Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

In:

• Hypopepsia

Treatment Method:

• cold Fan Douche over Stomach
• cold Percussion Douche to Spine
• general Cold treatments including Cold Douche
• Wet Girdle
• Electrotherapy Stimulation over stomach
• 60 mls of cold water 30 min before a meal

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

see Secretory Sedative use cold reflexly

Treatment:

• Tonic
  • stage I Wet Sheet Pack

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

In:

• Dyspepsia

Treatment:

• Peptogenics...
  • free Water Drinking between meals to allow formation of gastric secretions - very important

30 min before meal

• 150mls of cold or ice water or ice or
• Ice Bag over stomach for 10-15min
• Allow the skin over stomach to warm up before the meal showing that the reaction has occurred and glandular activity has increased
• Scotch Douche (spray) to epigastrium and
• Alternate Douche (percussion) to thoracic spine

If extreme Anaemia:-

• small amount of hot soup or hot drink just before the meal and after the cold to ensure reaction.

After the meal

• Hot Water Bottle to stomach for 20-60min or
• moderate Fomentations over stomach and liver

In severe cases, 2-3hours after the meal

• Hot and Cold Abdominal Pack with using Hot Water Bottle or
• better the Hot Coil left on for 30min to 2-3hrs concluded
  • with - Cold Mitten Friction

Treatment:

• Hot Foot Bath with - Scotch Compress or
  • Spinal Alternate Applications or Hepatic Douche followed by
  • Cold Mitten Friction or Cold Towel Rub

At night

• Wet Girdle