Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Temperatures at, or close to, neutral skin temperature approx 34°C

• Neutral Tub Bath or warm bath 34-37°C
• Neutral Pack
• Continuous Tub Bath
• Oxygen Bath
• Warm or hot Shower, Spray, Hot Douche, or Pail Pour
• neutral Pail Pour to spine
• Sponge - cool, tepid or warm
• Heating Compress - Abdominal Heating Compress
  • Cold Spinal Compress
  • Throat Compress
  • Chest Pack
• Fomentations moderately hot, especially to spine and abdomen
• Sun Bath and heat lamp

Also Sedatives to relieve congestion of nerve centres:

• Wet Sheet Pack 19-21°C followed by Graduated Shower 46-32°C 5min 35-32°C
• Hot Foot Bath with cold to head
• Cold Sitz Bath
• Cooling Coil to head or abdomen
• Alternate Douche (percussion) to feet or Alternate Foot Bath

Secure sedation by combining pure Sedative effect with

• Derivation

Indications:-

• Insomnia
• agitated Neurasthenia
• Hysteria
• Mania
• Chorea
• Parkinsons Disease
• spastic spinal Paralysis
• Epilepsy
• Tabes Dorsalis
• Agitation due to Congestive Headache
• Clonic Spasm and Tetanus

Precautions:

• If the patient dislikes the treatment or attendant the treatment will cause more agitation than sedation