Spa: The word spa comes from the Latin prefix "solusparagula", which means to use water to achieve health and healthy water.
Hydrotherapy: Hydrotherapy is a method to prevent and treat diseases by using water with different temperature, pressure and solute content to act on human body in different ways.
2. Different origins
SPA: In the discussion about the origin of the word SPA, there is a word running through it, that is "hydrotherapy", which reflects the important role of water in the ancient treatment field and early European SPA culture. Most people think that the word SPA is the initial combination of some Latin phrases, such as "sanitasperaquam", "Solusosperaquam" and "sanusperaquam".
These phrases all mean "treat with water". Another way of saying this is that hot springs originated from the graffiti "salutperaquam" in Roman bathrooms. SPA may also come from the Walloon word "espa", which means fountain, or from the Latin word "spagere", which means splashing water.
Some experts believe that the word originated from a small town in Belgium called Spa, which is famous for its hot springs. Later, the word spa was used to refer to hot springs and health resorts that provide spas. In 19 and the 20th century, drinking mineral water or bathing with mineral water became a fashionable leisure way.
Spa: As early as ancient Greece, Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, used hot springs for treatment. In addition, there are records of hot spring therapy in ancient China and Japan.
Until18th century-19th century, SebastianKneipp, the father of German spa, and others published that spa was used for formal medical purposes. Hydrotherapy is often used to treat musculoskeletal diseases, and the popular "SPA" is also a kind of hydrotherapy.
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3. Different types
Spa: according to the different uses of SPA, it can be divided into: day SPA(BeautySpa, club SPA, hotel/resort SPA, mineral spa.
Spa: It can be divided into immersion bath, shower, jet bath, whirlpool bath and bubble bath. According to its temperature, it can be divided into hot water bath (above 39℃), warm water bath (37-38℃), very warm water bath (34-36℃), low temperature bath (26-33℃) and cold water bath (
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