Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

Tenderness along the spinal cord, numbness and tingling of limbs, neuralgic spinal pain and susceptibility to fatigue

In:

• Nervous Dyspepsia
• Hysteria - 2
• Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2 and 3
• Poliomyelitis

Treatment Method:

• Fomentations or hot Sponge of the spine followed by...
  • Spinal Pack
• Fomentations in evening followed by
  • heating Spinal Pack during night
• Wet Girdle

2.

• Fomentations to spine 2x daily followed by
  • Pail Pour 5min 27-29°C
  • continuous Heating Compress during the interval
• Scotch Fan Douche

3.

• Hot or Alternate Sponge of limbs 3x a day
• Faradic or Sinusoidal

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Dyspepsia
• Toxaemia

• Sedative;
  • Dana's Areas 3
  • Hot and Cold Spinal Pack
  • Spinal Pack - with tender spine
  • Continuous Tub Bath
  • tepid Spinal Douche
  • Neutral Douche
  • Scotch Spinal Douche especially to relieve pain
  • Revulsive Douche - Revulsive Fan Douche
  • neutral Cerebrospinal Douche - in Sclerosis, Drug Addictions
• Alcoholism, Sexual Irritation
  • hot treatment to heat the body slightly then...
    • moderate Tonic avoiding painful areas
• Antithermic
  • Fog Douche
• Hypnotic in Insomnia
• Revulsives - avoid cold douche
  • especially Scotch Douche to relieve pain
  • Spinal Alternate Applications
  • Revulsive Compress
  • Fomentations
  • Heating Compress
  • Half Bath 30-25°C
  • hot Sponge to spine
• caused by Celiac Irritation
  • Scotch Epigastric Douche

Contra-indications

• Cold Spinal Compress

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Tenderness along the spinal cord, numbness and tingling of limbs

see Paraesthesia Relief