The statement about lowering blood pressure is perfectly true in the long run. However, 20 minutes in a hot sauna followed by a roll in the snow will spike your BP like a rocket launch. And it felt good, too.
never seen anyone spontaneously combust in a sauna, he sounded like a good candidate.
it must blow the grease out of the valves, had a cardiac test recently, the doc said the old ticker looked real good.
the japanese got me started on hot baths btw. ;-)