ʻAʻohe mea iʻike maopopo i ka wahi o ka hua'ōlelo "spa", akāʻelua mau kumu nui. ʻO ka mua, aʻo ka mea kaulana loa,ʻo ia "spa" kahi hua'ōlelo no ka'ōlelo Lōlani'ōlelo no nā aquae a "ke olakino ma o ka wai." ʻO kekahi poʻe ke manaʻo nei ke kumu o ka hua'ōlelo "spa" mai ka kūlanakauhale Belgian o Spa, iʻikeʻia mai ka wā o Roma no konaʻauʻau. Ke manaʻo nei lākou he mea nui loa ke kūlanakauhale a ua lilo ka spa spain i mea like me ka'ōlelo Pelekānia me kekahi wahi e hoihoi houʻia a hoʻopiliʻia.
Ma nāʻanoʻoiaʻiʻo, uaʻike mākou he mau aʻa ko lākou hou i nā kūlanakauhale kahiko i ulu a puni nā waiʻaila me nā wai wela i kaulana i ko lākou mana ho'ōla. ʻO ka hoʻohanaʻana i nā puna wela e hoʻi hou i kahi'ē aʻe-hiki i ka manawa eʻike mua ai nā kānaka iā lākou. Ua hoʻohanaʻia lākou e nā lāhui'ōiwi, a uaʻikeʻia nā Helene no kaʻauʻauʻana i nā wai wela a me nā wai koleke. No nā Roma,ʻo kaʻauʻau he wahi ia no kahi hoʻomaʻemaʻe wale nō, akā, no ka pilina, kahi ku una i hoʻolaha i ka hikina a hoʻololiʻia i ka hammama o ka Middle Eastern .
Ua hāʻule ka lawaiʻa holoi Roman ma ka aupuni, akāʻo ka poʻe ke koho nei i nā kumuhana wela a me ke kolake. I kahi manawa i hāʻawi nuiʻoleʻia ai ke ola o ka Pākīpika ma nāʻano o ka maʻi, e hele nā kānaka i ka waipuna e mālama ai i ko lākou mau maʻi. I nā wā o ka wā kahiko,ʻaʻole i hoʻokaʻawaleʻia nā papahana aʻaʻole hoʻi i hoʻokaʻawaleʻia ka waiwai a me ka poʻeʻilihune, akā ua holoiʻia i loko o nā pūnāwai.
E hoʻopauʻia kēlā hana e like me ka mea waiwai iʻikeʻia e hiki iā lākou ke "lawe i nā wai" ma nāʻoihana nicer.
ʻO nā kūlanakauhale nui nui 19th Century
Ma ka makahiki 19,ʻo ka nui o nā Kurorte nui o'Europa e like me Baden-Baden, Bad Ems, Bad Gastein, Karlsbad, a me Marienbad nā wahi laʻa loa no ka papa waiwai bourgeoisie waiwai a me ka piʻiʻana, e like me kā David Clay Large, ka mea kākau a ʻO nā mokulele nui o Central Europe (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015),ʻO kēia mau kauhale nui nui "like me nā pokapū lapaʻau nui o kēia mau lā, ka haʻaleleʻana i nā kahawai, nā hōʻaho kolepa, nā hale hālāwai, nā hōʻike pāʻani, nā mele, a me nā moe kolohe. ʻekahi."
ʻO kahi kumu no ka hoʻowalewaleʻana,ʻaʻole i loaʻa ka nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i nā manawa i ka manawa. ʻO nā wai ola he mea kūpono loa no ka hōʻailona maikaʻi o nā maʻi o ka maʻi maʻamau, nā maʻi hauhā, nā maʻiʻeleʻele a me nā maʻi. "Ua hele nā kānaka i ka poʻe mokuahi me ka manaolana e ho'ōla i nā mea a pau mai ka maʻi make i ka heleʻana," ka palapala nui. "ʻO ka manawa pinepineʻole ka heleʻana o nā 'curists e pāʻani, e hoʻokipaʻia, a me ka pilina. e'ōlelo ana i nā kuhina e iho mai ana i ke Kurorte e kūkākūkā i nā kuikahi, nā pilikino pili, a hoʻolālā i nā kaua. "
ʻO ke alaʻana o ka Spa Modern
ʻO nā kauaʻelua o ke ao a me ka uluʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou he mea nui ia e emi ai nā pōmaikaʻi o nā kūlanakauhale nui nui. Hiki ke mālamaʻia kahi kūʻauʻau hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻemaʻe oʻEulopa, e like me kaʻikeʻana i loko o ka waiʻauʻau nui o Germany a me nā spas thalassotherapy o Farani, Sepania a me Italia.
MaʻAmelika, hoʻomaka nā kānaka eʻike i nā kumu wela a me nā kohuke koleke e like me nā kuʻikuʻi a me ka heleʻana i ka pae. Ua hoʻomaka ka ala hou o ka hanauna hou i ka makahiki 1940, i ka wā i hoʻopukaʻo Edmond a me Deborah Szekely i Rancho La Puerta ma Mekikoka i ke kauwela mua loa no "nā kau ola." Hoʻomakaʻo Debora e hoʻomaka i Golden Door ma ka hema o Kaleponi i ka makahiki 1958.
Aia nā māhoeʻelua i waena o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma nā mokuahi.
Ua kōkua lākou i ke ala i ke ala no The Oaks ma Ojai i ka makahiki 1977,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Mel a me Enid Zuckerman e wehe iā Canyon Ranch Tucson i ka makahiki 1979.ʻO ka makahiki 1990 a me ka hala aʻe he manawa nui o ka uluʻana, me nā hōʻailona e hoʻonui ana i ka lapalapa, . I ka makahiki 2015, uaʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokuahi he 21,000 ma ka US,ʻo ka hapanui o lākou i nā lā āpau, e like me ka International Spa Association.