The alternating hot and cold shower is the way to improve maximally your body circulation, metabolism, and immune system.
Your blood vessels constrict (with cold) and dilate (with hot), helping greatly to stimulate your circulatory systems during the alternating shower.
The wastes in your body are eliminated and the oxygen and nutrients absorption increase during the alternating shower.
Caution
Diabetes related neuropathy
If you feel dizziness or headache during the hot shower, apply a cold compress on the forehead and neck
7 Therapeutic effects
· Improve poor circulation
· Chronic fatigue
· Lack of energy
· Muscle fatigue
· Congestive headache
· Dry skin
· Insomnia
Here’s how to do it:
1. Start from warm body temperature
2. Cold shower 30 seconds to 1 minute
3. Hot shower 2 minutes to 5 minutes
4. Repeat several times, recommend at least 3 or 5 times for maximal effect
5. Always finish the cold shower
What you need,
· Hot water: 100 F to 104 F (37.8 C - 40 C)
· Cold water: 55 F to 65 F (tolerance but uncomfortable)
· Dry towel
Reference
1. Barron, Patrick, NMD, Hydrotherapy Theory & Technique, Pine Island Publishers Inc., St James City, FL, 2010
2. The complete book of water healing, Dian Dincin Buchman, Ph.D, Contemporary Books, 2001
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