Traditional Hydrotherapy

from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...

• Tonic While patient in Shower 38-39°C, cold douche to sequential parts of the body, held out of Shower 2-5 seconds each.
• Build up to strong Percussion Douche to the back.
• To increase the intensity the body may be done several times in cold-sensitive Neurasthenia

Types of simultaneous scotch:

1. Combined Cool (18-27°C) Spinal and Hot (41-52°C) Abdominal

• 5-20 min, moderate 5-15lbs, the patient is seated on a stool
• Antiphlogistic, Derivative and Analgesic used in:
  • Chronic congestion with pain in:
    • Chronic Gastritis
    • Chronic Diarrhoea
    • chronic Gastroenteritis
    • Celiac Irritation
    • Enteroptosis
    • Renal Congestion
    • Hepatic Congestion
    • Splenic Congestion

2. Cool Lumbar, hot Hypogastric Douche

• procedure as above except restricted to the lumbar and hypogastric areas in painful chronic Pelvic Congestion in
  • Chronic Metritis
  • Oophoritis and Salpingitis
  • Pelvic Atony

Contra-indications:

• acute Pelvic Inflammation
• Suppuration

3. Cold (10-15°C) Spinal Percussion, Hot (43-50°C) Foot Douche

• Fan Douche or spray to the feet as long as possible to 1 min.
• End with 2-3 quick applications of cold to the whole body with cold spray to feet and legs for 2-3 seconds. in
  • sensitive Neurasthenia with weakness or cold intolerance

4. Symmetrical Combined Scotch Douche

• Simultaneous Hot Douche to affected part and Cold Douche to the symmetrical part on opposite side of the body. In:
  • Hyperaesthesia affecting one half of the body in Hysteria