Dry Blanket Pack

HYD

from Hydrothermic Remedies...

same as Hot Blanket Pack except the wet blanket is replaced by a dry sheet.

Drink hot water before,
use Hot Foot Bath and Hot Water Bottle

Effects:

Sudorific

Or after heating treatment use use,

Blanket Wrap

Definition

Wrapping the body except for the head in blankets after a hot treatment.

Physiologic Effects

Sweating
Increase circulation in the skin
Increase metabolism
Elevate body temperature
Relieve congestion of internal organs
Relieve pain stiffness or fatigue
Strengthen the immune system

Indications

Coryza
Influenza
Fatigue
Insomnia
Visceral Congestion in chest, pelvic or abdominal infections, early fevers, sinusitis.
Repeated Infections
After heat treatments such as Russian Bath, Hot Tub Bath, Revulsive Shower Fomentations to the chest and back.

Cautions

Severe Cardiac Disease
Skin: Inflammations, Eczema or Eruptions

Equipment

One large sheet
two blankets
equipment for a tonic cold treatment such as cold mitten friction or pail pour

Procedure

Preparation for Treatment

Drape a bed with a blanket up to the neck level and then cover the blanket with a dry sheet.
Complete the heat treatment. Make sure the patient is warm and dry

Treatment

Have the patient lie on the bed and quickly wrap the sheet around the body as for a wet sheet pack.
wrap the blanket firmly around the patient making sure the neck closed and no air enters.
make sure the patient is comfortable
spread a blanket over the patient up to the neck
leave until there is profuse sweating, this will be about 20 minutes.
finish with a cold mitten friction or other cold tonic treatment.

Completion of Treatment

Have the patient rest for 30 minutes.

JHK

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Kellogg called this a Dry Pack

Restorative Antiphlogistic Spoliatives Analgesic local Eliminative

Room temperature at least 21°C
Drink 250ml of hot or cold water before then 150ml every 15 min
Pillow and three blankets arranged as for Wet Sheet Pack
Applied to naked patient, tuck in well
Use Hot Water Bottle or dry heat over sheet if feeble

To accumulate heat before cold, vigorous rubbing of limbs and remove before sweating
For sweating continue from 2-5 hours - 1-2x a week, no more

For Heating or Antiphlogistic in:

To abort Chills - do not raise body temperature too much, in
Shock, Collapse or Surgical Shock in Haemorrhages
Hypothermia
Phlebitis, arteritis in Typhoid
Preparation for or after Cold Douche or other cold bath - avoid chilling
to prevent Coryza - within a few hours of onset

Spoliatives, Eliminative or Analgesic

local, sometimes general, remove some or all wrapping when sweating profusely, in:

Paralysis in
- Paraplegia
- Stroke
- Obesity - up to 5x a week

Analgesic

follow with partial Cold Mitten Friction or slowly cool off by slowly removing wrapping, in:

Contra-indications

in chronic cases of

GKA

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Diaphoretics

Use same preliminaries and Hot Water Bottle as in Hot Blanket Pack
Hot Foot Bath is essential
Wrap patient in a dry sheet then
Envelope the body in a dry blanket placing the Hot Water Bottle
Free Hot Water Drinking is essential during treatment or better hot lemon juice which encourages both sweating and diuresis
After sweating is established the effect is similar to Wet Sheet Pack

Local Dry Pack to chest

Dry flannel wrapped, as if a heating compress around the chest. A comfortable warm finely woven, tight fitting vest will produce the same result
Used for frail or thin
Apply over a thin singlet
The skin under the pack should be warm, and gently perspiring.

Traditional Hydrotherapy