Introduction to SPA
The word SPA comes from the Latin prefix "health by water", in which Solus = health, Por= = via, Aqua= = water, which means using water to achieve health. The method is to make full use of the physical characteristics, temperature and impact of water to achieve the effect of maintaining fitness. SPA (French solutpor aqua) means "healthy water", while the British leisure culture SPA(Spring pute air) means "enjoying pure air in the mineral spring area". The wonderful smell of SPA has been circulated for hundreds of years, and it was recorded in ancient Greek literature. Adding minerals, aromatherapy, herbs and flowers to water can prevent diseases and delay aging.
SPA in a narrow sense refers to beauty and health spa, which has various forms, including cold bath, hot bath, alternating hot and cold bath, sea 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 is the most common form of spa. According to research, the name of SPA originated from a small town called "SPA" in Belgium during the Roman Empire, because there was a hot spring there, which was famous for its beauty and even for treating diseases. Only in modern times did scientists discover the secret of hot springs. The essential oil in the water comes from the soaking of thousands of flowers and plants on the local mountain in the upstream water source. So now people simulate the construction of similar environment and water quality to make it have a healthy and bodybuilding effect on the human body, which is the modern "SPA".
The key of modern hydrotherapy is water resources and water equipment, such as barrel bath, wet steaming, dry steaming, shower and hydraulic massage bath. And minerals, seabed mud, flower extracts, plant essential oils, etc., are often used to improve water quality and act on the human body. In real life, SPA has the following functions: beauty beauty, relaxing body, soothing body and mind, healthy skin, treating diseases and so on.
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).
SPA's pleasant body and mind find an outlet for the pressure of internal hoarding, which makes people enjoy harmony and balance in body, mind and spirit and let people taste it. 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.
[Edit this paragraph] 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.
Beautiful legend
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 in a small town called Spau in Liege, Belgium, there are beautiful forests and mineral-rich hot springs around it. 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.
[Edit this paragraph] The charm of ]SPA
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.
[Edit this paragraph] Types of hydrotherapy
According to the different uses of Spa, it can be divided into: urban Spa (day SPA), beauty SPA (hotel/resort SPA), club spa (club spa) and mineral spring spa.
■ Urban Spa [Day Spa]]
With regard to the limitation of dense land and narrow population, spas in metropolises are generally located in well-known restaurants, shopping centers or independent stores, and the course of treatment is not as long as that of resorts. In view of the tense urban rhythm, it is a very efficient leisure way to have a course of treatment that can restore fatigue in a short time.
■ beauty spa
This kind of SPA is dominated by women. Most of them are for organizing skin, shaping and maintaining. At present, many spas in China are transformed from beauty salons.
■ Spa Club (Spa Club)
In Taiwan Province Province, most of these spas have been membership-based, with fitness as the main purpose, providing basic use of various spas. It has developed into a compound leisure center integrating massage, beauty and hydrotherapy, and the gym has also been incorporated into it, becoming a more extensive leisure center.
SPA (hotel/resort SPA.
Combined with the first-class hardware and service management of hotels and resorts, whether for business or leisure travel, SPA is provided to completely relieve the fatigue of hotel guests and enjoy another new feeling of complete relaxation.
■ Spa spa.
Set in hot springs or cold springs, there are many hot springs in Taiwan Province at present, so soaking in hot springs can be regarded as a kind of SPA in general!
■ hair spa
The latest fashion trends in Europe and America have recently spread to Asia. They improved the SPAce of the traditional hair salon, separated it from the space, and let the guests decide the service they want after consultation and suggestion. First, they used essential oil massage to help the guests relax, then they had comfortable and gentle spa massage and shampoo, or further spa treatment, which were also collectively called hair spa.
■ Other categories:
Chinese herbal bath salt
Magic effect: sore feet, sterilization.
Anti-inflammatory, bacteriostatic, blood circulation promoting, fatigue relieving and foot strength strengthening are the specialties of Chinese herbal bath salts. So it understands the voice of outdoor workers best. If you are a busy photojournalist, market researcher, or salesman, standing and running for a long time, not only the pain in your legs and feet is obviously aggravated, but also the unpleasant smell is very easy to appear, which is actually a sign that bacteria begin to multiply in large numbers. Feet are the essence, feet are discouraged, and of course the whole person is discouraged.
Pairing mode
1, angelica can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, cinnamon can warm kidney and help yang, and eliminate waist fatigue. Crocus sativus has analgesic effect. They are all good pedicure materials.
2. Soak your feet in hot water with Chinese herbal bath salts for 30 minutes, while rubbing your feet against each other. Or put your five fingers in your toes and your toes extend outward, which can play a particularly good soothing role.
(2) Hot spring bath salt behind Kanebo Road
Hot spring bath salt
Magic effect: waist and neck weakness.
Hot spring bath salt contains sulfur, magnesium salt, calcium salt and other mineral components, which can activate bones and muscles during soaking, increase blood circulation, and solve the sub-health urban problem well. When you are trapped in the predicament of poor sleep and easy fatigue, especially when your neck and waist are tired at the end of the day, but there is nothing wrong with your body, try hot spring bath salt. Think about it, where do we get so much time and money to soak in hot springs in the suburbs of Beijing? Good hot spring bath salt can bring Tianlongyuan and Xiaotangshan home in the suburbs of Beijing, isn't it great?
Pairing mode
1, put about 3 spoonfuls of hot spring bath salt into bath water to dissolve and stir at the same time. Adjust the water temperature to 38℃~40℃, which is the favorite temperature of human body, and at the same time, it can give full play to the role of bath salt.
2. Before taking a bath, it is best to wash your body with a shower, which can help your body adapt to the water temperature well. Bathing time is 20 ~30 minutes. There's a little way to take a bath. Put your hand on the edge of the bathtub, lean back slowly, suck your abdomen repeatedly and bulge your abdomen, which can help you relieve the pain in your back and shoulders. You will feel as if every pore is shouting and cheering, and it feels like a stick.
3. The minerals of the hot spring itself will also penetrate into the skin of the body through the epidermis, which plays a very good role in beautifying the skin. The so-called warm and smooth cream crystal skin must be the same.
(3) L 'Occitane Lavender Bath Salt
Essential oil bath salt
Magic effect: mental exhaustion
Essential oil is called "oil", but it is not real oil. You can also call it a phytohormone. The beauty of it for human body lies in that it is not an external adjustment, but it improves people's psychology, mood and soul from the perspective of nerves. Therefore, the essential oil bath salt is very suitable for white-collar workers who have lost the ability to feel nature because they often stay up late and work overtime. It is like a magician of the mind, calling back your perception of a happy life when you are tired and helpless. Bathing with essential oil bath salt before going to bed can create a very quiet and wonderful atmosphere.
Pairing mode
1, geranium essential oil can relieve stress and anxiety, and chamomile bath salt and rose bath salt can help to relieve nervous nerves and calm emotions; Lavender bath salt can relieve headaches; Rosemary bath salt can enhance memory. While taking a bath, you might as well give your brain a bath.
2. If you can't take a bath, pour it on a wet bath cotton or towel and rub it back and forth on your wet body. The essential oil in bath salt is distributed in the air with the temperature of hot water, and the small space is suddenly filled with comfortable and romantic flavor.
(4) Bei Jiasi scrubbed the bath salt of the body.
Natural sea salt
Magic effect: edema of legs and feet
Natural sea salt is a kind of crude salt, which can make the body sweat and help the useless water out of the body. Moreover, because many sea salts are mixed with natural seaweed ingredients, the seaweed we know at present is a great expert in removing edema. In addition to women's troubles, pregnant women and people who wear high heels all the year round are very suitable for using sea salt to solve edema troubles.
Pairing mode
1, use a little hot water to make sea salt paste. Apply it to butterfly sleeve, elephant legs and other places. If the adhesion is not good, it can be adjusted with olive oil or grape seed oil. Massage gently on the needed part, and rinse off with warm water after about 15 minutes.
2. You can also soak the calf with sea salt alone, let it soak for about 20 minutes to completely relax, and then pat the place where you need to lose weight.
5 kinds of special spas that you can't think of.
The tense pace of life and work in modern society makes people need to relax in their leisure time. In addition, people pay more and more attention to the maintenance of appearance, so the SPA with both maintenance and beauty functions is favored by many fashionistas. There are many kinds of spas, ranging from ordinary bath massage to aromatherapy massage of various mineral water and aromatic essential oil, and then to the popular "pro-fish" bath for eating dandruff.
However, there are other more special spas around the world, such as intoxicating beer spa, sensational snake spa, and even crude oil spa with oil as bath water.
Cold type: snowflake SPA
Caesar Palace Hotel in Las Vegas has opened a brand-new SPA: Snowflake SPA. There is a room called "Arctic Ice Room" in Snowflake Spa. Snowflakes in the room slowly floated down from the ceiling, and the indoor temperature was maintained at about 13 degrees Celsius.
The operator of this snowflake spa said that this rapid cooling process was good for health, and the ancient Romans liked to enjoy the "cold feeling" after taking a hot bath.
Don Genders, the designer of the Arctic Ice Room, said that the Arctic Ice Room is currently the only snowflake spa in the United States. Inspired by Europeans cleaning their bodies with snow when they took a bath thousands of years ago, the Arctic Ice Room prepared snow for customers who wanted to wipe their bodies with snow.
Snowflake SPA will let customers enjoy ordinary sauna first, and customers will steam sauna in a wooden house with a temperature of more than 90 degrees Celsius to make their bodies sweat. When customers feel overheated, they can come to the "Arctic Ice Room" and feel the "cool" atmosphere of the ice room 13 degrees Celsius. At the same time, they can wipe their bodies with snowflakes in the ice room, remove sweat from their bodies, and let their bodies cool down, so that they can go back to the sauna in the wooden house again.
The snow in the freezer is not real snow, but man-made, which consists of 98% water and 2% harmless chemicals. This mixture, like artificial snowflakes commonly used in movies, is not particularly cold.
Relatively speaking, ice and snow spas in Europe will keep the temperature in the ice room relatively low. For example, an ice and snow spa in Staade, Switzerland, controls the temperature of the ice room at MINUS 12 degrees Celsius, while an ice and snow spa in Stuttgart, Germany controls the temperature at MINUS 17 degrees Celsius.
Operators claim that low temperature is beneficial to human immune ability and circulatory system. Jennifer Lynn, head of Snowflake Spa, said: "It is this temperature difference that can provide a relaxing effect for the body."
Researcher Kris McQuade personally experienced the feeling of "Arctic Ice Room" and enjoyed Chinese herbal medicine steam bath. He drinks green tea, reads newspapers or watches TV in the ice room. He said that although artificial snow made Snowflake spa a bit tacky, the whole process was very interesting.
Intoxicating type: beer SPA
There should be many people who have heard of beer chicken, but not many people have heard of beer SPA. There is a family brewery named Chodova in Tahov, Czech Republic, which is quite famous locally. Last March, the brewery transformed several wine cellars into bath centers and launched an ingenious beer SPA, where customers can take a bath in a bathtub full of beer and enjoy the beer prepared in the bar.
The so-called beer bath is to put the yeast into the bathtub, add mineral water, then add crushed herbs and dried hops, and finally add the newly brewed beer. This beer bath contains a lot of vitamins and protein, which is very beneficial to the regeneration of skin cells. Moreover, the carbon dioxide in beer bath can also promote blood circulation and lower blood pressure, so it is especially suitable for people with high work pressure and chronic diseases.
Soaking in a bathtub full of beer can give people a sense of satisfaction. First of all, the pot will give off the aroma of malt fermentation; In addition, when this brown liquid completely surrounds the body, it will have a warm and dense feeling. Customers need to pay attention when taking a bath. This beer SPA is likely to make people drunk.
Jiri Plevka, the owner of beer SPA, said: "Beer can treat various diseases, especially skin problems. This health center is more attractive to men who are tired of traditional SPA. We are a comprehensive beer spa offering all beer therapies. "
Surprisingly, in addition to male customers, many female customers also patronize beer SPA, and some female customers even apply a mask made of hops to their faces.
After the Czech Republic, beer spa has also emerged in Germany, Austria and other places. In Salzburg, Austria, a beer spa opened by a brewery has four wooden bath barrels for two people, which are filled with special beer, and customers can take a beer bath while drinking.