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Sun Bath and Good Health
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Sunlight is of prime importance
for perfect health. Even school
textbooks stress this basic
fact. But the things we learn
from textbooks are usually left
behind in the schools. How
useful and indeed essential,
sunlight is in our life, finds no
place in our thoughts. In
consequence we invite
diseases, generally by wilful
neglect of this most healthful
gift of nature bestowed freely
upon us everywhere, and
sometimes by failing to utilize
it properly.
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The sun showers three types of rays upon us:
(1) Rays of visible (white) light: The white light of the sun is made up of light of
seven different colors, as seen in the rainbow. Each color has its specific effect on
the body.
(2) Infra-red rays: These rays impart heat. The warmth of these rays is most welcome
in the winter. Moreover, these rays relax and soothe the muscles, reduce swelling
and relieve pain.
(3) Ultra-violet rays: These rays are of special importance. Vitamin D is produced in
the body by the action of ultra-violet rays falling on the skin. Sunlight is in fact the
best source of Vitamin D. A deficiency of Vitamin D causes a disease of the bones
known as 'rickets'. Dr. Hess of Columbia University has concluded on the basis of his
studies that the incidence of rickets increases during the winter in New York city
because of the insufficiency of solar irradiation.
Ultra-violet rays are essential for the healthy condition of the skin too. The
prevalence of skin diseases is greater among the more sophisticated people who
tend to keep their bodies covered from head to foot.
The tendency to disregard the importance of sunlight is on the increase. Ladies
avoid going out in the sun for fear of darkening the skin, or if they do, they use
sunshades.
Not only the skin, but the entire body derives benefits from sunlight. Exposure to
sunlight improves health and augments the resistive powers of the body.
Sunlight helps nourish the muscles. All athletes regularly bask in the sun, as it helps
develop the size and strength of the muscles, and increases the proportion of
calcium in them, giving them greater endurance. If the skin is deprived of sunlight by
keeping it covered, the muscles tend to weaken and degenerate.
Sunlight promotes the proper formation of teeth, speedy growth of hair, and quick
and deep breathing. Blood pressure is brought down, and the kidneys become more
efficient. By the action of sunlight, skin diseases are cured, blisters are burst and
wounds are healed more speedily. Sunlight maintains and even increases the amount
of alkali in the blood.
If a pregnant lady takes sun baths regularly, she gets relief from the usual
discomforts of pregnancy such as fatigue, backache, nausea, over-stimulation (or
overexcitement) etc., and lactation in the post-parturition period is also improved.
Pliny, the famous philosopher and physician of the fifteenth century, notes in his
book that 'the reason why Rome has been able to develop into a powerful state is
that the Romans regularly take sun-baths on their terraces.
As the survey of the renowned physician Dr. R. T. Trail revealed, even common
disorders assume virulent forms among people who work in mines or who for other
reasons are deprived of sunlight and have to spend most of their time in the dark.
When sufficient sunlight is not available, the proportions of fibrin and red blood
corpuscles in the blood decrease, and those of white blood corpuscles and water
Increase.
Recommendations regarding sun bathing:
(1) Sun-baths should be preferably taken without any clothes on. But if that is not
practicable, minimum possible clothes should be worn.
(2) It is desirable that the head be covered and the eyes closed while taking a
sun-bath. Do not cover the face, and never look directly at the sun.
(3) The mild sunlight of the morning or the evening has no deleterious effect on the
body. It is always beneficial. But it is advisable to avoid exposing the body to the
intense sunlight of the midday.
(4) You should begin by exposing the body to the sunlight for 5 to 10 minutes, the
anterior parts of the body for half this period and the posterior parts for the other
half. Later on, the period of exposure can be gradually increased, as convenient, to
about an hour.
(5) A feeling of giddiness, fatigue or discomfort experienced during a sun bath, or a
burning sensation in the skin, is an indication of excessive exposure to sunlight.
(6) After sun-bath, a cold-water bath should be taken, I or the body wiped with a
piece of cloth wrung out in cold water.
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About Author:
Krishan Bakhru is the Editor of Natural Beauty , Free Aromatherapy Recipes
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