HOW TO USE WATER IN CURING DISEASE

It is the blood that heals. It maintains the heat of the body, destroys disease germs, and repairs diseased or injured portions of the body. This being the case, the aim in seeking to cure any part of the body that is diseased should be to secure an active circulation of the blood through that part. The circulation of the blood in any part of the body can be controlled by the use of hot and cold water.

By means of alternate hot and cold applications of water, the circulation of the blood in any part of the body can be markedly increased. The hot application, which should continue about three minutes, causes the blood-vessels to dilate or enlarge in the part of the body where the heat has been applied. As soon as the blood- vessels dilate, the blood rushes in from other parts of the body to fill them. If cold is then applied for one minute the dilated blood-vessels in other parts of the body. Repeating there alternations of hot and cold constitutes a veritable pumping process, which greatly increases the amount of blood flowing through the diseased part.
HOT FOOT-BATH
For a hot foot-bath a large pail, a wash-bowl, or even a tub may be used. In foot-bath the water should reach above the ankles, and to start with the temperature should be about 105F. The feet are quite sensitive to heat. Soon after the feet are placed in the warm water, the temperature should gradually be increased to a point as hot as can be borne,
This is done by adding hot water a little at a time. The bath should continue from five to twenty minutes. In giving a hot foot-bath, a cloth wrung out of cold water should always first be placed on the patient's forehead, and this cloth should be frequently re-cooled. This cloth prevents dizziness and headache.
If prolonged to fifteen or twenty minutes the hot foot-bath is a very effective means of producing perspiration. If such an effect is desired, surround the patient with blankets and have him drink hot water or lime juice during the time his feet are kept in the hot water. Keep the head cool. Then the patient should lay on a bed and cover himself with a blanket to continue sweating
The hot foot-bath is excellent for relieving headache. It is also useful for treating inflammations of the pelvic organs; overcoming chilly sensations; producing perspiration; and relieving sore, aching or cold feet.
One or two tablespoonfuls of ground mustard, added to the water, will intensify the effect of the bath.
THE COLD COMPRESS
In the case of an early sore throat, a tickle or laryngitis (infection of the vocal cords causing a loss of the voice) there is nothing so useful as the cold compress, or, as it is also known, the heating compress.
The compress is made by taking a piece of cotton cloth, long enough to go round the neck and wide enough to make three thicknesses about one to one and one-half inches wide.
The cloth is soaked in cold tap water and wrung as dry as possible. It is put around the patient's neck, cold and wrung as dry as possible. It is put around the patient's neck, cold and wet. It is then covered with another piece of warm, soft, dry flannel.
This dry cloth should be more than twice as wide as the former so that none of the wet cloth will be exposed. This is pinned firmly in place with two pins and left on all might. It can be renewed night and morning. In some cases there are debilitated patients who cannot tolerate the wet cloth so it should be left off and only the dry one applied. This is also the practice with small children.

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