Temazcalli – “Mexican vapor-bath”
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Healing sauna
Temazcalli differs from the other sweat lodges in its purpose. It did not have the ceremonial meaning; neither was it used for the cleansing, relaxation and general well-being. Its main purpose was healing. It was a kind of therapeutic lodge where medical practices took place and sick persons were cured. According to the ancient beliefs, when a person entered Temazcalli, it returned once again to its mother’s uterus, presided by the goddess of both, gods and humans who cured a person of all its physical and spiritual illnesses. The uniqueness of this sweat lodge that distinguishes it from the others is in a different heating process. Here, person in charge of the bath could adjust the temperature and the humidity to meet the particular needs of a person which is treated, and vapor was made of herbal teas adjusted to the “patient”.
In the last ten years a new interest in these ancient sweat baths appeared and now more of them are constructed everywhere throughout the country. Thus you can still today visit temazcallis in central
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