sweat bath


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sweat bath

A bath given to induce perspiration.
See also: bath
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That involved becoming "Indian" again by partaking of its various rituals such as the sweat bath, sun dance, etc.
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Such treatments in the hottest water or the sweat bath were followed, according to Cunliffe, by cold baths (26).
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Indeed, many regular steam or sauna bathers have experienced that a good, long sweat bath at the early onset of a cold or flu can help ward the disease before it manifests as actual symptoms.
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