Ypati

Ypati Thermal Spring is located about 18 kilometers west of Lamia on the road to Karpenisi, in a verdant area of ​​the valley of Fthiotida, crossed by the Sperchios river, at the foot of mount Oiti. At the spring there is a large hydrotherapy center, covering more than 2,600 meters, which includes 80 baths of various categories.

The thermal waters of Ypatia were most likely springing up in the year 427 BC. During an earthquake at that time, which as mentioned by Strabo caused great destruction in the whole of Central Greece and Evia. The antiquity of the spring of Hypati is also proven by other elements, among which the most important were the letters of the 4th century BC that survived until a few years ago. Which inscribed the name of the goddess Aphrodite to whom the baths of Hypati are said to have been dedicated.

The organization of the thermal springs began in 1805, while in 1903 it was the only properly organized spring in the country.

The Hydrotherapy Center of Ypati is one of the best and most modern hydrotherapy centers. It includes luxury baths with rooms for bathers to rest, a first-class bath, a second-class bath, a special treatment bathes. The apartments of the bathers' chambers are surrounded by many waiting and resting rooms for the bathers. It also has mechanical installations for ventilation of the chambers to remove gases and installations for cleaning the baths with a jet of water at a temperature of 80 degrees Celsius. In total there are 59 bathers in the hydrotherapy center.

Properties of the thermal springs of Ypati

The source of Ypati has a unique physicochemical composition and belongs to a rare category of sodium hydrothio-chlorine and alkaline earth acid sources. None of today's springs resembles that of the Ypati spring. Primarily, this source encompasses two categories of oxycarbonate and sulphide sources, corresponding to the two types of oxycarbonate baths, namely carbon dioxide baths and hydrosulphide baths. Carbon dioxide (CO2) 1.49 grams, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) 0.007 grams. Per kilogram of water, the temperature is 33.5 degrees Celsius.

One (1) kg. of Ypaty's water springs contains:Calcium 0.0660 g.; Chlorine 3.190 g.;Sodium 1.461 g.; Bromine 0.0084 g.;Ammonium 0.0043 g.; Iodine 0.00068 g.;Calcium 0.7717 g.; Sulfate ion 0.0219 g.;Magnesium 0.2162 g.; Hydrosulfide 0.0019 g.; Hydrophosphate ion 0.000017g.; Hydrocarbonate ion 1.924 gr.

These two gases, found in significant proportions in the thermal water of Ypati, classify the spring in a special category of springs, known as carbonic-hydrogenous springs, characterised by an indifferent temperature that is rare and unique, making it suitable for use as baths for circulatory diseases.

The high content of the spring in carbon dioxide and the coexistence of hydrogen sulfide are due to the steam energy of a volcano, and possibly the volcano of the Lichades islands located opposite the entrance to the Maliakos Gulf of Stylida.

THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS

• Vascular diseases and syndromes

• Arterial hypertension – Insufficiency of the coronary arteries of the heart – Arteritis of the lower extremities (intermittent cholestasis) – phlebitis

• Diseases of the heart - Diseases of the heart valves - Minor heart failure

• Disorders of the nervous system of the heart - Tachycardia - Arrhythmias

• Skin diseases – Eczema – Dermatitis and others

• Peripheral nerve and muscle disorders – Paralysis – Muscle atrophy

• Athritism in its various manifestations Recovery from chronic diseases of the nervous system

• Neuralgia, convulsions, etc.

• Various skin diseases and chronic rashes and especially eczema, dermatitis, urticaria, acne etc.

• Chronic rheumatic diseases and arthritis

• Migraines

• Post-traumatic syndromes

There are oxycarbonated springs which are partially similar to the spring of Ypati. Its the springs of Royat in France and the springs of Naubeim in Germany. However Ypati's springs are differs from them because it also contains a quantity of hydrogen sulphide, which the other springs do not have.