Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

Prevention

• High fibre Therapeutic Diet
• Drink lots of water
• Daily outdoor exercise

Treatment:

• Very Hot Sitz 38°C, 15min, 3x daily
• Ice Pack

In severe cases:

• Alternate Sitz, Hot 5min cold 30sec, Repeat 3x

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

In:

• Constipation

General Method:

• prolonged Cold Sitz Bath
• Cool Anal Douche or cold Perineal Compress
• small Cold Enema
• If inflamed Fomentations over area then cold Perineal Compress every 3 hours

Problems:

• Portal Congestion
• Constipation
• Gastroenteritis
• Irreducible Prolapse
• Inflamed Haemorrhoids
• Painful Haemorrhoids

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

same treatment for rectal prolapse

Treat as Visceral Congestion

Analgesic for painful Haemorrhoids

• Local Vapor Bath
• Very Hot Sitz
• Ice Bag - prolapse
• very hot rectal Applications to Mucous Passages - internal

Tonic

• short cold rectal Applications to Mucous Passages
• cold Anal Douche - for external or prolapsed haemorrhoids from weak anal muscles after poor surgery to stimulate sphincter
• very cold Anal Douche - to contract prolapsed haemorrhoids so they can easily be replaced
• Fomentations before reducing

Sedative

• Prolonged Cold Sitz

Bleeding Haemorrhoids

• Ice Bag

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Analgesics that also decrease vasodilation and stasis

• prolonged Cold Sitz Bath 1-2x a day, temperature gradually decreased over 2 weeks or
• Ice Bag to perineum or
• Alternate perineal Spray
• Hot Enema

To shrink haemorrhoids:

• Cold Enema retained 10-15min and frequently repeated

After operation:

• Alternate Compress - Fomentations 5min, Ice Bag 5min, 3 changes, repeat as needed to relieve pain.