至尊英语阅读资料之健康与卫生专题第495集.pdfVIP

health articles 495 [12351]Hot Springs in Spain Modern Spa What are the real advantages of a Natural Hot Spring Spa compared with a modern portable Jacuzzi spa? By a natural Hot Spring Spa I mean the kind of location that people would travel to take the waters. The actual word SPA is thought to have come from the Latin as Sanus Per Aquam (SPA) meaning health through water. Some people believe that in the days of the Roman Empire that their soldiers would seek out hot springs to help heal their battle weary limbs. There are of course many places on Earth where natural hot springs can be found but it is accepted that the meaning SPA derives from the city in Belgium that is called SPA. The Belgium City that is famous worldwide Spa is the actual place where the very word Spa comes from. Then in Great Britain you have the City of Bath which is very aptly named with its very famous Roman Hot Baths. In Iceland there are multi Hot Spring locations as there are in many parts of North America and New Zealand to name but just a few. When one thinks of Hot Springs in Spain one of Spains well known hot springs is set in the beautiful Andalusian region of Malaga. In the Sierra foothills of the mountainside to the north of the Guadalhorce Valley is the well known spa village of Carratraca. Carratraca has been renowned for hundreds of years for the natural curative properties of its sulphur-water hot springs. The English poet Lord Byron was a frequent visitor during the 19th century when the village was at its most popular. The ancient facility is constructed in the traditional Roman way using both marble and sandstone. For many thousands of years it can be shown that warm water has been a natural relief for the various ailments that life brings. In ancient Times in Egypt, Greece Rome it was a very common practice to enjoy long hot soaks, not only was it accepted to be a ritual but indeed more than that as it was known to bring relief from the