Topic: Infrared Saunas - Worth the investment? Any thoughts?
James1979
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Yeah, you can still use it as mud to put on your leg. There are directions on every bottle for how to use it externally. It's supposed to be very powerful. I watched an entire DVD about it.
You'd have to ask Fuel about the towel part. He's the sauna pro!
For the bath, I'd prefer to use 35%. It's just a lot easier to pour 35% into the bath, because you can put 10 times less than the 3% solution.
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scorpiogirl
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Ok so for the bath, you don't have to mix? How much to add? I put 4 cups of Epsom salt and 10 drops of essential oil.
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James1979
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No, you don't have to mix it for the bath. Just pour the 35% right in.
I like to put 1 or 2 cups per bath, but that might be a lot. I think 1 cup is more common.
My LLMD says only to put 1/3 of a cup, but I'm never good at following instructions! But my point is that you could either put a little or a lot, and it's probably beneficial either way.
Something about the baths I learned recently: My LLMD says to add 1 cup of baking soda, on top of the Epsom salts and the h2o2. She says it helps the body detox better.
Since we're sitting in the tub anyway, I don't see why not. So now I add 1 cup of baking soda also.
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Quick question If you put baking soda into a tub full of hydrogen peroxide and water, won't it make a giant volcano ???? Or is that vinegar and baking soda?
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scorpiogirl
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quote:Originally posted by James1979: No, you don't have to mix it for the bath. Just pour the 35% right in.
I like to put 1 or 2 cups per bath, but that might be a lot. I think 1 cup is more common.
My LLMD says only to put 1/3 of a cup, but I'm never good at following instructions! But my point is that you could either put a little or a lot, and it's probably beneficial either way.
Something about the baths I learned recently: My LLMD says to add 1 cup of baking soda, on top of the Epsom salts and the h2o2. She says it helps the body detox better.
Since we're sitting in the tub anyway, I don't see why not. So now I add 1 cup of baking soda also.
LOL... so that's how you marinate before going on the rotisserie?
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scorpiogirl
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quote:Originally posted by mom2kids: Quick question If you put baking soda into a tub full of hydrogen peroxide and water, won't it make a giant volcano ???? Or is that vinegar and baking soda?
OMG you so owe me a new monitor!! I just spit out my water!! Hahaha!! This too funny! Still LMAO!
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James1979
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LOL! Both of you girls are so funny!
mom2kids - It's perfectly safe to mix vinegar and baking soda into the same tub. I would use a few cups of each. Try to catch it on video, if you can.
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And now Scorpiogirl, you owe me a new netbook!! The marinade thing made me spit out my drink! I have been thinking of shrink wrapping my netbook in order to avoid being electrocuted...
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James1979
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quote:Originally posted by mom2kids: And now Scorpiogirl, you owe me a new netbook!! The marinade thing made me spit out my drink! I have been thinking of shrink wrapping my netbook in order to avoid being electrocuted...
mom - that's the second time on this thread that you've mentioned spontaneous involuntary spittle. I would ask my doctor about that if I was you!
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James, maybe it is an underreported symptom of Lyme and Co....or with my luck a whole new tick bacerium. Should I call Yale and volunteer for research?
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I just started using a High Tech Health FIR this week. Since I have the "dreaded" genotype, according to Dr. S, which means that my body does not rid itself of biotoxins, such as those produced by mold and Lyme, it seemed like the thing to get, as detoxing has been a major issue for me. I've only used it four times this week, and my legs seem to ache somewhat less. At the least, it's very relaxing. We shall see . . .hopefully is was worth the rather big investment.
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James1979
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For the last couple of days I've gotten anxiety-like symptoms while "roasting" underneath my make-shift IR heater. I don't think it's infection related, and I don't think I'm getting too hot.
I start to sweat just a little, and then my heart starts pounding like I'm running a race, and then I start to breathe heavy almost like hyper-ventilating. Also I start to feel anxiety, as if my stress hormones went up.
Does anybody know what might cause this? I have had this in the past when exposed to heat, but I'm just curious to learn what it might be.
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you could be having die-off or just need to build up with the infrared.
i don't know how often you use it, but docs reccomend starting low and slow.. like 10 min every other day and work up because the therapy goes deep.
mo
..those symptoms sound like babesia as well, but seems more related to infrared. do you have babesia?
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James1979
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Mo - thanks a lot for the response.
No, I don't have babesia. And I'm pretty much symptom-free for 2 months now, though I'm still on abx.
I didn't know I had to get used to the heater! That might be the trick. What a strange thought! I would've never guessed.
One other thing I noticed today: It seems like the saunas that you guys are talking about are using FIR, whereas (I think) this heater I'm using is emitting just IR. Is there a big difference? I'm very curious about this.
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Cass A
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Dear James,
I'd look up the terms. Far Infra-Red might be much longer wavelengths of light, which might have a different therapeutic effect than just getting heated up.
Best,
Cass A
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