What is infrared thermal light?

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Infrared thermal light penetrates the skin, raising the body’s core temperature and increasing blood flow without causing adverse effects such as high blood pressure. Regular steam and dry-heat saunas, on the other hand, must heat the air before warming your body. This means that temperatures in conventional saunas can reach as high as 220°F, which is far too intense for most people. Infrared saunas/thermal blankets operate at much lower temperatures, between 110° and 150 °F, efficiently heating the body within a tolerable temperature range without causing discomfort or using up massive amounts of energy.

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Far-Infrared (FIR) Potential Benefits

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Improve blood circulation and skin complexion

• Far-Infrared expands capillaries which stimulates increased blood flow, regeneration, circulation and oxygen.

• It also maintains and promotes healthy lung function

• If sebaceous glands are activated, accumulated cosmetics in pores can be eliminated through the skin (sweat and oil glands), resulting in clearer skin

• Improves the appearance of cellulite

Strengthens cardiovascular system

• Far-Infrared can strengthen the cardiovascular system by causing heart rate and cardiac output increase, and diastolic blood pressure decrease

• FIR and the gentle tissue warming have also been shown to help improve the ‘health’ of the cells that line our blood vessels, which if left untreated may increase the risk of heart disorders.

Improve detoxification

• Far-Infrared is excellent for detoxification and helps lymphatic cleansing

• Scientists in Japan report that in the FIR treatment of clogged capillary vessels, heat expands the capillaries and then initiates the start of a process to dissolve hidden toxins.

• Far-Infrared thereby promotes the elimination of fats, chemicals and toxins from the blood: poisons, heavy metals – carcinogenic substances from food processing – lactic acid, free fatty acids, and subcutaneous fat associated with aging and fatigue – excess sodium associated with blood pressure – and uric acid.

• Where these toxins accumulate, blood circulation is blocked and cellular energy is impaired. Elimination begins when an 8-10 micron Far-Infrared wave is applied to these large water molecules and the water begins to vibrate. This vibration reduces the ion bonds of the atoms that are holding together the molecules of water. As the vibration continues, breakdown of the water molecules occurs and encapsulated gases and other toxic materials are released.

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Wound healing

• Some recent good quality experimental and clinical scientific studies (2003) from Japan have shown FIR to result in more rapid wound healing which was independent of changes in blood flow and skin temperature.

• FIR helped this healing by stimulating a group of cells called fibroblasts to make more collagen which is a very important part of good wound healing and tissue repair.

• Furthermore, it supports cell growth, DNA syntheses, and protein synthesis all necessary during tissue repair and regeneration. Excellent for healing burns, scar tissue and skin problems such as acne and skin breakouts – anti-aging effects and lessening/softening of wrinkles due to enhanced collagen production.

Relaxation and pain/aches management

• FIR relieves nervous tension and relaxes auto-neuro muscles thereby helping the body make the most of its intended healing abilities.

• FIR reduces soreness on nerve endings and muscle spasms, as muscle fibers are heated. As a result, rapid reduction of swelling, inflammation and associated pain occurs. Relaxation of muscles and relief of muscular aches reduces back, shoulder and neck pains.

• FIR soothes tension and stress in both body and mind.

Immunity boosting

• Far-Infrared strengthens and supports the Immune system by supporting increased production of white blood cells (leukocytes) by the bone marrow and killer T-cells by the thymus.

• “Natural killer cells in the immune system are crucial to effective immune defense. Hyperthermia releases a bunch of cytokines and heat shock proteins which make cancer cells more immunogenic that means they are better recognized by the natural killer cells. NK cells are essential in killing virus-infected cells and destroying cancer cells. 

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Some studies have shown benefits of infrared sauna therapy for people with:

• cardiovascular disease

• diabetes

• high blood pressure

• congestive heart failure

• rheumatoid arthritis

• chronic fatigue

• poor digestion

• depression and anger

• chronic muscle and joint pain

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