Jjimjilbang

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A jjimjilbang (Korean pronunciation : Ã, [t? Imd? Ilba?] Hangul: Ã, ??? ; : Ã, ??? ; MR: Ã , tchimjilbang ) is a large public bath separate by gender in Korea, equipped with hot tubs, showers, traditional Korean sauna and massage table. Jjimjil comes from words that mean heating . In other areas of the building or on other floors there is an unisex area, usually with a snack bar, ondol floor-heated to relax and sleep, widescreen TV, gym, ice room, heated salt room, PC bang, noraebang, and bed with bunk beds or bedding. Many bedrooms have themes or elements for them. Usually jjimjilbangs will have various rooms with temperatures to suit the relaxed temperatures favored by the guests. The walls are decorated with wood, minerals, crystals, stones, and metals to create a more natural room and smell atmosphere. The elements used have traditional Korean treatment goals in the room.

Most of jjimjilbangs are open 24 hours and are a popular weekend getaway for Korean families. For a week, many hardworking Korean men, whose families live out of town for cost savings, stayed in jjimjilbangs overnight after working or drinking with colleagues late into the night. It costs about 8,000-12,000 won to enter, and one can sleep all night and enjoy the baths and saunas.

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Orientation

Jjimjilbangs usually operate 24 hours a day. At the entrance, there is a door marked "man" or "lady" and shoes should be kept using a given key. Once inside, locker locks are exchanged for other lockers to store clothes and items. After that the baths enter the gender-separated bath area (children of both sexes below the age of seven are free to mingle) and bathe. Then, one should wear jjimjilbang (usually T-shirts and shorts, color co-ordinated by sex), received with locker key.

In the bathhouse area, there is a kiln sauna with themes including jade, salt, or mineral kiln: the dome inside the kiln is plastered with jade powder, salt and minerals.

Often there are several kilns with temperatures ranging from 60 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit (15 to 50 degrees Celsius). The kiln temperature is displayed on the sign at the entrance.

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Hygiene

Jjimjilbangs are kept in a very healthy condition for the health of customers, and most are cleaned continuously. No chemicals used in waters or saunas.

But there are some cases that have to be detected with mushroom or germ stud feet during hygiene checks, as well as cases of acceptance of administrative measures due to food during the expiry date. Currently, health control standards are forced to be followed under the Public Health Control Act. However, it is better to avoid patients with colds or fever, or poor general conditions.

All wet areas forbid the use of clothing for security reasons. With the extreme heat of the baths and steam room, it is believed that toxic chemicals can get out of clothing and enter the body. It is also believed that if you wear a swimsuit or cover it up, you might try to hide a disease.

Recently, the quality of hygiene and health of some jjimjilbang is questioned, especially the proper washing of clothes provided by jjimjilbangs. Concerns about clothes that increase symptoms of atopy in patients, or even inadvertently become parasites, are voiced, although the evidence is not convincing.

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Security

Theft, usually from a smartphone, is sometimes a problem in some jimjilbangs.

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Effects on the human body

(Experimental groups are mainly elderly people)

• The temperature of the rectum that is closely related to body temperature has increased slowly before Jjimjil. (Good Effect)
• In the case of parents, the amount of sweat becomes stable with a slight increase, and in the case of the elderly woman, the amount of sweat has decreased.
• Most people's blood pressure drops. (Good Effect)
• The concentration of blood lactate that causes muscle fatigue decreases. (Good Effect)
• After long term Jjimjil, the percentage of old woman's body fat decreases, but in the case of older men, there is no effective change.
• Every human age, the ability to withstand heat has increased. (Good Effect)
• But, cold-resistant ability has decreased. However, if we control the time, energy, and repetition well, especially when we rest in the ice room during Jjimjil. This can reduce the decline in the ability to resist cold and even we can improve it.

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Food

• Iced Sikhye (Hangul: ??) is a sweet rice drink.
• Roasted eggs (Hangul: ????) are eggs cooked slowly in the hottest saunas. They are eaten like boiled eggs (Hangul: ???).
• Miyeokguk (Hangul: ???) is a soup made from miyeok, a kind of seaweed; and usually broth-based broth.
• Patbingsu (Hangul: ???) is a dessert of shaved ice with sweet toppings like mince, condensed milk, fruit syrup, and Azuki beans.
• Ice Coffee

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See also

• Hanjeungmak
• Sauna
• Spa

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References

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External links

• For All Kind of Good Kind, Clean, Korea Switch to Bathhouses (2008-10-04) New York Times Articles
• Database from Saunas Korea at Saunascape.com
• Seoul Zimzilbang Toronto in Seoul Zimzilbang Toronto

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