Issue №1-20, 2020

A modern concept of thermalism applied to human health and well-being

¹ Solimene U.

¹ FEMTEC (World Federation of Hydrotherapy and Climatotherapy), Milan, Italy

ABSTRACT

Thermal medicine is one of the oldest forms of western therapy and, in that respect, should be considered as a traditionalmedicine (according to the definition of the World Health Organization).Based on the above, the “Thermae” as an integrated set of natural resources, facilities, and services, can be seen as ameeting point among different forms of medical culture to offer therapy and rehabilitation, as well as health preservationoptions. In different traditions and cultures, this is where people could find relief from their ailments, as well as the opportunityto exercise and develop their physical and sport capabilities, to meet and socialize.With the use of water for therapeutic purposes, whose sources were often connected, in different forms, to mythologicalor sacred events, and with the scientific, economic, and social development of populations in time, thermalism experiencedups and downs in its different applications – including medical and scientific, architectural, and management ones.Today, with the huge progress of scientific medicine, the use of a medium (water) that is apparently simple, yet complexand not at all thoroughly investigated, may seem redundant, if not unnecessary.

KEYWORDS: thermal medicine, human health, rehabilitation.

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