Palibe amene amadziwa kumene liwu lakuti "spa" limachokera, koma pali mfundo zazikulu ziwiri. Yoyamba, ndi yotchuka kwambiri, ndiyo "spa" yomwe imamasulira mawu a Latin salus pamadzi kapena "thanzi kudzera m'madzi." Ena amakhulupirira kuti mawu akuti "spa" amachokera ku Belgian town of Spa, omwe amadziwika kuyambira nthawi ya Aroma kuti azisambira. Amalingalira kuti tawuniyi inali yotchuka kwambiri moti mawu omwewo ndi ofanana ndi a chinenero cha Chingerezi ndi malo oti abwezeretsedwe ndi kuwongolera.
Zirizonse zoona, tikudziwa kuti malo amasiku ano amachokera m'matauni akale omwe anakulira m'madzi ozizira ndi akasupe otentha omwe anali otchuka chifukwa cha machiritso awo. Kugwiritsira ntchito akasupe otentha kumabwereranso kwambiri-mwinamwake nthawi iliyonse pamene anthu anazipeza poyamba. Anagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi anthu amtundu wina, ndipo Agiriki ankadziwika kuti ankasamba m'mitsinje yotentha ndi m'mchere. Kwa Aroma, malo osambiramo anali malo osati kuyeretsa, koma kuti azitsatira, chikhalidwe chomwe chinkafika kummawa ndikusandulika ku Hammam ya Middle East .
Mchitidwe wa kusamba wachi Roma unagwa ndi ufumuwo, koma anthu adakalibe amisiri otentha ndi akasupe amchere. Pa nthawi imene mankhwala a kumadzulo amapereka pang'ono pokhapokha njira za machiritso, anthu amapita ku akasupe kuti akachiritse matenda awo. M'nthaŵi zam'mbuyomu, malo ogona anali osauka ndipo olemera ndi osauka sanalekanitsidwe, koma osambitsidwa m'madzi omwewo.
Chizoloŵezichi chidzatha ngati olemera atapeza kuti akhoza "kutenga madzi" m'malo abwino kwambiri.
Mzinda Wapamwamba wa Zaka za m'ma 1800
Pofika zaka za m'ma 1900, Kurorte wamkulu wa ku Ulaya ("mizinda yodalitsika") monga Baden-Baden, Ems Bad, Bad Gastein, Karlsbad, ndi Marienbad anali malo abwino kwambiri kuti apite kulemera ndi kuwonjezeka kwa gulu la achikulire, monga David Clay Wamkulu, wolemba Grand Spas ku Central Europe (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), Mizinda yayikulu yotchedwa spa "inali yofanana ndi zipatala zamakono zamakono, zowonongeka za rehab, malo ogulitsira magalimoto, malo ochitira misonkhano, mafilimu, zikondwerero zapansi, ndi zogonana-zonsezi imodzi. "
Chifukwa chimodzi chokhudzidwa chinali chakuti mankhwala a kumadzulo analibe zambiri zoti azipereka panthawiyo. Madzi ochiritsa ndiwo njira yabwino kwambiri yothandizira matenda a nyamakazi, kupuma, kugaya ndi matenda amanjenje. "Anthu amapita ku spas mwachiyembekezo chochiritsa chirichonse kuchokera ku khansa kupita ku gout," Kulemba kwakukulu. "Koma nthawi zambiri osati monga 'curists' nayenso ankachita masewera, kusangalatsa, ndi kucheza nawo. Pa nthawi yawo, malo opambanawa anali opangidwa ndi chikhalidwe chamakono, meccas woona zamatsenga. anthu omwe akutsika ku Kurorte kukambirana mgwirizano, kupanga mgwirizano, ndi kukonzekera nkhondo. "
Kupititsa patsogolo kwa Spa Yamakono
Nkhondo ziwiri zapadziko lonse ndi kuwuka kwa mankhwala amasiku ano zathandiza kwambiri kuchepetsa chuma cha mizinda yayikulu yotentha. Ulaya akukhalabe ndi miyambo yabwino yosamba, monga momwe tingawonere m'madzi osambira a Germany ndi malo otchedwa thalassotherapy a France, Spain ndi Italy.
Ku America, anthu anayamba kuwona akasupe otentha komanso malo osungirako amchere omwe anali atasinthidwapo. Kuwonjezeka kwa malo atsopano a spas kunayamba mu 1940, pamene Edmond ndi Deborah Szekely adatsegula Rancho La Puerta ku Mexico kukhala malo oyamba opita ku "mtedza wathanzi." Deborah adayambitsa Golden Door kumwera kwa California mu 1958.
Mafuta onsewa adakali pakati pa malo abwino kwambiri.
Anathandizira njira yopita ku Oaks ku Ojai mu 1977, yomwe inauza Mel ndi Enid Zuckerman kuti atsegule Canyon Ranch Tucson mu 1979. Zaka za m'ma 1990 ndi kupitirira zinali nyengo ya kukula kwakukulu, ndi malo osungirako malo owonjezera malo osasangalatsa, ndi kuphulika kwa tsiku . Mu 2015 kunali malo opitirira 21,000 ku US, ambiri mwa iwo masiku spas, malinga ndi International Spa Association.