Introduction to hydrotherapy Flashcards
The external use of water, in any of its states (solid, liquid, or gas) for the maintenance of health, treatment of body injury & trauma and the treatment of disease.
Hydrotherapy
According to history, H ow many years Hydrotherapy has been practiced?
Hydrotherapy has been practised for at least 6,000 years, and quite probably longer.
What are the civilisations that have traditionally used the properties of water in healing and/or religious ceremony?
Greeks, Egyptians, Romans, Persians, Arabians, Hebrews, Native North and South Americans, to name only a few.
Where can be found the oldest recordings of water therapy?
Temples to Asclepius
Known as the Greek god of medicine:
Asclepius
Who is the father of Hydrotherapy that is also known as the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
The theory of Hydrotherapy by Hippocrates includes:
varied temperature bathing to combat illness and ascribed water as a beverage, to reduce fever and treat illness.
True or False.
According to Hippocrates:
” When pain seizes the side…dissolve the pain by hot applications”, A soft fomentation soothes pains”, “…for the bath soothes the pain in the side, chest and back; concocts the sputa, and allays lassitude; for it soothes the joints and the outerskin, and is diuretic, removes heaviness of the head, and moistens the nose.”
True
In Roman civilization the cold bath is known as:
frigidarium
In Roman civilization the tepid bath is known as:
tepidarium
In Roman civilization the hot bath is known as:
caldarium
Who is the Romans goddess of water?
Minerva
The Ottoman Empire built bathing houses known as:
hammams
It is a sacred river in India, used in almost every possible way;bathing for both physical and spiritual cleansing, ingesting and carrying off the dead.
The Ganges River
Known to be proficient in various hydrotherapeutic techniques. They use sweat lodges in healing and religious ceremonies.
Native North Americans
