According to doctors, we should not bathe in hot water even in winters. Yes, we should bathe every day in winters. With cold water and that too not in a hurry. It is not necessary that the water should be icy cold. Bathing can be done with normal tap water. We see that many of our fairs and holy bathing festivals fall in winters only. Initially, most of us will start shivering at the mention of bathing in cold water, but if we start bathing in cold water, then soon the fear of cold water will go away.
Method of bathing – The easy way to bathe in cold water is to first pour water on the head. While bathing in rivers, people first dip their heads in water, you must have often seen this. By wetting the head first while bathing with cold water, the heat of the head passes through the whole body and goes out through the feet, but by wetting the feet and legs first or by wetting the lower part of the body, the heat of the body goes out from the head. This should not be allowed to happen from the health point of view.
One should not hurry while bathing. One should rub the various parts of the body with the palms. In this way, one should take full advantage of the bath. By rubbing the various parts of the body, the pores in our body become mobile and open up. A lot of sweat and other dirt comes out from these pores. After rubbing the body with your hands, rub the body with a clean dry towel. Wiping the body with a towel does not only mean that we wipe the water from our body, but also rubbing the skin thoroughly with the towel.
We should wear warm clothes immediately after bathing with cold water because our body becomes warm after bathing with cold water, in such a situation a gust of cold air can harm our body.
Benefits - Bathing with cold water has many benefits which we do not get by bathing with hot water. Bathing with hot water does not give complete satisfaction and as soon as the hot water ends, shivering starts. Apart from this, regular bathing with hot water reduces the circulation of blood on our upper skin. By bathing with hot water, the circulation of blood to the upper surface of the outer skin of our body is not done properly. Apart from this, the blood cells of our body near the outer skin also become weak. Whereas bathing with cold water strengthens them. When the outer skin of our body comes in contact with cold water, our skin shrinks. In this way, due to the end of the temperature, the skin gets relaxed due to contraction and this produces the effect of skin massage. Sometimes it is okay to take bath in lukewarm water but it should not be made a regular habit.
When we use cold water for bathing, the blood circulation in our body starts happening faster. We can also feel this while bathing. The interesting thing is that when we bathe in cold water, our body feels a kind of internal heat. This happens due to the fast blood circulation in our body.
People who bathe in cold water are rarely seen to fall ill. Bathing in cold water does not make a person sick. Yes, bathing in cold water can be harmful for a person who is already sick. People who regularly bathe in the river or in cold water in winter are found to be more healthy than others.
