Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

To lower the body temperature as much as possible without shivering:-

• Hot Foot Bath with Ice Pack to neck - front and back, head and
  • Cold Compress to face and scalp
• Prolonged Tepid Bath

For Intracranial Bleeding:-

• Hot Foot Bath as above with Fomentations to abdomen and thighs, and
  • warm Fomentations to Chest and Spine
• Massage
• Heating Compress to Abdomen
• Hot Local Bath for the arm
• Patient kept quiet in darkened room with no visitors

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

During Attack:

• Rest, head and shoulders raised
• Cephalic Compress
• tepid Enema
• Warm the extremities with Hot Leg Pack every 2 hours or
  • Hot Water Bottle with Dry Pack during intervals
• Brief Cold Mitten Friction
• Ice Collar
• Bladder Irrigation and catheterise

After Attack:

• Cold Mitten Friction 2x a day
• Protected Wet Girdle night and day
• Carefully Graduated Tonic Cold
• prolonged Neutral Tub Bath
• Wet Sheet Pack

After a few weeks:

• Electricity to affected muscles
• Passive assisted exercises
• Carefully graduated exercise programme
• Massage
• Cold Douche or Alternate Douche to affected muscles

Problems:

• Cardiac Insufficiency

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Anaesthesia
• Autointoxication - Aseptic Diet
• Cerebral Irritability
• Cold Extremities
• Nervous System Irritability
• Passive Congestion without pain
• Paralysis

Treatment:

Reflex Haemostatic

• Cold Spinal Compress

Derivative

Mildest Tonic - moderate temperature without percussion

Contra-indications

• Cold Douche
• Hot Tub Bath

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Problems:

• Constipation

For brain haemorrhage

• Reflex Haemostatic immediately usually 30 min is enough
• absolute bed rest
• large Ice Bag or cap to head with
  • Ice Bag to back of neck and over carotids with
  • Hot Water Bottle or Fomentations to limbs for warmth

After acute stage is past ie 2-3weeks:

• Gentle heat
• Fomentations or infrared lamp then
  • Gentle stroking and petrissage not vigorous
  • Gentle exercise: train weaker extensors, broom handle exercise and walking in parallel bars
• Aseptic Diet