A Short History On Hot Tubs
Author: Jake Plumer

Hot tubs are luxuries that many people appreciate. People
living in cold regions are especially grateful for the invention
of this luxurious bathing implement. With a hot tub, bathing is
more pleasant, more satisfying, and more welcoming. A long soak
in a hot tub will do wonders for anyone who is tension filled.
Tiredness will easily drain away inside a hot tub. In fact, a
hot tub is very good for rejuvenating and relaxing one's self.
Naturally, a hot tub has its own history. So how a hot tub did
come to be? What
were the phases it underwent to become today's known hot tub?

The history of the making of hot tubs is traceable. A hot tub
came along with the making of spas. This bathing facility came
into existence because man discovered the wonders of hot
springs. Not only do hot springs give
relaxation, they also have plenty of therapeutic benefits. Hot
springs are natural occurrence of this earth but it is not
around everywhere. In fact, hot springs appear only where there
volcanic activity in the area. Not many people would appreciate
the thought of living near volcanoes just to enjoy a warm bath.
This means then that a warm luxurious bath is not available for
anyone.

The history of hot tubs was recorded as early as the time 2000
BC. By then, ancient Egyptians were already benefiting from the
treatment one can gain from hot baths. By 600 BC, a king from
ancient Persia, the King of Media – Phraortes, was said to be
responsible for having the first hot tub built. Also, noted
Greek philosophers were discovering water therapy. These
philosophers were Hippocrates, Plato, and others. Because of
this mention of hot water therapeutic benefits, people from
Greece started building
bathing facilities that are near hot springs.

In Asia, Chinese and Japanese cultures are also influenced by
water and its healing powers. In fact, a sayingprevailed in
Japan about a peaceful state that can be achieved by one's
spirit thus giving the person a feeling of resistance that is
passive in nature. The saying is called Mizu – no – Kokoro or
Mind Like Water. It is said in Japan that a person who achieves
Mind Like Water will have harmony with all things around him.
This gave birth to ancient ideas of hot tubs in that part of
Asia. Japanese and Chinese people then started constructing
bathing structures quiet near hot springs.

The Roman Empire version of hot tubs was a construction of a
stone chamber. Along that, a temple is constructed. These
structures are of course built near hot springs. Late 1500's saw
the visitation of Queen Elizabeth 1 at Bath, England's mineral
waters. During the 1900's, the modern hot tub is nearing what it
is now today. Water troughs and olive and wine tanks were used
to build a hot tub then. As of the present, the hot tub is made
of complex ceramic structures or concrete pool- like structures.
The hot tub
has truly seen a lot of evolution and so far, it is doing
great!


About The Author: Jake Plumer writes articles for
http://www.a1hottub.com