SPA in a narrow sense refers to various forms of SPA, including cold bath, hot bath, alternating hot and cold bath, seawater bath, hot spring bath and tap water bath. Every bath can relax tense muscles and nerves to a certain extent, eliminate toxins in the body and prevent diseases. In recent years, it has been found that hydrotherapy combined with various aromatic essential oils massage can accelerate fat burning and have slimming effect. Broadly speaking, SPA includes well-known hydrotherapy, aromatic massage, bathing, removing dead angles and so on. Modern SPA mainly realizes all-round relaxation through the five sensory functions of human body, namely, hearing (dietetic music), taste (herbal tea, healthy diet), touch (massage, contact), smell (natural aromatic essential oil), vision (natural or imitation natural landscape, humanistic environment) and so on. , integrating essence, qi and spirit to realize the relaxation of body, mind and spirit. Now SPA has evolved.
SPA has different themes, some of which are mainly relaxation, soothing and detoxification; Some focus on bodybuilding and slimming; There are also heavy aromatic essential oils, marine living water or pure herbal therapies. But no matter what kind of SPA, it can meet the basic needs of six pleasant senses, such as hearing (diet music), smell (natural flowers), vision (natural landscape), taste (healthy dining), touch (massage care) and thinking (inner relaxation).
The origin of SPA
As early as BC 1500, Indians used this "magic water" to heal wounds and relieve pain, and the ancient Greeks also used it as a panacea for treating diseases and strengthening the body. In luxurious ancient Rome, people used the natural difference of water temperature to divide public bathrooms into extremely hot pools, slightly hot pools and cold pools. It has become a public exchange place for warriors to wash dirt.
/kloc-In the 5th century, the name SPA came from a small valley called Spau near Liege, Belgium, which is a hot and warm area and rich in minerals. Local residents treat various diseases and pains by soaking in hot springs. Therefore, the local hot springs are well known. /kloc-After the 0/8th century, SPA became popular among European aristocrats and became their first choice for vacation and fitness.
In addition to hydrotherapy, the ancient Romans also used natural mineral springs as a treatment in other parts of Europe. Later, more and more hot spring resorts appeared all over the world. California, France, Britain, Italy, Austria, Japan, Taiwan Province and other places have well-known SPA health centers, and spa, a leisure and beauty method, is also very popular in these places.
With the development of the times, people constantly give SPA new ways and richer connotations. Nowadays, SPA, a spa that combines ancient traditions and modern high technology, is no longer the exclusive pet of nobles, but has gradually become a fashionable and healthy concept for modern urbanites to return to nature, eliminate physical and mental fatigue, and integrate leisure, beauty and decompression. With the five senses therapy, all kinds of activities related to relieving stress and body and mind can be called SPA.
The legend of spa beauty
Legend has it that three or four hundred years ago, Greek doctors suggested that hydrotherapy could prevent diseases. Until the14th century, there was a small town called Spa in the Ardennes forest area of Belgium. Residents found that there are many natural springs spewing out here with extremely low salinity and no mineral impurities. Whether drinking or bathing, it is of great benefit to the human body. Residents use it to treat pain and diseases, so it has become the birthplace of modern hydrotherapy.
There is also a legend that hydrotherapy was discovered by Catholic priest Sebastian Kneip in the 9th century. He used hot and cold water therapy to stimulate body function, promote blood circulation and relieve stress, which was very effective and gradually evolved into the popular "water therapy".
There is also a legend that Spau, a small town in the hot sun city of Belgium, is surrounded by beautiful forests and mineral-rich hot springs. Residents go to hot springs to treat diseases, and at the same time they can refresh themselves in nature and enjoy natural gifts, hence the name SPA. And send beauty and fitness and other forms.
SPA's pleasant body and mind find an outlet for the pressure of hoarding, which makes people enjoy it in a harmonious and balanced way in body, mind and spirit and make people taste it.
Charm of aromatic SPA
Physical beauty, mental beauty and spiritual beauty are the dreams of modern urbanites in the future healthy state. The pleasant fragrance from SPA gives people care and comfort in body, mind and spirit, cares for your face and soul, and makes you full of vitality and spirit from the inside out.
Shen Xin beauty charging station
The atmosphere created by SPA is unique: in the elegant space with beautiful sound and lingering fragrance, you can enjoy the caress of water drops, petals, green leaves and soil, and suck fresh breath from plants in the Yuan Ye of natural forest. Everything is so warm and quiet, as free as birds flying in the sky and fish swimming in the water, and you can forget all your troubles. The grass grows in the wall and warblers fly, while the world of mortals rolls outside. It seems like a lifetime ago, but Taoyuan and the world of mortals are just close at hand.
SPA includes facial care, music massage, aromatherapy, lymphatic detoxification, hydrotherapy, mud therapy, ocean therapy, yoga, facial features therapy and so on. , with health care, beauty, fitness and comfort as the main purpose, water, color, sound, light, plant aromatic essential oil, dead sea mineral mud and even hot stone as the beauty tools, full of human vision (color, natural landscape, although there are weight measurement, detoxification, decompression, some focus on beauty slimming, some focus on herbal therapy and so on. The love brought to you is all spring rain, which makes people "intoxicated and don't know where to go."
In the SPA world, you can beauty beauty, keep fit, relax and keep in good health, feel the moisture of flowers and rain and the gentle care of beauticians. After washing with fragrant flowers and Merlot, I was tired when I stepped out of the SPA. I smelled of flowers and plants all over. I was really a vanilla beauty. No wonder many city ladies, working girls and romantic gentlemen are fascinated by it, and it has become a way for them to show their taste in life.
SPA not only provides facial, hand and foot beauty, but also various courses such as health care, body shaping and weight loss. In addition to female customers, the customer base can also urge the accompanying male customers to do physical health maintenance. The hot springs here can be drunk at ordinary times, which has a significant effect on gastrointestinal diseases. Because most people's obesity is caused by indigestion in the gastrointestinal system, such hot springs can treat gastrointestinal diseases on the one hand, and promote lymphatic circulation on the other hand, metabolize excess fat and waste in the body, thus making the digestive system of the body stronger.
Therefore, SPA can be said to be a "physical and mental beauty charging station" to replenish energy.
Contraindications and side effects of hydrotherapy
First, the following patients are not recommended to receive hot spring therapy:
1, people who are unconscious or unconscious, Alzheimer's disease, mental degradation and balance disorder, so as to avoid being flooded and having accidents.
2, arrhythmia.
3. Patients with epilepsy who have not received treatment.
4. Diabetic patients with poor blood sugar control or hypoglycemia.
5, severe varicose veins of lower limbs.
6, the light and heat sensitive person (such as erythema patients).
7. Malignant tumor.
8. Hypertension patients with poor blood pressure control.
9. Postural hypotension.
Second, in terms of side effects, possible situations include:
1, skin is sensitive to external heat, with rash and itching.
2. The user is infected with bacteria due to the carelessness of environmental sanitation.
3. The thermal effect should be -5%. In the first week, users will have physical discomfort, general weakness, fatigue and other effects, but gradually return to normal.
4. Avoid crimes and injuries caused by violent water column impact.