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Then And Now - Hydrotherapy thru the Ages
Hot Water Hydrotherapy for Health
The naturally occurring holistic phenomenon of hot water was discovered long ago and through its history, has been adopted and refined by many of the world's great civilizations.
Experimentation and scientific studies continue to reveal more and more benefits of hot water therapy and have further developed these age-old practices for broader use. Modern technology and innovation has brought us better facilities in which to enjoy them all.
Hot Water History
According to one of the world’s first known forms of writing, hieroglyphs, the ancient Egyptians used sacred stone pools, both in temples and at home, for therapy. These practices often included aromatherapy with the essential oils of cedarwood and myrrh.
The ancient Greeks further developed the idea of hydrotherapy (water-therapy) with the teachings of Hippocrates, often regarded as the Father of Medicine. Accounts of his great success in healing patients with a variety of natural hot spring treatments lay the foundation for the growth of hydrotherapy. These natural hot springs were commonly a site of pilgrimages for many ill people in this age. On arrival, priests treated the ill by the application of different hydrotherapy techniques using the hot springs.
In so many words, Hippocrates preached that achieving greater wellness is about re-establishing balance in the body, which was done through water, healthy living, light, diet, massage and psychic calm; all values that have proved timeless. Hydrotherapy was considered by Hippocrates the best therapeutic method and he, alone, made popular a wide range of different application techniques: hot water baths, water streams and steam baths. These and other techniques can still be found in modern-day spas nearly two millennia later.
Oodles more at hotwaterwellness.com
The naturally occurring holistic phenomenon of hot water was discovered long ago and through its history, has been adopted and refined by many of the world's great civilizations.
Experimentation and scientific studies continue to reveal more and more benefits of hot water therapy and have further developed these age-old practices for broader use. Modern technology and innovation has brought us better facilities in which to enjoy them all.
Hot Water History
According to one of the world’s first known forms of writing, hieroglyphs, the ancient Egyptians used sacred stone pools, both in temples and at home, for therapy. These practices often included aromatherapy with the essential oils of cedarwood and myrrh.
The ancient Greeks further developed the idea of hydrotherapy (water-therapy) with the teachings of Hippocrates, often regarded as the Father of Medicine. Accounts of his great success in healing patients with a variety of natural hot spring treatments lay the foundation for the growth of hydrotherapy. These natural hot springs were commonly a site of pilgrimages for many ill people in this age. On arrival, priests treated the ill by the application of different hydrotherapy techniques using the hot springs.
In so many words, Hippocrates preached that achieving greater wellness is about re-establishing balance in the body, which was done through water, healthy living, light, diet, massage and psychic calm; all values that have proved timeless. Hydrotherapy was considered by Hippocrates the best therapeutic method and he, alone, made popular a wide range of different application techniques: hot water baths, water streams and steam baths. These and other techniques can still be found in modern-day spas nearly two millennia later.
Oodles more at hotwaterwellness.com
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