Please read Important Points to be Observed with all Treatments before performing this treatment.
Diabetes
Valvular Heart lesions
Emaciation
Advanced Arteriosclerosis
Hypertension
A body steam bath in which there is 100% humidity, given with the person sitting on a wooden chair, covered with a non-flammable plastic sheet.
An old wooden chair
Teakettle and hot plate, or Rice Cooker
Plastic cover (shower curtain sewed together)
3 Towels (for draping around neck, over shoulders and over knees to keep plastic from directly touching the skin.
Hot Foot Bath and Cold Compress equipment.
Watch with a second hand
Drinking glass with tap water (not cold)
Place Ice Bag over the heart if pulse is 80 bpm or above
Stop treatment if pulse goes above 140 bpm
Do not let steam from kettle hit the patient's legs
Patient may become dizzy or faint.
Assemble materials
Have room warm and free from drafts.
Heat the teakettle on the hot plate which has been set up under the wooden chair (spout facing away from the patient's legs)
Wrap patient in a sheet; have patient sit on chair that is over the heating teakettle
Give patient a Hot Foot Bath to pre-warm and apply a Cold Compress to the head; maintain foot bath at the best temperature for the patient throughout the treatment (40-43°C / 104-110°F).
Remove sheet, place a towel around shoulders and neck and over the knees.
Drape plastic cover around the patient's neck and chair, covering the body from the neck down, like a tent, including the foot bath.
Give patient an Ice Bag for the heart to keep heart-rate down
Head remains out; apply Cold Compress to head
Check pulse frequently at temple or side of the neck
Encourage drinking of hot lemon juice (lemonade), if necessary to hasten sweating
Should be no longer than 20 minutes
May give medicated inhalation by adding 2 teaspoons of eucalyptus to each litre of water in the kettle.
Periodically allow the patient to inhale the steam.
Completion of Treatment
Cool the patient with a Cold Mitten Friction or Alternate Shower
Patient must rest after treatment, at least 30 minutes.