According to place of bath
Turkish bath
Also called the hot air bath, a hot air bath improves circulation of body fluids. It is recommended for arthritis. Hot air is passed through three or four successive room where the temperature is steadily rising. In the last room the temperature is usually 93-104 C
Roman bath
The Roman Empire introduced the public steam bath tradition and called them thermae, from the Greek word for heat. It is difficult to determine when the Romans first began bathing in rooms heated by air which was not only hot, but also dry. However, it seems unlikely that this would have been possible until after the development of the hypocaust as an effective hot-air central heating system.
The modal program would start with an intensive sport period in the palestra (courtyard), where several sports and activities were practiced to relax the body by stimulating the bloodstream. The customer would then go through three successive rooms, that is from the tepid to the warmer where his body was coated with oil. Once the body was well warmed and relaxed, a dynamic massage was provided to the customer, followed by an exfoliation with a strigil. Then, the last steps were a good rince and an immersion into the pool of the frigidarium (cold bath).
Islamic bath
Muhammad (PBUH) believed that the heat of the hammam (which in Arabic means" spreader of warmth") enhanced fertility, and the followers of the faith should multiply.Untilthe hammam caught Muhammed's(PBUH) fancy, the Arabs used only cold water and never bathed in tubs, which was considered as bathing in one's own filth. But when the conquering Arabs encountered Roman and Greek baths in Syria, holy men immediately adopted the pleasure of hot air bathing.
When the Roman Empire fell, the Arabians discovered the Greek baths and the Roman balneas. They emulated these baths to create the Turk baths, named hammam, meaning "that spreads heat". After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Roman bath was adopted, and adapted, by the Muslim Ottoman conquerors. Ritual bathing and cleanliness are intrinsic to Islam, and the Islamic bath is a felicitous combination of the religious bathing tradition of the Muslim, and the elaborate bathing procedures of the Romans.
A typical hammáám includes a warm room, hot room, and steam room, with dressing rooms and areas for massage, relaxation, and refreshment—but omits the Roman cold plunge or swimming pool. The oldest hammams were those of the Umayyad caliphs who subscribed to a semi-Bedouin way of life. One of the oldest, the Kusair's Hammam, raised unexpectedly from the flat barren plain near the dead Sea.
Public bath in Britain
In Britain, however, the Roman baths appear to have fallen into disuse quite soon after the departure of their Roman builders; English crusaders returning from foreign excursions reported their discovery of Islamic bathing practices in the belief that they had previously been totally unknown in their homeland.
But although the use of hot-air baths ceased after the Romans left Britain, other forms of public bathing appeared from time to time. The Russian, steam, or vapour bath, either plain or medicated, was just one of several types available during the first years of Queen Victoria's reign to those who could afford their use. For those unable to afford such luxuries, publicly funded provision of hot and cold water baths first became possible after the passing of the Public.
Indication
Adverse effects
Turkish bath
Also called the hot air bath, a hot air bath improves circulation of body fluids. It is recommended for arthritis. Hot air is passed through three or four successive room where the temperature is steadily rising. In the last room the temperature is usually 93-104 C
Roman bath
The Roman Empire introduced the public steam bath tradition and called them thermae, from the Greek word for heat. It is difficult to determine when the Romans first began bathing in rooms heated by air which was not only hot, but also dry. However, it seems unlikely that this would have been possible until after the development of the hypocaust as an effective hot-air central heating system.
The modal program would start with an intensive sport period in the palestra (courtyard), where several sports and activities were practiced to relax the body by stimulating the bloodstream. The customer would then go through three successive rooms, that is from the tepid to the warmer where his body was coated with oil. Once the body was well warmed and relaxed, a dynamic massage was provided to the customer, followed by an exfoliation with a strigil. Then, the last steps were a good rince and an immersion into the pool of the frigidarium (cold bath).
Islamic bath
Muhammad (PBUH) believed that the heat of the hammam (which in Arabic means" spreader of warmth") enhanced fertility, and the followers of the faith should multiply.Untilthe hammam caught Muhammed's(PBUH) fancy, the Arabs used only cold water and never bathed in tubs, which was considered as bathing in one's own filth. But when the conquering Arabs encountered Roman and Greek baths in Syria, holy men immediately adopted the pleasure of hot air bathing.
When the Roman Empire fell, the Arabians discovered the Greek baths and the Roman balneas. They emulated these baths to create the Turk baths, named hammam, meaning "that spreads heat". After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Roman bath was adopted, and adapted, by the Muslim Ottoman conquerors. Ritual bathing and cleanliness are intrinsic to Islam, and the Islamic bath is a felicitous combination of the religious bathing tradition of the Muslim, and the elaborate bathing procedures of the Romans.
A typical hammáám includes a warm room, hot room, and steam room, with dressing rooms and areas for massage, relaxation, and refreshment—but omits the Roman cold plunge or swimming pool. The oldest hammams were those of the Umayyad caliphs who subscribed to a semi-Bedouin way of life. One of the oldest, the Kusair's Hammam, raised unexpectedly from the flat barren plain near the dead Sea.
Public bath in Britain
In Britain, however, the Roman baths appear to have fallen into disuse quite soon after the departure of their Roman builders; English crusaders returning from foreign excursions reported their discovery of Islamic bathing practices in the belief that they had previously been totally unknown in their homeland.
But although the use of hot-air baths ceased after the Romans left Britain, other forms of public bathing appeared from time to time. The Russian, steam, or vapour bath, either plain or medicated, was just one of several types available during the first years of Queen Victoria's reign to those who could afford their use. For those unable to afford such luxuries, publicly funded provision of hot and cold water baths first became possible after the passing of the Public.
Indication
- Metabolic disease- Obesity, Gout,
- Amraz-e Jild (Skin disease)
- Amraz-e Kabid (Liver disease)
- Amraz-e Kuliya (Renal disease)
- Nafs-ud Dam (Haemoptysis)
- Qai-ud Dam (Haemetemesis)
- Metrorrhagia
- Prolapse of rectum
- Oligomenorrhoea
- Urinary retention
- Spasmodic pain
- Arthritis
- Laqwa (Paralysis)
- Beneficial effects of hammam such as: Induction of sleep, Dilatation of pores, Cleansing of skin, Dispersal of waster matters, Maturation of waste products, Prevention of diarrhea and Removal of fatigue
Adverse effects
- Weakens the heart
- Fever
- Injury
- Inflammation
- Pregnancy
- Produces nausea and fainting
- Disturbs stagnant and morbid matters
- Predisposes to putrefaction
- Disperses matters to wards the flexures and weaker organs.
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