Roman bath (terms)

At the height of the Roman Empire, one of its colonies, Pompeii was built several Roman baths (therm). At the same time in Rome, built unique water remaining, bringing a million cubic meters of water per day. Roman baths were built to serve different segments of the population. Part of the baths was elite, some democratic. Some hotels, especially the public, provide services to virtually all sectors of society. The Roman baths after parks and water, used all sorts of massages, special exercise, filed meals and special drinks.

To wash the body in the thermal baths, used instead of soap, special ointments, which were made of animal fat. Dirt removed from the body through the chalk, pumices and onion ash.

After the eruption of Vesuvius, best preserved and Stabievy Thermes Thermes pompeyskogo forum. The Roman baths pompeyskogo forum were all necessary facilities for the recovery of the body of fatigue. They were clothing, bath, hot water and bathrooms with hot water. Heat is, centrally, with a special device pipes located underneath baths. In a separate compartment located bronze brazier, it attempted to do that was to hot air pipes for raising the temperature in the baths.
The salamander also was a huge washbasin to wash their hands and those of hot water, which is located opposite the marble pool. Entering sauna, men and women were divided. The men's section of the bath consisted of clothing, hot baths, hot baths, cold rooms, a gymnasium, pool, bronze ovens, washing baths, benches, stoves for heating air and water. In the women's bath also has similar facilities. Interiors of Roman baths decorated ornamental plaster, tile, mosaic.

Stabievy Thermes feel the largest and oldest in Pompeii. In the yard Stabievyh therm was a huge pool, offices, wash-room, changing room. The offices witches oils with sand, mud cleared from the body and then, using a special scraper. The edges of the basin water was made of lead pipes. At the heart of the heating system was installed, which took place between female and male branches. It consisted of three cylindrical boiler with hot, warm and very hot water and heating system was the heart of the furnace.

Turkish bath – Hamam, has a history stretching to the distant past. Many attributed the emergence of a Turkish bath, with the Roman baths that have not disappeared with the fall of the Roman Empire. The minute the lower part of the sauna warmed hot air from the furnace exhaust pipes passing underneath floor of warmed up rooms, which have, depending on the longitudinal axis of heating pipes. The Turkish bath is a warm room in the center and is generally octagonal shape, its sides by adjacent pairs - hot room, equipped with swimming pools. These rooms were without windows, light moving them through thick glass in the dome.

The first Turkish bath appeared in Constantinople after it was conquered by Muslims, and rapidly spread to Muslim countries. Frequent visits to a Turkish bath, in a hot climate East, the introduction of Muslims from various diseases. The philosophy minute led spiritual and physical cleansing. The Turkish bath was considered to be in the East tremendous source of pleasure.

In the Middle Ages, women's baths in the East built next to the men, as a practical matter. This arrangement enabled the bath water use and heat from a single source. Entrances to men's and women's saunas were isolated. For women, Turkey, sauna was a ritual, a part of public life, where they discussed the case, share news, gossiped. Women were gathered in Turkish bath as something special for them, it was a celebration. They dressed up in beautiful decorations, and taking a bath in sweets ... At night they negotiated men drank coffee.

The baths were at least five people : heater; Jacuzzi; Servant who handed towels; People responsible for cooking fuel and Messenger cold water.

Modern Turkish bath, cloak-room consists of a large, cold room with a baby (aluminium dish form), cold shower, hot, damp heat, temperature 40-60. ° C and intermediate room. Temperature treatment minute, is the main feature of this type of bath, it is not such a hot and perfectly suited for people who do not carry high temperatures.

Turkish bath has its comfort, beauty, wealth and luxury interior mysterious East peace.

Infrared sauna

The infrared sauna based on the ability of the infrared radiation to heat the human body. Infrared radiation or thermal radiation is a type of heat. This is the same heat that you feel from a hot stove or battery heating. It does not have anything in common either with ultraviolet or X-ray radiation and is safe for humans.
Infrared sauna cabin is made of wood. Inside cabins set back, the corner (front) leg and infrared radiators (heaters) of special ceramics. A session in a sauna takes about 30 minutes at a temperature of the air 45-500S and natural moisture. Sweating in the infrared sauna much higher than conventional saunas and bathhouses, in a much more flexible environment, which lies very salutary effect.

The infrared sauna uses a direct (explicit) heating the body, which is significantly different from the indirect method of heating used in traditional baths and saunas. Certainly, it is argued that the direct method of heating larger better than indirect. In conventional sauna stove (fuel or electricity) first heats stones, and then stones heated air, and only after that has been heating up the body. The air has a low heat capacity, therefore, effective heat of the human body, it should be much reheated, as it is being done in Finnish saunas, or add a couple, like the Russian pair, or Turkish bath. Another major shortcoming of traditional bath is that the air in their paired nearly stationary. As the operation, he quickly saturates the large number (up to 4-5%), carbon dioxide fumes and sweat. Therefore, in the process, a short time later in the twin effects of bath formed plaster, as well as the concentration of carbon dioxide increased by 8-10 times compared with its content in the air space for recreation.

The increase in temperature has its drawbacks : increased access to scorch skin and upper respiratory tract, there is a risk of skin diseases. Increased humidity is the same price-reduced oxygen partial pressure in the air and, consequently, increasing the risk of worsening cardiovascular disease. Absolute contraindications for admission or Finnish sauna baths are tumors (benign or malignant) or suspicion on them, the active form of tuberculosis, bleeding, circulatory insufficiency.

The infrared sauna special radiators working in the invisible infrared range. They are located around the body for the most effective heat. Thus, up to 90% of energy generated emitters comes directly in the human body, bypassing the hot air. Only 10% of the power goes to heating the air (in the case of ceramic heaters). This explains the low temperature in the infrared sauna. Moreover, such heaters not burn oxygen in the sauna.