The Contrast, or alternate hot and cold shower, is a vigorous tonic that brings tone to the body and greatly stimulates metabolism. This treatment also greatly enhances immune system activity.

Uses

1. Fatigue
2. Refresher after local or general heat application
3. Depression
4. Obesity
5. Diabetes
6. Hypertension
7. Immune booster

Items Needed

1. Shower
2. Towel

Treatment Procedure

1. Pray and ask God to bless the treatment.
2. Turn on shower and adjust to proper temperature (approx. 101 F).
3. Make sure person’s feet are warm before entering the shower.
4. Have a stool on hand in case person becomes faint.
5. Have person get into the shower.
6. Increase temperature to tolerated heat.
7. Hold at this point for one minute.
8. Quickly lower temperature by turning of the hot water and leave the cold running for approximately 30 seconds.
9. Reverse again to tolerance for about 1 minute.
10. Turn to cold again for another 30 seconds.
11. Again turn to hot for 1 minute.
12. Make three complete cycles.
13. Following this, gradually lower the temperature to cold being careful not to cause chilling.
14. Turn shower off and dry with friction.
15. Have person rest.

Cautions

1. When an acute condition exists, such as appendicitis, where a reaction would not be desirable.
2. When acute nervous irritability or excitability exists.
3. If the person you are working on has poor circulation. Fainting may result from the sudden changes in water temperature.
4. If the person has severe cardiovascular disease.