Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Increased blood flow in an area due to hydrothermic treatment. Achieved by increasing heart and local blood vessel activity, resulting in active or arterial hyperaemia. Aim is usually to increase rate of healing opp passive congestion

• Improve circulation
  • Chronic Congestion in chronic diseases
  • Congestion especially Nerve Congestion and Alveolar Abscess
• Superficial Anaemias
  • Short heat then short cold then vigorous rubbing to ensure a reaction ie...
    • Percussion Douche -7 to 15°C 4-10 sec
    • Cold Pail Pour
    • Hot and Cold Compress
    • Fomentations 40°C 15 min or prolonged local Rubbing followed
      • by: - Heating Compress lightly covered
• General Superficial Anaemias and Debility
  • Electric Light Bath 3-5 min or other hot bath until skin is heated
  • followed by - intense cold eg.
    • Cold Douche 15-20°C at high pressure
    • Wet Sheet Rub - vigorous 21-24°C
    • Shallow Bath - vigorous 15°C
• Visceral Anaemias and results:
  • general Cold
    • Cold Douche 27°C 30-60 sec
    • Shallow Bath 27-30°C 5-6 min
    • Tonic Heating Trunk Pack
    • Wet Sheet Rub
  • Avoid extreme temperatures as this causes reactionary anaemia after retrostasis.
• Local Visceral Anaemias :
• Genital Atony
  • Ice Bag or compress to the Spine
  • Very Cold Douche to lumbar area or cold to hypogastric and inner thighs
  • Tonic Pelvic Pack
• Amenorrhoea supplement above with...
  • Vaginal Irrigation 43°C 10 min and 27°C 1 min
• Visceral Congestion
  • Active: Heat
• Pelvic Congestion:
  • very hot Fomentations or Hot Douche to lumbar area and inner thighs
• Spinal congestion in Cerebro-Spinal Congestion :
  • Fomentations followed by Spinal Pack covered only with flannel
• Passive Visceral Congestion
  • Alternate Compress to related skin area followed by...
    • Heating Compress renewed every 40 min
• Acute Nephritis or Meningitis
  • Hot Tub Bath with cold to head and heart (if needed) or
  • Hot Blanket Pack

During second Stage of Inflammation

• Begin with:
  • Heating Compress change hourly later 3-4 hours to try and prevent suppuration
• Later:
  • Cotton Poultice - to resolve