GiGi
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The Jacuzzi on another thread reminded me of the Salt Shirt we do -----
Paster Sebastian Kneipp in the 1800's showed the Germans in Bavaria how to walk barefoot in the morning dew and they still do it to this day. I do on a nice sunny morning! When people go on their spa vacations in Europe or camping -- that's what they do to get their circulation moving.
The Salt Shirt is a specific variant of the "Spanish Boat" used by Sebastian Kneipp. It has exceptional detoxifying effects and activates the metabolism. And of course we absorb the trace and minerals of the salt. (ever stepped on a clove of garlic and tasted garlic a few seconds later in the mouth?) It is an effective treatment for the flu and high fever as an alternative to the sole bath which takes a lot more whole salt. I have done a few of those but it gets costly, because it takes a kilogram of the good salt when the tub is full.
For the Salt Shirt:
Soak a clean cotton, long sleeved shirt in a 3 Tbsp of crystal salt (whole salt, not Mortons) diluted in 1 quart of water. Wring it well and put it on.
Wrap yourself in a large bath towel (dry) or bathrobe and lie in bed. Cover yourself with blankets and rest. Within a half hour you will begin to sweat.
If you manage to drink a cup of Linden tea or similar - that is even better.
For the Salt Socks:
The Salt Socks work just like the salt shirt therapy and has proven to be effective for chronically cold feet and gout (or what they thought was gout?!)
Soak a clean pair of cotton socks in 2-4 Tbsp. of crystal salt in a quart of water. Wring them well, put them on and wrap your feel in a dry towel. Keep them wrapped for an hour while resting to get the full effect of this application.
Use Himalayan or Real Salt which still contain all the natural trace and minerals.
Get well - take care.
[ 02. October 2007, 10:33 PM: Message edited by: GiGi ]
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map1131
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Gigi, what did you mean when you wrote gout or what they thought was gout?
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Would sea salt be considered whole salt? Would heat on top of the salt shirt or socks increase the effect?
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GiGi
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Pam, there is an MD, Dieter Hassler, in Southwest Germany (theeeee area to get hit by borrelia) who took over as the town physician there (years back) and looked over the patient records his predecessor had left him discovering that almost everyone in town had been diagnosed with gout. He was smart enough to discover it was Borreliosis.
We went to see him years ago and "you aint got Lyme" was the answer. My husband had just taken a test here before we left on our trip which turned out positive. We notified Hassler forcing his recommendation: "Do Rocephin for a few weeks."
Dr. K. had invited Dr. H. to speak at his conferences in Germany and H. declined. Dr. K. has been invited to speak at the prestigious "Medicine Week" in Baden-Baden annually ever since I have known him and has been spreading the "news" about Lyme all over Europe for years. Dr. H. is a visiting professor at Heidelberg University and I just hope that he has learned a bit more by now than merely prescribing to eat cherries to his "gout" patients. Cherries are supposed to be good for gout.
Dontlikeliver, I do not trust sea salt that comes from today's polluted oceans and carried by healthfood stores. We either use Real Salt that is mined deep in the mountains from ancient salt deposits that haven't seen our modern toxins (approx. $2. a pound); or the Himalayan salt (which I use for making sole) that you can find from some reputable people over the internet.
If you want to know more about salt, do a search here - lots of information by various people about it.
Forgot -- Dontlikeliver - if you are talking heat caused by electricity -- it is a big NO. Electric heating pads, etc. are not a good idea for people with a dysfunctional or stressed autonomic nervous system. The minerals of the salt when absorbed by the body create the electric conduction and will add life to the body. Maybe add more blanket cover and/or a hot water bottle or heated rice/buckwheat sack if you are really the cold type.
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