Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Cool

begin at 30°C gradually lower to 24°C for 15-20min in

• chronic Menorrhagia, and where the cold bath is contraindicated or poorly tolerated

Cold

15°C with Hot Foot Bath followed by hot Vaginal Irrigation in:

• Pelvic Congestion
• Pelvic Haemorrhage
• Intestinal Haemorrhage
• Uterine Haemorrhage
• Haemorrhoids
• chronic Prostatitis
• Chronic Metritis
• chronic Pelvic Inflammation without pain
• Chronic Diarrhoea use Wet Sheet Rub first

Contra-indications

• Cardiac Insufficiency and Hypertension
• Acute Pelvic Inflammation and Abdominal Inflammations
• Muscle Spasm in the pelvis or abdomen
• Pelvic Pain or Abdominal Pain
• Spermatorrhoea with hyperaesthesia and frequent losses

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Causes extreme or lasting contraction of pelvic blood vessels and the muscular walls of the uterus.

21-30°C begin higher and gradually lower 15-40min Hot Foot Bath: 40-43°C

• never allow chilling
• if chilly Fomentations or Hot Water Bottle to spine