Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

Mature Onset Diabetes Mellitus or Type 2 Diabetes responds well to changes in lifestyle.

Use:

• Neutral Tub Bath
• Salt Glow
• Sun Bath

Cautions

• Cold Compress
• Hot Blanket Pack
• Alternate Baths
• Hot Foot Bath

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Method:

• Similar to Obesity
• Avoid all very cold or prolonged cold (as in obesity)
• use short cold procedures
• Diabetic Treatment Diet to improve digestion

Pathological Problems

• Slow Sugar Breakdown
• Poor Intestinal Digestion
• Poor Oxygen Uptake
• Diabetic Diet Poor diet high in fat, low in fibre.

Clinical Problems:

• Sciatica
• Rheumatic Pains
• Obesity especially low carbohydrate metabolism
• Emaciation
• Boils
• Pruritus
• Somnolence
• Constipation
• Insomnia from Cerebral Irritability
• Cough or Bronchitis
• Pulmonary Congestion
• swollen legs see Oedema
• Lobar Pneumonia
• Cardiac Enlargement
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Liver Damage
• Acute Nephritis
• Cystitis
• Eczema
• Thirst
• Dry Skin
• Fevers - see Typhoid Complications
• Dermographia

Contra-indications:

If emaciated avoid exercise and prolonged hot or cold treatments

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Diabetes diathesis - deficient oxidation of sugar

Problems:

• Debility
• Inactive Skin
• Debility
• Obesity
• Renal Congestion
• Toxaemia

Treatments:

• Graduated Tonic Cold if not emaciated
• Scotch Douche
• Scotch Spinal Douche
• Cold Douche 4-8sec
• Cold Tub Bath 2-3sec
• Cold Plunge immediately followed by moderate exercise
• Dry Friction
• Sweating Treatments
• sand Air Bath

Mildest Tonic (if emaciated)

• prolonged Neutral Tub Bath - avoid extremes

Contra-indications

• Cold Plunge - if emaciation

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Problems:

• Toxaemic Headache
• Emaciation

For mature onset diabetes ie. no pancreatic damage

• Graduated Tonic Cold - most important - increases BMR, especially with friction of percussion
  • In thin patients begin with the mildest Tonics and progress slowly
• Exercise in fresh air
  • Begin with Massage as patient usually too fatigued
• Sun Bath
• Heating Pack
• Aseptic Diet

Contra-indications

• Excitant in thin patients