Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Method:

• Treat the whole patient rather than just the problem
• Relieve the problems causing the poor nutrition
• Cold Rubbing Sitz (Tonic)
• cold Pelvic Pack
• Graduated Tonic Cold 2x a day
• Short Very cold Lumbar Douche and to hypogastrium, inner thigh
• pelvic Massage, daily especially when period is due

Clinical Problems:

• Anaemia
• Chlorosis
• Indigestion
• Suppressed Menstruation

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Pelvic Atony
• Pelvic Congestion
• Pelvic Pain

Treatment:

• Emmenagogic and Uterine Excitant
  • cathode Galvanic Current
  • Sinusoidal Current
  • Alternate Douche to lumbar, thighs and feet
  • Hot Douche to hips, thighs and feet or
  • short Very Hot Sitz and Hot Foot Bath or
  • Hot Foot Bath with warm Circle Douche
  • Very Hot Sitz
  • followed by
  • general Cold Douche
• Fluxion if causing local Visceral Anaemias
• Derivative use reverse derivative effect
  • sweating Hot Tub Bath - from suppressed menstruation
  • cold Lumbar Douche
  • cold Caliper Douche

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Usually due to pelvic anaemia

• Fluxion : Alternating Applications
• Uterine Excitant Emmenagogic
  • Heating Pelvic Pack
  • short Cold Douche (percussion) to feet