Can Sweat Steam Detoxify Your Body?

In the view of modern medicine, sweating can hardly play a role in detoxification. Sweat steam is mainly through high temperature to play a role in sweating, and sweat is mainly composed of water, generally do not carry toxins, in the sweat can be called toxins, may refer to which urea, uric acid, that is, the body’s normal physiological activities of the metabolic wastes, but urea, uric acid by the sweat discharged by the amount of a very small, can not play a role in detoxification. For the human body, the main detoxification organs for the liver, kidneys, the main metabolic channels for the urine, the main purpose of sweating is to regulate body temperature, rather than detoxification. Concentration of uric acid in sweat can reach up to 35.7 μmol / L, assuming that after strenuous exercise, sweating after sweating the maximum amount of sweat per day to reach the ordinary people can not be realized 5L, uric acid discharged through the sweat is only 178.5 μmol, the amount of discharged is very small, almost negligible; and usually every day through the urinary discharge of uric acid amount of about 1,500-4,500 μmol, is the amount of uric acid discharged by sweat The amount of uric acid discharged through urine is usually about 1500-4500μmol per day, which is 10-30 times the amount of uric acid discharged through sweat, so the effect of discharging metabolic waste through sweat is minimal. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, sweating for the body of dampness, cold evil patients can play a role in removing cold, dampness, can be simply understood as detoxification, but this method does not apply to all people, row away is not a toxin but the evil, the specific effect of how it can not be determined. Therefore, if you feel unwell, it is recommended that under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, the use of Chinese herbal remedies, acupuncture and other ways of treatment through the identification and treatment. It should be noted that, due to sweating is used over high temperature to promote human sweating, the human body in such an environment, blood circulation will accelerate, for the elderly and the sick and weak people, may cause dizziness, weakness, limb weakness and other discomforts, for patients with high blood pressure can lead to a further increase in blood pressure, it is best to consult with a doctor before sweating. And healthy people if you choose to steam, should pay attention to timely hydration, steaming time is best not more than 1 hour.