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Enema

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It consists of inserting a cannula into the rectum that is attached to a rubber tube from an irrigator with natural water or a medicinal laxative infusion. It usually causes a bowel movement in 1 to 5 minutes. The amount of liquid used in each application ranges from 250 to 500 cubic centimeters (from a quarter to a half-liter) in children, and from 1 to 2 liters in adults. It is recommended that the person lies on the left side, with the leg tucked in and the hips slightly raised by means of a pillow. It is advisable to retain the liquid as long as possible so that the fecal matter softens and thus can be eliminated more easily. To make the action of enemas more effective or stimulating, you can add a tablespoon of olive oil, glycerin, lemon juice, or a healthy plant such as chamomile. It is very beneficial and effective that at the same time a massage is performed on the belly, following a circular path, from the region of the appendix to the end of the descending colon. Bene...

Blood cleansing with the sun.

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  Instructions:      With your head in the shade, lying on a blanket, your naked body will be exposed to the sun, and covered with a wool sheet or blanket, preferably white, to facilitate sweating (perspiration). Every time you sweat a towel rub with cold water following the order already explained in the Hydrotherapy section published on April 21, 2020, alternating several times and finishing the bath with another cold water rub. In this way, a true blood wash is constituted.      For the parts or organs of the body affected by pain, congestion, inflammation, tumors, or ulcers, it is advisable to cover them with mud or green leaves, because by directly acting on these inflammatory processes, the sun increases congestion and local fever, to the detriment of healing, but the mud and green leaves promote healing by the chemical reactions of the sun with the chlorophyll of the green fresh leaf and the elements that the mud   has. D...

Cold water rub with a towel.

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How to control fever. "There is nothing that makes a sick person better than a cold water rub." Father Tadeo    * This is the simplest and most important application, consisting of quickly wetting the entire body surface from the ankles to the neck, sliding a towel more or less soaked in cold water depending on whether the body heat is higher or lower. A medium-sized towel folded in 6 or 8 parts is used, which is unfolded in each pass so that the part that has been heated and soiled in contact. This rub can be applied standing next to the bed or placing papers or newspaper sheets on the floor to avoid wetting the floor. The patient will return to bed without drying the skin, or under these conditions, he will quickly dress to do some exercise or walk. Not being able to get up the patient, the rub will be given on the same bed and, once the body has been completely naked, the rub will be applied to all that, passing the towel from the ankles to the neck...

Steamed blood cleansing.

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Special sheet metal cabinet.       The bather is introduced into a special cabinet made of metal sheet, wood, plastic, acrylic, etc. With a boiler, in which the head is outside to breathe fresh air, the rest of the naked body will receive the steam that comes out under your feet.     The temperature inside the cabinet will be 104 to 122 Fahrenheit degrees. As soon as the bather feels hot all over his body, although he is not sweating, will go out to shower with cold water, (following the same order as the cold water friction therapy) Return to the steam cabinet without drying to again receive the steam and exit to the cold water in the above indicated every 4 to 5 minutes, until completing 40 to 60 minutes. Ending this with a general cold shower, dressing without drying the body, only the head. Preferably get into bed well covered for 10 to 20 minutes. Duration: From 40 to 60 minutes. Bet...

What does the sitz bath do for you?

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Here it is an excellent therapy with cold water that has been despised by not few people because of its simplicity and economy, unfortunately human nature is like this, in terms of medical treatments; "If it does hur hurt or cost us", little appreciation we have for it. The benefits of sitz bath are many because of the cooling effect of cold water on the internal systems such as digestive, circulatory, genital-urinary, nervous, metabolic, etc. You can use a wooden, plastic or galvanized sheet tub, filled with cold water at a height of 6 or seven inches. The person sits in the cold water so that only the buttocks get wet and the water covers up to the navel. It is necessary to rub with the hands around the navel with the hands wet in the cold water in the direction of the clock. The duration of the bath of seat will be of 5 to 10 minutes. Immediately after the bath you dress  without drying with a towel or cover up very well, in order to produce the reaction ...