Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is a treatment using the water and is also known as hydropathy. It is a part of naturopathy which takes advantage of physical properties of water as therapy. There are various common method of hydrotherapy.
Sauna
Sauna is a type of hydrotherapy which can be used for both recreational and therapeutic purposes. It entails staying in an enclosed heated room, and it improves circulation, opens skin pores, removes toxins, relaxes muscles, reduces weight, releases stress, increases joint movements, relieves stiffness and generalized body aches, rheumatic arthritis, gout and back pain.
Benefits:
- Relieves stress
- Relaxes muscles and soothe aches/pains in both muscles and joints
- Flushes toxins
- Cleanses skin
- Improves blood circulation
- Burns calories
Steam Bath
Steam bath entails taking a bath through exposure to steam, which induces perspiration.
Benefits:
- Improves circulation throughout the body
- Removes toxins
- Calms nervous system
- Relaxes muscles
- Increases joints movements and relieves stiffness
- Treats generalized body ache, rheumatic arthritis, gout, back pain etc.
- Burns calories
Hip Bath
A hip bath encompasses soaking the buttocks and hips (pelvic area) in hot/cold water or herbal water.
Benefits:
- Treats back pain, menstrual disorders, constipation, sexual problems and diabetes
- Treats indigestion and inflammatory disorder
- Promotes circulation in pelvic and abdominal area
- Stimulates liver, pancreases, kidneys, intestine and genital organs
- Treats hemorrhoids and UTI
Immersion Bath
Immersion bath entails immersing the entire body in normal or herbal water (hot/cold). This therapy can be conducted using normal bathtub or special tub.
Benefits:
- Improves circulation throughout the body
- Removes toxins
- Calms nervous system
- Relaxes muscles
- Increases joints movements and relieves stiffness
- Treats generalized body ache, rheumatic arthritis, gout, back pain etc.
Hot Foot Bath
A hot foot bath is the immersion of both feet and ankles in hot water for certain times using a large dishpan or the bathtub.
Benefits:
- Blood circulation
- Treats foot and leg cramps
- Treats sore throat, cold, flu and chest or pelvic congestion
- Treats nausea and insomnia
- Reduces blood pressure
Jala Neti
Jala Neti is a process of nasal cleansing using normal hot water in a special pot (Neti pot).
Benefits:
- Treats sinusitis, nasal polyp, allergic rhinitis, deviated nasal septum etc.
- Relieves nasal congestion and the common cold
- Treats asthma
- Improves eye power
- Treats migraine and tension headache
Kunjal
Kunjal is the process of cleaning upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) up to stomach which entails drinking certain amount of normal lukewarm water in empty stomach and then emitting the water.
Benefits:
- Cures gastritis, hyperacidity and indigestion
- Treats constipation, diabetes and asthma
- Cleans the gastrointestinal tract
- Stimulates digestion, absorption and elimination
- Tones up the stomach walls and abdominal muscles
- Relieve coughs, allergy, sore throat and nasal congestion
Enema
An enema is the procedure of colon irrigation where water is introduced into the rectum and colon via the anus.
Benefits:
- Cleans large intestine and relieves constipation
- Treats indigestion and gastritis
- Treats mild & moderate piles
- Detoxifies body
- Treats Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Colitis
Packs
Packs comprises of clothing wraps which are applied in particular areas, applying herbs or other natural items like mud, cold or hot water, ice, etc.
Benefits:
- Relaxes muscles
- Improves blood circulation
- Improves digestion and metabolism
- Subsides inflammation/ swelling and pain
- Improves stiff joints’ mobility
- Improves skin texture
