - This is bad. It’s bad for a girl without a guy,” this Kuzmich spread his philosophy. - Three are stronger. Dick too. Don't be afraid, take it with your hands. He’s a gentleman, he always gets up in front of a woman, hahaha. Finally, satisfied Kuzmich sat Lena on a bench, scooped water from a barrel with a ladle and doused himself from head to toe. Sasha, rubbing Petrovich, stood almost next to her and quietly squealed from the cold splashes that hit her back. - So, let me give you now. – Kuzmich took Lena’s hand. - I myself. - Samakai with mom and dad, Kuzmich pulled her to her feet and began to soap her breasts. Seeing this homeless man, Lenka decided that she would endure anything just to get away. And I expected, especially after Dashka’s prank, that Kuzmich would not be particularly affectionate. He was indeed rude, but oddly enough, it had an exciting effect. The washcloth went over the stomach and sides, and rubbed the butt. Kuzmich made her alternately place her legs on the bench and thoroughly rubbed soap on them. “Put your hands on the bench, I’ll scrape your back right away.” Dull from the heat and caresses, Lena mechanically obeyed and realized that she had stood in an ambiguous position only when she felt the head of his penis with her lower lips. “Please don’t,” she said plaintively, feeling his thick penis go deep into her. “It’s necessary, girl, it’s necessary,” Kuzmich patted her on the side patronizingly. “You want the same thing, you’ve got your ass stuck out.” I don’t like lying when it makes me angry.

* * *

Kuzmich started working with his dick like a pump.
Helen, the sweet bitch, shuddered in his arms and breathed heavily. His old friend was having a good time, tossing and turning in the sweet languor of Lenka’s hot insides, squeezed by the girl’s unbroken pussy, as if in a fist. Lenka took and took his dick, who would doubt it. Where would she go, such a chick who didn’t know a real man. Petrovich, looking at him, interrupted washing his chick and now put her in doggy style. The chick, of course, resisted and sobbed quietly. It’s always like this with Petrovich, he doesn’t understand shit with women, that’s why he hangs around discos and screws lonely girls in the gateways. He won’t let him know that the woman is a gentle creature: woo him a little, wait, and she’ll fall into her hands like a ripe apple. And all he had to do was shake the apple tree, and maybe it would fall down. He came powerfully; The girl, sure enough, felt his release, there, she dodged like that. Kuzmich did not cut himself any slack, it was still early; He hugged her, sat down on the bench and sat her on his lap. Lenochka no longer tensed, she relaxed. And really, why is there anything to be ashamed of? “What kind of girl are you?” he said in her ear, continuing to knead her body with his hands, absorbing the already forgotten feeling of young female flesh under his fingers, “not fat and not flabby, do you go in for sports?” “We go to the gym,” she smiled uncertainly. “Look,” Kuzmich shook his head, “is it expensive?” - Decent. - Well done for walking, it’s nice to feel something like that. Come on, switch with Dasha on the shelf, I will have a special relationship with her. Lenka nodded uncertainly and rose from her knees. It was time to turn up the party spirit. Kuzmich stood up without further ado and pulled Dasha off the shelf by the leg. The girl did all the fucking while her friends took the rap for her. Until then, pay your dues. - And this one means who? - Kuzmich shook the girl by the shoulders so that her head shook, - this is our informer. Where were you going outside, cunt? Call for help, set garbage on us? A!? Speak! - No! Uncle Mitya, please,” she began to cry. - I have no faith in you. We need to hobble you a little. Petrovich! - Ahh? Pages: 3

Who shouldn't go to the bathhouse?

Reasons for temporarily abstaining from baths:

Cold with high fever;
Aggravated chronic diseases;
Regular headaches;
Thrombophlebitis;
Hypertension stages I and II;
Unstable angina;

Absolute ban:

myocardial infarction;
Stage III hypertension;
acute inflammation of the cardiovascular system;
acute thrombophlebitis;
general atherosclerosis;
frequent bleeding.

Contraindications

Well, are you ready to run and get healthier? Stop! Do not hurry. In order for the steam room to wrap you in a shawl woven from threads of health and beauty, you need to familiarize yourself with the contraindications, otherwise you can harm the body. Thus, visiting the bathhouse is strictly prohibited if a person has:

cancer;
AIDS;
tuberculosis;
anemia;
endocarditis;
myocarditis;
peritonitis;
tachycardia;
hypertension;
epilepsy;
hepatitis;
predisposition to bleeding;
acute ENT diseases;
brain injury;
inflammatory processes of the skin of the body;
exacerbation of chronic diseases;
elevated body temperature.

In general, before going to the sauna you need to visit a doctor to avoid irreversible consequences.

By the way

Preparing a sauna is not only a science, but also an art. Even about the choice of a broom, experts can argue for hours. Linden, fir, juniper, coniferous, birch, oak, eucalyptus, rowan, nettle... You can’t count them all! The point of a parka with a broom is not only the massage effect, but also the injection of hot air to the body. There are several ways to use this important bath prop. The body is stroked, patted, whipped, rubbed, etc. with a broom. Before using the broom, it is advisable to steam it so that the volatile substances contained in them can be released and better penetrate the body. If the broom is fresh, you just need to rinse it slightly, and it is ready. If it’s dry, you first need to rinse it and then put it in a bowl of warm water. Steaming a broom in boiling water is harmful - the leaves will quickly fall off.

When is the best time to steam?

There is an opinion that it is better to go to the bathhouse in winter. But you can also steam in the summer. In hot weather, a sauna helps the body adapt to high temperatures. The pores open, the work of the sweat glands increases, which helps improve heat exchange. Plus the body gets rid of toxins, it just becomes easier to breathe. Coming out of the steam room in the summer, many note this fact.

So experienced bath attendants do not recognize seasonality.

If we talk about the time of day, it is better to listen to your biological clock. For example, many larks come for the first steam (in “Sanduny” it is at 8 o’clock in the morning). They claim that after a bath they work better and get everything done. Owls, on the contrary, prefer evening sessions and after a bath they are only capable of undisturbed sleep.

Is it possible to plunge into the snow after a bath?

It is best to plunge into the snow during the bath, and not after: that is, after rubbing with snow, you need to steam again. Under no circumstances should you immediately pack up and go out into the air after rubbing.

Only hardened and trained people can rub themselves with snow or douse themselves with cold water after a steam room.

Such temperature changes are an incredible burden on the blood vessels. Therefore, it is better for people with varicose veins and thrombosis to avoid this.

What cosmetic procedures to perform

Peels and scrubs are used in the bath. Some people buy them in stores, others cook them themselves. The most popular homemade scrub is salt and honey.

The purpose of such cosmetics is to cleanse the skin, improve its color and texture, and increase elasticity. Their use is most effective in a bathhouse, because after the steam room the upper layers of the epidermis are prepared for the procedure, and the skin itself absorbs nutrients better.

But after a bath it is better not to apply any cosmetics, especially oils. The exception is only for those with dry skin.

Rules for visiting the bathhouse

The bathhouse will only be beneficial if you strictly follow a number of rules when visiting it:

you should not go into the steam room after a heavy meal;
Visiting during an exacerbation of the disease is not recommended.

Getting used to the heat of the bath should happen gradually. Before entering the steam room, you need to rinse off in the shower, but you should not get your hair wet, then wipe yourself dry so that moisture does not interfere with sweating. To avoid overheating your head, you need to put a woolen hat on it.

You should stand for a while in the steam room and when sweat begins to appear on the skin, lie down on a shelf - this way the process will go better, because in this case the body receives heat evenly. After ten minutes, you need to go to the washroom, rinse and rest for five to seven minutes. Many adherents of the Russian bath love to take a cold shower or plunge into an ice hole after a steam room. This should be done extremely carefully, because before this you need to undergo a course of gradual hardening. You cannot visit the bathhouse while intoxicated.

Training and therapy

For those who want to know what is good about a bathhouse

, you should know that it can make you forget about the gym. There is no need for training, since bath procedures are quite compatible with decent physical activity. Its impact largely coincides with the principles of sports activities: the load on all organs increases gradually. Thanks to this, a person improves his own physical indicators: strength, coordination, endurance, visual acuity, speed.

Healthy people maintain and increase their health in the bathhouse, and those whose health is a little shaken can improve it in the steam room. Pathogenic microbes cannot withstand high temperatures and die, both those on the skin and those inside the body. At the first symptoms of a cold, take a steam bath and the disease will immediately recede. The main thing in this matter is to sweat well and drink medicinal tea. The bathhouse will also save you from a sore throat and runny nose, because hot air, especially saturated with birch or eucalyptus spirit, will perfectly cleanse these organs.

For a number of chronic diseases, a bath is also indicated. For example, those who suffer from bronchitis will immediately feel relief here. The bath is a classic method of heat therapy. It also helps to quickly cope with bruises, dislocations, sprains; neuritis, radiculitis, sciatica, and lumbago will recede.

The bathhouse is a pleasant sedative for the psyche. Everyone knows that water procedures will definitely calm you down. Pleasant warmth, even heat, a cozy, comfortable atmosphere, silence, a pleasant aroma, allow the brain to relax, and the nerves to relax and calm down. A bad mood will melt away like smoke, and everyone will leave the bathhouse peaceful and joyful.