Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

To Prevent:

• Spare Aseptic Diet Lots of fruit
• In extreme cases Fruit Diet for a few days
• Outdoor life, abundant exercise
• Dry, cool climate (to prevent sweating)
• daily Graduated Tonic Cold

General Method:

• Diminish uric acid production by Aseptic Diet
• Increase metabolism of uric acid by...
  • Exercise
  • prolonged Hot Blanket Pack or Hot Air Bath or
    • Electric Light Bath then short cold especially
    • Cold Mitten Friction or Cold Towel Rub
• Increase elimination of uric acid by...
  • Water Drinking
  • Large Enema daily

Pathological Problems:

• Uraemia
• Acidosis

Clinical Problems:

• Joint Pain
• Swollen Painful Joints
• Stiff Joints
• Toxaemic Headache, or Nervous Headache, Rheumatic Headache or Renal Headache or Hepatic Headache.
• Winter Itch
• Neurasthenia
• Neuralgia
• Insomnia
• Muscle Pain
• Gallstones
• Kidney Stones
• Prostate Pain
• Weak Pulse
• Chronic Nephritis

Contra-indications:

• prolonged cold