Medicated steam bath Certain precious herbal leaves and herbs are boiled and the steam is passed over the whole body. This is good for certain types of skin diseases for eliminating impurities and improving the tone of the body for reducing fat etc. In this treatment, after a full body massage using lukewarm therapeutic oils, steam produced by the boiling of certain herbs and their leaves in water, is filled in a cavity in which the patient is kept. It induces perspiration and thus drains impurities, tones up the body, clears the skin and improves the blood circulation. It cures obesity, pains in the joints, problems of the respiratory system and rheumatic complaints.