Peptogenic
JHK
from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...
A reactionary Excitant promoting digestion by promoting secretion, usually Graduated Tonic Cold over stomach
- Hypopepsia
- Cold Douche 10-20°C high pressure, over the stomach or
- Alternate Douche by hot Circle Douche and cold Percussion Douche
- Ice Bag over stomach 1 hour before eating
- Fomentations or Hot Water Bottle over stomach 1-2 hours after eating
GKA
from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...
Any Tonics including hydrotherapy, cold air, exercise or sunshine
- improve appetite and digestion.
- stimulate glandular activity in the liver, pancreas, intestines and stomach.
- stimulate muscle tone and activity in the stomach and intestines.
- check vomiting
Peptogenics: in order of efficacy
- Hot and Heating Pack
- Hot Trunk Pack
- Fomentations to abdomen
- Scotch Compress to abdomen
- Spinal Alternate Applications
- Alternate Douche to abdomen, liver and spine
- Wet Girdle
- Hot Water Bottle or Hot Coil over stomach after meals
- Ice Bag over stomach or Cold Water Drinking before meals
- Sun Bath
- Electrotherapy to abdomen
Indications
- Atonic type Dyspepsia including
- Low Motility
- Gastroptosis
- Inactive Gastric Glands
- Inactive Intestinal Glands
- Indigestion and biliousness
- Enteroptosis
- Toxaemic Headache in interval amylaceous dyspepsia
- Gastric Hypersecretion and
- chronic Hepatic Congestion
- hepatic anaemia in Visceral Anaemias