Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

• Precordial Compress
• Hot and Cold Sponge to Spine followed by
• Cold Mitten Friction

If Cyanosis and Areolar Cyanosis:

• Short Hot Tub Bath or
• Fomentations to the spine then
• Cold Mitten Friction

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

Acute in:

• Gastroenteritis
• Acute Nephritis
• Peritonitis
• Pericarditis
• Heroin, Opium and Cocaine
• Typhoid Fever - especially Ice Bag and Cold Mitten Friction
• Typhus Fever
• Pulmonary Congestion
• Stroke
• Haemorrhages

Treatment Method:

see also under Visceral Congestion

• Ice Bag over heart or cold Precordial Compress 15 min every 2 hours (improves heart performance)
• Spinal Alternate Applications

To energise peripheral heart and dilate surface vessels...

• Cold Mitten Friction or Cold Towel Rub 2-3x daily or more often
• copious Water Drinking
• prolonged Neutral Tub Bath with friction
• Effervescent Bath
• Wet Sheet Rub

Chronic In:

• Obesity
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Functional Cardiac Diseases - 2

Treatment Method:

If no Fatty Degeneration:

• Precordial Compress for 15-30 min 3x daily, gradually increase to 1 hour twice a day
• Graduated exercises
• Effervescent Bath 1-3x a week
• Massage
• Leg Pack
• Bed rest while limbs are swollen

2.

• Precordial Compress begin at 15 min daily then increase 5 min a day to 30-40 minutes a day
• Percussion Douche to spine
• Vigorous Cold Mitten Friction and other frictions to limbs
• Avoid prolonged cold and chills

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Problems:

• Superficial Anaemias
• General Cyanosis
• Visceral Congestion

Aim to achieve:

1. Increase in heart power
2. Decrease in the amount of work the heart does
3. Remove the cause of the condition

Treatment:

• Cardiac Excitant with Peripheral Circulatory Tonic
  • Precordial Compress where no degeneration of cardiac muscle with - anode Galvanic Current for analgesia
  • Alternate Sponge to the Spine then Cold Mitten Friction
  • Wet Sheet Rub
  • Effervescent Bath
  • effervescent Electro-Chemical Bath
  • Pine-Needle Bath
  • Carbon Dioxide Bath
  • prolonged cold Thoracic Douche
  • Revulsive Douche
  • Cardiac Douche
• Mildest Tonic
  • restorative Neutral Tub Bath
  • Tepid Tub Bath 29-32°C, 5-10 min, with friction
  • followed by:
    • Scotch Douche 40°C, 1-2 min
    • Cold Douche 24°C, 10-12 sec, to only legs, back and arms
    • Cold Mitten Friction, very cold, wrung dry and vigorous friction
    • Cold Douche after careful buildup
• Spoliatives

In Extreme cases in functional cardiac diseases and Valvular Heart Diseases...

• Peripheral Circulatory Tonic
• Cardiac Antiphlogistics
• Antipyretic where fever

Contra-indications

• Shallow Bath
• Cold Douche - if severe or caused by degeneration of the heart tissue or renal failure
• Cold Plunge
• Hot Tub Bath
• Neutral Tub Bath in extreme cases
• Sweating Pack in advanced cases
• Hot Chest Pack