Babu wanda ya san inda kalmar "spa" ta fito daga, amma akwai manyan ka'idoji guda biyu. Na farko, kuma mafi mashahuri, ita ce "spa" ita ce kallon kallon Latin ta salus ta kowane ruwa ko "lafiyar ta hanyar ruwa." Wasu sunyi imani da asalin kalmar "spa" ta fito ne daga garin Belgium mai suna Spa, wanda aka sani tun lokacin Roman don wanka. Sun yi tsammani garin yana da shahararren cewa wurin zaman motsa jiki ya zama daidai da harshen Ingilishi tare da wurin da za a sake dawo da shi.
Duk abin da yake gaskiya, mun san cewa spas na yau da kullum sun samo asali a garuruwan dirar da suka girma a kan ruwan ma'adinai da maɓuɓɓugar ruwa mai zafi da aka sanannun su ikon warkaswa. Amfani da maɓuɓɓugar ruwa masu zafi suna koma baya-watakila a duk lokacin da mutane suka fara gano su. An yi amfani da su ne daga yan asalin ƙasar, kuma sun san Girkawa don yin wanka a cikin maɓuɓɓugar ruwan zafi da ma'adinai. Ga Romawa, wanka ba wani wuri ne kawai don tsarkakewa ba, amma ga zamantakewa, al'ada da ke yada zuwa gabas kuma ya canza zuwa hammam ta Gabas ta Tsakiya .
Dokar wanka ta Roman ta fāɗi tare da daular, amma mutane har yanzu suna da tsabtaccen maɓuɓɓugar ruwa da maɓuɓɓugar ma'adinai. A lokacin da magani na Yamma ya ba da kyauta a cikin hanyoyin maganin magani, mutane za su yi tafiya zuwa maɓuɓɓugan ruwa don magance cututtukan su. A lokutan da suka wuce, wurare sun kasance na ainihi kuma talakawa da matalauta ba su rabu da su ba, amma suna wanke a cikin wuraren.
Wannan aikin zai ƙare kamar yadda masu arziki suka gano cewa zasu iya "ɗaukar ruwa" a wurare masu kyau.
Ƙasar Tsibi ta 19th Century
A karni na 19, ƙananan Kurorte na Turai ("garuruwan garuruwa") irin su Baden-Baden, Bad Ems, Bad Gastein, Karlsbad, da Marienbad sune wuraren da suka dace don darajar 'yan jari-hujja da masu tasowa, in ji David Clay Large, marubucin Babban Gida na Tsakiyar Tsakiya (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), Wadannan manyan garuruwa sun kasance "daidai da manyan wuraren kiwon lafiya na yau, raye-raye na raye-raye, wuraren ginin golf, wuraren tarurruka, wasanni, wasanni na raye-raye, da kullun zinare-duk sun shiga cikin daya. "
Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da ake nufi shi ne maganin Yamma ne ba shi da yawa don bayar a lokacin. Kogin warkewa shine mafi kyaun zabi don sauyawar cututtukan cututtuka na arthritic, numfashi, ciwon zuciya da jin kunya. "Mutane sun je wurin spas suna fatan su magance duk wani abu daga ciwon daji zuwa gout," inji babban. "Amma sau da yawa kamar yadda 'yan kallo ba su yi wasa ba, don su zama masu rawar jiki, da kuma yin zamantakewar al'umma. 'yan jihohin da ke sauka a kan Kurorte don yin shawarwari da yarjejeniya, hada kai, da shirya yakin. "
Yunƙurin Gidan Wuta
Yaƙe-yaƙe biyu na duniya da kuma tasirin maganin zamani sunyi yawa don rage yawan biranen birane masu kyau. Har ila yau, Turai tana da kyakkyawar al'adar wanka, kamar yadda ake gani a cikin manyan baho na Jamus da kuma thalassotherapy spas na Faransa, Spain da Italiya.
A Amirka, mutane sun fara ganin magungunan zafi da kuma ma'adinai na ma'adinai kamar yadda ba a san su ba. Yunƙurin sabon ƙarni na spas ya fara ne a 1940, lokacin da Edmond da Deborah Szekely suka bude Rancho La Puerta a Mexico a matsayin wuri na farko da za a bazara don "lafiyar kwayoyi." Deborah ya ci gaba da fara Golden Door a kudancin California a shekarar 1958.
Dukansu spas har yanzu suna cikin mafi kyau a spas.
Sun taimaka wajen shirya hanyoyin Oaks a Ojai a shekara ta 1977, wanda ya sa Mel da Enid Zuckerman su bude Canyon Ranch Tucson a shekara ta 1979. A shekarun 1990s da baya sun kasance girma mai girma, tare da wuraren raya mahaukaci da kuma fashewar rana . A shekara ta 2015 akwai fiye da mutane 21,000 a Amurka, yawancin su a yau, kamar yadda kungiyar International Spa Association ta yi.