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The subtleties of steam in a Russian bathhouse

To perfectly steam in a Russian bath and in pleasure and with pleasure, for half an hour is definitely not manage. You need at least a couple of hours, and persistent fans and four hours is not enough. That the process was long and comfortable, you need to know how to steam.
How to keep the temperature in a Russian bath
The Russian bath refers to a humid bath. In the oven there are stones that are heated to 700-800 degrees. In order for the temperature and steam to fill the entire steam room, water is put on the stones.

Russian baths belong to the humid baths. In the oven there are stones that are heated up to 700-800 degrees. In order for the temperature and steam to fill the entire steam room, water is put on the stones.

Steam rises to the topmost shelves and gradually descends, the sauna cools down. The correct supply of steam in the steam room and provides a long enjoyment of the process of steaming.
The correct algorithm of actions in the steam room:
1. Firewood for the bath should be not large, then the heat will be even.
2. The upper flap must be constantly open during the furnace. 3.
3. The lower flap can be open (to keep the draught), and you can keep it permanently closed (so that the heat did not run away for nothing).
4. When the sauna is heated thoroughly, the wood burned (and it takes at least four hours), you can first give the parka hot water to achieve even higher temperature. This is an elementary sanitary necessity - disinfection.

5. Try to cover all the stones with water, not just one edge.
6. If the water hisses on the stones, it means that they have already cooled down. Only in a hot sauna heater water on the stones immediately turns into steam.
7. Don't overdo it with pouring water for steam, you can pour the stove over - the sauna will end here.
8. In order for the steam to be constantly light, not too wet and heavy, on average, one roll of water on the stones should be 300-400 ml - an average ladle.
9. Once the steam from the stones has risen to the top, disperse it with a broom throughout the steam room.
10. Give steam in the steam room often and little by little, in small rolls, with hot water.
Improperly given steam will become heavy, and you will feel it on your well-being - it will burn your ears. So it is necessary to reduce the amount of water poured on the stones by half.
Tasty steam in the sauna and bathhouse
You can give steam with pure water, and you can make the steam tasty and medicinal. Today, of course, it is customary to drop essential oils into the water, but you can do it the old-fashioned way. More work, but the benefits are more obvious. Brew your favorite herbal infusions of mint, chamomile, linden flowers or St. John's wort. Be sure to strain (if the leaves of grass or petals get on the stones, they will burn and smoke) and dilute with clean water: for 1 cup of decoction half a cup of water.
Brew your favorite herbal infusions of mint, chamomile, linden flowers or St. John's wort. Be sure to strain (if the herb leaves or petals get on the stones, they will burn and smoke) and dilute with clean water: per 1 cup of decoction half a cup of water.