浴療(英語:Balneotherapy拉丁語balneum)是一種通過洗澡治療疾病的一種傳統醫學方式,常是Spa中使用。[1]儘管浴療和水療有所區別,[2]二者在實踐方式和底層原理上有某些重疊。浴療可以使用熱水或冷水,通過流動的水進行按摩、放鬆或刺激。一些浴療使用含二氧化矽元素的礦物質水,有時也使用藥用黏土英語Medicinal clay

參考文獻

  1. ^ Angus Stevenson (編). Definition of balneo therapy. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1: A–M 6th. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2007: 180. ISBN 978-0-19-920687-2. 
  2. ^ Balneotherapeutics. The Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) III. New York. : 284–285 (300–301 in electronic page field) [2011-07-16]. 

延伸閱讀

  • Nathaniel Altman, Healing springs: the ultimate guide to taking the waters : from hidden springs to the world's greatest spas. Inner Traditions / Bear & Company, 2000. ISBN 0-89281-836-0
  • Dian Dincin Buchman, The complete book of water healing. 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill Professional, 2001. ISBN 0-658-01378-5
  • Jane Crebbin-Bailey, John W. Harcup, John Harrington, The Spa Book: The Official Guide to Spa Therapy. Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA, 2005. ISBN 1-86152-917-1
  • Esti Dvorjetski, Leisure, pleasure, and healing: spa culture and medicine in ancient eastern Mediterranean., E. J. Brill, 2007 (illustrated). ISBN 90-04-15681-X
  • Carola Koenig, Specialized Hydro-, Balneo-and Medicinal Bath Therapy. Publisher: iUniverse, 2005. ISBN 0-595-36508-6
  • Anne Williams, Spa bodywork: a guide for massage therapists. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. ISBN 0-7817-5578-6

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