Heat Therapy with an Infrared Sauna

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How does heat therapy work?

"Give me a means to create fever, and I will cure any disease!"
Parmenides (540-480 BC)

An elevated temperature is present from 37.5°C, actual fever above 39°C. Both under normal circumstances and in fever therapy, so-called pyrogens (fever-producing substances) trigger the rise in temperature. In response, the organism starts an inflammatory reaction, the fever.

In naturopathy, fever therapy is described primarily in connection with the immune response, since overall metabolic activity and the activity of many immune cells (granulocytes, macrophages, lymphocytes) increase in an elevated temperature range.

Topics for which fever therapy is used in naturopathy:

• Lyme disease

• Circulatory disorders

• Support during chemotherapy (only in consultation with the oncological treatment)

• Heat applications in connection with chemotherapy drugs are being researched in oncology – this belongs in the hands of physicians

• Fibromyalgia

• Chronic pain

Exposure to toxins

People take in pollutants every day. Sources include preservatives, plastic packaging, skin and hair care products, medications, metals, or chemical environmental substances, which we also ingest with food.

How heat therapy works

At an air temperature of only about 30 to 40° C, the body is warmed with infrared light in the sauna; this causes sweating. Heat and sweating: In naturopathy, this is associated with detoxification, self-healing powers, and balance.

Many people find the heat relaxing, including when they have tension in the back. In naturopathy, intensive sweating is associated with purification and detoxification.

Heat applications during chemotherapy or radiation therapy only take place in consultation with the treating physician.

Combination with niacin:

Niacin, also known as B3, is combined with heat therapy in naturopathic detox concepts. According to this view, substances stored in fatty tissue, such as heavy metals from the environment, drugs, medication residues, preservatives, solvents, and others, are meant to be excreted through physical exercise followed by sweating in the sauna. This has not been scientifically proven.

In addition, this concept includes an alkaline bath at home in the evening (possibly just a foot bath) and taking charcoal, which is meant to bind substances in the digestive system.

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