Not just a bath, but a ritual room - that's what a Turkish sauna is. One of the symbols of the East is the hamam.
Turkish bath hammam has an unquestionable curative effect not only on the body, but also on the soul of the person who visited it. The beauty of the building has long been striking with its elegant architectural style. Inside the room is stylized as a temple. Until now, very few tourists who visited the Turkish hamam did not admire the traditions of ablution and healing of this hot country. But for the pleasure is not necessary to go to the East. Turkish baths hammam are so popular that nowadays they can be visited practically in any city of the CIS.
How to properly use the capabilities of hammam?
Here are a few recommendations on how to visit the hamam to achieve the full effect of a visit to a Turkish bath.
Turkish sauna hamam, as well as more familiar to us steam room, consists of three rooms: a cloakroom, a room for washing and a steam room.
But the traditional Turkish bath is unthinkable without eastern traditions. Therefore, each stage of visiting a bathhouse is worth taking place with the realization of what is intended for this or that action in the sauna to the hamam.
- The first stage is the dressing room. Here it is necessary not only to take off all the clothes, but also to leave all the previous worries and heavy thoughts. The loincloth is all that a person enters the second room of a bath.
- Here, the body is cleansed. In a real Turkish bath there is no soul. Water is supplied from copper utensils, and the only means for washing is olive soap. After such preparation with a clean body and thoughts, you can cross the threshold of the most steamy.
- The room of the steam room in the hammam is a room completely decorated with marble. Marble walls and shelves create a unique image of naturalness and harmony with the world. Steam through small holes. The temperature in the room, as a rule, does not exceed 60 degrees. Such a regime is completely loyal even to a weakened organism. That is why the oriental hamam can be visited by people who have contraindications to other types of paired ones.
It is worth noting that, according to all the rules of the Turkish bath, the cooling of the steamed body should proceed as gently as the effect of steam. Therefore, it is carried out in three stages with a gradual decrease in the temperature of the cold water.
Than the hamam is useful?
The benefit of visiting any bath is soothing and purifying. It's not for nothing that they go to the sauna not just to wash themselves, but also to relax with friends, talk about pleasant things, enjoy tea from herbs. In the case of hamam, the emphasis on psychological relief is so great that it is recommended to visit:
- as a therapy for neuroses and insomnia;
- to relieve pain and muscle tension in case of excessive physical exertion;
- for cleansing the skin;
- for relief from osteoporosis and arthritis, headaches;
- when recovering from colds with subsequent hardening of the body.
In the Turkish sauna hamam, in addition to the main process can offer a massage therapist. This benefit from massage is all the more great, as the steamed body is better subjected to correction. As a result, it is very real to forget about the pains in the spine that have been troubled for a long time, and also about the discomfort in the joints.
Contraindications to visit hamam
Although the benefits and benefits of the Turkish bath are very high, do not forget that if the body is not all right, you should definitely consult a doctor before visiting such institutions. Quiet and effective rest, as well as a full recovery is possible only if the desire to visit the hamam and opportunities
So:
- Bath hamam is contraindicated for people with cardiovascular diseases;
- with inflammatory processes in the active stage;
- as well as people with cancer.
And when the hamam does not have any obstacles to visiting the bath, go bravely for the healing of the soul and body.
On the threshold of the Turkish bath leave all the efforts, and they will dissolve, like a cloud of steam in a beautiful hamam!