Heliotherapy or
sunbathing is one of the oldest and ancient health care practice, used
to fight common illnesses, maintain general health and to boost the
immune system. The energy of sun was considered to be life giving with
its healing powers.
In the first recorded instances, the Greeks,Romans,Persians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Indians had sun gardens for sunbathing, and even worshiped the sun. To strengthen and enlarge the muscles of the gladiators, the sunbathes were used by the Romans.
The Mithraism or sun worship became a universal religion in the third century BC. The sunlight was considered to be the to be the best food and a natural medicine at that time. But the Christianity termed sunbathing a sin, and this gave a severe blow to sunbathing practice.
Unlike our forefathers,who worked and lived in sunlight, we live in sunlight by only walking to our cars and remain indoors. By wearing sunglasses we deprive our eyes from the beneficial rays of sun.
The modern confirmation of the benefits of sunlight is the source of Vitamin D in it. Besides giving a healthy looking tan, the responsible sunbathing has numerous benefits like increasing the mood and libido.
In the first recorded instances, the Greeks,Romans,Persians, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Indians had sun gardens for sunbathing, and even worshiped the sun. To strengthen and enlarge the muscles of the gladiators, the sunbathes were used by the Romans.
The Mithraism or sun worship became a universal religion in the third century BC. The sunlight was considered to be the to be the best food and a natural medicine at that time. But the Christianity termed sunbathing a sin, and this gave a severe blow to sunbathing practice.
Unlike our forefathers,who worked and lived in sunlight, we live in sunlight by only walking to our cars and remain indoors. By wearing sunglasses we deprive our eyes from the beneficial rays of sun.
The modern confirmation of the benefits of sunlight is the source of Vitamin D in it. Besides giving a healthy looking tan, the responsible sunbathing has numerous benefits like increasing the mood and libido.
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