A temazcal (from nahuatl temazcalli, 'house where you sweat', from temaz, 'sweat', and calli, 'house') is a steam bath used in the traditional medicine and the daily life of the towns of central Mexico.

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These baths, originally made of stone and mud, have been used by various indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica and North America for medicinal purposes of detoxification by sweating and expectoration based on vapors produced by herbal infusions.