This psychic reading given by Edgar Cayce at the office of the Association, Arctic Crescent, Virginia Beach, Va., this 21st day of July, 1943, in accordance with request made by the self - Mrs. [3104], new Associate Member of the Ass''n for Research and Enlightenment, Inc., recommended by Mr. [3522] who attended N.Y. meetings of the Association.
P R E S E N T
Edgar Cayce; Gertrude Cayce, Conductor; Gladys Davis, Steno.
R E A D I N G
Time of Reading 3:50 to 4:05 P. M. ..., N.J.
1. GC: You will go over this body carefully, examine it thoroughly, and tell me the conditions you find at the present time; giving the cause of the existing conditions, also suggestions for help and relief of this body; answering the questions, as I ask them:
1. Cold Sitz Bath. Sufficient water should be used to cover the hips and come up on the abdomen. Temperature 55 degrees to 75 degrees F. Foot bath, 105 degrees to 110 degrees F. Time, one to eight minutes. Rub the hips to promote reaction. Friction mitts may be used. If desired, the water may be flowing. Effects: If of brief duration - two to four minutes - it greatly stimulates the pelvic circulation, and the musculature of the bowels, the bladder, and the uterus. When it is given with very cold water (55 degrees to 65 degrees F) and vigorous friction (cold rubbing sitz bath) these effects are intensified. The cold rubbing sitz bath is very useful in constipation, in subinvolution, and in hastening the absorption of residual thickening after pelvic inflammations.
2. EC: Yes - the body is resting, and asleep - sleep.
2. Prolonged Cold Sitz Bath. Temperature, 70 degrees to 85 degrees F. Time, fifteen to forty minutes. Feet bath, 105 degrees to 110 degrees F. This may be begun at a higher temperature, and gradually lowered to the desired point (graduated sitz bath). It should not at any time cause chillness, and rubbing is not desirable. If necessary to give a sensation of warmth, a fomentation or a wrapped spinal hot-water bottle may be applied to the spine. Effects: The prolonged cold sitz bath causes extreme and lasting contraction of the pelvic blood vessels and of the muscular wall of the uterus. It is therefore very useful in subinvolution.
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3. Neutral Sitz Bath. Temperature, 92 degrees to 97 degrees F. Foot bath, 102 degrees to 106 degrees F. Apply cold compresses to the head. Time, twenty minutes to one or two hours. Effects: Sedative.
3. We have the body here.
4. Very Hot Sitz Bath. Begin at a temperature of about 100 degrees F., and rapidly increase to 106 degrees to 115 degrees F. Foot bath, 110 degrees to 120 degrees F. It should be kept at least two degrees hotter than the temperature of the sitz bath. Keep the head cool by cold cephalic and cervical compress. Duration, three to eight minutes. At the close, cool the bath to neutral for one to three minutes. If sweating has been produced, pour cold water over the shoulders and the chest. The hot sitz bath is used to relieve dysmenorrhea, and pelvic pain from various other causes.
4. Now as we find, there are rather aggravating conditions that disturb the equilibrium of this body, especially when it rests from the daily toil or activity.
5. REVULSION SITZ BATH. Begin at a temperature of 100 degrees F., and increase - rapidly to 106 degrees to 115 degrees F. Foot bath, 110 degrees to 120 degrees F. Keep the head cool by cold cephalic and cervical compresses. Duration, three to eight minutes. Finish by a cold pail pour to the hips; temperature of the water, 55 degrees to 65 degrees F. Effects: The revulsive sitz bath produces a fluxion effect in the surface and deep blood vessels. It is one of the most useful measures in treating chronic inflammatory conditions of the pelvic viscera, such as various forms of salpingitis, ovaritis, cellulitis.
5. Owing to the nerve impulses through the lymph circulation, and the organs of the pelvis and the adjacent portions of the body, there is the suffering from acidity and the inability for these portions to gain their equilibrium.
6. As we find, the condition may be materially aided; for the general condition of the body is very good - though there are some upsetting disturbances at times with the digestion.
6. ALTERNATE HOT AND COLD SITZ BATHS. Provide two sitz tubs installed side by side. Fill one with
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hot water at a temperature of 106 degrees to 115 degrees F., and the other with cold water at 55 degrees to 85 degrees F. Foot baths, 105 degrees to 115 degrees F. Apply cold compresses to the head and neck. The patient sits in the hot water for two or three minutes then in the cold for fifteen to twenty seconds, and again in the hot water. Three complete changes from hot to cold are made, as is usual in alternate treatments. Effects: The alternate sitz baths produce powerful fluxion effects in the pelvic viscera. It is useful in chronic pelvic inflammations after the patient has become accustomed to the revulsive sitz. It may also be used to great advantage in atonic constipation.)
7. We would take regularly one drop of Atomidine in half a glass of water before the morning meal, and the next day three drops of Glyco-Thymoline in water before retiring at night, and so on. Alternate these, you see; and within a few weeks the acidity of the system will be changed, and also the vibrations through the glandular forces that control the lymph circulation in alimentary canal as well as organs of the pelvis.
8. The Glyco-thymoline acts as an intestinal antiseptic of an alkaline nature, and the Atomidine acts as a gland purifier - causing especially the thyroids and the glands in the stomach, particularly the pyloric portion of the stomach and throughout the duodenum, to change in the form of secretions thrown off - and this affects directly the circulation.
9. Also each evening we would take the Sitz Baths. This means sitting in a tub especially prepared for the sitz baths, first in very warm water and then tap water - first one and then the other - for about twenty minutes or thirty minutes.
10. Then when dried off, bathe those portions of the limbs and the rump, and the vagina itself, with the Prescription DDD Cream. This, we find, will allay the conditions.
11. About three times a week take a vaginal douche with a Glyco-Thymoline solution - using two tablespoonsful of the Glyco-Thymoline to a quart of water, body temperature not cold, not hot, but body temperature - about eighty-seven to eighty-nine degrees. Best that this be soft water, or if the tap water in the vicinity has a tendency to be hard use a water softener in same. But stir this thoroughly before it is used in the douche. Use only a Fountain Syringe for the douche.
12. Beware of too much starches in the diet. Keep away from sweets.
13. Do these, and we will find we will make for better
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conditions for this body.
14. Ready for questions.
15. We are through with this reading. [See GD's note below re Sitz baths.] Copy to Self " " Ass'n file (7/21/43 GD's note: See directions [which was enclosed] for taking a Sitz Bath, requested 9/20/34 from H. J. Reilly, Ph.T. For the sitz bath, a porcelain sitz tub with special inlet and outlet is the most satisfactory; one of metal or an ordinary washtub may be used. In addition, there should be a foot tub for immersion of the feet in hot water; also a pail of cold water with a hand towel for keeping the head cool. Protect the patient from contact with the tub by towels or fomentation cloths placed behind the back and under the knees. Cover the patient with a blanket or a sheet. The temperature of the foot bath should be at least two or three degrees above that of the sitz bath.