sweat bath
Hot perspiration chamber
A sweat bath is a session of sweating induced for cleansing or therapeutic purposes, or the structure where this takes place.
The term covers various traditions: Native American sweat lodges, Finnish saunas, Russian banyas, and similar practices worldwide.
Heat—from steam, hot stones, or fire—causes profuse sweating, believed to purify body and spirit.
- steam roomHeated humidity enclosure
- saunaHeated room for sweating
- dry heatHigh temperature, low humidity
- hammamTurkish public steam bath
- detoxificationRemoving harmful substances internally
deep cleanse · hot stones · cedar wood · relaxation · ritual purification · Finnish sauna · birch branches · mental clarity · herbal infusion · muscle recovery · respiratory therapy · stress relief · aromatherapy · hydrotherapy · benches · ladle · towels · onsen
- Mesoamerican ritualshuman sacrifice, blood sacrifice, bloodletting, ritual offerings, sun worship
- folk medicinefolk medicine, herbalism, herbal remedies, folk healer, herbal medicine
- steam treatmentssteam room, sauna, steam shower, steam therapy, eucalyptus steam
- hammamhammam, steam room, hot room, warm room, cold room
- Aztec structurespyramid, stepped pyramid, ball court, causeway, aqueduct
- Mesoamerican ruinsTikal, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Teotihuacan, ball court
sweat bathcold plunge
Therapeutic freezing immersion
ice bath · cold water immersion · cryotherapy · cold shower · cold tub
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