steam baths
Hot mist chambers
Steam baths are rooms or enclosures filled with hot steam for bathing, relaxation, or therapeutic purposes.
The humid heat opens pores and promotes sweating.
Steam baths differ from saunas, which use dry heat.
The term also refers to the practice itself: I go to the steam baths every week.
- bathhousePublic washing facility
- Roman bathsAncient empire's public bathing complexes
- schvitzTo perspire heavily
- laconicumRoman bathhouse sweat chamber
- communal bathingShared washing facilities
thermal waters · purification rites · onsen · spas · ritual cleansing · hot rocks · thermal baths · Turkish · naked · towel wrap · birch · pores · cold plunge · wellness · relaxation therapy · hot · foggy · benches
- tribal healingmedicine man, medicine woman, traditional healers, healer, curandero
- bathingbathtub, bathe, wash, tub, soaking tub
- bathing practicesablution, ritual bathing, thermal baths, communal bathing, private baths
- health spasspas, spa towns, spa retreats, spa hotels, health spas
- Asian healingThai massage, herbal medicine, acupressure, cupping, moxibustion
- Indian wellnessAyurveda, yoga therapy, pranayama, doshas, chakras
temperature therapy
steam bathscold plunges
Immersions in frigid water
ice baths · cryotherapy · cold showers · cold water immersion · polar bear plunges
bath, steam, steaming, steamy, steamed, sauna, steamer, steamboat, steamroller