Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

Treatment:

• Therapeutic Fever help more than 50%
• Alternate Compress
• Tea Tree Oil - five drops in a small amount of other oil and massaged in to each joint.
• Ice Pack for acutely painful joints.

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Arthritis in

• Gonorrhoea
• Syphilis
• Scarlet Fever
• Tonsillitis
• Rheumatic Fever

In the Acute Stage:

• bed rest
• Therapeutic Fever
• cover joint with thick flannel then pack with crushed ice or
  • surround by Ice Bag - 30-60min or until numb - but NOT freezing
• the more acute the inflammation the greater the total duration 2-3x daily, can treat 2-3 joints at a time.
• with simultaneous Hot Foot Bath, Hot Water Bottle or
  • Fomentations to other parts
• replace ice if severe inflammation
• ordinarily interval Joint Compress

after these treatments, create reaction by :

• 2-6 changes of Alternate Foot Bath or according to part or
  • Alternate Douche (spray)
  • Alternate Pail Pour
  • Scotch Compress
• interval Joint Compress

After first day use local heat, up to 3 joints at a time, 2x a day, heat must be extreme and prolonged...

• Fomentations
• Heating Compress
• Hot Air Bath
• Electric Light Bath or infrared lamp
• compress with gauze soaked in oil of wintergreen diluted with two parts of eucalyptus oil

any of the above finished with Cold Mitten Friction

When inflammation somewhat subsided for hands, wrists, ankles or feet use extreme:

• Alternate Foot Bath or Hand Bath

In the Chronic Stage:

• Hot applications eg.
  • Fomentations
  • local Electric Light Bath
  • Hot Air Bath
• after 30 min of these treatments use vigorous Alternating Applications
  • Alternate Baths
  • Alternate Douche (spray) - this is best 3-6 changes - as hot as possible, cold below 15°C
• if there is pain - interval Heating Compress