----- Original Message ----- From: Tad Winiecki <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 8:51 PM Subject: Infrared saunas
> >Also, I cannot recommend sauna therapy highly enough. Many people prefer > >saunas that use Far Infrared heaters, since the FIR penetrates more deeply > >into the blood vessels and sweat glands than conventional heat, including > >steam. This means that many positive changes will occur in the entire body, > >including the increase in production of beneficial enzymes and hormones. > > Nina- I'm wondering if you can approximate using Far Infrared heaters as a > sauna with an ordinary ceramic coil heater in a small bathroom. The one > Internet supplier of Infrared saunas has a starting price of over $1000 for > his enclosure and heaters. Also, would drinking a diaphoretic herb to > enduce sweating assist the process? Nancy, Many of these small heaters emit FIR. I know that some companies specially design FIR ceramic heaters. Whether the "ordinary" ceramic heater you're specifically referring to emits lots of FIR, I don't know. You'd have to ask the manufacturer and get a rather precise temperature range. Assuming this does emit even quite a lot of FIR, whether it's hot enough to make someone sweat is questionable. You would need a very small, enclosed area to build up the heat. This is why saunas were invented--you need an enclosed space to build up heat. To further build up heat, many sauna manufacturers install more than one heater in their sauna, too. By the way, you'll know if something is emitting mostly or completely FIR if the air temperature is fairly unchanged, but your body heats up. When I used to live in Manhattan, my bathroom had an overhead Infrared light. It didn't heat the air much at all, but to my great surprise (I didn't know then what I know now) my body warmed up a fair degree. Even if you don't sweat, just having FIR penetrate your body can be very healing. This is the basis of the Chi machine and its copy, the Swing machine. Both use FIR heaters. The person using the machines isn't enclosed, so s/he doesn't sweat--but the electromagnetic radiation nevertheless is highly beneficial. Your idea about drinking a tea made from a diaphoretic herb is a great idea. Ginger with cinnamon is one of my favorites, and can usually induce a good sweat in me. So can, by the way, alkaline water or coral calcium water. Let me know if you need any more information. Regards, Nina -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
