Water in Natural Remedies

Curative properties

Anxiety: take a hot bath for half an hour. Then, lay in bed for at least an hour. Helps relax.

Asthma: apply hot water baths with salt on hands and feet for 15 to 20 minutes. Then apply squirts of cold water for a short period and then rest.

Bronchitis: submerge a cotton cloth in cold water. Place it on the afflicted zone and cover with a wool cloth and a piece of plastic. Hold the fabrics with a pin, preventing that air to go in but allowing good circulation. Apply four times a day. You can stop during the night.

Joint, head or throat pain: follow the same instructions that are described in bronchitis. If not, apply compresses of crushed ice wrapped in a towel and bandage the area.

Toothache, backache, molar ache, bites or sprains: place a towel with crushed ice over the affected area. Hold with a bandage and leave for half an hour. Then, change the ice and leave for one hour more. You can also massage the affected area with ice.

Chest pain: produced by asthma, sinusitis and problems with the respiratory tract. Inhale water steam. Put your head in front of the pot of hot water and cover with a towel. Do three sessions of half an hour each. Also, submerge a cotton cloth in cold water. Place it on the afflicted zone and cover with a wool cloth and a piece of plastic. Hold the fabrics with a pin, preventing that air to go in but allowing good circulation. Apply four times a day. You can stop during the night.

Menstrual pain, bladder inflammation, and prostate: sit for 8 minutes in hot water up to your belly button with your knees out of the water. Put a cold towel on your forehead during the whole process.

Muscular pain: take a hot bath to relax the muscles. If not, alternate cold and hot baths.

Swelling: drink a lot of cold water.

Hemorrhoids: place a towel with crushed ice over affected area. Hold with a bandage and leave for half an hour. Later change the ice and leave for an hour more. If not, massage the area with ice. Also sit for 8 minutes in hot water up to your belly button with your knees out of the water. Put a cold towel on your forehead during the whole process.

Intoxications: use for excessive use of alcohol, coffee and tobacco. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

Skin inflammation: caused by infections. Apply compresses of hot water over affected area.

Laxative: drink at least 8 glasses of water a day to hydrate the feces and stimulate the muscular contractions of the digestive tube.

Bruises: apply cold compresses for a long period to decelerate the speed of the blood flow and prevent a bruise to form.

Precaution
In case of pregnancy or nursing, do not follow any treatment without medical supervision. Boil the water before drinking to eliminate any impurities. When dealing with hot water, make sure that the temperature is not so hot that can burn the skin. Let one hour pass after meals in case of doing hydrotherapy. Diabetics should avoid heat treatments in legs. Do not apply hydrotherapy in case of fragile skin, irritated or have circulatory problems.

Water in Natural Remedies

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