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| added, until your body temperature increases to about 101 degrees. Check pulse rate before starting and during treatment; it should be kept under 92 beats per minute. The bath should last from fifteen to twenty minutes. |
| Cool-Water Bathing |
| Cool-water bathing is a wonderful and powerful way to strengthen vitality. It is also the least expensiveall you need is access to some cool water and the ability to warm your body after the bath. Begin by dressing warmly (wear a few heavy shirts), and go for a vigorous walk until you are sweating. Then undress and briefly dunk yourself in cool, or cold, water (a river, lake, or your own bathtub). After spending just a few seconds in the cool water, immediately get out, put your clothes back on, and resume walking until you feel warm again. |
| This may sound a little eccentric, but once you try it and feel the enhanced vitality that this simple practice can produce, you'll be convinced of its value. The cool water bath is not for someone with advanced cancer or for the very weak. Before attempting this on your own, seek a professional in the field of hydrotherapy to see if you are a good candidate for cool-water bathing and also for proper guidelines. |
| Hyperthermia |
| Hyperthermia uses heated water, such as hot tubs, hot fomentations, or hot footbaths. By applying heat (up to 109 degrees. Fahrenheit), cancer cells begin to die, and the immune system becomes active to fight the cancer. The high temperature slows down the growth of malignant cells and their oxygen respiration. Some scientists believe that hyperthermia works because of a defect in the tumor's blood supply. Heat also makes cells more sensitive to radiation by preventing them from repairing radiation damage. In addition, it seems to enhance the effects of some chemotherapeutic drugs, such as cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, and malphalan. 2 |
| Hippocrates was the first to offer anecdotal evidence that cancer was susceptible to high temperatures. Centuries later, in 1856, a German physician reported that a patient in whom a fever was induced had been completely cured of a soft-tissue sarcoma. Recently, in the 1970s, it was shown that |
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