Do you need to continue sauna after recovering from Covid-19?

Mar 26, 2022 14:10 GMT+7

Steaming leaves for folk beliefs is often used when suffering from cold infections, people cannot sweat. However, during the Covid-19 pandemic, steaming leaves is widely used when treating at home. The right inhalation and the right object will help the patient feel well, but most people do not understand the essence of this method, so there are still many cases of unwanted effects.

Ms. La Thi Hang – Chuong My, Hanoi said that almost every week she rushed to herself and her two children 2-3 times to prevent Covid-19. At the beginning of March, all 3 mother and daughter were positive, and in the following days, the “national remedy” of ginger lemongrass was used thoroughly by Ms. Hang.

When it was negative, Ms. Hang still took a bath every day because she wanted to detox and fight pain. On the afternoon of March 23, Ms. Hang cooked a steaming pot and covered herself with a blanket to smoke. After 5.6 minutes, she felt her heart beat faster, her limbs were weak. Even though she had eaten lightly before. She was afraid of being burned, so she got out of the sauna.

Sauna only when the body has not sweated on its own.

As soon as she got out of the bathroom, she fainted. Fortunately, her children were at home, so she called the doctor in time. After receiving the infusion, Ms. Hang regained consciousness and still felt scared. The doctor said that her case was caused by excessive use of steam, causing an imbalance in the body.

Although there are many opinions on whether or not saunas should or should not, people with the mentality of sauna detoxification, not only suffer from Covid-19, but many people like the feeling of being more comfortable after sauna, so there are people who are addicted to sauna.

Many people after recovering from Covid-19 still rush 3 times a week to avoid post-Covid-19. Each time they finished steaming, they felt very comfortable in their bodies.

MSc BS. Nguyen Van Dan – Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Traditional Medicine – University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City, said that sauna is one of the eight treatment methods of traditional medicine: khan, earth, summer, harmony, temperate, sound, pepper. Cut. Sauna is a khan that uses steam and essential oils of some types of leaves to treat diseases by sweating.

Sauna is used for cases where the cause of the disease is still outside, not deep in. That person’s qi has not been damaged, ie does not spontaneously sweat such as fever, body aches, chills, but does not sweat himself, then he can use the khan (sauna).

For children, modern medicine has a protective mucosal layer on the respiratory tract, and in younger children, the thinner the steam, the more likely it is to damage the lining of the child’s respiratory tract. Master Dan said with young children or sweat. When I steam, it will hurt the baby’s air. If parents think sauna is very good, they should put their children in the sauna, cover them with a towel, or cover them with a blanket to use the sauna to release sweat. In oriental medicine, sweat is the heart, the whole mind, if the sweat has a lot, can cause fainting, coma, and death.

When you want to steam your child, Master Dan said you have to monitor your child to sweat on his own. If the child is sweating on their own, do not steam. When steaming children, be careful to burn boiling water. Children under 5 years old do not use steam.

In adults, according to Master Dan, many people think that when sick, the body is poisoned and find ways to detox, including sauna to remove toxins from the body by sweat. But the khan is only used in the case of bad luck.

After Covid-19 patients are still tired, tired, have muscle aches, they should not abuse sauna because it can cause a dangerous epidemic. Especially in people with underlying diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, the elderly because blood qi has decreased, if more fluid escapes, it will be dangerous. Dan emphasized that during the period of Covid-19 infection, you must also see if your body sweats on its own and after Covid-19 you no longer need to steam.

Khanh Chi