The fashionable word SPA is known to many, however its exact origin is not established. There are two hypotheses on this issue. The first claims that SPA is the abbreviation of the Latin expression "Sanitas pro Aqua" or "Sanus per Aquam", which literally means "health through water". Since the days of Ancient Rome, people have known about the healing of infirmities by thermal springs and baths.

The second hypothesis states that the concept of SPA arose from the name of a small Belgian town of SPA, where the famous water resort. In this city the water has always been pleasant to the taste and rich in carbonic acid. Ancient Roman writer Pliny the Elder wrote about the healing possibilities of water. In the eighteenth century, the Russian emperor Peter I was treated on the waters of the Spa. His stay in this town the Tsar immortalized the monument.

For today under SPA mean the whole complex of procedures which are directed on improvement of an organism. The procedures necessarily include the use of a variety of water (mineral, fresh, marine), as well as medicinal plants, mud, algae and salts. In fact, SPA is a method of physiotherapy, which is closely related to water. The synonym for SPA is balneotherapy and hydrotherapy.

SPA-procedures positively affect the whole organism as a whole. They act on the skin, remove from the body slags and toxins, affect the metabolic processes, activate blood circulation, thereby improving the overall well-being of the person.

After such health procedures, the skin acquires a tone, is absorbed by vital energy and becomes soft and supple.

The Dead Sea is more famous for its balneotherapeutic properties. It has an ancient history. For example, in the Bible it is referred to as the sea of ??Arava, the East Sea or the Salt Sea. It has long attracted geographers its uniqueness. So, about him was mentioned already in the "Meteorology" of Aristotle (384-322 biennium. Before.

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