other towel should get ready/ so that by the time
the firs!: one becomes cold, the second may take It
pisce. The fcxnerrzstian mev be continued till relief
is obtained. ?:n:sh v/ich a cold pack for the abdomen
for abou* ten irinuies.
A/£3ri;Oi'e J-fcf a:ia Cold Applications: Where
the pair, is ssier-, all-ernste hot fomentations and
cole! rccfks vL" b.inc; quick relief. The relative
durations of t.is iv/o should vary *vith the condition
cf the patient. For robust patients, the cold one
may be applied for a longer time (say 5 minutes)
than the hot one t'say 5 minutes) for weak patients,
the hot fomen cation should be applied for a longer
period,
CHRCNiC INDIGESTION
When indigestion becomes chronic/ it is given
the more respectable name of dyspepsia. Dyspep-
sia is at the root of ail other chronic or destructive
disease conditions. It is only natural therefore that
this should be the commonest disease.
"At bottom/' writes Sri K. Lakshmana Sarma
in his Practical Nature-Cure, " every chronic and
even every destructive .disease, such as tuberculosis,
is dyspepsia of some degree." Though the medical
profession does not admit this/ many rnedica.
writers have made the observation that dyspepsia
is always present in all chronic or destructive
ailments like, tuberculosis of the lungs, diseases
of the heart/ liver/ kidneys etc./ diabetes/ asthma.
It is therefore natural that dyspeptics should
show, or develop during the course ,of their treat-
ment, symptoms of some other disease. Nd special
treatment is necessary in such cases/ ezcepi
perhaps, for some local water-cure applications loi
giving immediate relief; for the Nature*Cure treat-
ment for all chronic disease is the §ame as