History

The use of hot tubs and spas can be seen as far back as when early man used natural hot springs that occur all over the planet. Hot springsoften feed streams and pools, which were used for warmth and natural treatment by man. North American Indians frequently used hot springs and were well aware of the healing properties of natural hot springs.

As early as 2000 B.C., ancient Egyptians used hot baths for therapeutic value

According to some, as early as 600 B.C., Phraortes (King of Media [ancient Persia]) built one of the first known hot tubs.

The great philosophers of Greece (Plato, Hippocrates and others) make mention of the therapeutic value of water and from these learning we can see the emergergence of both spa therapy and homeopathy. Grecians were known to have built structures around hot springs presumably turning these naturally occuring heat sources into social gathering centres.

Asian culture from Japan to China revered the healing power of water. The Japanese even have a saying, known as Mizu-no-Kokoro (Mind Like Water), which refers to the peaceful state at which the spirit can find, producing a feeling of passive resistance. Those who possess Mind Like Water are in harmony with all beings. The importance of water also figures as a powerful force in Feng Shui

The Roman Empire made use of the earth's natural hot springs by constructing a stone chamber and temple around this hot spring some time before the second century A.D. . Eventually, the Roman hot baths of present day Bath, England built into a large complex with multiple hot tubs and bathing areas for the occupying Romans.In the late 1500s, Elizabeth 1, then Queen of England visited the mineral waters of Bath, England to sample their properties.

By the mid 1900s, the first true hot tubs were built using wine and olive tanks and water troughs. As you know, modern day hot tubs range from modified bath tubs to complex ceramic and concrete, pool-side wonders.

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