HOT GINGER COMPRESSES
Soothing Relief for the Body
Treatment: Deeply relaxing applications of towels soaked in hot ginger water to the kidney space and other areas of the body.
Purpose: Ginger compresses penetrate and stimulate the circulatory and lymphatic systems. The heat activity, combined with the powerful therapeutic effect of ginger, regenerates the blood and tissue circulation in the area being treated, facilitating the dispersion of toxins and blocked energy in the body. Often applied to the kidney, lung, and abdominal regions of the body, it is also a very effective treatment for muscle stiffness and pain due to injury. In addition to its soothing and relaxing effects, ginger compresses are often used to help in the following ways:
Purpose: Ginger compresses penetrate and stimulate the circulatory and lymphatic systems. The heat activity, combined with the powerful therapeutic effect of ginger, regenerates the blood and tissue circulation in the area being treated, facilitating the dispersion of toxins and blocked energy in the body. Often applied to the kidney, lung, and abdominal regions of the body, it is also a very effective treatment for muscle stiffness and pain due to injury. In addition to its soothing and relaxing effects, ginger compresses are often used to help in the following ways:
- Relieve Acute and Chronic Pains such as rheumatism, arthritis, backaches, cramps (intestinal cramps, menstrual cramps, etc.), toothaches, stiff neck, carpel tunnel and similar problems
- Speed up the improvement from a variety of inflammatory conditions, for instance, bronchitis, liver inflammation or kidney inflammation, prostate infection, bladder inflammation, intestinal inflammations (but never in the case of appendicitis), boils and abscesses
- Allay congestive conditions such as sinus infections and asthma
- Dissolve hardened accumulations of fats, proteins or minerals. Examples of these are kidney stones, gallbladder stones, cysts (breast cysts, ovarian cysts) and benign tumors such as uterine fibroids
- Quiet muscle tension
- Accelerate the regeneration of damaged tissue areas, particularly in the after-treatment of broken bones
- Clear blockages and re-energize the pelvis
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