Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

Causes:

• Constipation

In:

• Nervous Dyspepsia
• Neurasthenia
• Insomnia

Treatment Method:

to relieve associated vasomotor spasm see Vasomotor Congestion

• Antiphlogistics:
  • abdominal Fomentations 2-3x daily
  • Heating Compress in interval, changed 4-6 hourly
  • Abdominal Heating Compress during night
  • Dry Abdominal Bandage during day - abdominal supporter
  • Nothing but fruit after 4 pm.
  • copious Water Drinking
  • Coloclyster if constipation present

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

Irritation of the celiac plexus, in front of the spine between kidneys

Signs:

• Pain on pressure on ganglia 5 cm either side of the umbilicus on the inner surface of the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity
• Hyperaesthesia of viscera: sensitive to slight pressure or touch,

Causes:

• Constipation
• Gastric Irritability
• Enteroptosis

• Reflex Irritations (caused by irritation) :
  • lower Backache - Lumbago, Neck Pain
  • Cold Extremities
  • Giddiness
  • Intercostal Neuralgia
  • Pain Between Shoulders
  • Spinal Irritation
  • Nervous Asthma
  • painful Indigestion
  • Reflex Neuralgia
  • Paraesthesia

treat all these with Fomentations to abdomen

Problems:

• Cold Extremities due to Reflex Irritations vasoconstriction
• Debility
• Pelvic Inflammation
• Gastric Hypersecretion
• Gastric Pain
• Nervous System Irritability - Analgesic
• Pelvic Irritations
• Visceral Congestion
• Visceral Irritation

Treatment:

• Analgesic
  • Scotch Abdominal Douche
  • hot Caliper Douche
• Vascular Antiphlogistics
  • Hot and Cold Abdominal Pack
  • from Spinal Irritation - tepid Spinal Douche
  • local Electric Light Bath
  • Scotch Epigastric Douche
  • Heating Trunk Pack
  • abdominal Fomentations
  • Neutral Compress

• Painful, Chronic congestion: - Simultaneous Scotch Douche
• Mild Tonic - begin with Fan Douche
  • neutral Percussion Douche