Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

At first sign of coming migraine:

• Seat person in chair, head hanging down between knees.
• Gently pour ice water on base of skull so it flows forward through the hair and into a pan placed between the feet. 30sec
• Blot dry briefly
• Patient sits up promptly and elevates feet on a stool
• Pour ice water over feet for 60sec, or better, Cold Douche to soles of feet for 2 min
• Apply pressure to temples with heels of hands, 3min and release slowly over 1min.
• Repeat every 2 hours until migraine gone

or ...

• Warm Saline Enema then...
  • Hot Half Bath and rest in bed without eating see Headache
  • practice slow abdominal breathing in bed with Ice Pack on head

Use every headache treatment available and repeat if unsuccessful

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Method:

• All can be cured if carefully managed and treatment continued
• Tonic treatment for Exhaustion and other conditions
• Remove causes
• Prevent by... Gastric Lavage, Fruit Diet, Large Coloclyster and Water Drinking

Etiological Problems:

• Autointoxication
• Uraemia

Pathological Problems:

• Exhaustion
• Hypertension

Clinical Problems:

• Gastric Dilation
• Enteroptosis
• Indigestion
• Supra-orbital Headache
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Constipation especially Coloclyster
• Celiac Irritation

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Autointoxication - Gastric Lavage to abort m.
• Celiac Irritation - common cause - Hot and Cold Abdominal Pack
• chronic Nervous System Irritability
• Toxaemia

Treatment:

• Intrinsic Excitants
  • in low BP - hot Cephalic Douche - with care
• Eliminative
• Revulsives in chronic cases
  • cold Foot Douche
• Fomentations

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

a Neuropathic Headache

Is caused by both Toxaemia (metabolic) and hyperaemia, and many times is also reflex in...

• Pelvic Inflammation
• Hepatitis
• Gastric Inflammation

Immediate relief is not usually achieved, success comes only after a painstaking, diligent and often prolonged search for the cause.

If Visceral Gout...

• Purine-free diet
• Eliminative and Tonic hydrotherapy
• Fresh air and sunshine for months or years

If reflex...

• find the diseased organ or function and treat
• Outdoor work one of the most beneficial means of treatment