Hot and Cold Treatments
Health,  Remedy

The Health Benefits of Hot and Cold Treatments

Have you ever had a sprain or strain? It can be very debilitating. Hot and cold treatments have many health benefits for these conditions. Statistics show that about 25,000 workers sprain an ankle every day and that Around 628,000 sprains happen each year especially in the workplace.

This treatment is a powerful circulatory stimulant that brings healing properties to painful areas such as edema. Edema is swelling in parts of your body because of fluid trapped in your tissues. Legs, ankles, and feet often manifest edema. The contrast bath will enhance blood flow to areas of the body that are lacking oxygen and/or nutrients. The hot water relaxes the muscles allowing for more space for fresh blood to flow to the problem area. The cold water causes to the blood vessels to constrict or narrow pushing the blood from the edema out of the area. We see the effects of this when the color of the extremity turns a fresh pink color. 

It is an excellent treatment for edema conditions because of its vasodilating properties to pull swelling out of the limbs and boost circulation in the extremities. It is one of our favorite treatments for gout pain. For best results, seven rotations (3 minutes hot and 30 – 40 seconds cold) done 2-3 times a day will help bring relief to painful areas. Always start with the hot and end with the cold.

Hot and Cold Application

LOCAL ALTERNATE BATH (contrast bath)

3 minutes hot/30 seconds cold…7 rotations

Perform 2-3 times a day to bring healing to the problem area.

AILMENTS                                                                                  

              1. Sprains                                                                            

              2. Strains                                                                              

              3. Trauma                                                                            

              4. Fractures  

              5. Arthritis                                                                                                                          

              6. Edema                                                                             

              7. Infections to hot bath for painful conditions or sluggish

              8. Ulcers circulation

              9. Impaired Venous Circulation used to relieve edema

            10. Pain

            11. Frostbite

            12. Cold Feet or Sweating feet

            *** Do numbers 1-4 (sprains, strains, trauma, fractures) after 24 hours. ***

ITEMS NEEDED

              – 2 Dish Basins (1 100-110 degrees/ 2 70 degrees water–add ice

– Boiling water

              – Ice

              – Thermometer

              – Towels

              – May use ¼ c. mustard powder or 1 T. cayenne to add

Bible Quotes

John 4:10

Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Exodus 23:25

But you shall serve the Lord your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst.

Spirit of Prophecy Quotes (Ellen White)

The only hope of better things is in the education of the people in right principles. Let physicians teach the people that restorative power is not in drugs, but in nature. Disease is an effort of nature to free the system from conditions that result from a violation of the laws of health. In case of sickness, the cause should be ascertained. Unhealthful conditions should be changed, wrong habits corrected. Then nature is to be assisted in her effort to expel impurities and to re-establish right conditions in the system. {MH 127.1} (Ellen White, Ministry of Healing, page 126, paragraph 3)

The Lord has taught us that great efficacy for healing lies in a proper use of water. These treatments should be given skillfully. We have been instructed that in our treatment of the sick we should discard the use of drugs. There are simple herbs that can be used for the recovery of the sick, whose effect upon the system is very different from that of those drugs that poison the blood and endanger life. {2SM 288.1} (Ellen White, Selected Messages Book Two, page 288, paragraph 1) (Manuscript 73, 1908 (Manuscript entitled “Counsels Repeated”)

BOOK ABBREVIATIONS by Ellen G. White (See EGW Abbreviations tab under the FAQ menu for a full list)

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