The Effects of Bathing with Inorganic Salts and Carbon Dioxide on Body Temperature, Systemic Circulation, and Food Ingestion and Absorption
- Author:
Satoshi WATANABE
;
Nobuyuki IMANISHI
;
Taichi ISHIZAWA
;
Shingo YANO
;
Shuichi TAKEDA
;
Ken-ichi MIYAMOTO
;
Masaki ABURADA
;
Junichi IIYAMA
;
Kazumi KAWAHIRA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
inorganic salts;
carbon dioxide;
circulatory functions;
ingestion;
glucose
- From:The Journal of The Japanese Society of Balneology, Climatology and Physical Medicine
2006;69(3):167-178
- CountryJapan
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The effects of bathing with inorganic salts and carbon dioxide (ISCD) on body temperature, systemic circulation, food ingestion and absorption have been studied in healthy volunteers. The peripheral blood flow in the forearm was found to increase in and after immersion of the forearm into a 25l bathing receptacle containing ISCD, as compared with plain water. The peripheral blood flow tended to increase in a dose-dependent manner with ISCD bathing. The skin core temperature, the skin surface temperature and the peripheral blood flow were significantly higher after ISCD bathing than after plain water bathing. The influences of ISCD bathing on food ingestion and absorption were also studied in healthy volunteers. Blood glucose and insulin levels after food ingestion tended to be suppressed by ISCD bathing as compared with plain water bathing. There was no difference between ISCD and plain water bathing in total protein, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL cholesterol, and uric acid levels in the blood. These results suggest that ISCD bathing may contribute to the promotion of human health.
