{"id":625,"date":"2019-09-18T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T12:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arogyadhama.in\/blogs\/?p=625"},"modified":"2019-09-30T13:27:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T13:27:02","slug":"ayurveda-steam-bath-full-procedure-and-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arogyadhama.in\/blogs\/ayurveda-steam-bath-full-procedure-and-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayurveda Steam Bath – Full Procedure and Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What is Steambath Therapy?<\/strong>
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A Steam bath is a steam-filled room for the purpose of relaxation and cleansing. Steam bath<\/strong> has been used since ancient times as a traditional healing system all over the world. Finnish saunas, Turkish baths, and Japanese steam rooms are some of the traditional types of Steam bath<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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Steam therapy in Ayurveda is known as Swedana. It is an ancient Ayurvedic treatment that customarily follows the Abhyanga treatment. In Ayurvedic medicine, the term \u2018Swedana\u2019 concerns the treatment which involves sweating. This procedure is used to relieve excess doshas or toxins from the body. This helps the person to establish a state of balance and also promote general health and well being.<\/p>\n

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Steam Bath Procedure<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Steam Bath in Ayurveda<\/strong> is a treatment wherein a person sits inside a box keeping their head out. This box contains a blend of herbs and medicinal leaves. The person sits in the steam box which is filled with herb-infused steam for about ten minutes to a half-hour. The herbs are added to the Steam bath therapy<\/strong> according to the individual\u2019s state of body dosha balance. This ayurvedic therapy <\/strong>helps to push the herbal oil more profoundly through the layers of the skin. The sweating helps to remove toxins. <\/p>\n

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As the skin acts as a doorway for the elimination of toxins, it is also referred to as the “third kidney” of the human body. When a person undergoes Steam Bath<\/strong>, the heat of steam quickens the chemical processes inside the body to expel the accumulated toxins out of the body.  Millions of sweat glands make a passage for the elimination of metabolic and other waste products. All this makes Steam Bath therapy<\/strong> an effective ayurvedic therapy<\/strong> that helps kidneys and liver in detoxification of the body.<\/p>\n

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The ayurvedic Steam Bath<\/strong> is a truly enjoyable and rejuvenating experience for an individual. It results in the release of endorphins which make the individual relax absolutely in an untroubled and blissful state of being. The herbs that are utilized in the steam helps to eliminate the toxins, soften the muscles and also support the increase of healthy blood circulation. To rehydrate and cool the person\u2019s body, room temperature cooling teas like hibiscus or rose-mint will be provided.<\/p>\n

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Types of Swedana or Steam bath therapy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Steam Bath Therapy<\/strong> in Ayurveda is defined in two distinct types according to the technique employed for inducing perspiration. <\/p>\n

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Bashpa Swedana <\/strong> <\/h3>\n

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