Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

Feebleness, usually in chronic disease. Low general nerve tone and metabolic rate often caused by malnutrition of some sort. General systemic depression

Weakness, includes Low Resistance

• Bedbound Routine
• Alternate Shower

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

Problems

In:

• Bed Wetting
• Neurasthenia
• Urine Incontinence

Treatment Method:

• Graduated Tonic Cold to Percussion Douche
  • or Hot Douche 43°C for 30 sec followed by Graduated Cold Douche
• Pail Pour 24°C at bedtime then...
  • Tepid Pail Pour to spine 36°C 2 min
• Sea Baths and swimming
• Avoid water drinking 2 hours before retiring
• Aseptic Diet especially avoid meat and salt

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Treatment:

• Tonic
  • Graduated Tonic Cold including
  • Spinal Alternate Applications
  • Electric Light Bath
  • Sun Bath
  • Air Bath
  • Dripping Sheet
  • Wet Sheet Rub
  • Cold Towel Rub
  • Cold Mitten Friction
  • Wet Hand Rub
  • stage I Wet Sheet Pack
  • Salt Glow
  • Dry Friction
• Tonic
  • Electro-Hydric Bath
• Fluxion
• Sudorific
• Calorific and Local Calorific

Contra-indications

• Sweating Pack in advanced cases
• Cold Water Drinking except before exercise

Low Resistance - all the above plus

• Sudorific
  • Rubbing cold blast in Steam Inhalation
  • Cold Sponge

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Low general nerve tone and metabolic rate

• In chronic Alcoholism - extreme Alternating Applications

Contra-indications in old age

• Excitant
• extreme Diaphoretics