Isn't the cool wet towel round the neck thought to keep the temp of the blood going to the brain lower? It was the tradition in my family that any cold or flu or sore throat required a wet towel to wrap the throat. I had forgotten all about it until you mentioned it.
That may be so. But I believe that in water cure treatments the purpose is to bring the blood to the area - while at first it is cold, it then gets warm. For all I know there may also be an element of drawing toxins out to the wet cloth. I know I probably don't have the description of the action right, but I am going back fifty years to a wonderful book my mother had on water cure, written by a practitioner from a very old water cure establishment in the south of England. Don't I just wish she had brought all her old books to Australia! The treatment has a very definite purpose to do with the blood flow to the organs covered. Patients would be totally wrapped in wet sheets, too, then I think covered in blankets, and left for a certain period of time. I went to a naturopath for advice forty years ago and he advised me, if any children had chest colds and so on, to wrap their chests in wet cloth. R And won't people looking in the archives be pleased with me for modifying the title as the discussion progresses? Not to mention the citizen in charge. -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
