❶ Healing Baths: Types, Rules Of Preparation And Reception

Hydrotherapy belongs to the traditional methods of treatment. Balneological resorts were already popular in the 19th century. Nowadays, baths with various additives are used as an auxiliary treatment both in medical institutions and at home. Location: Location:

Baths can be shared or local. Taking a shared bath, the patient sits in the water so that the neck and heart area are above the water. Local are intended for specific areas of the body. These can be hand baths or foot baths.

By water temperature, baths are divided into:

- cold - 18-20 degrees;

- cool - up to 33 degrees;

- indifferent - 34-35 degrees;

- warm - 36-38 degrees;

- hot - up to 40 degrees.

Cold and cool baths have a stimulating and tonic effect on the body. They are prescribed for depression and neurasthenia, for enhancing immunity and for hardening.

Warm and indifferent, they soothe the nervous system and skin. They help with insomnia, relieve itching, improve appetite.

Hot baths are a good help in treating joints, colds, metabolic disorders.

Baths should be taken no earlier than 2 hours after and no later than half an hour before meals. After the bath, you need to rest, so it is best to take it before bed. The regularity of this procedure is very important - every day or every other day, otherwise the effectiveness drops. Excessive enthusiasm is very dangerous: you cannot sit in the bath for too long or make the water too hot; you cannot pour ingredients into water on the principle of "the more the better". You need to lie in the bath calmly, relaxing, it is better to put a towel under your neck and head. Water should not cover the heart area. If you feel any discomfort - fatigue or palpitations - stop the procedure immediately.

Salt bath improves blood circulation, stimulates sensitive skin receptors. It is recommended for those who want to lose weight and increase skin turgor. Dip 1.5 kg of sea or table salt in a linen bag in warm water and wait for dissolution. The bag is necessary so that foreign impurities do not get into the bath.

Milk and chocolate bath. Dissolve a bar of chocolate in 0.5 liters of milk and heat without boiling. Add the mixture to water. This bath is very beneficial for the skin, making it smooth and silky.

Glycerin baths serve the same purpose. Add 50 g of glycerin to a warm bath. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes.

Coniferous baths are very useful in the treatment of the respiratory system, vegetative-vascular dystonia, and joint diseases. In order to prepare coniferous extract at home, boil spruce, pine, cedar needles in water for 15-20 minutes, and then let it brew in a sealed container for 12 hours. The broth should be brown. The procedure will require 1 liter of extract. Take a bath for half an hour. A total of 10-15 procedures will be required.

Medical baths have contraindications: varicose veins, angina pectoris, cardiovascular diseases, open form of tuberculosis, liver cirrhosis.