What is infrared or IR radiation?

IR or Infrared radiation is heat radiation with a wavelength between 0.75 and 1000 um. It can be divided into IR-A with short wavelength, IR-B with medium wavelength and IR-C with long wavelength. IR-C waves are invisible to the human eye and do not heat the air but do heat objects that they collide with. It is these IR-C waves that are used in the Sauna King cabin because they penetrate deep (2 to 4 mm) into the skin and the body without drastically increasing the surrounding temperature.

Infrared radiation is completely harmless and has nothing to do with dangerous types of radiation, such as, for example, radioactivity of the UV-B radiation that causes sunburn.

On the contrary it is a healing electromagnetic radiation that has already become commonplace as medicine.

Examples of this are the classic red lamp used for the treatment of local muscle pains and injuries, infrared elements that are used after operations to speed up the healing of wounds and to avoid the forming of scar tissue, or the appliances that are commonly used to keep new-born babies safe with a stimulating and safe heat. Special ceramic elements that produce a constant and optimal IR-C wavelength have been successfully developed in Japan.

The secret of these elements is in the composition of the electrical resistance and the sand and minerals that surround the resistance in a ceramic container.

These radiation elements are extremely efficient and reliable and guarantee many years of positive results. All Sauna King Infrared cabins are equipped with ceramic heating elements that radiate the optimal IR-C wavelength.

How does infrared radiation affect the human body?

Skin is our biggest organ. It measures approximately 1.6 m 2 and weighs about 5 kg.

The skin contains more than 6 million cells per cm 2. In an Infrared cabin you sit right in the middle of the heating elements that send out IR-C waves over the complete surface of our skin. The IR-C rays penetrate the skin up to 4 mm deep by warming and so stimulating all cells and blood and lymphatic vessels.

The specific IR-C wavelength is stabilized and absorbed up to 92% by our body, which causes a deep feeling of warmth. Because the underlying layers of skin have a high percentage of fluid this heat is conducted through to the muscles and organs.

The body compensates for this heat by perspiring.

The penetrative effect in an Infrared means that people will perspire 3 to 4 times more than in a traditional sauna where people are only superficially heated by the induction of the surrounding air. It is this mechanism that leads to the detoxification. From analysis

Of the perspiration of trial people after an IR session, not only water, fat and sodium, but also concentrations of lead, cadmium , nickel and benzene, amongst other substances, were found; substances that are primarily accumulated in the subcutaneous interstitial tissue and the fat cells as a result of pollution.

Regular IR sessions lead to a systematic evacuation of these noxious elements and also help relieve all kinds of complaints and improve general health.