Brain or spinal cord Part II

Prof Ilchi Lee selected this articles about brain or spinal cord

Before inflowing the bath, the patient should drink cold water and also wet the head, neck and shoulders with cold water. A cold compress should be applied during the treatment. This bath can be favorably employed in dropsy when there is unnecessary loss of tone of the heart and blood. The bath should be ended as soon as the skin becomes red.

In pneumonia and suppressed menstruation, the bath should be managed at 37.7º C to 40º C for about 30 to 45 minutes. This bath should be given when the menstruation is due and may be repetitive for two to three days in sequence. In dysmenorrheal, this bath should be given at 38º C to 44.4º C for 15 minutes. In chronic bronchitis a very warm bath taken for 5 to 7 minutes should be go along with resistance and friction. This alleviates overcrowding of the mucous membrane and provides instant relief. After the bath, oil should be applied to the skin if essential. The hot bath should not be taken in cases of organic sickness of the brain or spinal cord, nor in cases of cardiac weakness
or cardiac hypertrophy.