Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

High fever, slow pulse, diarrhea

For toxic Effects on CV, nervous and renal systems:-

• Push water even with small retention Enemas, if severe diarrhea may need IV fluids.
• Maintain electrolyte balance
• Gentle Cold Tub Bath

To increase Elimination of toxins and germs:-

• Hot Tub Bath or Hot Foot Bath finished with Cold Mitten Friction
  • or in the stronger Cool Shower or Pail Pour
• Therapeutic Diet, garlic
• Massage
• charcoal drinks

To combat Diarrhoea

• charcoal dose after each bout

For stomach or bowel bleeding:-

• Fomentations to Spine 49°C
• Cold Compress or Charcoal Poultice to Abdomen

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

General Method:

• Begin Antipyretics first, before even a positive diagnosis as early vigorous treatment shortens duration, diminishes intensity, lowers mortality and hastens convalescence
  • Treat Hyperpyrexia promptly and then Fever as progress is made
• During first 3-7 days of fever - Fruit Juices only, especially grape
  • later add Dextrinised Cereals and Malted Foods
• Water Drinking - or by IV at least 125ml per hour

Contra-indications:

• Prolonged heat
• Short cold
• vigorous friction
• In complications such as heart failure avoid
  • extreme cold procedures use mild ones instead

Etiological Problems:

• Prevent Further Infections - find and use only clean water
• Suppress Bacterial Growth in Intestines
  • no solid or rich food so no meat or broths,
  • Fruit and fruit juices and dextrinised cereals

Pathological Problems:

• Enteric Infection
• Low Resistance
• Poor General Circulation
• Cardiac Insufficiency
• Muscle Wasting

Clinical Problems:

• Fever Headache
• Neck Pain
• Epistaxis
• Painful Cough
• Foul Tongue and Sordes
• Constipation - copious Coloclyster 24°C 2x a day then Enema 600 mls at 21°C, or an Oil Enema
• Diarrhoea
• Tympanites
• Hyperpyrexia
  • Retention Fever
  • Production Fever
• Insomnia due to Cerebral Irritability
• Delirium
• Coma

Complications due to secondary infections or toxins:

• Gastric Irritability
• Intestinal Ulcerations
• Intestinal Haemorrhage
• Inflamed Bile Ducts
• Appendicitis
• Laryngitis see Throat Congestion
• Bronchial Irritation
• Pulmonary Congestion see Passive Chest Congestion
• Heart Failure
• Pericarditis or Endocarditis see Cardiac Pain
• Myocarditis
• Phlebitis or Arteritis
• Mania see Cerebral Irritability - 1
• Meningitis
• Stroke
• Hysteria
• Neuritis see Toxaemia for general neuritis
• Sclerosis
• Contractures see Contractions
• Periostitis
• Rheumatoid Arthritis see Swollen Painful Joints
• Muscle Abscess
• Typhoid Ulcers
• Orchitis
• Ovaritis
• Pelvic Haematocele
• Acute Nephritis with Kidney Suppuration and Albuminuria
• Scanty Urine

During Convalescence:

• Hypothermia
• Cardiac Insufficiency
• Palpitation
• Hypopepsia - Loss of Appetite
• Anaemia
• Exhaustion

Complications:

• Fever Sores also called, Bed Sores
• Ataxia and Exhaustion
• see Typhoid Complications for
  • Typhoid in Infants
  • Typhoid in the Aged
  • Typhoid with Puerperal Fever
  • Typhoid with Pregnancy
  • Typhoid with Erysipelas
  • Typhoid with Diabetes
  • Typhoid with Obesity
  • Typhoid with Influenza
  • Typhoid with Tuberculosis
  • Typhoid with Malaria

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Acute Nephritis
• Ataxia
• Cardiac Inflammation
• Chills
• Collapse
• Debility
• extreme fever - Antithermic
• Fevers
• Gastric Dilation with dehydration
• acute Renal Congestion
• Toxaemia

Treatment:

• Aseptic Diet

Antipyretic

• Graduated Tub Bath or Tepid Tub Bath
• Cold Shower
• Cold Sponge
• Cold Enema

Tonic

• Cooling Compress in later stages Cold Compress in early

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Aim:

• to sustain vital resistance, heart action, circulation, elimination until the body has built up immunity.
• Do not reduce the fever unless it is 39.5°C.
• to reduce toxicity's effects on the CNS, circulation and kidneys.
• Cold treatments accomplish all this

Daily Programme:

• daily (mid-morning and afternoon)
• For temperature control: Continuous cooling eg Cooling Coil or
• tepid Rectal Irrigation as does not disturb patient unduly
• for cutaneous stimulation: rubbing cold treatments once or twice
• Water Drinking

Use:

General:

• Cooling Pack renew by irrigating
• Cold Towel Rub
• Wet Girdle continuous renewed 30min, interrupt
  • with single Fomentations every 2 hours
• Graduated Tub Bath
• Brand Bath better is rubbing Cold Tub Bath

Antipyretic when fever 39.5°C or above:-

• Cold Sponge or hot Sponge if chilly
• ice rub to spine or rest of body except abdomen
• Cold Enema 21-29°C 30min, (except in lung complications as causes retrostasis) with
  • Fomentations to spine where pulse weak or rapid:
• Precordial Compress 20min

for Retention Fever

• Hot Foot Bath with large Fomentations to trunk
• Hot Hip and Leg Pack just long enough to cause reaction and overcome chill
  • both above with...
  • Cooling Compress to head and
  • Precordial Compress if needed
  • followed by...
  • Cold Mitten Friction or
  • Cold Towel Rub if temperature below 39.5°C

Chronic case

• Hot Foot Bath then
  • Cold Mitten Friction to front of body except abdomen
• Precordial Compress 20 min every 2 hours at night
• Water Drinking or drip

Complications:

use milder Graduated Tonic Colds

• Pleurisy
• Acute Nephritis Brand Bath in mild cases
• Intestinal Haemorrhage - evidenced by sudden temperature drop After use only cold to areas other than abdomen perforation - as for Intestinal haemorrhage but need surgery
• Menstruation - Graduated Tonic Cold
• Tympanites
  • Brand Bath or Cooling Coil to abdomen with
  • Fomentations every 2 hours