Bronze Age: Use of Hot Tubs, Saunas and Spas in Asia


History of Hydrotherapy Earliest Use of the Hot Tub Introduction to Modern Hydrotherapy Understanding the properties and characteristics of water Archimedes Principle Bougier's Theorem Bernoulli's Theorem Reynolds' Theorem Prantiti's Theorem Fronde-zahm's Experiments Pascal's Law Development of the human being against gravity: Bronze Age: Use of Hot Tubs, Spas and Saunas Bronze Age: Use of Hot tubs and Spas in the Mediterranean Bronze Age: Use of Hot Tubs, Saunas and Spas in Asia Classical Period: Use of Hot Tubs, Spas and Saunas Early Asian Baths Classical Period: Evolution of Asian Hot Tub Construction Classical Period: Use of Spas, Saunas and Hot Tubs in the Middle East Classical Period: Use of Spas, Saunas and Hot Tubs in Meso-America In Depth: Roman Hot Tub and Spa Construction During the Classical Period The Baths of Caracalla Construction of the Baths at Caracalla: Basic Design Construction of the Baths at Caracalla: Materials Construction of the Baths: Metals Classical Period: Use of Spas, Saunas and Hot Tubs in Scandinavia The origin of sauna Middle Ages Middle Ages: Use of Spas, Saunas and Hot Tubs Middle Ages: Use of Spas, Saunas and Hot Tubs in Scandinavia Middle Ages: Use of Spas, Saunas and Hot Tubs in Japan Middle Ages: Hot Tub Culture Middle Ages: Hot tub and Spa Culture in Asia Middle Ages: Hot tub and Spa Culture in Scandinavia Renaissance Period Renaissance Period: Use of Hot Tubs, Spas and Saunas Renaissance Period: Use of Hot Tubs, Spas and Saunas in France Renaissance Period: Hot tub and Spa Culture in Asia Industrial Age Industrial Age: American Use of Hot Tubs, Spas and Saunas Modern Age Modern Hot Tubs, Spas and Saunas Modern Hot Tub, Spa and Sauna Culture: Asia Modern Sauna Culture in Scandanavia Conclusion Sources Health & Beauty Benefits of Exercise in Water Application and Benefits of Hydrotherapy Hydrotherapy in Neuropatients Hydrotherapy for the Treatment of Rheumatic Diseases Hydrotherapy for the Treatment of Inflammatory Arthritis Muscle Weakness - Strength Training Poor Balance Poor Posture Decreased Cardiovascular Fitness Progressive Hydrotherapy Exercise Hydrotherapy gait reeducation treatment plan Wrist and Hand Joints Pelvis Knee reconstruction Cervical Spine Injury Lumbar Spine Injury Spinal Fractures Disc Pathology Musculo-Tendinous Injuries Hydrotherapy in the Rehabilitation of Lower Limb Stress Fractures Hydrotherapy for Treatment of the Lumbopelvic Complex Chronic pain - Pain and Muscle Spasm Oedema Decreased range of movement Head Injury Epilepsy Burns Pediatric Hydrotherapy Head control Breathing control Relaxation through Hydrotherapy Juvenile Chronic Arthritis Hydrotherapy for the Clumsy Child Conclusion		Bronze Age: Use of Hot Tubs, Saunas and Spas in Asia Japan entered the historical chronicles with the Record of Wei and other early archaeological documents. This was not, of course, the beginning of culture in Japan. Humans have populated the Japanese islands for at least twenty five thousand years and may have been there much longer. Whether people bathed regularly before the Kofun period and how often is unknown. Bathing in the cold water of rivers and streams could have begun at any time in the past; undoubtedly people washed with water, but archaeological evidence of either cold-water washing or hot water bathing in man made hot tubs or natural springs can be difficult to detect. The technology necessary to heat water or make steam for bathing does not differ significantly from that needed for other purposes, such as cooking or the making of pottery, but the leap to using heating technology for hot tubing many not have occurred for some time. Bathing was, however, a well-developed, elaborate practice in ancient China by the beginning of the Chon dynasty about 1000 B.C. and were numerous terms for various types of bathing. There are a broad range of bathing customs of ancient China that have analogues in Japan—for example, hot spring baths, purification baths before religious ceremonies and at springtime rituals, and baths for newborn nobility. According to the ancient Chinese records other Asian peoples including Cambodians and Koreans, also bathed regularly. Early Japanese steam baths probably developed under the influence of Korean sweat baths, which in turn related to the sweat baths of primitive Siberia, Russia and Scandinavia, and perhaps ultimately to those of the American Indians. Certainly ancient widespread religious practices and materials indicate that many customs through much of East Asia and Japan have a common origin. If, as seems to be the case, people migrated from China through Korea to Japan bringing with them rice agriculture, one is tempted to attribute the similarities of bathing beliefs and practices found in ancient China and Japan to the immigration of these people.