Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

Problems:

• Liver Dysfunction

Treatment:

Acute Jaundice:-

• Therapeutic Diet
• Hot Hip and Leg Pack daily with...
  • very Hot Fomentations, chest and abdomen change with Cold Towel Rub
  • Finish with Shower
  • Usually cures in several days
• Therapeutic Fever to 39.5°C, 20 min
• tonic Cold over liver to increase circulation
• Bed rest except for toilet until skin loses yellow colour
• Limited physical activity until bilirubin normal (3-4 weeks)

These precautions prevent relapse and chronic cases.

• Sun Bath daily
• Drink plenty of water

Chronic Jaundice:-

• Russian Bath - to reduce itching and eliminate bile
• charcoal and wheat bran taken by mouth to reduce bile absorption.
• Walking but never to fatigue

Chronic Active Hepatitis:-

• Therapeutic Fever 3x week
• Fomentations over liver on off-days

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Method:

• Cold Mitten Friction
• Cold Towel Rub
• Bed Rest and Aseptic Diet

Problems:

• Abdominal Pain
• Hepatic Pain
• Retention Fever
• Jaundice Headache
• Itching
• Chills
• Chronic Gastritis

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Abdominal Pain
• Jaundice
• Toxaemia - Water Drinking
• Migraine

Cholagogic

• very hot Gastric Douche

Treat Visceral Congestion especially in infectious hepatitis:

• Abdominal Heating Compress
• very hot Epigastric Douche
• hot Caliper Douche in some cases